PONDER 1.4 UPDATE! This update is one of the biggest Ponder has seen yet. It includes fun new features, noticeable performance improvements, and a long list of refinements. *NEW* Share Card Feature Have you ever wanted to share your notes on social media? Ponder 1.4 makes it easy to do just that. Simply tap the share icon, customize what you’d like to share, and Ponder will generate an image for you to use on Instagram. Give it a try! *NEW* Notebooks Feature Up until now all your notes belonged to one notebook. No more! You can now create multiple notebooks and easily access them from the list view. Just go into Settings, click "Notebooks", and create a new notebook. Need some ideas? How about a notebook for your work notes? Or a notebook for all the quotes you love? The options are endless! *NEW* Note Backgrounds You can now change the background of an individual note for extra personalization. Simply click the three dots in the top left of your note and select "Change Background". We’ve included a bunch of different background patterns for you to choose from. *NEW* Image Gallery Block This is one of our new favourite blocks. Add an image gallery block to your note and you can select up to 6 images to display in a gallery. We’ve included a few different gallery styles that will look beautiful in your notes. *NEW* Logbook Block If you’re someone who likes to log what happens during your day, this block is for you! Perfect for keeping track of daily events. *MASSIVE* Performance Improvements We’ve made performance improvements all throughout Ponder. It should feel snappier and load faster. *NOTE:* We also changed how Ponder stores data, so expect the app to use more of the storage space on your device. Ponder 1.4 includes many other improvements, such as: - Fix for how portrait images are shown in notes - Added ability to choose line break style when adding a line break block - Added new “Stamp” photo style - Added more font choices - When adding a tag with #, tags will now show/filter in the block toolbar - Video blocks now play inline instead of defaulting to fullscreen - Added prompt to trim videos ahead of placing a video block - Added 5 minute / 50MB cap to the video block - For videos larger than 50MB, they will not sync via iCloud and will show a placeholder on other devices - Tapping on a receipt or rating block will now allow you to edit the details of your receipt/rating - Fixed some issues with the cursor and list blocks - Fixed issue where keyboard couldn’t be dismissed while cursor was within a list block - Increased the font size of the list blocks to match the rest of the text - Made several design improvements to the list view when the “Group by Date” setting is disabled - Fixed various photo styles when used with portrait images - Users can now swipe down to close fullscreen images - Added indicator to show when notes are being exported - Added blank space at the bottom of the note so the cursor doesn’t get hidden behind keyboard - Added setting to hide/show blocks from the block toolbar - .. and much more!

PONDER 1.31 UPDATE! Hot on the heels of Ponder 1.3, we have a smaller update for you with some improvements that didn't make the cut. Nonetheless, we think you’re going to love them! *NEW* Calendar View We’ve added a new way for you to view all your entries. Tap on today’s date at the top of the notes list and you’ll be shown a beautiful calendar view. You can easily scroll through previous months and tap on a specific day to jump to that note. *NEW* Transcriptions for the Voice Memos block The Voice Memos block will now automatically provide transcriptions (run locally). For older entries, simply open up a note with a Voice Memo block and Ponder will automatically generate transcriptions for those recordings. *NEW* Author for Quote block You can now easily add an author to any Quote block. Not much more to say about it! This update includes some other new changes, such as: - Added a new scrapbook image frame - Reduced the blank space at the top of each note - Added a setting to hide/show weather and mood from each note - Tapping on the Now Playing block will now open that song in your music app - Tapping on the Calendar block will now open your calendar app to that specific day Thank you for using Ponder! If you have any feedback or questions, drop me a line at hello@ponderapp.fyi. I respond to every email personally :-).

PONDER 1.3 UPDATE! We’re back with another big update to Ponder. It’s all part of our journey in making it the best place for you to capture write, capture, and record. *NEW* 7 NEW BLOCKS! Blocks are the core of Ponder. They allow you to create notes unique to you. For that reason, we want to continue adding new blocks and give you more ways to customize your notes. Ponder 1.3 includes *7* new blocks, including: - *Formatted Text Block.* This block allows you to add unique text to your note. Ever dreamed of adding right-aligned, blue-coloured, script text to your note? You’re in luck! - *Scoreboard Block.* For those of you who love sports, this block allows you to pull in the details of a live, past, or upcoming NFL, NBA, or NHL game and insert it into your note.
 - *Receipts Block.* Sometimes we like to document recent purchases to be more #mindful of our spending. If you’ve ever wanted to do the same, this block is for you.
 - *Prompts Block.* We’ve added over 50 writing prompts into Ponder to inspire you to write. Simply add this block to your note and select from one of the available prompts.
 - *Washi Tape Block.* For those times when the line break block isn’t enough, we’ve added the Washi Tape block. This block comes loaded with 10 different washi tapes for you to add to your notes.
 - “Files Block.” With this block, you can add files to be referenced later. It’s that simple.
 - “Spacer Block.” Easily add extra blank space between blocks. Not much more we can say about this one!
 We hope these new blocks inspire you to put more words into Ponder. Try one and let us know what you think!

 *NEW* Image Frames

 The image block is one of the most commonly used blocks in Ponder and we just made it WAY better. Once you’ve added an image block to your note, tap on it and you’ll see an option for “Frames”. These 6 different Frames allow you to add more personality to your notes. Try each one and let us know which is your favourite.

 *NEW* Lockscreen Widget We’ve added a widget that allows you to easily launch Ponder from your lockscreen. We’ll be adding more widgets over time. *NEW* Quick Block Entry Starting a new text block with a slash “/“ will allow you to easily filter through the available blocks in the toolbar. Handy! 

*NEW* Flat Toolbar Style

 We’ve added a new toolbar style. We could describe it to you, but that would ruin the fun. *NEW* Revised Highlight Text Block Now when you add a highlight text block to your notes, you’ll be presented with a few different colour choices. Much better than only having one choice (grey). *NEW* Revised Drawing Block We’ve overhauled the Drawing block with some useful new features such as: - Resume a drawing by tapping on it in your note - Undo/Redo support - Highlighter tool - Custom colour selection - Landscape mode support *NEW* Export Note Option You can now export a single note rather than exporting all your notes at once. Helpful if you ever want to share a single note with someone! These features are just some of what we added in Ponder 1.3. This update also includes changes such as: - Added a “Add to Recent Note” button to the Scratchpad - Added ability to hyperlink text within a text block - Added button to dismiss keyboard while editing a note - Added new “Curved” line break style - Improved the settings experience on iPad - Added a setting to disable auto-weather tagging - Added a “Welcome Note” for new installs - Shortened the welcome onboarding - Made improvements to note previews when group by date is disabled - Added review prompt within app (gotta get those reviews!) - Several improvements to the Ratings block - Fixed several hitches while scrolling during an iCloud sync - Improved the speed of the tag modal - Several improvements to the Voice Memos block - .. and as always, much more!

PONDER 1.21 UPDATE! SURPRISE! Shortly after releasing Ponder 1.2, we noticed a couple bugs that needed to be squashed. This update fixes: - An issue related to iCloud syncing - An issue with the thumbnails not showing correctly on the iPad app - Improved the speed in which notes show in the list view We've included the original release notes for Ponder 1.2 below. PONDER 1.2 UPDATE! Get ready. This is a big update. *NEW* Introducing the Scratchpad We all have a pad of paper hanging around the house with random notes which made sense at the time, but you definitely can’t remember what they mean now. This is why we are introducing the Scratchpad. It’s the perfect place in Ponder for all the random thoughts that aren’t worthy of a full note.

 *NEW* Share Sheet Support This is one of our favourite new features, by far. You can now easily share content from other apps right into Ponder. This includes: text, music, locations, photos, voice memos, links, and more. Simply press share in another app and tap on the Ponder icon.

 Not only can you create a new note this way, you can also add content to your most recent note. Plus, we’ve even included the ability for you to add a comment. This feature has completely changed how we interact with Ponder and we think you’re going to love it too. *NEW* Bookmark Functionality Our notebooks are littered with various bookmarks so we can easily reference what's important to us. With Ponder 1.2, you can now swipe left on any block and mark with a bookmark. We’ve also introduced a new Bookmark view so you can browse all your bookmarks in one place. *NEW* Dotted Line Break We love swapping out line break styles, so we figured it was time to add a new one. The dotted line break is.. well dotted. We guess this one sort of explains itself. *NEW* Toolbar Customizer We’ve added a new section in the List View settings which allows you customize the Toolbar to your liking. You can add up to 5 total icons and rearrange them however you like. Love the Commonplace? Now you can add it to the Toolbar. Want to easily access your bookmarks from the Toolbar? You can do that too! On top of the new features described above, we’ve also made a lot of improvements to Ponder including: - When using the Highlight block, you can now choose from 8 different highlight colors (previously grey was the only choice) - Force pressing on the Ponder icon from your homescreen now shows options to quickly jump to a place within Ponder - Redesigned and enlarged the image thumbnails on note previews - Pressing and holding the + button in the List View will now allow you to select a specific block to start a new note with - Voice Memos block now saves the recording to your phone storage (as well as within Ponder) - Pressing enter while creating an item in the Master Checklist will now create a new item - Redesigned the Summaries view and relocated it to the Tools page (the Random Note page moved there as well) - Filtering & Searching through notes is now way, WAY, faster than before - Cleaned up some of the settings pages - Removed the quote shown when Ponder was loading (based on user feedback, thank you!) - Shortened the time it takes to load Ponder (should be much faster now) - Fixed an issue where the note header was slow to load on new notes - Fixed an issue with the Ponder icon in the header - Fixed an issue where deleted items would reappear in the Master Checklist - Fixed an issue where comments within the ratings block would not honour spellcheck - Fixed an unnecessary restriction where you couldn’t delete a non-text block if it was the only block in a note - Fixed janky behaviour when dragging a block near an image block As always, thank you for using Ponder!

PONDER 1.2 UPDATE! Get ready. This is a big update. *NEW* Introducing the Scratchpad We all have a pad of paper hanging around the house with random notes which made sense at the time, but you definitely can’t remember what they mean now. This is why we are introducing the Scratchpad. It’s the perfect place in Ponder for all the random thoughts that aren’t worthy of a full note.

 *NEW* Share Sheet Support This is one of our favourite new features, by far. You can now easily share content from other apps right into Ponder. This includes: text, music, locations, photos, voice memos, links, and more. Simply press share in another app and tap on the Ponder icon.

 Not only can you create a new note this way, you can also add content to your most recent note. Plus, we’ve even included the ability for you to add a comment. This feature has completely changed how we interact with Ponder and we think you’re going to love it too. *NEW* Bookmark Functionality Our notebooks are littered with various bookmarks so we can easily reference what's important to us. With Ponder 1.2, you can now swipe left on any block and mark with a bookmark. We’ve also introduced a new Bookmark view so you can browse all your bookmarks in one place. *NEW* Dotted Line Break We love swapping out line break styles, so we figured it was time to add a new one. The dotted line break is.. well dotted. We guess this one sort of explains itself. *NEW* Toolbar Customizer We’ve added a new section in the List View settings which allows you customize the Toolbar to your liking. You can add up to 5 total icons and rearrange them however you like. Love the Commonplace? Now you can add it to the Toolbar. Want to easily access your bookmarks from the Toolbar? You can do that too! On top of the new features described above, we’ve also made a lot of improvements to Ponder including: - When using the Highlight block, you can now choose from 8 different highlight colors (previously grey was the only choice) - Force pressing on the Ponder icon from your homescreen now shows options to quickly jump to a place within Ponder - Redesigned and enlarged the image thumbnails on note previews - Pressing and holding the + button in the List View will now allow you to select a specific block to start a new note with - Voice Memos block now saves the recording to your phone storage (as well as within Ponder) - Pressing enter while creating an item in the Master Checklist will now create a new item - Redesigned the Summaries view and relocated it to the Tools page (the Random Note page moved there as well) - Filtering & Searching through notes is now way, WAY, faster than before - Cleaned up some of the settings pages - Removed the quote shown when Ponder was loading (based on user feedback, thank you!) - Shortened the time it takes to load Ponder (should be much faster now) - Fixed an issue where the note header was slow to load on new notes - Fixed an issue with the Ponder icon in the header - Fixed an issue where deleted items would reappear in the Master Checklist - Fixed an issue where comments within the ratings block would not honour spellcheck - Fixed an unnecessary restriction where you couldn’t delete a non-text block if it was the only block in a note - Fixed janky behaviour when dragging a block near an image block As always, thank you for using Ponder!

PONDER 1.12 UPDATE! This is possibly the biggest 1.12 update you’ve ever seen (maybe). In this update, we’ve added 3 new block types for your notes. THREE! *NEW* RATINGS BLOCK! Just watched your new favourite movie? Or finished a book you couldn’t put down? Rate it with the new RATINGS block. We’ve added support for rating movies, TV shows, and books. Plus, we’ve added a custom category so you can rate anything you like (like Lola’s famous crêpes). *NEW* VIDEO BLOCK! We know we’re not the only ones who wanted to add videos to our notes in Ponder. With the new VIDEO block, now you can! *NEW* BULLETED LIST BLOCK! The numbered list block was cool and all, but sometimes you need to make a bulleted list. If this describes you, you’re going to love the new BULLETED LIST block. Three new blocks is pretty rad, but we didn’t stop there.. *NEW* MASONRY LIST DISPLAY MODE We’ve added a fourth way to view your notes. This one is called the MASONRY view. It allows you view all your notes in a beautiful tiled layout. If you love adding photos to your notes, we think you’re going to love this view. *NEW* MERGE NOTES FEATURE While viewing a note, tap on the (i) icon in the top right and you’ll now see an option to merge notes together. This allows you to easily combine two notes into one note, just like magic. *NEW* REARRANGE BLOCKS MODE Also available by tapping the (i) icon in the top right of your note, you’ll now see the option to enable REARRANGE BLOCKS MODE which makes it easy to rearrange blocks inside of a note. This is helpful for those of you with reaaaaalllyyy long notes (you know who you are). PONDER 1.13 also includes other changes like: - We’ve renamed the “Highlighted” notes section to “Pinned”. We figured this will be less confusing since there’s also a highlight block (no relation) - We improved the speed of which the Linked Notes block loads. Same with the Voice Memos block - Random other improvements and fixes!

PONDER 1.11 UPDATE! This update includes minor improvements around performance, such as: - fixed several causes for hitches while typing - overall performance boost while editing notes - improves the speed of the voice memos block appearing within a note - filtering notes should be a tad faster now Oh! We almost forgot! We added 4 *new* fonts for you to choose from. Enjoy! PONDER 1.1 was a pretty big update, so we've also included those update notes for you below. -- PONDER 1.1 UPDATE! We’re introducing multiple new features with Ponder 1.1 as well as several minor improvements. *NEW* INTRODUCING YOUR COMMONPLACE Next time you load up Ponder, you’ll be greeted with COMMONPLACE, a space for you to make your own. This feature was inspired by all the ways in which people customize their physical notebooks. Add vintage-style photos, sticky notes, and even stickers. It's designed to be a place that inspires and brings you joy. SPEAKING OF STICKERS.. We’ve introduced over 10 unique stickers to customize your space with. While many are available for you to use right away, more will unlock as you write notes with Ponder. There’s even a special sticker for the OG users of Ponder. Collect them all!

 PS: You can submit your own sticker to be potentially included in a future update to Ponder. *NEW* INTRODUCING THE UNIFIED CHECKLIST Checklists are a crucial part of Ponder, but we heard from our users that they’d like a place to see all their checklist items at once. That’s why we built the “Unified Checklist”. Optionally enabled in Settings (under Other), the Unified Checklist shows up right next to the weather in your list view. So handy! The best part? You can optionally sync all the checklists with the Unified Checklist. Add a new item in a checklist block? It will sync over to the Unified Checklist. Complete an item from the Unified Checklist? It will sync over to the original note as well. *NEW* CALENDAR BLOCK! With Ponder 1.1, we’ve introduced a new block you can use within your notes. The Calendar block allows you to pull an event from your calendar and add it to a note. Perfect for remembering important events. *NEW* ALTERNATE FONT SUPPORT Font selection is a wonderful way to customize your notes and Ponder 1.1 now supports 5 different styles. You can switch the font style for your notes within the “Notes Editor” settings. *NEW* AUTO-TAGGING OF NOTES We’ve added a new way to easily add tags to your notes. Simply put a hashtag in front of any word in your note and that tag will be automatically added. #seamless *NEW* MORE WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE LIST VIEW We’ve added three new ways to customize the list view of your notes, including: - New menu bar style (try it, we think it’s great) - Multiple list view styles (original, expanded, and condensed) - New link break styles (lightning and heartbeat) PONDER 1.1 INCLUDES MANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS: - Reorganized Settings page - Added ability to indent checklist items by swiping right on the item - Added prompt to notify users about iCloud Sync - Added “Last Sync” status to iCloud setting - Added message when enabling iCloud sync - Added support for VoiceOver - Improved onboarding experience - Fixed rare spacing issue on the checklist block - Various speed improvements - .. and more!

PONDER 1.1 UPDATE! We’re introducing multiple new features with Ponder 1.1 as well as several minor improvements. *NEW* INTRODUCING YOUR COMMONPLACE Next time you load up Ponder, you’ll be greeted with COMMONPLACE, a space for you to make your own. This feature was inspired by all the ways in which people customize their physical notebooks. Add vintage-style photos, sticky notes, and even stickers. It's designed to be a place that inspires and brings you joy. SPEAKING OF STICKERS.. We’ve introduced over 10 unique stickers to customize your space with. While many are available for you to use right away, more will unlock as you write notes with Ponder. There’s even a special sticker for the OG users of Ponder. Collect them all!

 PS: You can submit your own sticker to be potentially included in a future update to Ponder. *NEW* INTRODUCING THE UNIFIED CHECKLIST Checklists are a crucial part of Ponder, but we heard from our users that they’d like a place to see all their checklist items at once. That’s why we built the “Unified Checklist”. Optionally enabled in Settings (under Other), the Unified Checklist shows up right next to the weather in your list view. So handy! The best part? You can optionally sync all the checklists with the Unified Checklist. Add a new item in a checklist block? It will sync over to the Unified Checklist. Complete an item from the Unified Checklist? It will sync over to the original note as well. *NEW* CALENDAR BLOCK! With Ponder 1.1, we’ve introduced a new block you can use within your notes. The Calendar block allows you to pull an event from your calendar and add it to a note. Perfect for remembering important events. *NEW* ALTERNATE FONT SUPPORT Font selection is a wonderful way to customize your notes and Ponder 1.1 now supports 5 different styles. You can switch the font style for your notes within the “Notes Editor” settings. *NEW* AUTO-TAGGING OF NOTES We’ve added a new way to easily add tags to your notes. Simply put a hashtag in front of any word in your note and that tag will be automatically added. #seamless *NEW* MORE WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE LIST VIEW We’ve added three new ways to customize the list view of your notes, including: - New menu bar style (try it, we think it’s great) - Multiple list view styles (original, expanded, and condensed) - New link break styles (lightning and heartbeat) PONDER 1.1 INCLUDES MANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS: - Reorganized Settings page - Added ability to indent checklist items by swiping right on the item - Added prompt to notify users about iCloud Sync - Added “Last Sync” status to iCloud setting - Added message when enabling iCloud sync - Added support for VoiceOver - Improved onboarding experience - Fixed rare spacing issue on the checklist block - Various speed improvements - .. and more!

Thanks for using Ponder! This update includes several important fixes, including: - Fixed an issue where the black pen/pencil wasn't working in the sketch block - Fixed a rare issue where failed encryption would prevent a note from showing - Fixed an issue where the Summary page would update too often - Fixed the app icon - Improved the speed of searching through notes - Implemented several other speed improvements throughout the app

Thanks for using Ponder! This update includes some important fixes and improvements, including: - Added icon to indicate when Ponder is syncing to iCloud - Added placeholder text to note preview which indicates if note is empty - Fixes issue where notes may be erased if encryption fails - Fixes issue with filter view not showing all appropriate blocks - Taking a photo with Ponder now saves the image to the camera roll - Removed the need to restart Ponder after enabling iCloud - Few improvements to legibility when using dark mode - Plus a few other random fixes :-)