Hey gang, I've got some quick bug fixes in this release. Bigger stuff coming soon. Stay tuned! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Changes made to items in Lists wouldn't update in the UI right way • FIXED: The ••• menu in Lists was crashing • FIXED: Podcast playback issues on Mac ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I'm got some quick bug fixes in this release. Bigger stuff coming soon. Stay tuned! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements • Improvements when deleting everything from Trash • Improved database recovery workflows when things go wrong ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: UI issue when The Pile is empty • FIXED: Deleting a list wasn't updating the UI right away ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I'm got some quick bug fixes in this release. Bigger stuff coming soon. Stay tuned! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Added better error handling for the Mac app ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Infinite loop when loading lists and smart lists • FIXED: Crash when selecting a category in the share sheet ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, Sofa's iOS 26 update is here and it comes with a bunch of exciting new features including Liquid Glass, Voice Boost, Trim Silence, and manual sorting. ============================ LIQUID GLASS ============================ Enjoy the fun and playful Liquid Glass all throughout the app ============================ MANUAL SORTING ============================ You can now *finally* manually sort groups, lists, and items within The Pile and Lists ============================ PODCAST PLAYER IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Voice Boost: Enhances speech clarity and reduces background noise • Trim Silence: Automatically skips silent portions for faster listening • Mini podcast player now shows playback duration under the player controls ============================ UP NEXT IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Multi-Select/Bulk editing for items in Up Next • Episodes in Up Next will display if the episode is downloaded for offline listening • Episodes in Up Next will show the download progress when downloading an episode for offline listening ============================ CHANGES FOR v4.3.2 ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, Sofa's iOS 26 update is here and it comes with a bunch of exciting new features including Liquid Glass, Voice Boost, Trim Silence, and manual sorting. **CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.3.1** ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ • New "Space Orange" theme to match your new device :) ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Improved the downloading progress UI for podcast episodes • Tweaks to Voice Boost EQ • Turning Voice Boost on and off is much smoother ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Layout issues in Up Next • FIXED: Removing a downloaded podcast episode wasn't updating the UI properly • FIXED: Chapter images weren't reliably showing in the podcast player • FIXED: UI changes in Logbook weren’t animating correctly • FIXED: Theme issue when showing the quick add menu • FIXED: FAB button layout issues • FIXED: Crash when filtering items in Logbook **CHANGES FOR VERSION 4.3** ============================ LIQUID GLASS ============================ Enjoy the fun and playful Liquid Glass all throughout the app ============================ MANUAL SORTING ============================ You can now *finally* manually sort groups, lists, and items within The Pile and Lists ============================ PODCAST PLAYER IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Voice Boost: Enhances speech clarity and reduces background noise • Trim Silence: Automatically skips silent portions for faster listening • Mini podcast player now shows playback duration under the player controls ============================ UP NEXT IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Multi-Select/Bulk editing for items in Up Next • Episodes in Up Next will display if the episode is downloaded for offline listening • Episodes in Up Next will show the download progress when downloading an episode for offline listening ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, Sofa's iOS 26 update is here and it comes with a bunch of exciting new features including Liquid Glass, Voice Boost, Trim Silence, and manual sorting. ============================ LIQUID GLASS ============================ Enjoy the fun and playful Liquid Glass all throughout the app ============================ MANUAL SORTING ============================ You can now *finally* manually sort groups, lists, and items within The Pile and Lists ============================ PODCAST PLAYER IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Voice Boost: Enhances speech clarity and reduces background noise • Trim Silence: Automatically skips silent portions for faster listening • Mini podcast player now shows playback duration under the player controls ============================ UP NEXT IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Multi-Select/Bulk editing for items in Up Next • Episodes in Up Next will display if the episode is downloaded for offline listening • Episodes in Up Next will show the download progress when downloading an episode for offline listening ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Improvements to the Podcast Player when in airplane mode • Added menu options in "Up Next" to show/hide Skipped and Archived episodes • Slight tweak to the Classic Light theme tint color • New primary app icon (just a slight tweak compared to the previous one) ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: There was an issue where files weren't being properly cleaned up when creating and importing backup files. This could result in Sofa storing a lot of extra data. This is now fixed and the clean up process should keep things nice and tidy going forward. • FIXED: If left in the background for too long, the podcast player wouldn't resume playing without force-quitting the app. • FIXED: Issue where downloaded podcasts wouldn't play while in airplane mode • FIXED: Crash when deeplinking to a pinned item • FIXED: Crash when deleting a podcast episode • FIXED: Crash when fetching new podcast episodes • FIXED: Crash when viewing all podcast episodes • FIXED: Crash when sharing data with widgets • FIXED: Crash when using multi-add from the home screen • FIXED: Workflow issues when using multi-add from the home screen • FIXED: Crash when editing Smart List filters • FIXED: Crash when adding item to a list • FIXED: Crash when opening an item's action menu in Logbook • FIXED: Crash when creating backup file • FIXED: Infinite loop when updating an item's details ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Crash on launch • FIXED: Crash when importing a backup file • FIXED: Issue where duplicate metadata would be created for items ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Sometimes the UI wouldn't update when in airplane mode. ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Issue where lists with a 1000+ items wouldn't load correctly ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Performance improvements when sharing data with widgets • Improved duplicate data detection when emptying the trash • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: App would briefly freeze when coming to the foreground • FIXED: Crash when loading an item's details ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements • Improved loading for music albums ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Crash when sharing data with widgets • FIXED: Crash on app launch ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ BUG FIX ============================ – FIXED: Issue where duplicates could be created for The Pile ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I have a few updates and bug fixes to share. I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Database and iCloud syncing improvements • Podcast playback improvements ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Crash when disconnecting from CarPlay • FIXED: Episodes in Up Next weren't updating for CarPlay ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I have a few updates and bug fixes to share. I hope you're having a nice summer! ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ NEW SOFA MENU DESIGN That little menu you see when tapping the big + button is a bit more helpful. By default, you'll see a simple list of all the categories you can search for. As you tap/use different categories, they will show as "Recent" along the top. This should make adding your most used categories a lot faster. ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Podcast player performance improvements • Improvements to how data is shared with widgets • Under-the-hood work to prep for some new stuff ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Crash when selecting Categories from the share sheet • FIXED: Crash when viewing Smart Lists • FIXED: Changing an item's Logbook date wasn't updating the Logbook card on the home screen • FIXED: Sometimes duplicate backup files would be created • FIXED: Crash when showing Logbook • FIXED: Podcast feed refreshing wasn't triggering reliably • FIXED: Lists weren't properly resetting their image after deleting all items within it • FIXED: Discount calculation on pricing page ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I have some performance improvements in this release. ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • General iCloud syncing improvements • Improved UI updates when syncing data with iCloud ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I have some performance improvements in this release. ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • General iCloud syncing improvements • Improved UI updates when syncing data with iCloud • Improved data sharing with widgets ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Steering wheel controls weren't reliably working for all podcast episodes ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I have some performance improvements in this release. ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Improved UI updates when syncing data with iCloud • iCloud syncing improvements ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I have some bug fixes and performance improvements in this release. ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Improved UI updates when syncing data with iCloud • Added "Syncing with iCloud..." message when large amounts of data are being synced ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: List images on the home screen would sometimes show the wrong image • FIXED: Video games details weren’t loading correctly ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I have some important bug fixes and performance improvements in this release. ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Improved UI updates when syncing data with iCloud • Added "Syncing with iCloud..." message when large amounts of data are being synced ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: List images on the home screen would sometimes show the wrong image ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Hey gang, I have some important bug fixes and performance improvements in this release. ============================ WHAT'S NEW ============================ NEW BACKUP/IMPORT SYSTEM Sofa's backup system wasn't scaling well with the app's growth and needed to be rewritten. This means the new backup system is significantly faster, more reliable, resilient, and efficient. The new backup files have a .sofa4bk file extension, but don't worry, your older backup files (.sofa3bk) can still be imported if needed. ============================ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Reconfigured the action menu for items in Up Next • Improvements to database and iCloud setup and syncing • Performance improvements when listening to podcasts ============================ BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Up Next not displaying images correctly • FIXED: Podcast episode artwork was low resolution when viewing the player on the lock screen • FIXED: Crash when selecting category from share sheet ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn

Sofa can now be your favorite podcast player! Enjoy the convenience, simplicity, and fun, of listening to podcasts in Sofa. ============================ WHAT'S NEW IN 4.2 ============================ PODCAST PLAYER Sofa comes with a full-featured podcast player that can easily be your primary way of listening to your favorite shows. • Add your favorite podcasts • Easily manage your “Up Next” queue • Simple controls, chapter selection, show notes, and more • Create custom playlists • Plenty of settings to configure things just how you like • Fine-tune settings for individual podcasts • Listen while you drive with CarPlay • Widgets and shortcuts for quick access NEW APP ICON • New alternate app icon from Basic Apple Guy. It's a throwback! ============================ 4.2.8 IMPROVEMENTS ============================ • Improvements to database and iCloud setup • Automatic backups are now enabled for people who have iCloud syncing disabled • The Pile home page card will now display items based on its current sort order • Pinned Items home page card will now display items based on its current sort order • Increased the number of lines of text will show for grid items in a list ============================ 4.2.8 BUG FIXES ============================ • FIXED: Crash when opening Pinned Items with duplicate items • FIXED: Pinned Items widget wasn't reliably updating • FIXED: Talking to Siri wasn't pausing audio • FIXED: Steering wheel controls were getting messed up when transitioning to a new episodes in CarPlay • FIXED: Playback speed wasn't being properly reset after seeking forward or backward ============================ As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com – Shawn