This update improves the iPad experience for users without Apple Pencil and refines the reader menu. Changes - Added a mode for using pen, eraser, and pointer tools with your finger on iPad when Apple Pencil is not available. - In this mode, one finger uses the current tool while two fingers are handled more reliably for scrolling and zooming. - Improved the reader More menu so multiple settings can be changed in a row without the menu closing each time. - Reading Mode is now a toggle inside the More menu, and its controls stay visible while the menu is open. - The text input tool now enters text mode on the first tap, then opens saved text styles when tapped again. - Import Photo now closes the More menu first and then opens the photo picker more reliably.

This update improves text selection for PDF text that contains original links. Changes - Copy and Look Up now appear more reliably when double-tapping linked PDF text with Apple Pencil. - Linked text now shows the same blue selection highlight as regular PDF text selection. - Refined gesture handling so link editing by long press and text selection no longer interfere with each other. - Clarified the Unlimited Notes purchase copy.

This update makes page margin adjustment faster and more precise. Changes - Enter exact margin values in millimeters instead of using fixed 5 mm steps. - Choose Expand or Shrink separately for the top, bottom, left, and right margins. - See the current page size and the estimated size after changes before applying. - The numeric pad is now built into the sheet, reducing keyboard flicker or disappearing input while editing. - Added stronger validation so changes that would make a page invalid are not applied.

This is a small update that refines the default highlighter setting for first-time use. Changes - Lowered the default highlighter intensity for new installs and users who have not customized the highlighter yet, so PDF text is not covered too heavily. - Existing highlighter settings that you already adjusted are preserved.

This update improves reader performance and energy efficiency. Changes - Reduced unnecessary overlay position updates while scrolling or resizing the reader. - Optimized energy use in Stage Manager, Split View, and multi-window UnivNote workflows. - Made PDF overlay alignment for handwriting, lasso selections, text boxes, and images more efficient.

This update expands the reader's gesture shortcut options. Changes - Added four-finger double tap and five-finger double tap to reader gesture shortcuts. - You can now assign separate actions to two-finger, three-finger, four-finger, and five-finger double taps. - Available actions include undo, redo, fit height, fit width, toggling two-page view, and toggling Reading Mode. - Reading Mode is now also available on Mac. - The new gesture shortcuts are off by default and can be enabled only when you need them. - Added localizations for the new gesture shortcut labels.

This update adds customizable gesture shortcuts in the reader. Changes - You can now assign actions to two-finger double tap and three-finger double tap from the reader's top-right menu. - Available shortcut actions include undo, redo, fit height, fit width, and toggling two-page view. - Gesture shortcuts are off by default, so you can enable only the ones you want. - Improved fit height and fit width behavior so pages match the current screen and document layout more naturally. - Added localizations for the new gesture shortcut settings.

This update improves text boxes, original PDF link editing, and reader controls. Changes - New text boxes now start smaller and expand as needed while you type. - In text selection mode, you can long-press links in the original PDF to change their destination page or delete the link. - Improved page entry for original PDF links with a built-in number pad. - Made the bottom-right page navigation buttons easier to tap while keeping the control more compact. - If a PDF import is blocked by the note limit, completing the purchase now resumes that same import. - Reduced cases where selection or lasso popups could overlap with the top toolbar.

This update improves reader stability and restores your viewing state more reliably. Changes - UnivNote now remembers the last zoom level for each document and restores it when you reopen the document. - Improved recovery after Split View, rotation, or size changes so writing and scrolling are less likely to stop unexpectedly. - Made size-change and zoom-limit calculations lighter for large PDFs. - Cleaned up paste and link-paste popups so they do not overlap or leave behind a stale touch area. - Cleaned up the app name so it appears consistently as UnivNote.

This update improves text input, sync, and the library interface. Changes - Text input settings are easier to reuse. The last used font, weight, size, and color are remembered, and saved text settings can be applied directly from the text input button. - Saved text settings can now be applied to selected text boxes as well as new text. - Favorite pens, saved text settings, custom text colors, and per-document page bookmarks now sync across devices. - Improved the library top buttons on narrow screens so labels no longer become awkwardly cramped. - Reduced cases where text boxes could disappear or appear unstable at very high zoom levels.

This update improves erasing and lasso selection behavior. Changes - Added Lasso Delete for the eraser. When enabled, close an eraser path to delete the handwriting strokes inside it at once. - Moving a lasso selection with many small strokes is now smoother. - Fixed a case where, after dragging a lasso selection across a page boundary, dragging again could move the lasso outline without moving the selected strokes. - Reduced a case on iPad where finger scrolling or two-finger zooming could briefly stop right after changing the eraser style.

This update improves reader selection behavior and library indexing stability. Changes - Improved an issue where the lasso selection menu could briefly appear in the wrong position. - Cropping a linked image now keeps its link behavior. - Prevented the unintended system Copy menu from appearing after a three-finger tap on iPad. - Library search indexing now skips completed documents more efficiently. - Reduced cases where indexing multiple documents could affect app responsiveness.

This update focuses on smoother pointer and scrolling performance, especially while recording lectures. Changes - Link images can now be opened with a finger tap while using pointer mode on iPad. - Refined the laser pointer rendering so movement feels smoother during screen recording. - Improved scrolling efficiency by updating only the visible page area and nearby pages. - Reduced unnecessary redraws while scrolling documents that contain text boxes.

This is a small refinement update for the stroke thickness picker. Changes - On wider iPad layouts, pen, highlighter, and eraser thickness presets now use more horizontal space so they are easier to scan. - When space is limited, the thickness preset row remains reliably scrollable. - Fixed an intermittent popover crash that could occur when opening the thickness picker.

This update makes stroke thickness controls and the top toolbar feel steadier. Changes - Use a compact number keypad, instead of the full keyboard, when entering pen, highlighter, or eraser thickness. - Opening the thickness picker now scrolls the preset list to the current thickness. - Toolbar button positions stay steadier when switching between drawing and selection modes. - Refined the flow for entering a thickness and choosing presets.

This update makes text box font sizing easier and smoother. Changes - Type an exact font size directly in the text formatting bar. - Font size steps are now finer at small sizes and faster at large sizes. - The maximum text size is much higher for large headings and labels on images. - Reduced flicker and focus changes while entering a text size. - Refined the text editing flow on iPhone and iPad.

This update lets you turn a photo into a note, write right on top of it, and export it back at full original quality. Changes - Create a note from a single photo that fills the page with no margins. Draw right on the photo or add text and more photos, with the original quality preserved. - Send photos straight into UnivNote from the Photos app or any app's share button. Choose a regular document with the photo centered on a white page, or a photo-only document where the photo fills the page. - Export a photo document back out as an image (PNG or JPEG). Your handwriting and annotations are merged in at original quality, and you can export several photo documents at once from the library. - The export menu is now unified — tap Export and choose between photo and PDF to match the document.

This update adds masking, so you can cover answers with the highlighter and study from memory. Changes - Added a Mask style to the highlighter. Paint over anything you want to memorize and it is covered by an opaque mark that hides the answer. Tap a mask with your finger to reveal the answer for a moment, then tap again to hide it — quiz yourself just like a memorization sheet. - You can adjust how clearly a mask reveals its answer, from a faint hint to a fully readable peek. - Added thicker highlighter sizes so you can cover larger areas in a single stroke. - After selecting a highlighter with the lasso, you can switch it between Normal and Mask from the thickness menu, so highlights you have already drawn can become masks too.

This update brings UnivNote to iPhone. Changes - iPhone support: open and read your notes on iPhone, and write, erase, or add text notes with your finger. Use two fingers to pan and zoom. - Fixed an issue where the library showed only folders and hid your notes in a narrow window or Split View. Now your notes stay visible even at narrow widths, and folders open from the button in the top-left. - On narrow screens, the menu that appears after a lasso selection now wraps onto two rows, so its buttons are no longer cut off.

This update improves the toolbar so every tool stays visible on narrow screens, and makes the eraser faster. Changes - When you use Split View or a narrow window, the toolbar's tools now wrap onto as many rows as needed instead of covering the sidebar. No tools are removed — all of them stay available. - Fixed slowdowns with the pixel eraser (which erases only the parts you touch) on pages with lots of ink. Erasing is now smooth on any page. - When you drag to reorder your favorite pens, the position number and insertion point are now shown so you can place each pen more precisely.

This update adds Favorite Pens — save the pens you use most and switch to them instantly. Changes - Save your most-used pens as favorites and apply them with one tap from the toolbar. Save the current pen from the star button on the left of the toolbar to get a button that applies it instantly (the first three appear in the toolbar), and use the star button's list to see all your saved pens, pick one, drag to reorder, or add and remove them. - Assign "Next Favorite Pen" to the Apple Pencil double-tap or squeeze (Apple Pencil Pro) to cycle through your saved pens without lifting the pencil. Set it under Apple Pencil in the More menu at the top right. - Only positions you jump to by page number are recorded in Back/Forward. Moving one page at a time with the previous/next page buttons is no longer included in Back/Forward. - Fixed a brief afterimage that appeared in the thickness popup when switching the fountain pen type.

This update adds a new template, makes templates easier to use, and improves library scrolling. Changes - When creating a new note, you can now select several templates at once and create all the notes together. Turn on multiple selection at the top right of the template screen, choose the templates you want, and create them in one step. - Added a new "Day in Reverse" template — a format for looking back on your day from the end to the beginning. - Refined the Bullet Journal template into a two-page format. The first page is an index/cover and the second is the dotted body, and adding more pages continues the body format. - Made the lines and rules in several design templates clearer, so faint guide lines that were hard to see now stand out. - Removed a brief hitch that occurred the moment you started scrolling the library list again after it had come to rest. Scrolling now stays smooth from the very first moment.

This update improves the eraser, dark mode, and page navigation. Changes - Fixed an issue where, when you swept the eraser quickly across several strokes, some strokes along its path were not erased. This happened more often in large documents with many pages. The eraser now reliably erases every stroke it passes over. - Dark mode is now shared across all documents and remembered. Turning dark mode on or off in one document applies to every document you open (including documents you jump to via a link), and it stays set after you close a document or relaunch the app. - After you jump to another location by entering a page number or tapping a link, you can move through your navigation history across multiple steps using the Back and Forward buttons. The buttons no longer disappear when you scroll between pages, and each button stays in a fixed position so you can tell them apart at a glance.

This update fixes small issues in read-aloud and link navigation. Changes - Fixed an issue where the button stayed on "Stop" after reading finished when you used Speak on selected text in text mode. It now returns to "Speak" once reading is done. - The yellow highlight that shows where you land after tapping a link is now briefer and tidier.

This update optimizes the app throughout to greatly reduce heat and battery use. It also smooths out delays when closing large documents and improves recording stability. Changes - We optimized the internal handling of frequently used actions — writing, scrolling, and erasing — to greatly reduce heat and battery drain. Your device stays much cooler even during long writing sessions. - When nothing on screen is changing, the app now stops unnecessary refreshes to lower power use even further. - Removed the few-second pause that could occur when closing large documents with a lot of handwriting. - Documents with many images now cap their memory use for more stable operation. - Improved recording stability by preventing a rare error and a potential memory leak during playback and saving. - Fixed an issue where the original PDF content could be damaged after deleting a page and then undoing it. - When you open a document, the first page is now centered vertically. - Added a new multi-page template. - Improved stability across Library search, page editing, and other edge cases.