This update adds locks for private notes and folders, makes lasso selection across layers more dependable, and introduces a Light fountain pen for smaller handwriting. Changes - Lock any note or folder, then unlock it with your device's biometrics or passcode. Folder locks protect everything inside. Locked content is covered in thumbnails and the app switcher, and authentication is required before exporting or backing up. - Lasso selection now catches strokes and shapes even when only a segment or edge crosses the selection. Handwriting and shapes from different layers can be moved to another layer together, with clearer feedback when a locked layer blocks part of the selection. - The new Light fountain pen keeps Basic's pressure feel but applies gentler curve correction, preserving tight turns and small handwriting while still smoothing minor wobble. - Fixed the lasso or eraser sometimes missing handwriting after a page was loaded, rotated, or flipped, and fixed selected strokes moving to the wrong layer after an internal reorder.

This update remembers exactly where you were reading, and lets you flip through pages sideways. Files sent over from other apps now keep their own names, too. Pages you copy can be pasted straight into other apps. Changes - Horizontal page turn: move through a document one page at a time instead of scrolling up and down. Switch it on from the ⋯ menu, then swipe sideways or use the arrow keys. It works alongside Two-page view. - Documents reopen right where you left them — same page, same spot on that page, same zoom. Zooming in on the right edge and leaving no longer drops you back in the middle. - Copy a page and paste it straight into another app. Copy from the sidebar or Page Manager and it arrives as a PDF in Notes, Pages and elsewhere — no need to export first. - Handwriting and drawings you pick with a tap can now be pasted into other apps as an image. - Line straightening can now be assigned to the Apple Pencil double-tap and squeeze, and to a double tap with your finger. - Pasting a page into another note keeps hidden layers hidden. If that isn't possible, the app lets you know. - PDFs and photos sent to UnivNote from other apps keep their original file names. You can also choose which folder they go into, and they land in No folder if you don't. Importing a file with a "/" in its name no longer turns it into a ":" in the title. - Fixed notes going missing when iCloud sync was switched on or off. Turning sync on no longer freezes the Settings screen, even with a lot of notes. - Undo is more dependable. Deleting or clearing a page you never opened, and erasing across several pages, now come back in a single step. - Fixed drawings and handwriting that reach onto the facing page being cut off in exported PDFs in Two-page view. The overlap order you see on screen carries over too. - Fixed portrait photos looking squashed and blurry, and small drawings or shapes growing instead of shrinking when you dragged a corner inward. - Tidier lasso popup: it now goes away when you switch tools (including a double-tap on Apple Pencil), and the menu reads Copy, Duplicate, Cut. Also fixed not being able to write after going back to the pen from the lasso. - Fixed the fountain pen thickening the line the moment you lift it while line straightening is on, and erased marks setting permanently when you changed eraser type mid-erase. - When the eraser or lasso is blocked by a locked layer, or a shape or photo won't select when you tap it, the app tells you why — and you can open the layer panel right from the notice. - Fixed the Pixel Eraser cutting into strokes on locked layers. Locked content can no longer be erased by any eraser. - New notes and renames show up in device search right away. Fixed search inside a note pointing at the wrong page. - Undo and Redo now dim briefly while you are erasing, instead of looking active but doing nothing. - Product names inside the app now appear in the same language as the purchase sheet.

This update brings UnivNote to 27 languages. It also adds the tools you need when a new term starts. Changes - 27 languages: added Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, and Turkish to the existing seven. You can also pick the app's display language yourself in Settings. - Duplicate Without Handwriting: copy a document or page while stripping only the pen strokes. Highlighter, shapes, text, and photos stay, so you can work through the same problems again. - Import several PDFs at once. Load a whole term's lecture material in one go. - Take Photo: photograph the board or a handout and drop it straight onto the page you're on. - Note titles now appear in Spotlight search. Tap a result to open that note.

This update adds Review Notes. Problems you capture with the lasso are collected automatically, and tapping a clip takes you back to where it came from. Changes - Review Notes: select an area with the lasso and tap "Review Notes" to collect a snapshot of it in your Review Notes document. The document is created in your library automatically if you don't have one yet, and tapping a collected clip jumps straight to that spot in the original document. - Arrange shapes: selected shapes can now be sent to the front or back. - Fixed photos appearing with inverted colors in night mode. Photos now keep their original colors.

This update adds image layers. You can split your photos across two layers and hide or lock each layer. Changes - Image layers: split photos across two layers. The layer button in the top bar lets you show or hide, lock and rename each layer, and you can move photos selected with the lasso to another layer. New photos go into the layer you have selected, and hidden layers are also left out of PDF export and image saving. - Fixed photos not actually swapping places on screen when you selected them with the lasso and sent them to the front or back. Browse Pages thumbnails now update along with them. - Fixed shapes coming back on top instead of in their original place when you undo deleting them.

This update reworks pasting. The notification and the confirmation prompt that appeared at the top of the screen when pasting from another app are gone, and you can now paste text and links as well as photos. You can also export just the original PDF, without your handwriting. Changes - The "Pasted from …" notification and the paste confirmation prompt no longer appear when you paste content copied from another app. The same goes for tapping an empty spot without pasting. - Tap an empty spot with the lasso to paste text and links too. Pasting creates a text box there and switches to the text tool. - Export or copy just the original PDF, without handwriting, photos, text boxes or shapes. "Original PDF Only" has been added to the page menus in Browse Pages, and "Export Original PDF Only" to the More menu. - Added "Current ↔ previous color" to the finger double-tap and Apple Pencil actions, so you can switch between two colors without opening the color palette. - Fixed photos copied from the web being pasted as a link instead of the photo. - Menus that stayed on screen after a text box was undone, or after paging far away, now disappear with it. - Fixed strokes slipping through a thin eraser when erasing with quick strokes. - Fixed the right side of popups and button bars being cut off while Browse Pages was open. - Improved a case where the app could stop responding after sharing pages.

This update widens the Classic fountain pen's pressure response and makes several actions noticeably faster, the eraser and recording playback among them. It also fixes a number of cases where content was left out of iCloud sync, backups, and exports. Changes - The Classic fountain pen's stroke width now varies more with pressure. Draw lightly for much thinner lines, and at the same pressure strokes are slightly thinner than before. The width at maximum pressure is unchanged. - The eraser is much faster. Rubbing with a thin eraser on a heavily written page no longer stutters. - Fixed strokes you had already passed over not being erased when rubbing slowly. - Study Masks now respond immediately when tapped. - Fixed the brief freeze when jumping backward during recording playback. The longer the recording, the bigger the difference. - Fixed handwriting not being reproduced when the app quit unexpectedly during a recording. Your writing is now recovered along with the audio. - Previews are now saved for notes you have written on, so reopening a folder with many notes no longer keeps you waiting. - The library scrolls smoothly while search content is being prepared. - Fixed the brief freeze right after a backup restore starts. - Reduced the brief freeze when adjusting margins. - Fixed hidden layers reappearing when a note was exported or duplicated. - Fixed inserted shapes going missing when undoing a page deletion, exporting a note, or restoring a backup. - Fixed folders disappearing during iCloud sync, and a table of contents organized on another device not being applied. - Fixed recordings stored only in iCloud disappearing from the list when recording sync was turned off. They are now copied to this device first. - Fixed some notes not appearing in text search results. - Fixed the storage figure in Settings reading lower than actual usage. - Erasing all data now shows how many notes and folders will be deleted and requires you to type the confirmation phrase. Erasing is unavailable while a note is open. Saved WebDAV server credentials, which used to be left behind, are now erased as well.

This update widens the fountain pen's pressure response and adds tool switching to the finger gesture shortcuts. Changes - The fountain pen's stroke width now varies more with pressure. Press harder for thicker lines and draw lightly for thinner ones, and normal writing is now slightly thinner than before. - Finger double-tap gestures can be assigned more actions. You can now map switching to the pen, highlighter, eraser, or laser pointer, lasso, rectangle, or text selection, text boxes, the color picker, and the next favorite pen to the two- through five-finger double tap. These are the same actions as the Apple Pencil double tap.

This update improves the fountain pen's feel and fixes several issues with shape selection and page navigation. Changes - Improved the fountain pen's feel. - Fixed shapes being left out when moving or duplicating a selection that combined shapes with ink, photos, or text boxes. - Fixed shapes not moving correctly when dragged to a different page. - Fixed the document always resetting to page 1 after adjusting margins.

This update refines recording playback and improves memorization masks and shape selection. Changes - While you press and hold the playback bar during recording playback, the audio and ink replay pause together; lift your finger to resume from that point. - Turning on iCloud sync during first-time setup now also syncs your voice recordings. Audio uses more iCloud storage. - Even while using the lasso or rectangle selection tool, you can tap a mask with your finger to reveal the answer and hide it again. - Fixed delete and copy acting on the original instead of the duplicate after duplicating a shape, and the dashed outline staying behind at its original spot. - Fixed tapping a photo or a straight line while a shape was selected leaving the handles on the shape, so dragging affected the wrong target. - Fixed the selection popup getting cut off on narrow screens, and removed items that did nothing from the shape selection popup.

This update introduces ink layers and cross-device search index sync. Changes - Ink layers: organize your ink across up to 5 layers. Use the layer button in the top bar to show, hide, or lock each layer and rename it, and move lasso-selected ink to another layer. Hidden layers are also excluded from PDF export and image saving. - Search index sync: a search index built on one device now travels to your other devices via iCloud. On a new device or after reinstalling, search works right away without re-indexing every document. - When highlighters, memorization masks, shapes, and text boxes overlap, PDF export and image saving now follow exactly the order you see on screen. Also fixed area capture rendering highlighter colors darker than they appear. - Fixed tapping stacked memorization masks also revealing the mask underneath. - On iPhone, you can now tap shapes and photos with a finger to select them and tap an empty spot to deselect. Also fixed top bar buttons getting cut off on narrow screens. - The More menu remembers its last scroll position, and the 90° magnetic snap for shape rotation is more precise. - Improved frame performance for scrolling, zooming, and pinch/rotate preview of selections.

This update introduces shape insertion. Changes - Insert shapes: add over 30 kinds to a page, from lines, arrows, polygons, and stars to 3D solids like cylinders, cones, and spheres. Hidden edges of 3D solids are drawn as dashed lines. - Shapes stay editable after insertion: adjust size and rotation, and fine-tune details with handles — an ellipse's flatness, a cylindrical shell's thickness, or a triangular prism's cross-section. - Select shapes with the lasso to move, copy, paste, cut, or duplicate them, and change their color and line width just like ink. - Shapes appear everywhere: page thumbnails, PDF export, image saving, and sync across devices. - Recording playback now reproduces shape edits, and 2.5x and 3x playback speeds have been added.

This update polishes a few display issues. Changes - Darkened the page margins in night mode, which were too bright. - Fixed the note count and study time at the top getting cramped into a squished column when the library is in a narrow window (Split View or Stage Manager).

This update overhauls iCloud storage and data protection, and makes handwriting faster. Changes - Your notes stay on your device when you turn iCloud sync off. When turning it off, you can choose to copy your notes to this device first, or leave them in iCloud. - Fixed an issue where cleaning up storage could delete notes. Notes created while sync was off, and notes whose file was named differently, could disappear during the cleanup. - Fixed an issue where a permanently deleted note could reappear after turning sync off and on again. - Fixed an issue where a note's PDF and handwriting could be combined from different devices during sync, leaving ink on the wrong pages. If the same note was edited on two devices, the most recent version is kept and the other is saved as a conflict copy. - The iCloud sync setting can no longer be changed while a note is open, which prevents edits from being lost while the storage location changes. - Fixed an issue where search results jumped to the wrong page after another device reordered the pages. - Duplicating a document no longer rebuilds its search index. - Reduced the stutter when closing a note and returning to the library. - The eraser, paste, undo, and lasso selection are faster, especially on pages with a lot of ink.

This major update greatly expands the memorization mask study tools, subject management, and document linking. Changes - Added a memorization mask study loop: hide or reveal every mask at once, run a memory test that walks through the hidden answers one by one so you can mark each right or wrong and review only the ones you missed, and see every mask in a document as a list you can jump straight to. - Added an exam D-day and study time for each subject. Set an exam date on any folder (subject) to show the days remaining, and the time you keep a document open is automatically tallied into a per-folder study time. You can reset the study time right from the folder header or the sidebar. - Added backlinks. See all the links that point to the current document in one place, and jump straight back to wherever each link lives. - During recording playback, tap a handwriting stroke to jump to the moment it was drawn. - Gather the recordings from all your notes into a single list in the library. - Bring PDFs and photos into UnivNote straight from other apps through the Share Sheet. - Revealed masks are preserved as translucent highlighter in exported PDFs. - Improved the image quality and processing speed of photo notes. - Search now recognizes full-width alphanumeric characters. - Greatly improved recording reliability. Recordings are preserved even if the app closes unexpectedly or is force quit, and they keep going when you switch to the background or move around the library. - Strengthened several data-protection paths — handwriting save failures, damaged files, undo, and iCloud sync — and fixed an issue where undoing a margin change could misalign the PDF. - Multiply blending now applies only on pages that use the highlighter, reducing heat and memory use.

This update adds clearer text under the highlighter, per-note tool memory, and WebDAV support. Changes - Text under the highlighter — and under a revealed memorization mask — keeps its original dark color instead of dimming. - Each note remembers its own last-used tools, including pen, color, and thickness. - The highlighter's default opacity is now 50%. - Import PDFs and images from a WebDAV server, and upload a full backup to WebDAV. - Memory use and responsiveness are improved when working with large documents and photos.

This update improves photo import, document search, and reader reliability. Changes - Large photos are handled more carefully when importing or dropping them into the library, especially near the free note limit. - Search results in large documents use less memory, especially for common words with many matches. - Restored backups now trigger search index checks so restored documents become searchable more reliably. - Duplicating selected images is safer when storage is interrupted, preventing image annotations from being left without their image file. - Repeated diagnostic messages for normal background work are quieter in the Xcode console.

This update improves lasso selection, linked image taps, and reader cleanup. Changes - In lasso and rectangle selection modes, finger taps once again behave as reading input. They no longer select images or paste copied content by mistake. - Apple Pencil and pointer taps still work for selecting images, strokes, and other objects in selection mode. - Linked images now open more reliably when tapped while selection mode is active. - Background search work and automatic table of contents extraction stop more promptly when switching documents or leaving the reader. - Photo picker image requests are cancelled when the picker closes, reducing delayed callbacks and memory use. - Tool switching avoids unnecessary preference flushes, and diagnostic logs hide document text snippets.

This update improves reliability for large documents, image paste, and imports. Changes - Searching and indexing large PDFs now uses less memory and resumes more reliably. - Closing and reopening large documents releases reader memory more aggressively. - Large photos pasted from other apps are placed at a more manageable size. - Copying, duplicating, and pasting images avoids unnecessary PNG re-encoding when possible. - PDF and shared imports now handle note limits and retry states more consistently. - Page moves, rotations, flips, and imports update library metadata more reliably.

This update improves lasso selection and image paste reliability in the reader. Changes - Fixed an issue where the first lasso tap could fail to select an image after switching from pen or text selection mode. - Lasso and rectangle selection now respond more consistently immediately after changing tools. - Tapping an empty area in lasso mode now shows the image paste option for photos copied from other apps. - The paste popup no longer appears when there is no valid paste action available. - Image paste now uses the page and position you tapped more reliably.

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.