Joodle 2.4 is here with a fresh coat of polish. **The New Siri Look, in Joodle** The iOS 27 public release isn't officially out yet, but you can get an early taste of its new Siri glass design right inside Joodle — the Dynamic Island now expands with that same fluid, glassy flair in a beautifully choreographed reveal. (Older iOS versions get a softer frosted style.) **Improvements & Bugfixes** - Various optimizations and stability fixes for a smoother experience.
Say hello to Joodle 2.3 — now with a wiggle! **Wiggly Strokes** Your doodles refuse to sit still. Flip on Wiggly Strokes and every line springs to life with a shaky, hand-drawn jitter that never stops squirming. Find it in **Settings > Labs > Experimental Features > Wiggly Strokes**. **Share the Wiggle** Two new video share styles let you show off your doodle mid-wiggle — Wiggly Minimal and Wiggly Excerpt. Export them straight from the share sheet. **Improvements & Bugfixes** - Polished the share carousel's progress indicator for video styles.
**Improvements & Bugfixes** - Fixed temporary freeze when snapping a photo. - Updated photo filter.
**Improvements & Bugfixes** - Saving captured references to your photo album is now on by default - Fixed camera lag and stuttering on some devices - Captured photos are now cropped and styled with a film-inspired filter to fit the drawing canvas exactly - Refreshed the carousel with a new progress indicator - Minor UI improvements throughout
Say hello to Joodle 2.0 — our biggest update yet! **Trace from a Reference** Bring real life into your doodles. Capture anything with your camera — or import a photo from your library — then trace right on top of it on the canvas. You can also choose to save captured references to your photo album. A new interactive tutorial shows you how the first time. **Quick Actions & Shortcuts** Long-press the Joodle icon for the new "Today" quick action, and the Today shortcut now opens the canvas directly so you can start drawing instantly. **Improvements & Bugfixes** - Smoother canvas dismiss with a clear saving state - Expanded and refined localization across the app - Improved camera stability and capture reliability - Fixed the reminder sheet animation - Fixed inspiration prompt text wrapping
**Improvements & Bugfixes** - Fixed thumbnails appearing pixelated on iPhone when synced from Mac - Fixed auto iCloud Backup did not fire if inactive past due - Fixed settings row only being tappable on empty area - Fixed Instagram share link not working on some devices
**Improvements & Bugfixes** - Fixed thumbnails appearing pixelated on iPhone when synced from Mac - Fixed auto iCloud Backup did not fire if inactive past due - Fixed settings row only being tappable on empty area
Joodle now supports **Japanese**! **iCloud Drive Backup** You can now back up your doodles to iCloud Drive and restore them on any of your devices. Head to "Settings > Backup" to set it up. **Instagram Story Quick Share** Share your doodle straight to your Instagram story with a single tap — no extra steps needed. **Improvements & Bugfixes** - Changelog view now supports multiple images with a carousel - Removed the prefix icon on the share button for a cleaner look - Fixed an issue where theme color updates could get stuck --- This update includes the following builds: 142, 143
Joodle now supports **French**! **How to switch language?** - After update, Joodle should automatically follow your device's "Language & Region" to set the language. - If you still want to customize your language, you can do so via: - In app: Go to "Settings > General > Language" to choose a supported language. - In system app setting: Go to "Settings > Apps > Joodle > Language" to choose a preferred language.
**Move Your Doodle to Another Day** You can now move a doodle to a different date — as long as that date doesn't already have one. Just tap and hold your doodle to bring up the context menu, and choose to move it. Then tap any empty date to confirm the movement. You can find a new tutorial guide anytime at "Settings > Need Help? > Learn Core Features > Interactive Tutorials > Move a Doodle". **Improvements & Bugfixes** - Fixed unintended drag gesture triggering on the bottom view
**Note Editor Gets a Full-Screen Upgrade** Notes now open in a dedicated full-screen editor — no more cursor jumping, no more cramped inline text boxes. Just a clean space to write. And yes, you can comfortably write long diary now! **New Features** You can now select previous year of doodles to share. **Improvements & Bugfixes** - Fixed cursor jumping while typing in note editors - Fixed split view snap positions and header layout - Fixed inconsistent stroke width on share cards for weekly and monthly views - Improved timeline scrubbing responsiveness - Fixed placeholder icon incorrectly showing on entries without a doodle
- Now you can backtrack your drawing in existing doodles. - Also fixed the issue that non-dynamic island device unable to save doodle via dismissing the bottom sheet
- A bunch of fixes that greatly improves app's performance and stability - Minor change to widgets for UI consistency - Improve user experience when browsing doodles - The note prompt after finishing a doodle will now show you what you just drew instead of a random meaningless icon - Fix some widgets do not update promptly for some devices
**Not sure what to draw today?** You can now get a random prompt right on the canvas — a small nudge to help you begin.
- Two new widgets: **This Week** and **This Month**. **This Week** widget shows you doodles of the current week. **This Month** widget shows you doodles of the current month.
You can now share your week and month of doodles!
- Added custom sheet to manage Joodle Pro plans, including Lifetime option. - Fixed a critical issue where paywall will be shown to users who have already subscribed. - Fixed widget update issue. - Fixed minor UI issue for canvas displayed on devices running iOS 18 and below.
- Added **Joodle Pro Lifetime** purchase option. You can consider purchasing once and own Joodle for a life time! - Optional **Free Trials** for monthly and yearly subscription have been replaced with **7-day Free Access** for all first-time users. **IMPROVEMENTS & BUGFIX** - Drawing canvas is larger now. - Simplified paywall pricing cards. - Refreshed typography to use app-specific rounded font styles across views. - Improved canvas corner radius. - Minor bugfix.
Experimental Features are now free to access for all users! - To access, go to "Settings > Labs > Experimental Features" and you will find all the experimental features that we are testing in Joodle. We will roll out more interesting and fun experiments in the future! iCloud Sync is now free for all users! - You can manage your iCloud Sync from "Settings > General > iCloud Sync". IMPROVEMENTS & BUGFIX - Significantly improved the performance of Sharing so that it is not laggy anymore. - Also fixed a bug causing animated doodle sharing stroke color to stay at one color even if user updates the color scheme. - Now if your preferred color scheme is System, the Share Sheet will open with the matching color scheme instead of always being in light mode.
IMPROVEMENS & BUGFIX - Quick fix for Daily Reminder that should send out notification daily. - Minor bugfix and improvements.
- Introducing note prompt: after you complete a doodle, the app will prompt you to add an optional note. You can turn off this in "Settings > Customization". - We have switched from Discord Community to WhatsApp Community as the latter is more widely used and supported. You can join the WhatsApp Community in "Settings > Get Involved > Join WhatsApp Community". - Changelog view will now show a banner to download the latest update if your current version is not the latest. IMPROVEMENTS & BUGFIX - Removed GIF as a sharing option as some social media platforms do not support it. You can share animated Joodle entries as videos. - Improved the entry editing experience. - We have updated our Privacy Policy (https://liyuxuan.dev/apps/joodle/privacy-policy)
- You can now share animated doodles as GIFs or MP4 videos. **Improvements & Bugfix** - Improved FAQs content and loading. - Fixed dots in doodles appear as tiny circles.
- Added "Settings > General > Anniversary Alarms" page for user to manage their anniversary alarms easily. - Added "Settings > Need Help? > Learn Core Features > Revisit Onboarding" for user who missed the onboarding flow and would like to explore again. **Improvements & Bugfix** - Fixed announcement alert should only show when user is not going through onboarding and has dismissed changelog.
* Added an alert popup system for future in-app push announcements. * Added options for user to control preferences to receive or not receive in-app push announcements. Settings > General > Announcements. **Improvements & Bugfix** * Improved UI for subscription view. * Improved interactive tutorial to add a short delay for animation to finish before going to completion. * Fixed iCloud Sync wrongly syncs user preferences, causing some user preferences to be reset in other devices. * Fixed Daily Reminder still gets triggered even when today's entry has been filled. * Fixed Changelog pull to refresh should invalidate disk cache as well.
========== WHAT'S NEW ========== * Animated Joodle: now your doodles are animated when you first open them Improvements & Bugfix * Added additional top snapping position for vertical split view. At the highest split position, your doodle is enlarged for you to have a better look at it. You will have more space to write your notes as well! * In "Normal" view mode (vs "Minimized"), each row is exactly 7 days of entries, and the entries are layout based on actual calendar with first column matching "Start of Week", which you can configure in "Settings" for Sunday or Monday as the Start of Week. * Settings page is now more consistent, cleaner, and more organized. * Added more tutorials. ==================== IMPROVEMENTS & BUGFIX ==================== * Greatly reduce app bundle size by offloading tutorial media to remote. * Daily reminder now won't remind you if you have already completed today's entry. * Improved Passing Time Backdrop graphics. * Improved performance for thumbnail rendering across the app. * Improved widgets. * Improved remote image fetching to support caching. * Updated change logs to use `displayVersion` string. * Fixed a critical issue with first time onboarding tutorial not scrolling to the correct date as we go into a new year. * Fixed applied offer does not get reflected in subscription. * Fixed "Experimental Features" does not get synced properly in iCloud. * Fixed non-transparent background for markdown rendering for Change log. * Fixed random doodle widget's random algorithm * Fixed widgets do not follow custom color theme. * Fixed applied offer does not get reflected in subscription. * Fixed some outdate tutorials with the new Settings page layout. * Fixed subscription banner section tap interactions.