Change log

2026

19th July - version 20160719005

• Made some icon adjustments on home screen, story overview, scene editor, notes and frontmatter to be more compact for mobile phone.
• Fixed story overview display on mobile phone.
• Fixed scene editor typing on mobile phone. It now moves and stays above the onscreen keyboard.

(My tablet needed repairs so I installed it on my phone and restored my app backup. Good way to force me to resolve responsive bugs...)

16th July - version 20260716005

• An automatic update of my tablet caused all of my writing to disappear. Restoring from backup didn't work. Turns out there was a version mismatch, the tablet restored an earlier version of the app when it ran the system update, and that made everything go poof (note, I have this app sideloaded via Android Studio right now, will not be an issue when this is published via the Play Store). Built in safeguards to prevent this happening again. Successfully restored my most recent backup now. Phew!
• Images can now be added to story notes. Use the eye icon to preview (images have text placeholder in edit mode).
• Added frontmatter. Functions the same as story notes but is published with the story. Words don't count towards word count. Use for dedications, copyright, character/terminology lists etc. Goes after title page and before story.
• EPUB now renders with a proper cover colour (if no cover provided), and proper structure rather than just CSS-enforced structure. More robust and consistent display across different eReaders.
• Added PDF export option.
• Added find and replace in scene editor, story notes, and frontmatter. Match case, whole word, replace one at a time, all in the scene/note, or all in the whole story/all notes.
• New button in the rich text editor to paste Markdown content. This will convert it to rich text. Copy any content with Markdown formatting, place the cursor where you want it, click the paste button. It will instantly paste and convert the Markdown content into the scene.
• Fixed some spacing stuff in the rich text editor toolbar. Some buttons were really far apart for no reason.
• Added more colour themes. There are now 12 to choose from.
• Goals can now be archived and reordered. Newly created goals go to the top of the list by default.
• Covers have a pattern option (if no cover image is uploaded). This shows in app and when exported to EPUB and PDF.
• Fixed a bug where the highlight wasn't scrolling with the text. Highlight is now a span on the text.

27th June

• Time-based goal graph would “flatline” if you exceeded the goal target words. The Y axis now grows to accurately reflect word count progress even if wordcount target is passed.
• Added text alignment and blockquote formatting.
• Added ability for inline images - required rich text editor to be replaced with an HTML editor, and the removal of Markdown toggle. Images do not display in the editor, but display in reading mode and EPUB and Word exports.
• Added highlight notes. Select and highlight text to add notes for later. Highlights are listed in the right panel.
• Added reading mode. Clicking the book icon in the editor screen takes you to an eBook-like reading mode. Change pages with swipe, return to editor with pencil icon.
• Improve export. Previously text formatting wasn’t exporting properly in Word and EPUB - this has now been fixed.

20th June

• Rich text editor now supports keyboard shortcuts for formatting (bold, italics, underline, headings, lists).

13th June

• Light-theme fixes — heatmap empty cells and goals-page progress bars now read clearly.
• Selectable colour themes — 5 palettes in Settings with diagonal swatches; dynamic/wallpaper colour disabled so selections actually apply.
• Heatmap follows the theme — derives its scale from the theme’s secondary colour, mode-correct.
• Selected word count — top bar shows “45 / 123 words” when text is highlighted (both editor modes).
• More cover/folder colours — palette expanded 15 → 36.
• Single-tap cursor placement — patched the rich-text editor so taps land on the first try.
• Responsive Scene Editor (overlay drawers, stacked top bar, sprint banner on narrow screens).
• Responsive Story Notes screen (collapsing note list, stacked top bar).

7th June

• Save button now acknowledges save by dimming, and a save message appears in the top bar when save button is pressed, or automatic save is triggered.
• Word sprint feature added. Start a word sprint for focused writing with a timer and word counter. Word sprint persists across scene and story changes. Capped at 60 minutes.

6th June

• This site launches.
• First version of app with:
  • Folders and stories.
  • Stories have parts, chapters, scenes.
  • Story notes, chapter notes, scene notes.
  • Export stories to plain text, Markdown, EPUB, Word.
  • Time-based and story-based word count goals.
  • Rich text or Markdown editor with font choices.
  • Light or dark theme.
  • Manual and automatic backups.
  • Recycle bin to retrieve deleted stories, chapters, scenes etc or delete them permanently.