So Sketchy

Version history

Here's what changed in each So Sketchy update, newest first.

3.6.1

  • Fix purchase buttons that did nothing when tapped
  • Explain in a dialog why a purchase did not go through
  • Show a spinner on the purchase button you tapped
  • Retry loading store prices after a failed load
  • Widen the Buy and Done buttons to match the pack rows
  • Rename the bundle overlap button to Buy Anyway

3.6.0

  • Add a Report a Problem row to Settings > Privacy
  • Show the support address when a Settings mail link can't open
  • Lighten the Noir theme's button wash
  • Rewrite the Noir and ROYGBIV theme descriptions

3.5.1

  • Update internal development checks and documentation

3.5.0

  • Use Title Case for buttons, titles and menu items
  • Remove the caption above the Version History list
  • Keep the selected drawing tool easy to tap at its edges
  • Have VoiceOver say whether a color pack is owned or for sale in Pick a Color
  • Keep a favorite when its iCloud copy arrives damaged
  • Retry a waiting drawing's missed iCloud save the next time you open the game

3.4.0

  • Keep an unsent drawing ready to send from the Main Menu
  • Add a Main Menu link below the Send prompt
  • Ask before a new game replaces a drawing you haven't sent
  • Group the guess letters so each word reads as one word
  • Move Reset and Shuffle next to Submit
  • Show a trash can for clearing the canvas
  • Keep drawings you remove from History from coming back
  • Give every theme its own description and rainbow letter colors
  • Stop VoiceOver repeating "Double-tap to view" on every bubble
  • Move Discard, I'm Stuck, Report and Block into a More menu
  • Show apostrophes and hyphens between the letter tiles
  • Split long words onto two lines on the result tiles
  • Show words like Jack-o'-Lantern and UFO in their usual spelling
  • Name buttons by their visible text for Voice Control
  • Give the mascot a blue-violet sky
  • Add Blueberry, a free blue-violet theme
  • Follow iOS Increase Contrast in every theme

3.3.3

  • Fix VoiceOver counts of one

3.3.2

  • Open the word picker on iPad without the Messages prompt

3.3.1

  • Fix the striped pattern on the Moonshot pack header
  • Stop word tag chips from hiding theme and color packs
  • Show that the round ended instead of a blank sheet
  • Fix the Resend button not sending the result
  • Fix confirmation dialogs sticking when something else takes over

3.3.0

  • Fill only the tapped segment of a stroke
  • Keep Practice from touching your in-progress drawing
  • Reload only changed images in Favorites
  • Keep an unreadable bubble from replacing the next drawing
  • Scroll the consent card far enough to reach No thanks
  • Keep ROYGBIV unlocked after Reset Data

3.2.2

  • Center the History hint arrow on the gear icon
  • Show the pack or word above the drawing
  • Fix the Launch Bundle banner's end date
  • Add a confirm step and finish message to Reset Hints

3.2.1

  • Update internal development checks and documentation

3.2.0

  • Fix replay not restarting after a memory warning
  • Fix VoiceOver announcing Playback complete after a canvas reset
  • Speed up fill on busy drawings
  • Stop showing the wrong pack name on bad messages
  • Preserve the shape of strokes that double back
  • Stop Shop prices from reloading over and over
  • Show Settings in five sections
  • Add a Settings row to reset all hints
  • Add Redeem Promo Code to the Shop
  • Fix the stuck nudge timer resetting when you return
  • Show an alert when the Shop fails to load
  • Keep the History hint together when the tray resizes
  • Match the Results heading to the guess count
  • Show the same release date to every reader

3.1.0

  • Ask once whether to share usage data on first Main Menu open
  • Move Shuffle and Clear below the drawing
  • Point to Help after a wrong guess or an idle minute
  • Trim the pause at the end of saved replays
  • Show a theme's high contrast look when Increase Contrast is on
  • Stop the Shop's ownership label from truncating at large text sizes
  • Scroll long dialogs with a fade, and pin a lone button below
  • Move Restore Purchases to a quiet row below the Shop's pack grid
  • Show Tip Jar's thank you in its help card after first tip
  • Return to the word picker after discarding, with the word still there

3.0.0

  • Place and take back letters with a VoiceOver double tap
  • Open every Shop card's detail with a VoiceOver double tap
  • Make VoiceOver's escape gesture cancel in purchase and delete dialogs
  • Keep every Main Menu action reachable at the largest text sizes
  • Apply Increase Contrast to any theme, not just Match System
  • Honor the iOS Only Draw with Apple Pencil setting
  • Switch tools with an Apple Pencil double tap
  • Choose whether a problem report includes your drawing
  • Save a replay video with one tap
  • Remove GIF replay export and its long-press dialog

2.0.0

  • Recolor a stroke's whole connected same-color shape with one tap
  • Fill only gaps the app already closed, never at the edge
  • Fill a tapped speck the paint bucket used to skip
  • Speed up filling small areas with the paint bucket
  • Replay color changes in order, in the app and saved video
  • Show I'm Stuck after a wrong guess, Shuffle, Clear, or idle
  • Scroll Results as one page, with Play Again below the pack information
  • Add a home button to Results, Sent Drawing, word and pack pickers
  • Fit more strokes under the send limit
  • Refill the inkwell after Undo and Clear
  • Fit more actions into Main Menu
  • List the Launch Bundle's price, window and packs on banner and detail
  • Fix VoiceOver saying 1 guesses where it should say 1 guess
  • End VoiceOver's accessibility hints with a period for a consistent pause

1.47.0

  • Stop the stroke flickering and snapping backward
  • Move the outcome and answer word above the drawing
  • Open the word's pack from Results, buy it if unowned
  • Stop showing a round as waiting 30 days after its turn starts
  • Fix remaining screens that showed an unconfirmed buy price
  • Let VoiceOver reach the buy action on every Shop row
  • Keep the drawing if a re-save fails after you cancel a send

1.46.1

  • Show the waiting card again after reopening Messages
  • Restore the drawing when you resend it
  • Keep placed letters after a save fails

1.46.0

  • Stop dropping drawings saved by a newer app version
  • Show a Time for an update card instead of Continue

1.45.0

  • Add white to the palette through Edit palette
  • Hold a tile to drag, swipe the letter bank on long answers
  • Add an accent-tinted card to the selected word

1.44.0

  • Encrypt saved drawings before they sync
  • Stop showing the previous account's drawings after switching iCloud
  • Fix the promo code sheet freezing on open
  • Stop rounds sticking on the loading card after you leave Messages
  • Hide the retry icon when iCloud is signed out
  • Show all free word packs at once instead of a drip schedule
  • Show that a first tip unlocks the ROYGBIV theme
  • Move the palette hint above the color strip
  • Count only real games toward the lifetime drawings total