Improvements
Optimized interface for the new iPad Mini (2021)
Better support for larger text sizes
New features
Support for saving links to PDFs in Highlights from a Quick Note on iPadOS 15
New features
New keyboard shortcuts menu on iPadOS 15
Flexible half height sheets for search and document settings on iOS 15
Input text for annotation comments and other text fields via camera using Live Text on iOS/iPadOS 15
Improvements
Fixes a bug where the notes view could turn blank after the app was in the background for a prolonged time
Improvements
Improved keyboard shortcuts with more verbose titles for accessibility purposes.
New features
A new color palette: Light! Light is a semi-transparent color palette for those of you who wanted something even more subtle than Pastel for your annotations and notes.
Improvements
Faster and more precise categorization of annotations into color categories (e.g. when sorting by colors)
Fixed a bug where exporting as Markdown files included unecessary HTML-elements when the note format included colors in the border and/or text
Improvements
Improved keyboard shortcuts with better organization, state dependent descriptions and a more consistent user experience with macOS including a new keyboard shortcut for Smart Copy (Option-Command-C).
Improvements
#hashtags in annotation comments are now recognized as inline tags and displayed in your notes
Bear export now supports highlight , underline and strikethrough text markup
DEVONthink To Go export now supports highlight and strikethrough text markupKeep It export now supports highlight and strikethrough text markup
Minor improvements
The text wrapping setting now also applies for Markdown export with markup (bold, underlined, strikethrough..)
Fixed a bug where the notes view would not sync scroll position for pages with different page label from index
Citation links in Markdown documents now use Markdown syntax instead of HTML syntax
New features
Lots of new tutorials! (Settings > Tutorials)
Other improvements
Improved DOI-link recognition (incl. PNAS, The Lancet)
Fixed a bug that broke navigating PDFs using internal links
Tapping to stop a decelerating PDF scrollview no longer toggles show/hide bars
New design
New app icon!
Set alternative icons (requires Pro )
Light theme for popovers (when not in dark mode)
Cleaner looking selection states for color and annotation tool buttons
New icons for a whole bunch of buttons
Improved contrast for the info popup
Updated launch screen image
New features
Dictionary lookup right from the text selection popover
Better language support for text/table recognition (added German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Simplified and Traditional Chinese)
Export as WebArchive (requires Pro )
Other improvements
Made keyboard commands list easier to read
Changed previous/next page commands to match macOS (Alt-Up/Alt-Down)
Info popup now displays correctly beneath the toolbar when the toolbar is visible
Minor improvements
Citation lookup now handles citations with ‘&’-characters correctly
Copying text from the PDF using the selection popover after selecting text in a text field caused a crash
Non-smart copy button inside annotation popovers now copies the marked up text (similar to macOS)
Colorful new features
A new lighter default color set for PDF markup
Optional color sets to choose from: Pastel, Bright and Retro
Notes now show annotation colors in the quote borders
Notes can also reflect the text formatting of the annotation
You can customize the color set for notes to be the same or different from the markup set
Other improvements
iOS 14 fixes an issue with jumpy text selection in some PDFs with superscript text (e.g. for citations)
Improved handling of switching between keyboard, Apple Pencil, mouse and touch
Fixed an issue where a subset of PDFs would not correctly autosave annotations after the first save
Improved positioning of popovers when showing a keyboard
Text changes to comments are now saved when changing colors/types in the annotation popover
Settings screens are now clearer and easier to navigate
Reordered the colors in the popover and annotation bar
Improved color sorting for color categories
Lots of minor improvements to the annotating experience and working with multiple windows on iPad
Minor improvement
Keyboard shortcuts for changing page using left/right arrows
Minor improvement
The PDF and Notes no longer move when hiding the top and bottom bars (the content extends underneath)
Minor improvement
Palm rejection added to the thumbnail scrubber in the bottom bar to prevent accidental page jumps while annotating
New feature
Interact with the text and images in the notes pane and share via drag and drop (Requires Pro )
Minor improvement
Improved compatibility with markup from other PDF readers (missing characters from text selections)
Minor improvement
Improved accuracy for sorting annotations in both single and multi-column PDFs
Minor improvements
Improved text selection: popover menu now shows immediately when selecting text
Much improved export to DEVONthink: now uses Markdown for plain text and HTML for rich text + support for tags and titles
Optimized images: Notes now optimize image files to improve speed and reduce the size of exported TextBundles and HTML files
Added option to change the image quality in Settings -> Export Settings (Default is optimized, change to Original for highest quality)
Fixed a bug where exporting files with ampersand characters to Bear, Keep It and DEVONthink could result in partial notes
Fixed a bug where tapping an annotation while having an annotation tool selected in the annotation bar would result in the annotation being marked up
Minor improvements
Selecting Highlight, Strikethrough or Underline from the annotation bar now lets you annotate with your finger without bringing up the popover
Sharing Notes as a PDF is much improved with more options for locations and actions
The “Note File Name”-setting now works as intended when sharing Notes as files
Note annotations are now sorted correctly according to their position on a page (top to bottom)
The page is no longer automatically zoomed out when changing the page if zoomed in
Minor improvement
Fixed a bug where Smart Copy of tables with merged cells would give the wrong output
Minor improvements
Improved keyboard shortcuts:
Adds keyboard shortcuts for exporting to specific apps and formats directly (same keyboard shortcuts as macOS)
Changed to Command+O for going back to the document browser (same as system apps)
Improved descriptions for keyboard shortcuts
Exporting plaintext files now uses .md instead of .txt for their file extension for improved compatibility with Markdown apps
Minor improvement
Fixes an issue with review requests
New feature
Adds support for annotating using pointing devices (mouse/trackpad)
Minor improvement
Fixed App Store Review link in Settings