The biggest thing to appreciate in the update we just released is the possibility to share iStudiez Pro schedule to third-party calendars and vice versa. It’s been a while since we have decided to add this option to the app. And it took some time to figure out what would be the best way to integrate it with third-party calendars and make it work smoothly.

We managed to find an elegant solution when implementing our ideas, and as a result you have a smart and simple way to share your schedule to your friends or see their iStudiez Pro schedule in the calendar you are most used to:

We consider this update an important step towards the expansion of iStudiez Pro as a unique global application dedicated to students and their needs and wishes.

As always, we have added some bonuses to the update:

• online classes can now be added without any association with time, location and room. Add the class, see it above all classes in today view, tap the link and go study!

• the flexibility of setting up your schedule is now improved – you can set up classes that take place every odd/even working days.

• search option is now available in the Mac version of the app.

We actually had to do some fixing as well: shift schedule issue, holiday schedule refresh issue, percent GPA scale saving issue…
Oh, and if you wish you can turn off notifications on a device where you do not wish to see them. They won’t be disturbing you now on all your devices at once!

In general, we hope you enjoy this update. If anything does not work (the app crashed, your data is lost or your device drowned), well, this is not a perfect world and you know where to find us.

More news coming soon… 🙂

We know it’s taking us a while to release the long-waited-for update with iPhone 5 compatibility, but we have some good reasons to delay the release, one of them being the need to fix several major bugs and also implement some new useful features.

So please give us some more time. Meanwhile, just to calm most curious of you, here is one of the features that we already added and that will be available in the update: pinch zoom in week view (for iPad version only). Also in all versions of the app it will be possible to see past events in Today view.

Thanks for your patience, we’ll keep you posted.

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.

We decided to release a quick update before holidays and hope that it’ll be approved by Apple before the whole team goes on holidays.

Most importantly, the updates include A&B and alternate days schedule shift after holidays, fixes of random syncing issues, customization of date for assignment notifications and some more improvements of general performance of the app.

Also, for iOS version the School Bell notification sound is added 🙂

Update: both versions are available on the App Store as of Dec 20, 2011.
NOTE: you need to update both iOS and Mac versions in order to get Cloud Sync work properly.

After most of you updated to iOS 5, we have received quite a number of letters with complaints that notifications and/or badge in iStudiez Pro were no longer working. Most likely you just need to double-check your settings. Here is what you need to do if you do not see your notifications anymore:

1. Double-check the settings in iStudiez Pro.
   • Go to Today > Info page > Settings > Notifications and make sure this option is turned ON
   • Go to Today > Info page > Settings > App Icon Badge and turn it ON
2. Open Settings application on your device (please do not confuse with settings within iStudiez Pro) > go to Notifications > iStudiez Pro > Turn ON Badge Icon and Notifications
3. Re-launch iStudiez Pro

iStudiez Pro Settings

iOS Settings

Since the release of version 1.0.3 we received numerous letters from you. Most were all about optimization of the app for Lion, but there were also some other issues that needed our attention. So we analyzed your feedback and worked to implement most claimed options and fix most common crashes.

The update 1.0.4 is already submitted for approval, now waiting Apple’s feedback.

What’s new:

• Enhanced for OS X Lion: full screen support, basic restore (app will open where you left it)
• Week view now supports overnight events as well as events that start before 4 a.m.
• Data is saved to disk automatically when any change is made in the app
• Added alert message to prevent occasional delete of courses and semesters

Fixed and improved:

• Fixed synchronization of cancelled classes and exams
• Fixed swapped actions for “Cancel Classes” and “Keep Cancelled” buttons
• Fixed problem causing exams to be duplicated on several days in Overview
• Fixed day change refresh
• Fixed improper ordering of courses in Planner
• Fixed bug preventing input of decimal credits
• Improved drag & drop of classes in Planner
• Improved assignments list layout
• Minor improvements in localizations

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.

We are glad to officially announce that the update with Cloud Sync for iStudiez Pro is on its way and will be available in version 1.5 after you guys help us test it.

Cloud Sync option will allow keep your iStudiez Pro data automatically updated on your iPhone, iPod, iPad and Mac (once iStudiez Pro for Mac is released).

Now we are in need of 10 volunteer beta-testers for mobile version, so you are welcome to contact us if you wish to test Cloud Sync for iStudiez Pro. Please read carefully the conditions sine qua non to become a beta-tester:

1. Confirm that you have both iPhone(iPod) AND iPad devices;
2. Indicate UDIDs for both devices in your application letter and send it to our support mail;
3. Confirm that you are aware you will be testing the beta-version and that you risk losing your data during the testing.

We’ll be contacting first 10 beta-testers who will send their application letters to us.

UPDATE: call for beta-testers is now closed.
Thanks for all your applications 🙂

It is really our pleasure to finally make an official announcement of iStudiez Pro for Mac.

We know that unofficially we’ve been keeping you all dangling, but this was because we wanted to make sure that we will eventually deliver unique and integral application. iStudiez Pro for Mac will not only be oriented to support mobile versions of the app, but will serve as totally independent and self-reliable software.

Price, features and other details will be announced later.

First of all let us reply to those of you who are impatiently waiting for sync between iPad and iPhone versions of iStudiez Pro: we already implemented it, but it is NOT included in this update, because we need some time to test it now. So sync will come and it will come very soon.

Version 1.4.4 is mostly about iPad version. iOS update from Apple is coming in November and we will be prepared with general iOS 4.2 compatibility, including support of multitasking and possibility to view Calendar events in iStudiez Pro.

We also missed Week View for iPad version of the app, so we developed it for this update as well, hope you’ll enjoy 🙂

And, something that we should have done long ago – iStudiez Pro will now support shift of schedule after holidays (for A&B weeks and rotating schedules) for iPhone/iPod/iPad.

A few words of general betterments:

• Stability improved
• Minor bugs fixed
• Localizations fixed: Spanish, Italian, German and Chinese Traditional
• Localizations added: British, Catalan (total number of localizations of the app being 29 now! Thanks to all of you who are helping so much with translation and corrections!)
• Fixed occasional bug with dates in October