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Flippy 7
Excited to introduce Flippy 7, this significant update brings a fresh new look, enhanced performance, and an overall superior user experience. Here's what you can expect with this release:

All New Design
- Visual Refresh: Flippy 7 comes with a completely redesigned user interface, offering a modern and intuitive experience.
- Streamlined Navigation: With a focus on simplicity and efficiency, the new design facilitates smoother navigation.

Improved Performance
- Up to 3x Faster: Flippy 7 is optimized to deliver lightning-fast performance.
- Enhanced Responsiveness: Experience seamless interactions and reduced lag times, ensuring a fluid and responsive workflow that adapts to individual needs.

New Underlying Architecture
- Robust Foundation: Flippy 7 features a revamped underlying architecture that enhances stability, scalability, and reliability. This new foundation ensures smoother operation and lays the groundwork for future innovations.
- Optimized Resource Utilization: The updated architecture utilizes system resources more efficiently, minimizing resource consumption while maximizing performance.

Much Better macOS Experience
- Native Integration: With a focus on macOS compatibility, Flippy 7 offers enhanced native integration, ensuring a cohesive experience across Apple devices. Users can utilize macOS-specific features and functionalities seamlessly within the app.

Additional Notes
- Bug Fixes: This release includes various bug fixes and optimizations to address previous issues and enhance overall stability.
- User Feedback: Appreciating feedback from the community, valuable insights have been incorporated to make Flippy 7 a more refined and user-centric application.

Thank you for choosing Flippy 7. Committed to continuous improvement, looking forward to bringing more exciting updates in the future.

Latest update notes

Reliability and layout improvements for rain alert notifications.

Re-enables NWS forecast source for the US. The NWS endpoint, that Weathergraph was using previously, broke, and the replacement one doesn't provide precipitation amounts, only probabilities.
I modified the app to be able to work with probabilities when the data source requires it. The probability chart will be more distinct to replace the precipitation chart, and details, vertical layout, daily forecast and forecast texts will show precipitation probabilities instead.

SKY BACKGROUND:
Enjoy the full-color background matching the sky at a current time of day. Tap the Skylight option in app and widget preferences, and you're in. Sky background is also available on the watch.

PREVIOUSLY:

RADAR AND CLIMATE
- NWS radar (for the US) or Windy.com (rest of the world) loads up with your actual location marked and centered.
- Weather Spark is a climate report service ran by enthusiasts, who love data visualization as much as I do. There is no better place on the internet to get the info about how are the Canaries in September. Weather Spark integration displays the closest point from the Weather Spark database (one is nearby).

REVAMPED WATCHOS 10 APP
- Weathergraph now shines on the watch with a sleek new look! Pin Weathergraph's widgets to watchOS 10s Smart Stack, just a twist of a crown away from the watchface.
- Note: Due to a location permissions issue on watchOS 10, the app may not update your location automatically. Don't worry — just open Weathergraph on your iPhone, and it will sync the location to your watch.

Latest update notes

Structured now keeps your schedule seamlessly up-to-date thanks to background updates. Even when you're not actively using the app. Whether you're adding a task on your MacBook or receiving a meeting invite through your work calendar, it syncs seamlessly in the background. This feature extends beyond just sync and calendar integration; it also applies to widgets and notifications.

Additionally, this update includes several bug fixes improvements to further enhance your experience.

Latest update notes

2024.03

- The speed along the route is now also displayed on the Apple Watch!

2024.02

- You can now see the speed along the Route
- We rewrote the whole app logic to build the foundation for future features

2024.01

This update brings heart rate zone support to both your iPhone and Apple Watch app.
That makes post-workout analysis even better! Check how much time you spent in each heart rate zone
You can set your custom heart rate zones based on your fitness level and training goals.

Latest update notes

Re-written from the ground up with major performance and reliability improvements.

Clock: you can now display the current time in the popped out window.

You can now resize the popped out window smaller than before.

Laps now display in the correct order.

More shortcut actions.

Timer: now up to 5 hours.

Fixed issue that would cause stopwatch and clock to stop when putting the app in the background on certain devices.

Latest update notes

Hey gang, thank you so much for the incredible response to Sofa 4.0! I have a few updates and bug fixes in this release.

**IMPROVEMENTS**
• Improved keyboard shortcuts for adding new items
• Added release year for movie and tv show search results
• Added additional “Is Empty” and "Is Not Empty" menu options for single and multi-select filters for Smart Lists.

**BUG FIXES**
• FIXED: Description text wasn't editable for non-Super Sofa users when creating custom items
• FIXED: Logbook layout issue on iPad
• FIXED: Pinned Items on the home screen was showing items that were no longer pinned
• FIXED: Crash when opening from widgets
• FIXED: Crash caused by bad image urls
• FIXED: Categories weren't filtering correctly for Smart Lists
• FIXED: Duplicate Easy Categories displaying for Smart List filters and shortcuts
• FIXED: Crash when pinning and unpinning items in a Smart List
• FIXED: Crash when deleting an Ingredient

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SOFA 4.0 UPDATES
Sofa helps you be more intentional with your downtime by creating lists of things to watch, read, play, and more.

With 4.0, you can add basically anything, and expand Sofa to fit your exact needs with Custom Categories, Ingredients, Smart Lists, and more.

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**WHAT'S NEW**
ALL NEW HOME SCREEN DESIGN
• New design for The Pile
• New design, and name, for Logbook (formerly Activity)
• New design, and name, for Pinned Items (formerly The Shelf)
• Customize what is shown on the home screen and how "quirky" it is. Go to Settings → Fiddly Things

CUSTOM CATEGORIES
Create categories for anything: articles, events, places to eat, and more.

ADD YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS
Create your own rating system, plan dates for future downtime activities, add robust tagging, and more.

PINNED LISTS
Always have certain lists within thumbs-reach.

SMART LISTS
Create lists that automatically populate based on a collection of filters.

ADD MANUAL ITEMS
You can now add items manually into Sofa with full editing capabilities. That means you can edit the title, description, image, and add your own Ingredients.

ADD LINKS
Paste links into Sofa and automatically get a nice preview along with pre-filled information.

ADD VIA SHARE SHEET
Add websites, videos, articles, and more into Sofa via the Share Sheet.

USE IMAGES FROM CAMERA ROLL
Use images from your camera roll or take a photo to use for cover images.

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**BACKUP FILE CHANGES**
There is a new file format for Sofa backup files to work better with saving images and the new Ingredients feature. The new extension is .sofa3bk and will be automatically created starting from version 4.0.

These new backup files will be a bit larger to account for the additional data that is now being saved.

I've also added a setting for choosing the frequency of automatic backups: daily (default), weekly, every 2 weeks, and monthly.

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**SHARED LISTS ARE ENDING**
I’m going to be ending the beta and removing the ability to create new shared lists.

Shared Lists was launched as a beta feature in December of 2022. If you're not sure what "beta" means, it basically means that something is in an unproven or experimental state.

During this time, I've learned a lot about what sharing looks like in Sofa, and what it doesn't. Basically, I need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how sharing will work in Sofa long-term.

I have a lot of new things coming to Sofa that the current implementation of Shared Lists just doesn’t work with. Things like Custom Categories, Ingredients, and more in the pipeline (i.e. Tracking Progress).

Please know, I made this decision with care, and I'm genuinely sad that it’s going away. That being said, it’s something I want to bring back in the future.

Go to sofahq.com/support for more info

As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: feedback@sofahq.com

– Shawn

Latest update notes

Experience the Latest in WebMeter!

- Widget Lock Screen: Keep track of your site's status effortlessly with our new lock screen widget - simple, convenient, and awesome!

- Added UDP Ping Protocol: Ensure seamless functioning of your UDP protocol with this new addition.

- Added DNS Queries: Easily verify server availability or domain propagation with our new DNS queries feature.

- UI and Bug Fixes: We've eliminated pesky bugs to ensure a smoother browsing experience.

- Performance Optimization: Enjoy lightning-fast speeds with our optimized WebMeter, while conserving battery and data usage.

Your feedback matters! Share suggestions or issues with us.

Thank you for choosing WebMeter! Explore the latest features now!

Stay tuned for more exciting updates!

Latest update notes

• BugFix: Deleting a local device database stored in the documents folder fails if the underlying file has already been deleted
• Localization Updates

If you are enjoying the new version of Strongbox it would be great if you could leave a positive review for us in the App Store. It makes a huge difference to us as Indie developers. Thank you!

If you're experiencing any problems or are not happy, just let us know (support@strongboxsafe.com) and we'll make it right.

- The Strongbox Team

Latest update notes

• Observations quick view on the Map tab now shows trends if you have BuoyPro Premium.
• Update map station tapability.

We hope you enjoy the updates -- please feel free to send us any feedback on them. We really appreciate any suggestions, feedback, or bug reports. You can contact us at contact@buoypro.com

Latest update notes

This update includes minor bug fixes and improvements.

If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.

Latest update notes

• Support authentication using SSH certificates (SFTP) (#15183)
• Show prompt to disconnect volume when offline in "Online" connect mode
• Slow saving files in "Online" connect mode
• Failure sharing file (ownCloud) (#15855, #15839)
• NTLM authentication failures (WebDAV, SharePoint) (#15127)

Streaks

Health & Fitness
By Quentin Zervaas
iPhone iPad Watch Mac

Latest update notes

Streaks 9.8.5:

* Fixed: Issue where incorrect theme may appear on stats widget
* Fixed: Issue where notification action (e.g. snooze, task complete) may not work correctly in certain situations
* Fixed: Issue where "times per day" task may not refresh correctly on the Up Next screen
* Various performance improvements

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If you have any issues, feedback or comments, please contact support@streaks.app.