Rough Draft đ±1.1 & đ» 1.7
Itâs what you wonât notice that counts
The wait is over! After a team beach trip to celebrate our iOS release, weâve been hard at work in our little studio revising Rough Draft with a fresh set of eyes and rested minds!
The big point of this update is the little things you might not notice. So without much adieu, hereâs a laundry list of the updates in this new set of releases for Rough Draft Mac & iOS:
Bugs & Crashes
First off, many thanks to each of you who have experienced bugs and have reached out to let us know about them. Weâve fixed a number of issues related to onboarding and deleting drafts, have stabilized syncing, and have made notes easier to use.
An All New Writing Engine
One of the most important parts of this update is something you wonât notice: our new writing engine. Now you can focus on your writing with some tech under the hood that is fast and smooth as (insert reputable car engine metaphor here).
One thing you may notice, cooling now spans multiple words, and lasts a bit longer, so lifeâs little typos are easier to fix đ
Many writers have also asked to be able to delete punctuation. Whether youâve decided to keep things short and to the point by replacing that comma with a period, or just want to take things on and on, sentence closing punctuation can now be completely deleted. Period. đ
New Characters for Your Writing!
Weâre also welcoming a few hundred new âcharactersâ to Rough Draft⊠thatâs right, all the many characters that make up the emoji universe we all love can now we inserted into your drafts đđđ (we â€ïž them probably a little too much đ).
Bonjour to All New Writers
Weâre also welcoming new friends from abroad, too! Say âBonjourâ to all our French-speaking friends, as Rough Draft is now localized for speakers of đ«đ· the language of â€ïž Oh lĂ lĂ !
Make sure to share it with your French speaking friends too!
Support For More Devices & Orientations
Rough Draft for iPhone and iPad is now available in both landscape and portrait modes.
Weâve also added in iPad Pro optimizations, like split screen and extended keyboard support.
Also, look out for some new icons, as weâve changed up the design a little bit!
Unlocking Rough Draft
Rough Draft can now be purchased just once, on one device, and unlocked across all your devices, making the decision to purchase simple and straight forward!
And for those of you whoâve purchased Rough Draft on both your macOS and iOS devices before, fear not: the price for the new one-time purchase is the same as the dual purchases from yestermonth đ)
And Giving More
And for new users, we save the best for last: Youâll also be able to export 3 of your drafts clean for free.
Whatâs more? You have been endowed with the ability to sync between macOS and iOS devices, free of charge! Egads! You can now get lost in Rough Draft, let your writing flow, and not worry about it being locked in.
Mini Medium
Almost forgot, now just like on the desktop version of Rough Draft you can export direct to Medium from your iOS device too!
Wrapping Up
Phew! That was a handful!
We sincerely hope you enjoy everything that Rough Draft has to offer. The single most important thing for us is to make sure you enjoy Rough Draft, so please donât hesitate to reach out to us through Rough Draftâs in-app messaging system (thanks Intercom!), or through the Rough Draft homepage.
And as always, we want to know all about the amazing stories youâre writing with Rough Draft. Please shoot us a message and let us know what youâre working on!
Happy Drafting â
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