Version 2.1 — your manuals, linked and in their own order LIBRARY • Each manual opens on its own table of contents, exactly as its publisher defines it: the lists of effective documentary units and of modifications and the summary of highlights at the top, then the chapters in ATA order (00, 21, 22, 23…). Sections that don't apply to your aircraft are not listed. • Links between manuals: a reference from one manual to another (CDL to MMEL, MMEL to FCOM, FCTM to FCOM…) now opens that page. Back returns, and the page header always names the manual and section you are reading. • Pictures open full size when tapped, with a Rotate button for charts drawn sideways. • The lists of documentary units, modifications and highlights now use the full width and show only the rows for your aircraft. • Cited passages are marked in the page even when they contain an abbreviation. SETTINGS • See which version you run and whether a newer one is on the App Store, with an Update button. • Rate askM from Settings › About. After some days of regular use, askM may ask once for a rating: it goes to the App Store, or straight to the developer if something needs fixing. PERFORMANCE • Manual pages are released from memory when their pane closes.

Version 2.0 — a new interface, built for the cockpit ASK • The answer and its source, side by side. As soon as the search finishes, the cited page of your manual opens next to the answer (below it in portrait), with the passage marked in soft green. Step through every source without leaving the answer. • A question field the keyboard never hides. The blue key on the keyboard sends, a New line key sits just above it, and Return sends on a hardware keyboard. Stop the answer at any time. • Question history: your questions and answers are kept on the device. Search them, reopen them, delete them. • Limit a question to one manual, or several, from the chips above the question field. • Change aircraft from the tail number at the top of the screen. LIBRARY • Read your manuals: each one opens on its table of contents, and any section opens in the reader. "Ask in FCOM" starts a question limited to that manual. • Search every section with the usual search syntax: AND, OR, NOT, "exact phrase", word*, (grouping), title: and NEAR. Operator keys sit above the keyboard, matches are marked in the page, and tap ? for help. • Each manual shows its index state. Sync, import and indexing keep running when you leave the screen, and any error is shown. • On iPhone, the Library — search, contents and reader — is now available. AI answers remain iPad and Mac only. DESIGN • A dark, cockpit-style interface with the B612 typeface, drawn for cockpit displays. Each colour has one meaning: cyan for what you can act on, green for what comes from the manual, magenta for AI-generated text, amber for caution, red for failures. • Larger, clearer text that follows your Dynamic Type size, and larger touch targets. • Manual pages fit the pane and no longer slide sideways while you scroll. askM now requires iPadOS 26 or macOS 26.

Version 1.2.2 — Rebuilding the search index Fixed • Rebuilding the search index is now always possible. "Re-index" only ever picks up manuals that were never fully indexed, so on a library that was already complete it finished instantly without changing anything — the same result whether or not there was anything to do. • A "Rebuild Index" button, until now shown only when askM detected an index built by an older version of the app, is available in Settings at all times. It asks for confirmation first, then clears the index and reads every manual again — useful after installing the Enhanced Search model, or any time answers stop matching what a manual says. Everything else — search, answers, citations and the on-device models — is unchanged from 1.2.1.

Version 1.2.1 — Importing a manual from a file Fixed • Importing a manual directly from a file could leave the library empty. Depending on how the archive was packaged, none of the manual's documents reached askM: indexing appeared to finish instantly, the app reported success, and every question afterwards found nothing. askM now reads the archive correctly whatever its internal layout, and an archive that contains no manual is refused with a clear message instead of a silent success. • Re-importing a revised manual now replaces the previous one. Until now the earlier files were kept and the new revision was never indexed, so answers still came from the superseded manual. • Illustrations and formatting inside imported manuals now display correctly. A manual imported from a file is stored exactly like one downloaded from the server. • A library already left in this state by an earlier import repairs itself on the next launch. Manuals downloaded from the server are untouched. Everything else — search, answers, citations and the on-device models — is unchanged from 1.2.

Version 1.2 — Smarter search, trustworthy answers Smarter search • Optional Enhanced Search model (about 350 MB, downloaded in Settings) — dramatically better retrieval: in our internal manual evaluation, the right passage reaches the top results far more often • Optional answer reranker (about 350 MB, experimental) — an on-device judge that re-orders results by true relevance and powers a better-calibrated low-confidence warning • Smarter retrieval engine — keyword and semantic evidence are fused, near-duplicate passages are removed, and follow-up questions carry the context of your previous question into the search Trustworthy answers • Citations now exactly match what the model actually read — no more listed sources the model never saw • Aircraft guard — if nothing matches your selected aircraft, askM says so instead of silently answering from another aircraft's manuals; an optional setting widens the search, clearly flagged on the answer • Versioned search index — the app detects an index built by an older version and offers a one-tap rebuild • Visible rebuild stages — see exactly what indexing is doing: clear old index, load embedding model, parse-chunk-embed, finalise Under the hood • Fixed document extraction issues (duplicated table text, heading bleed, lost special characters such as degree units) • Fixed chunking so long sections split correctly with proper overlap • Fixed keyword search ranking on iPhone • A memory manager keeps the language model and the optional search models within device limits • Interrupted indexing runs are detected and repaired automatically Hardware Same requirements as 1.1: iPad with Apple Silicon (M-series) or any Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 15 or later. The optional search models download once and stay on your device.

Version 1.1 What's new • New on-device language model — reasoning-tuned for better answers on multi-step procedures and limitations • Mac Catalyst support — full Mac app, with an optional first-launch download of a larger on-device model for higher-quality answers on Mac • First-launch Terms & Disclaimer, re-openable from Settings → About • Conversation history — follow-up questions remember prior Q&A in the same session • Tappable source citations in answers — opens the source, scrolls into view, collapses the others • Source links show the manual short name (e.g. "Source 4 [FCOM]") • Live thinking indicator while the model reasons; reasoning is collapsed to a chip when done and can be expanded on tap • Cancel button (red square) replaces the send button during generation • Tap any prior question to copy it to the clipboard • Auto-scroll follows the streaming answer • Settings shows the active on-device model size • Aircraft registration badge legibility fixed • Settings reorder: Index Status now below Server Connection • Light-mode contrast improvements across chat and source views iPhone paused The on-device model does not yet fit the iPhone's memory budget. iPhone users see a clear explanation in the app. iPad and Mac are the supported platforms for 1.1. Hardware Requires an iPad with Apple Silicon (M-series) for on-device AI — iPad Pro M1 or newer, or iPad Air M2 or newer recommended. On Mac, any Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 15 or later.