iStudiez Pro version 1.1 on the way!

By iStudiez Team August 20, 2009

Hello guys!
Following HUGE amount of letters that we have received from you, we felt it important to officially announce the nearest update to iStudiez Pro – version 1.1 (free of charge for everyone who already bought the app).

We are almost ready with it, but we want to double check everything, so we hope to submit it to Apple’s review in September. It is lots of work, so thanks for your understanding and patience.

So what’s new?

First of all, iStudiez Pro will only be compatible with iPhone/iPod Touch OS 3.0 or higher (if you have not yet updated your OS, it is right the time to do it, the new OS has lots of new and amazing functions to enjoy).
Most craved for feature – Push Notifications.
Holidays. Yep, now when you don’t have classes on some particular day, you’ll be able to mark it so that it shows you there is a holiday or day off with no classes.
Block schedule option (A & B weeks, 6-days schedule, every other day repetition etc).
Going beyond mere planning we have decided to add special area dedicated to Teachers hosting all your information about your instructors (e-mail, phone numbers, address, office hours etc).
When you input Custom class type, it will further be saved and available from the class types picker.
Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, (hey there Scandinavia!), Hebrew and Polish localizations.
Operation speed improved, assignments planning improved, some other things added (let us be mysterious at least in something, hah?!)
Minor bugs fixed (that’s standard, we just had to write that down )

Guys, we are also thinking to add GPA calculator, weighted assignments, etc but this will come a little bit later, just be patient, OK? We will continue ameliorating iStudiez Pro, so feel certain about that.

We thank you again for all your letters, warm feedback and support you are showing with your suggestions and ideas. It is really important for us and inspires for further feat of arms 😉
Of course we will not be able to include ALL your ideas into this one update, but please know that we will definitely consider them for the future.

Sebbe

Damn, looks great!

Submit it so it will be out 13th september, would be a greate birthday gift ^^ (I know, apple use their time :/)
Danillson

That sounds great. Hope the GPA calculator will come soon.
RLA

Can’t wait for the update, specifically for the block scheduling, push notifications and holidays! I wish it would be released sooner but respect to these guys for wanting an as-near-to perfect product for their customers as possible.
http://letstalkapple.com/ JonBrodheim

Hopefully I will be able to get this update before school starts Sept 14th… Keep up the good work!
Nicole

Hopefully the ability to see the day of the week when adding a due date to an assignment will be included. Thanks for the great work!
Andrew

I can’t wait for the update! It’s already a great app, but I am excited about the push notifications.
jacques

great great, it’s already a perfect app, and it will be the best with push and all those things.
thanks a lot
http://playstationchat.co.uk Simon

I’m waiting for a version on mac that will sync with the mac version and vice versa. Would be awesome!
Peter

Hopefully UPDATE will be available before school starts in EArLY September.!!!!!!
Bruno

best app on my iphone + very nice update, on top of that i realy like the applications design
Kai

Looks awesome!

And I thought just the same as Nicole – being able to see the day of the week when adding a due date for an assigment would be a great addition as well.
MB

I don’t own iStudiez. It looks great but I don’t think I’d buy it unless there was a mac app to sync to.
Nyxiaus

Yaaaay! I am sooooooo excited about this! I use this app everyday, and it has seriously saved my butt!
Sebbe

I think a mac app would be cool too, but what about the people that use windows? I use windows now because my stupid school says I must. For that reason do I think that a web app would be much better, the web app could be intergated (not sure how to write that word and to lazy to look it ub now :p) with Growl and Growl for windows 😀
p

should I load my clases or wait until the update? I have a day 1, day 2, day 3… scedule
lawrence

I completely hate the idea of a web app. There are tons of apps that I would love to use but never purchased because I’m not always around open WiFi when I need to be
Matthew

Fantastic app so far. I am looking forward to this update, and the GPA calculator in the future!
Nicole

Might I also suggest a simpler app name? I know I’m not alone on this one! Perhaps just “Studies” would work better. I’m really not a fan of the “i” in the beginning, or the “z” at the end of Studiez and adding a “Pro” to the end of the name just seems unnecessary.
Ryan

A small feature that is more just a minor annoyance, I am on the quarter system and not the semester system. Ultimately this isn’t a huge problem but slightly annoying adding semesters when really they are my quarters.
Sebbe

lawrence, with the new browsers then you can have all the data downloaded (or something like that) so you can still use it while you are not online. Not many browsers that support it though.

Adobe Air application is maybe better? But even with an Adobe air application you will need a website (mainly a database) wich you can sync the iPhone app with.
JM

I think this is a good application. For the moment, i won’t buy it because i don’t know if i could make backup of the data. There is no information about it.
perhaps can you teel me if it’s possible ? And How to do it ?
Kathryn

This sounds great! School just started today and the app is very useful! I am excited to see an update with Push notification!

I also agree on having a Mac/PC application to sync up to, although I do know it would be crazy to make.
Danielle Holmes

Any plans for a mac app?? I need something that syncs to my mac as well… or it is not worth purchasing.
Darkbop

Thanks for this Awesome aplicacion ! I bought que last week and is an exelent tool for the University.
Andrew

I havent bought the app yet but with these new updates i am convinced this will be my choice. The gpa calculator and keeping track of grades is much hoped for. Nice app.
Oliveryck

Yes a Mac app to sync with would be nice!
I may give this app a chance…as I intend to use it as a teacher trying to manage his courses with 4/5 students groups. We’ll see…
Any chance that the quarter system could be implemented too?
Thx
http://www.exophase.com angelsniper45

cant wait for push and block schedules!
Martin

Great app guys, I’m addicted to it. Love the interface but please please please make at least a sync with ical possible in some way. Ical or BusyCal, doesn’t matter. A sync would make this app golden.
Devin

I can’t wait! The update is gonna rock!
AC

JM when you sync with iTunes, iTunes makes a back up of all of your apps and data.

I love the app,

Day of week when adding assignments would be great.
I also still want more fields in course title (tile, course number, department, etc)

Thanks
Isak

Wow. If you add these features I completely love you. Thanks. Submit it now! Haha

Best regards
Frank

I dunno if this has alraedy been suggested (but i’m not going to read all the previous posts). Can you make the calendar so that you can add non school related things, like Dr.s appointments or meetings? that would be awesome! Otherwies, I love love love this app!
http://Grid_Guy Brian Gould

There must be some way to back up this data. It’s much too important to risk losing either by losing my phone or because the phone software gets funky and has to be restored. (It does happen.)
Other apps either sync with a desktop version (Mac or PC or both) or with a Website. Either method would be OK with me.
Raul

Hopefully you guys updated how your completed Homework is sorted. Because right now it is sorting by like alphabetical order. I wish it would stay organized by when the assignment was due.

Overall I love this app. It amazing. Can’t wait for update. I wish there was a computer app. Pc app. To synch. I live this app. Please update. Come soon. I need you update.
Jem

Buying tonight, looking forward to the new updates when they come.
David

It would be nice to have more flexible class times. Right now you can only round to the nearest 5 minutes but a more exact time would be nicer.
http://www.vickerinc.com/ Elias E

Can the classes and assignments be made to sync with iCal or Mail as “To-Do’s”? Also, Could there be a way to mail your self a Home Work reminder as a HTML mail message or .ical appointment with a reminder. Essentially syncing it up with MobileMe and existing productivity suits (Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, iCal, Address Book) rather than creating a stand-alone “GTD” Mac app.

Thank You!
PS My semester starts Sept 1, I cant wait to see what quality updates come from this top-notch dev!
http://pinitup.net Jonny

It’d be really nice to see some integration with iCal! I’ve only played around with this app a bit, but it seems amazingly useful! Thanks a lot guys. Throw in iCal synchronization and I think you’ve got a flawless…. or better… 6/5 app here 😉
Fabian

I think syncing with the calendar is not allowed by Apple. That is why all calendar apps in the app store sync with GoogleCalendar. I hope, that Apple allows this kind of syncing soon. So many apps would benefit from it …
Craig

Showing the day of week when assigning the assignment due date would be helpful, an I’ll agree with the above comments of app syncing.
A more exact class time would be indeed very helpful.
Since you haven’t released the app update for consideration yet, here should be plenty of time for a quick rewrite of the code.
Petteri

I’m truly waiting for a Mac version which would be able to sync with the iPhone’s iStudiez Pro.

Adobe AIR apps Generally sucks, so please no any apps to do with that. Native Mac app would be best, written in Cocoa and all. And if there’s later on demand for a Windows app, you could probably do that too. I don’t know. But I just wish so much for the Mac app

Thanks again !
Matt

Omfg, i love you long time
Brian

I might be alone on this topic, but could a new feature be the ability to separate the completion date of the assignment and the actual due date. Perhaps, keeping the assignment scheduled for the due date even though it is completed early, that way I know what I need to take to class, since the prof won’t let us turn things in early. Other than that it’s an amazing app, well worth the cost.
gfgfgf

i cant waitt!!! when is it comingg outt!!!!!!????????
Alexis

I can’t wait for this update!

Might I suggest that you add the ability to add appointments or events to the calendar, that might not be related to an assignment. I would like the ability to plan out my entire student schedule including any meetings, events, doctor appointments, trips, or extracurricular activities.

In addition, I agree with the majority on the topic of a desktop app. I think that it is imperative to have a desktop app or calendar to sync to, because it is painful entering these assignments via the iPhone’s keyboard and the copy paste method. So far I’ve already entered 141 assignments manually and the process was terrible!

In addition, I think that a LANDSCAPE KEYBOARD is ESSENTIAL!!!! That would make this application complete.
P0150N37RY

I’m super psyched for the new update, especially since it’ll finally get push. But seriously, my one request would be to either change the name back to iStudent, or to find something more sophisticated to call the app. iStudiez doesn’t do it justice. It sound so childish. And I agree with Nicole. Unless there is a Lite version of the app, the Pro is unnecesary.
Frankuh

Absolutely Nice :-p
http://heliodore.info/ GolemdX

My school starts Sept. 8th and it’s great that every other day repetition is coming, otherwise this would be useless as everything would be the wrong day for each week. Cool!
mithical

Just bought the app tonight and I’m loving it, I was looking for the features that you guys are currently making and can’t wait for push and Holidays. Submit this as soon as possible since Apple likes to take their sweet time! Thanks!
Matt Grove

School just started for me! Get this update out asap! I don’t care if there’s bugs (which there won’t be
Kayla Louis

Awesome update! Can’t wait. But a mac/web app would be incredible…
Nathan Jones

THis dev team is like the best of all the apps i ever bought! i rate them 5.5 stars!
Joey

any ETA? well…..updated ETA now that we’re going into the second week of September? I had this from the beginning and started to doubt you but the new update will keep this app light years ahead of all other options. Keep up the good work and can’t wait for an update!
http://willw.net Will Robertson

Sounds like an awesome update. I am very glad Apple has been featuring your app in the Canadian App Store for this past month or so.
John

Any word on the release of the update. I also agree a simpler name might be nice and love the suggestion for “Studies” above. Can’t wait to see it.
Tiago

hurry up and update! school is going into week 4 now and I would REALLY like the push notifications
Sebbe

I guess it will be out in the beginning of October as the translators still haven’t got the new strings to translate…
PDAFan

Sorry to ask a maybe stupid question but how can I change language settings. The app claims to support several languages but I simply do not find it.
William Smith

Any idea when the update is coming out, school is in week 3, Really want the update, push notifications should be awesome. Plus I’d really like a desktop version ASAP
plz
http://picasaweb.google.com/MichaelCheungPhotography Mike

Looking forward to the new update.

However, I have a small request:
When we create a new assignment and select the due date, please let us select the date from a CALENDAR, instead of the wheel. Often teachers say homework is due “next Wednesday”, and it’s annoying to have to find a calendar to see what date Wednesday is.
Reza

Any news on the progress of submission?
ptrq

^up

+1
Patty

psyched to try it out this semester but would have been much easier to do with a desktop interface
Joe

Desktop App would be great with wifi sync. And I agree with one of the other posts that the name could do with being a tad simpler. I’m not adverse to the “i” at the beggining particularly but the “z” annoys me somewhat.

Minor gripes about a great app. Keep up the good work,
P0150N37RY

Here’s an interesting thought for a future update. As augmented reality is becoming all the rage nowadays, why not give the option to post GPS markers for your classes and view their distance (and other stats like time till class and such) through the 3GS camera via augmented reality.
Jono

Really wants the weeks A and B thing!!! Then this app will be far more useful to me!!
David

Please add a preference to switch from Semesters to Quarters and I will be even more happy with this great tool! It is really just a minor UI issue and works fine without it, but it would be nice.
DCWolfie

Get badge notifications! ASAP!!!!!!!!!
http://Google.com Wake

I’m gonna sound stupid but WHY ARE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS SO GREAT????
David

Re: Get badge notifications! ASAP!!!!!!!!!

I saw in preferences that you can turn them on without an update. DCWolfie, have you looked in the system preferences for this app?
Willliam

I just bought your app and love it, but i’m curious if you could have an export and import feature for the data i save in your app—i’m afraid of putting precious data in it and then having my iphone lost or restored and then losing all the time and effort i put in and losing my records. I’d even pay to be able to manage it on my mac, while keeping it on my iphone at the sametime, perhaps a datafile saved on the .mac file servers? I appreciate all your great work. Thanks.
Frank

I have this app and its amazing. You guys really know how to design a great UI. I agree that a mac counterpart to the app would be great to sync with. Any estimate for when we might see this update?

This app is already way ahead any of its competitors, and this update will just make it that much better.
Lauren

I really want that update… I NEED block scheduling.
Moos

I have a six-day schedule, and putting in my classes with the current version is a royal pain. I need this update!
Chas Carpenter

I love this app and use it all the time. The ability to keep track of all my assignments is leaps and bounds better than a notebook and whiteboard calendar I was using previously. Without a doubt this app as reduced my stress level and increased productivity. With two kids, being a stay home dad, and full time student, time management is key!
Coolio

I have windows!!!! So window it please!!!!!!!