Kase Release Notes
Two Editions For You
Most of Kase's features are available in the Community Edition (CE) to anyone free-of-charge (and free-of-ads). Buying the Full Edition gets you the unlimited, full-featured product and also helps support the ongoing development of Kase.
Full Edition | Community Edition | |
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license type | paid | free (no ads) |
we say: | "Thank you!" | "You're welcome!" |
limitations | none | some |
Community Edition (CE) limitations (as of v4.4):
- maximum 99 Cards per Deck supported
- pinning to Entry is not supported
- i.e. Unit to a Number, Time Zone to a Date/Time, or Fx to an Entry
- Choice field: limited to 3 choices per Field
- one in every 9 text recognitions obscured
- recover from Trash
Changes made in the Full Edition, or in CE while a CE Complete subscription is active, do not revert — Your Field definitions and data remain, even after the subscription expires.
E.g., if you create 5 choices for a Choice field, those choices remain usable in the free CE edition.
Versions Compared
Kase 4 | Kase 3 | Kase 2 | |
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latest release | 4.5 | 3.6.2 | 2.5 |
iOS / iPadOS: | |||
- recommended | 17, 16 | 15, 14 | 12 |
- required | 15 | 13 | 11 |
field types: | |||
- Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- Number | ✓ | ||
- Date/Time | ✓ | ||
- Choice | ✓ | ||
- Boolean | ✓ | ||
- Link | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- Picture | ✓ | ✓ | |
- Document | ✓ | ✓ | |
Entry Flags | ✓ | ||
Trash | ✓ |
What's next? Take a peek at our roadmap...
Release 4
4.5
Version 4.5.29 (BE605) | App Store Release 2024/09/06
Enhancements
- Formatters simplified and extended: new KaseFx command StringTransformer
- Secure coding for Core Data model Transformers
- Inheritance: "Remove Inheritance": a Deck can "uninherit" (or be disinherited) from its super Deck
- Import/Export: more efficient (less stupid) codes
Fixes
- CSV import with AutoFill could cause a crash. (fixed)
See this blog post for more details.
4.4.1
Version 4.4.1002 (AF407) | App Store Release 2024/08/03
Fixes
- workaround for a
StoreKit
bug that makes subscriptions unavailable
See this blog post for more details.
4.4: Split View & In-App Store
Version 4.4.101 (BCDD) | App Store Release 2024/08/02
New Features
- new column-style Split View with updated Side Menu
- in-app Store (iOS 17 required)
Enhancements
- Time Zones browser: Current/Closest Time Zone button
- Units browser: Significant Digits, and Dynamic Discovery settings
- Trash: more prominent "n days remaining" display (not just in the context menu)
- separate WebNotice for TestFlights
- faster start-up
See this blog post for more details.
4.3: Recover from Trash
Version 4.3.105 (B253E) | App Store Release 2024/05/08
New Features
- Recover from Trash
- Flags for Entries
Enhancements
- more consistent context menus
- more robust file operations
Fixes
- Side-by-Side view: multi-line text was not showing
See this blog post for more details.
4.2: Number w/Unit
Version 4.2.167 (58A2E) | App Store Release 2024/03/20
New Features:
- new Number field with multi-level Unit support
Enhancements:
- enhanced Units view: search scopes, etc.
- enhanced Time Zones view: city-centric, etc.
- Date/Time field: enhanced Time Zone menu
- Boolean field: different icons for display modes
- QuickLook for image fields now full-screen
- Sort Options menu: setting Sortable Fields now always available
- View Options and Field Options views: general improvements
Fixes:
- Side-by-Side view: Time Zone menu didn't change display
See this blog post for more details.
4.1: Date-Time w/Time Zone
Version 4.1.136 (AC2D) | App Store Release 2024/02/04
New Features:
- new Date/Time field type with Time Zone support
Enhancements:
- Choice field type:
- pop-up menu even in non-edit mode
- CE users can also use it now (with some limitation)
- Picture/Document field types:
- new Regenerate Thumbnail command
- new field option: icon aspect ratio
- Sortable Fields:
- maximum Sortable Fields per deck expanded from 3 to 8
- ability to set Sortable Fields from within the Sort Options menu is back
- Category & Tags' colors:
- new name-based Reset to Intrinsic Color
- colors are now included in the Import/Export files
- much more robust Import/Export operations
- all Field options rearranged to be easier to understand
- Database History: DeviceKit update to properly display names for newer devices
Fixes:
- QuickLook Editing fixed to remove the confusing Back button
- crashes in iOS 15 fixed
See this blog post for more details.
4.0.2
Version 4.0.2005 (2F89) | App Store Release 2023/12/06
Fixes:
- a localized language name was not correctly displayed; e.g. "Vietnamese" in Text Recognition Options
- some icons were scaled inconsistently; e.g. in Import/Export Preview
4.0: Firm Foundation
Version 4.0.100430 (2312) | App Store Release 2023/12/01
New Features:
- new field types: Choice, Boolean
- new search interface with new Full Text scope and Keyword tokens
- QuickLook Edit support
- Color Picker and hi-rez colors
- new Fx: NameMapper, WordScrambler
Enhancements:
- Sort options: enhanced and simplified
- greatly improved Group by Category sorting
- Picker: faster, and clearer
- more robust Backup & Restore
- smart image thumbnails
- greatly improved context menus
- consistent items for Highlight, Speak, Mark, Copy, etc.
- Deck menu, Card menu
- nav: Back button: no more blank titles
- Text Recognition: additional languages and new options
- Fx: enhancements and fixes
- UI customization: Symbol Weight, Light/Dark control
- additional alt. App Icons
- util: Attachments Clean Up
Fixes:
- Side Menu: section header not visible in Light mode
- many other fixes and improvements
Release 3
3.6.1
Version 3.6.10016 (45F23)
CE Version 3.6.10016 (45F23)
App Store Release 2021/11/22
Improvements:
- better support for iOS 15
- library updates
- build system updates
Fixes:
- indexer could crash after backup
Build System:
- Swift 5.4
- Xcode 13.1
- macOS 12.0.1 Monterey
3.6: Document Field
Version 3.6.45 (2489)
CE Version 3.6.45 (2489)
App Store Release 2021/06/17
Document Image field + Text Recognition!
New Features
- Document Image field
- Complementing the Pictures field, Document Image is specifically for documents.
- Stored as PDF with multiple-page support, Document Image can be obtained via the Clipboard or the Document Camera.
- Scan with Camera
- Scan in both Pictures (e.g. from photo prints) and Document Images with the Document Camera.
- It supports multiple pages and is great for Text Recognition.
- Image Caption & Transcript with Text Recognition!
- Add caption and transcript to images, making them searchable with the built-in full text indexer.
- Transcripts are automatically added with new images and when reindexing.
- Text Recognizor can be customized for different combinations of languages.
Improvements
- Help: What's New with enhanced WebNotices
- updated libraries
- updated web URLs for online docs
Fixes
- Box rename didn't update
- various fixes
- Build System:
- Swift 5.4
- Xcode 12.5
- macOS 11.4 Big Sur
3.5: Picture Field
Version 3.5.35 (E5611)
CE Version 3.5.35 (E5611)
App Store Release 2021/04/05
Picture Field + Refined Import/Export
New Features
- Picture field!
- "Copy Name" & "Copy Picture" actions
- "What's New" (WebNotices)
Improvements
- Copy/Paste operations support HEIF format
- Import/Export:
- CSV: field names automatically include deck name if colliding
- better error messages
- updated library with speed improvements
- Access counts and dates now only updated after a delay
- so e.g. fast scrubbing through Cards does not mark them with new accesses
- Restore mode entered if database is damaged (data store loading)
Fixes
- Import/Export: field options now properly encoded/decoded
Plus other minor fixes and improvements.
- Build System:
- Swift 5.3
- Xcode 12.4
- macOS 11.2.3 Big Sur
3.4.1
Version 3.4.1003 (FB4A)
CE Version 3.4.1003 (FB4A)
App Store Release 2021/03/01
- fixed: opening the "Add New Field" window could crash the app on some devices
- build system updates
- Build System:
- Swift 5.3
- Xcode 12.4
- macOS 11.2.2 Big Sur
3.4: Enhanced Import/Export
Version 3.4.193 (E5C8)
CE Version 3.4.193 (E5C8)
App Store Release 2020/12/03
Enhanced Import/Export + More!
New Features
- Import & Export (lots of Encodables and Decodables):
- introducing the KASE file format
- JSON: KASE in JSON
- CSV: Highlight, Mark, Date Accessed now import/export-able
- Import Sample Data replaced by "Help: Browse Samples & Templates"
Fixes & Improvements
- Kase of Boxes:
- Boxes cell redone based on CommonCell: fixed inconsistent height issue introduced in 3.3.1 (which was quickly released to fix an iPadOS 14.0 bug that prevented the Boxes window from opening)
- Box of Decks
- Box name is now the title on the Decks window
- Deck of Cards
- View/Filter: new Highlight rule
- Date Accessed and Access Counts now sortable
- Card:
- changing Mark does not update modify date (like highlighting)
- tap on cell to follow link
- overhauled Indexing system: much more robust and reliable
- reverted back from Core Data Derived attributes to self-calculated count attributes: much more reliable and also faster since there is no more need to count in place when Derived isn't up-to-date
- expanded System Info for both sending feedback and Database History
- Build System:
- Swift 5.3
- Xcode 12.2
- macOS 10.15.7 Catalina
3.3.1
- fixed: Boxes window could not open in iPadOS 14.0 (see wisd.com/blog/ios14-gm)
- some library updates
- Build System:
- Swift 5.2
- Xcode 11.6
- macOS 10.15.6 Catalina
3.3: iPad
Version 3.3.76 (A95A)
CE Version 3.3.77 (21E5)
App Store Release 2020/07/14
iPhone + iPad!
- iPad Multitasking!: Split View, Slide Over, etc.
- Split View also available on Max/Plus-size iPhones
- major refactoring in Card View: data entry cells, text field editing
- new TextField fixes also apply for these views: Boxes, Deck, Field, Cats, and Tags
- Build System:
- Swift 5.2
- Xcode 11.5
- macOS 10.15.5 Catalina
3.2: Restore
Version 3.2.25 (CFEFE)
CE Version 3.2.33 (D476)
App Store Release 2020/06/12
Complete Backup and Restore!
- Backup
- Restore Mode
- Build System:
- Swift 5.2
- Xcode 11.4.1
- macOS 10.15.4 Catalina
3.1: Import
Version 3.1.181 (EB176)
App Store Release 2020/05/30
No Bento in Catalina? Import with Kase!
- Flexible Import function (CSV Codable) with Prefills, Preview, Key option, and Replace Mode option.
- Easier to use UnitConverter with better designs for Fx Preview and Unit Preview.
- Re-enabled home screen Quick Action.
- Renamed "Version History" to "Database History" with quick link from About.
- Much improved internal declarative UI library with better support for Dynamic Type, and SF Symbols.
- Started utilizing Core Data's new derived attributes for iOS 13.
- Removed Instabug.
- And many bug fixes.
- Build System:
- Swift 5.2
- Xcode 11.4.1
- macOS 10.15.4 Catalina
3.0.1
Version 3.0.1006 (C57E)
CE Version 3.0.1006 (C57E)
App Store Release 2019/11/05
- minor updates for Dynamic Type
- temporarily disabled Units home screen quick action
- Build System:
- Swift 5.1
- Xcode 11.2
- macOS 10.15.1 Catalina
3.0: iOS 13 Redesign
CE Version 3.0.230 (7BC5)
App Store Release 2019/11/02
Redesigned for iOS 13!
- iOS 13 design language
- Dark Mode
- SF Symbols
- Context Menus
- etc.
- Build System:
- Swift 5.1
- Xcode 11.1
- macOS 10.15.1 Catalina
Release 2
2.5: Markdown!
Version 2.5.72 (B234)
App Store Release 2019/06/05
Markdown support!
- two new options for Multi-line Text fields:
- Markdown: text will be formatted on-the-fly and displayed as rich text
- Number of Lines: the field's display in a Card can be adjusted to any number of lines
- new Version History screen, accessible from "Backup, etc." and the About screen via long-press
- fixed crash in Deck Design screen when adding link to the deck itself
- bug introduced in 2.3 (also affecting 2.4) while cleaning up some @objc attributes...
- unified to internal declarative options framework
- making Option screens (e.g. Field options) more consistent and flexible
-
other fixes and improvements:
- Settings: Colors: Theme Color: now displays in full color making it easier to choose
- fixed Card screen's back button display for very long Card names
- libraries updates
-
Build System:
- Swift 5.0
- Xcode 10.2.1
- macOS 10.14.5 Mojave
2.4: Good Relations
Version 2.4.36 (A194)
App Store Release 2019/04/10
Visualize and browse to related Decks!
- A new "Open Related..." command under the Deck's drop menu allows easy browsing to related Decks: Inheritance (super-decks and sub-decks), Linked In decks, and Linking To decks.
- From a Card screen's in-bound links section, if the linking deck has inheriting decks (sub-decks), user is presented with choices of decks to open
- the "Move to Deck..." is also changed to use the hierarchical decks selection.
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other fixes and improvements:
- more robust deletes
- fixed missing privacy usage string for QuickLook Preview's Save Image function
-
Build System:
- Swift 5.0
- Xcode 10.2
- macOS 10.14.4 Mojave
2.3: HEIF
Version 2.3.138 (6B3E2)
App Store Release 2019/03/27
In addition to HEIF support, this is also an important update with many under-the-hood improvements readying for future features.
- Pictures/HEIF (High Efficiency Image File Format):
- Converter to convert existing pictures to/from HEIF
- e.g. with 400 pictures, size reduced from 1.6 GB to 340 MB!
- improved Clipboard access
-
Card screen:
- auto updates of linked Cards and counts
- improved Fx's displays
-
Sortable Fields: many fixes and improvements
-
Index: word forms are now sorted
-
Instabug: upgraded to 8.1 for improved privacy protection
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many other fixes and improvements:
- improved Alerts with preferred actions
- more robust text field handling
- more robust Categories & Tags editing
- fixed tint color for new windows
- reworked local notifications/KVO
- SwiftLint!
-
Build System:
- Swift 4.2
- Xcode 10.1
- macOS 10.14.3 Mojave
2.2: Great Sorts
Version 2.2.9933 (8825D)
App Store Release 2019/02/11
Building on 2.1's three-level Sort Options for Views, 2.2 further expands the Sorting power.
- new View options:
- Sort by User-defined Fields
- Sort by Notes
- Sort by Links Count
- Sort by Cards Count (for Decks)
- Cards screen will automatically display the Sort by Field.
- Units: search by Category names, in addition to Unit names
- e.g. Type "tem" to see all Temperature units.
- e.g. Type "elec" to see all Electric categories.
- other UI improvements and fixes
- Build System:
- Swift 4.2
- Xcode 10.1
- macOS 10.14.2 Mojave
2.1: Multiple Sorts
Version 2.1.9927 (92E9)
App Store Release 2018/12/16
- Sort Options for Views: up to 3 levels of sortings
- added Quick Action Shortcut for the Unit Converter
- Build System:
- Swift 4.2
- Xcode 10.1
- macOS 10.14.2 Mojave
2.0.1
Version 2.0.109927 (1ACB)
App Store Release 2018/11/27
- fixed Card edit mode animations for iOS 12
- added app icons for iPad
- Build System:
- Swift 4.2
- Xcode 10.1
- macOS 10.14.1 Mojave
2.0: Hello World
Version 2.0.9931 (4768)
App Store Preorder 2018/11/14
- first public version for the App Store
- Build System:
- Swift 4.2
- Xcode 10.0
- macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra
Release 1
1.0: Dave
- In its 1.0 stage, Kase was known as Dave, and it has been faithfully managing databases for a small group of early users since 2014.
- Build System:
- Swift 1.x
- Xcode 6.x
- Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite