As there were some issues reported bugs in version 1.5.3 of iStudiez Pro, we investigated most of them and now delivering the solution.
Sorry to keep you waiting, but we decided to test it more than usual this time taking into account hot back-to-school season.

Fixed:

• Issue when classes were not shown in Today view
• Bug when exam notifications settings were not displayed
• Crash when entering Percent Grading Scale view
• Bug related to refresh of Semester view
• Bug when days of week were not displayed in Week view
• Bug when decimal points were rounded to one decimal after comma in GPA scale view
• Occasional crashes during sync process
• Issue when entering Instructor’s name from Korean keyboard.

Bonus feature:

• Added Sync button in Today view for iPhone/iPod Touch

After the latest update we bumped into the bug when users reported creation of long-lasting semesters caused the app to freeze. Short-lasting semesters could be created with not problem at all.

Funny that we could in no way reproduce this on our devices. We got to the idea that it might be territory related bug when we paid attention to the names of the users who sent us their complaints: after short investigation it appeared that all of them are located in the countries of Latin America (Brazil, Peru, Chile). Some more investigations, and we found out it was related to the daylight savings specifics in the Latin America.

There were more bugs reported by you and we appreciate all your comments and valuable input. So, we fixed it and submitted critical updates for both iOS and Mac versions.

iPhone/iPod and iPad version:

• Fixed occasional crash on start after recent update
• Fixed crash while creating regular schedule
• Fixed crash related to overnight performance of the app
• Fixed occasional crash while syncing
• Fixed occasional crash in Calendar

Mac version:

• Fixed crash related to overnight performance of the app
• Fixed crash while creating regular schedule
• Fixed occasional crash while syncing
• Fixed weekdays control view for Lion

NOTE: if you experience any of the problems described above, do not delete the app, just wait for the update.

UPDATE: iStudiez Pro for Mac version 1.0.3 and iStudiez Pro 1.5.3 now available in the App Store.

IMPORTANT: To successfully sync iStudiez Pro data between your Mac, iPhone/iPod and iPad you need to use iStudiez Pro version 1.0.2 on your Mac and version 1.5.2 on your mobile devices.

NOTE:

• This version of iStudiez Pro is NOT YET compatible with iOS 5.0 Beta
• Update of Mac version includes only basic compatibility with OS X Lion.

We continue working on further improvements of the app and bringing to you more valuable features.

As many of you start to ask when is the update and what features you should expect, we decided it is time to share the news. So here is what we prepared for the nearest update to make you love the app even more:

iPhone/iPad/Mac:

• you will finally be able to add grades to your exams
• option to add partners to assignments is enabled again
• added possibility to assign multiple instructors to classes
• added option to assign instructors to exams
• GPA scale for percents added
• we added possibility to assign negative values for your grades (for our users in some European countries and Scandinavia)
• maximum repeat period for a class is extended to 20 days, hopefully this will satisfy those of you who have weird schedules 🙂
• cancelled classes will now sync normally
• previously cancelled classes can be restored or optionally keep cancelled when you make any changes to the course schedule
• BONUS: new icon added to choose from class type icons, also all passed exams will be marked with a cute icon showing the grade received.

iPhone/iPad only:

• minimum required specification is extended for iOS 4.1
• you will now be able to set the due date for assignments for the next class
• we also added separate settings for exam notifications, for your convenience

iPad only:

• you can now add iCal events from iStudiez Pro
• we thought it would be more handy to add events from Overview, so  we added “+” button right there

Mac only:

• quick look for class details and notes implemented (available if  you double click a class or press spacebar when the class is selected)
• you will also be able to navigate week view using your keyboard
• in Assignments view double click to add assignment

Also, thanks to your comments and reports the following bugs are now fixed:

• notes to classes will no more be lost when changing any schedule details for particular course/class
• settings sync fixed
• overall performance improved
• problem causing occasional events not to show in Calendar (Mac version)
• occasional switch from letter grades to percent grades causing overall grade to be calculated incorrectly (Mac version)
• hitting and viewing overlapping events in Week view (Mac version)
• occasional crashes (Mac version)

Wow, that appeared to be the long list!
Right now we are finalizing some of the above listed features, proceed to overall testing on all devices and then will be ready to submit to the App Store.

UPDATE: iStudiez Pro version 1.5.2 (iOS) and version 1.0.2 (Mac OS) submitted for approval.
If you own both iOS and Mac versions of iStudiez Pro, remember to update both versions before syncing.

IMPORTANT: this will affect ONLY those who use iOS 3.1.3 OR iStudiez Pro version 1.3.2 and earlier.

Starting today we officially stop Push Notifications Server that had supported push notifications for iStudiez Pro prior to Apple implemented Local Push Notifications option into the iOS 4.0.

The reason we are doing it now is that we are optimizing server workload which assumes removing functionality that is currently hampering the app’s further development.

Local push notifications option remain untouched and will work normally.

Just a quick note for you guys to be aware what’s included in the update:

iPhone/iPod/iPad
• Added option to select separate iCal calendars to show in iStudiez Pro
• Added Sync progress indicator
• Fixed bug when semester related events showed outside the semester timeframes
• Almost all localizations corrected

iPad
• Added new icon for Birthdays calendar
• Page Flip performance improved

We continue working to implement your requests. Some of them are rather complicated and it takes time, but we are on our way to deliver more good and useful features to you.

Though the launch of iStudiez Pro for Mac was a success, but we still received a number of comments from you related to app’s features you wish to see in the app. So we decided to issue an quick update with what is at the same time easy and fast to add and will be useful to you:

• Added option to select separate iCal calendars to show in iStudiez Pro
• App will not quit when you close the main window
• Added three finger swipe gestures for better navigation
• Added option to copy/paste classes and exams in Planner
• Added undo/redo option when editing text fields

Bonus: new icon for iCal Birthdays calendar 🙂

We also fixed a number of bugs related to app’s performance and stability:

• Improved Planner performance
• Improved overall stability of the app
• Fixed option to edit weight names for assignments
• Fixed sync feature for Mac OS X Lion Beta

In addition, almost all localizations of the app were reviewed and corrected.

UPDATE: iStudiez Pro version 1.0.1 now available in the Mac App Store

• Double click any class in Day or Week View to see/change its details. This does not work for iCal events so far though.
• Right click any class in Day View to see contextual menu.
• In Day View use three fingers swipe gesture to the right or left to get to the next or previous day respectively.
• When in Planner press Delete (Backspace) key on your keyboard to delete selected Classes, Courses or Semesters. IMPORTANT: there is no undo for this action so far.
• Drag & drop an instructor from Instructors pane to any Class in Planner to assign such instructor to that Class.
• Check application menus to learn about shortcuts active for iStudiez Pro for Mac.

It took quite fast for Apple to approve it, thanks! 🙂

iStudiez Pro for Mac is available in the Productivity category and overnight got to 10^th best selling productivity apps in US Mac App Store and the tendency continues.

Right at the moment we are on the verge of submitting a quick update with minor improvements and bug fixes, as well as expanding localizations of the app.

We would like to say big thank you to all of you who helped with comments, ideas, translation, testing and supported us on our long way to deliver the app to you. We already have much more to give you in the future updates. Follow us in Twitter (@istudiez) or Facebook to stay tuned.

iStudiez Pro for Mac is $9.99.

First of all we apologize for the delay in submit date, we know you’ve long been waiting for it. Now hopefully it will not take that long for Apple to approve 🙂

iStudiez Pro for Mac syncs with iStudiez Pro on iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad via the Cloud Sync server. All users of iStudiez Pro version 1.5 will be able to enjoy this feature.

Version for Mac 1.0 is not yet fully localized into all the languages that iOS version of the app supports, but our volunteer translators are now helping us to improve that. Thank you all guys for being with us!

We also want to say thank all of you who sent their ideas and suggestions, our beta-testers for their valuable comments and timely feedback and everyone else who was patiently waiting and supporting us on their blogs, forums, tweets and Facebook posts.