NEW IN 1.2 A swan! Saint-Saëns' Le Cygne joins the music box and opens every painting session as our new signature song. Landmarks! A whole new shelf, 16 wonders from The Sears Tower to Buckingham Fountain to Marina uhh, yeah and other stuff that's not from the best city in the world like the Eiffel Tower or whatever. Ultra detail! A new, incredible level of detail available for the photos you upload (and a crop option so you don't have to fill in that kind of detail for the bits of the painting you don't really care about. A better museum! The same ultra resolution is now available for our artwork collection, to which we've also added a few extra masterpieces. In keeping with our breathless dedication to teaching toddlers some culture we also now feature proper museum placards. Medium of pixels on iPad. The end of history is officially cancelled! Get your kids ready for the fun new era of geopolitical chaos they're inheriting with a revised maps function that announces the name of the country or state every time you fill in a new one. Notes for sending GIFs! Tell grandma you love her or ideally other wholesome things like that with a write-your-own message function that accompanies the GIF-sending function. A better user experience! A few of these: 1. A new 'Make Your Own!' tile on the main page takes you to build a picture from scratch, or turn a photo into one. Once you've made something, the tile becomes 'Your Stuff!' 2. If you're stuck on the last few pixels of a color, look out for a new hint button that appears when there are fewer than 25 pixels left to pop: they'll flash in rainbow a couple times for you. 3. Hold a finger on any of the round buttons and it'll tell you what it does. No ads or subscriptions or in-app purchases or internet access required this is just yours to own like land, cattle and the illusion of permanence. AND FROM 1.1 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT WHICH YOU DID BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TELL ANYONE THIS APP EXISTED AT THE TIME EXCEPT FOR A GROUP OF 4 GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN Collections! The home screen is now one big shelf of picture families. Unicorns, Dinos (hi Max!), Magic & Fantasy, Cars & Trucks, Plants, Pets, Wild Animals, Space, Fall, Tasty Treats, Art, and Maps. Design mode! Change the colors however you want, make it prettier, make it absurd, express yourself. Turn all the countries in the world map one color just for the love of the game. One tap brings the original back if you can't handle it anymore. Background music! Full-length chiptune renditions of Satie, Debussy, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Grieg and Liszt & friends. Two styles: Pixel (8-bit handheld backseat road trip, you know the deal) and Dreamy (music box). Zero tinny kids-app loops, just pure unadulterated CULTURE. Includes Saint-Saëns' Aquarium (does not translate well into MIDI but we thought it sounded super cool so we left it in and consider this a contribution to science). Send puzzles to your family! Long-press anything you made, Send to a Friend, and it opens right in their PixelPopper. No accounts or sign-ups, just AirDrop or Messages, like passing a note. Other user experience stuff!

The big one! COLLECTIONS — the home screen is now one big shelf of picture families: Unicorns, Dinos (hi Max!), Magic & Fantasy, Cars & Trucks, Plants, Pets, Wild Animals, Space, Fall, Tasty Treats, Art, and Maps. Dozens of new pictures inside — real new pictures, not palette swaps: a unicorn jumping a rainbow, a sleeping unicorn, a fairy castle, a friendly dragon, a sea dino... and everything you make yourself lives in Your Stuff! DESIGN MODE — the little palette chip at the front of every paint tray: pour any colors you like into the numbered shapes. Make the dragon pink, the rocket rainbow, or one tap brings the original back. BACKGROUND MUSIC — full-length chiptune renditions of Satie, Debussy, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Grieg and Liszt (whole pieces, start to finish). Two dresses: Pixel (8-bit handheld backseat road trip, you know the deal) and Dreamy (music box), a volume slider, and the music politely ducks while you paint. Zero tinny kids-app loops, just pure unadulterated CULTURE. Includes Saint-Saëns' Aquarium (does not translate well into MIDI but we thought it sounded super cool so we left it in and consider this a contribution to science. ZOOM LOCK — the little hand button: when you're zoomed in, one finger moves around and taps still pop. MYSTERY PUZZLES — new pictures that hide behind a ? until you paint them. The picture reveals itself square by square. Today's Picture — a new pick every single day. Send puzzles to your family! Long-press anything you made, Send to a Friend, and it opens right in their PixelPopper. No accounts or sign-ups, just AirDrop or Messages, like passing a note. OTHER STUFF! 7 new pictures, including a fall pack (the fox is very good). Pick your pop: Thock, Bubble, or Meow. Photos got fancier: Pastel, Neon, and Retro styles, a smarter Bright & Bold, and a truly Super detail level. Rename your pictures. (Requested by our eight-year-old head of QA.) Your progress now backs up to your own iCloud — new device, same half-finished unicorn. Turn finished pictures into stickers, a brand-new icon, and a smoother, glassier everything. Still no ads. Still no subscriptions. Still all yours to own like land, cattle and the illusion of permanence.