Fresh and Flashy – New iStudiez Pro on its Way

Instinct. Idea. Innovation…
This is how we started to think of bringing to life new image of iStudiez Pro. And then we learned that iOS 7 is coming. It totally corresponds to our new vision of the app and our excitement has helped us work overnights during these last few months.

We are restraining ourselves from revealing everything to you so far, but at least we can share some main points.

iStudiez Pro is getting more elegant look for the upcoming iOS 7. Calendar in iPhone version is being tuned and polished, and totally redesigned Planner on iPad will be a nice addition to the update.

Thinking of all our users, we decided that iOS upcoming version will support BOTH iOS 7 and iOS 6, so no worries about that.

And, Mac version of iStudiez Pro is being tested for OS X 10.9 Mavericks BETA. To predict your questions: you will still have to wait for new look and new features of the app on your Mac. We will further update you on this.

This is all we can spill right now, guys. The update is on its way and we are excited about it.
Hope you’ll be too!

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iStudiez Pro 1.6 for iOS submitted to the App Store

Hi everyone, hope your busy schedule still allows you enjoy spring and have good time during the weekends. As for us, we continue working to improve iStudiez Pro so that you can enjoy it even more.

We have just submitted version 1.6 which of course is optimized for Retina display on the new iPad. We’ve also finally added Copy & Paste option for semesters, courses, classes, exams and assignments (both single and multiple selection).

The other new things include:

  • Option to select multiple assignments in order to delete or copy them
  • Pinch zoom gesture to see brief and expanded content in Assignments list view.
  • Option to send data backup as a file
  • Week numbers now correspond to ISO

Besides, we’ve also fixed:

  • Bug when the app would sign out of cloud sync account if launched not being connected to the Internet
  • Crash on editing time frames for holidays
  • Problem causing birthdays to be occasionally shifted one day back/forward
  • Occasional interface glitches and refresh related issues
  • Hungarian, Italian and Traditional Chinese localizations

The update is now waiting for approval and we hope it’ll not take long.

More features are in development, we’ll announce soon.

Pinch Zoom

Have a good day everyone!

UPDATE: iStudiez Pro 1.6 now available in the App Store.

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iPad version HINT – colors in calendar

Small, but nice surprise for those who miss colored dots in calendar from iPhone/iPod version of iStudiez Pro.

Simply tap any date on the calendar and a baloon will pop up showing your schedule for that particular day in color. Try moving your finger across the calendar for expanded info on other dates.

Enjoy! 🙂

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Can you believe it? Version 1.2 is released to App Store!

We really did not expect it to appear so quickly, it’s been several days only since we’ve submitted.

Our most heartfelt thanks to Apple!

Of course, you’ll be able to lay your hands on iPad version later, for very obvious reasons.

But we really hope that in the meanwhile it will be a pleasure for you to explore novelties in the update of the app for iPhone/iPod Touch.

Go for it 🙂

P.S. We’ve received huge of requests to reveal screenshots for the iPad version.

So you got us. Here is the screenshot from the iPad version, enjoy 🙂

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Version 1.2 submitted – runs native on iPad!

There was no other way to make iStudiez Pro good for iPad other than completely change the interface. So we did it. Moreover, we dare say we like how we did it. Hopefully Apple agrees and you’ll be able to enjoy it since April 3rd 🙂

Now, read and rock: for all of you guys who have already bought iStudiez Pro for iPhone/iPod Touch, iPad version goes for free!

Additional bonuses pack for version 1.2 includes:
• Palette range to mark your courses is expanded with 5 additional colors
• Current semester now shown on top when creating an assignment
• Option to manage assignments inside each course is added
• Option to customize texts on Today screen added
• Option to save your preferences within your data backup
• Option to customize default due time push time for assignments
• Option to alter multiple dots in the Calendar with one single dot
• Loading data backup improved
• Some new icons added

We also fixed:
• Crash while turning off notification for assignment
• Bug when scrolling the list of assignments
• Crash while importing data from Exchange Server

Now, where are grades? That’s what we are sure you’ll ask once you launch the app.
But let us tell you that grades are coming immediately after our beta testers and translators give us green light.

So sleep well and dream of version 1.2. to play with on iPad 😉

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iStudent Pro: the story

We would like to tell more about our first app that took six months of hot discussions in order to make a really useful tool for students to handle their academics at all stairs of their education ladder.

From the very beginning we decided that the application must be universal and useable for as much students worldwide as possible. This made us spend weeks studying various academics from colleges, high schools and universities on the web. When we collected all necessary info, our hair stood on end as mixed together it all appeared to be a disaster. So we tried to find some common usuals from education structure of different countries and expand them further based on logic and intuition.

What’s particular about iStudent Pro is that the team grew in quality and quantity since the idea was developing. Architect called for interface design artist who called for copywriter and localizations manager who was then double checked by native speaker and native american students (which means the app survived tests on the battlefield). We also tortured everyone who happened to ask what exactly we are working on by making them test the app and giving their opinions and critical comments (on and on and on until the whole developers team were called nuts and maniacs).

Every time when the app was almost ready (first in December, then in January, then late February and finally end of March) we found it important to add new features or improve already existing. Each and every interface detail is thoroughly thought over and argued about, we wanted our users to feel the app to be natural to their thinking and mentality wherever they might need to use it.

Enjoy!

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