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0.4.18

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A link that goes somewhere, and numbers you can trust.

  • FixedOn Mac, the “Get Jade for iPhone” button now opens the place where Jade for iPhone is available today, not a page that wasn't there.
  • ImprovedThe numbers Jade tells you, like how many people can care for a cat and how long an invitation lasts, now come straight from Jade's rules, so what you read is what applies.
  • ImprovedSyncing cats across your devices and looking after your Jade+ membership run on tidier foundations on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Earlier

0.4.17Live Activities you can count on, and a tidier Mac.
  • FixedLive Activities no longer get stuck showing a spinner on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
  • ImprovedOn Mac, the button that shows and hides the sidebar now looks like the rest of Jade.
  • ImprovedDuring a break, the Mac menu bar stays quiet and leaves the countdown to the Live Activity.
0.4.16Steadier under the hood, on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
  • ImprovedJade on iPhone, iPad and Mac is now built with stricter checks that catch timing mistakes before they reach you.
  • ImprovedSharing a cat and logging care no longer go through older, retired paths, so there's less that can go wrong.
0.4.15Live Activities, and a Mac that does almost everything.
  • NewLive Activities come to iPhone and iPad. Your Mac's break countdown, a visit on its way and care that's due show on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, where you can snooze a break or start one now.
  • NewFor now, Live Activities show while Jade is open. Once push updates are switched on, they'll keep up on their own.
  • NewThe Mac can now do almost everything the iPhone can. Edit your cat's profile, voice and healthy weight, and correct a diary entry's mood.
  • NewOn the Mac, invite someone to own or care for your cat, change their role or last day, and answer the invitations friends send you.
  • NewAlbums on the Mac: make and rename them, drag in photos from Finder or Photos, and share them by link.
  • NewWith Jade+, drop a photo on the Mac's Diary to read your cat's mood and write the day's entry in your cat's own voice, or estimate a meal's calories from a photo.
  • ImprovedCarers can delete the weigh-ins and care they logged themselves, and anything someone else logged says who.
0.4.14Jade comes to iPad.
  • NewOn iPad, Jade is laid out like the Mac window: your cats and Today, Diary and Cat sit in a sidebar, with the page beside it. In Split View or a narrow window, it goes back to the iPhone's tabs.
  • NewWith a keyboard on iPad, ⌘1 to ⌘3 move between Today, Diary and Cat, ⌘N logs a feeding, and ⌘, opens Settings, where you can search.
  • NewSettings on the Mac now float over the main window. Search them in English or Chinese, and set how long things last with − and + steppers.
  • ImprovedThe Mac window's sidebar floats beside the page now, and the place you're on is marked with a soft celadon wash.
  • ImprovedOn iPad, Jade says iPad wherever it names your device, and asking for your photos no longer mentions an iPhone.
0.4.13You can log for your cats on the Mac now.
  • NewOn the Mac, log feeding, weigh-ins and care from Today, from the + in the toolbar, or from the menu bar's Log for item with your cat's name.
  • NewFood presets and reminders are on the Mac too: owners can add, edit and reorder presets, and a reminder can be marked as done.
  • NewTo log for a cat someone else added to Jade, as a co-owner or a carer, sign in to Jade on the Mac first.
  • NewWith Jade+, the Month in Review on the Mac is now written for you, just as on your iPhone.
  • FixedOn iPhone and Mac, the feeding form counts the feeds already logged today, and the weigh-in form shows the change since last time.
0.4.12The Mac has a window for your cats now.
  • NewJade on the Mac opens a main window with your cats and three places, Today, Diary and Cat, filled with what you log on your iPhone; for now it's for reading, and you still add things on your iPhone.
  • NewFeeding, weight, care, medication and reminders are all there, along with diary entries and the month in review.
  • NewAlbums open on the Mac too: press Space to see a photo in Quick Look, or drag it out to Finder.
  • NewOn the Mac, the Cat page shows who looks after the cat, owners can export the cat's records, and your friends and messages are a click away on Today.
  • NewCare has five new kinds, nail trims, baths, brushing, flea and tick, and dental, and a cat's owners can set how often each one is due in Care settings.
  • FixedPeople who look after someone else's cat no longer see an empty Latest entry card on Today, since the diary is for the cat's owners.
0.4.11Your cat, by name, in more places.
  • ImprovedThe widget and Siri show your own cat, and the widget's weigh-in button opens the weigh-in sheet.
  • ImprovedThe widget follows dark mode and your text size.
  • ImprovedCare reminders say which cat they are for.
  • NewWhen you first meet your cat's pixel twin, you can say whether it looks right, and try another look if it doesn't.
  • ImprovedWords on diary backgrounds and on shared diary cards are easier to read.
  • FixedOn the Mac, each mood has one name everywhere, the same as on your iPhone, and buttons and links use Jade's own green.
  • NewSettings has a Help & Support link.
0.4.10Settings on the Mac, sorted around your cat.
  • ImprovedOne My Cat page on the Mac: which cat lives here, how it looks and what it does.
  • NewThe first time you open Jade on a Mac, it says hello and tells you which cats came over from your iPhone.
  • ImprovedWhat's New can be resized and keeps earlier versions below, quieter.
  • ImprovedSmall grey text on iPhone is darker, so it's easier to read.
  • FixedWeights use the same unit everywhere, and your cat looks the same on Today and in the cat switcher.
  • ImprovedWhen you join a cat someone shared, Jade shows it's on the way and tells you when it arrives.
0.4.9Jade is coming to the Mac App Store.
  • NewThe Mac shows the same cat you set up on your iPhone, from your iCloud, and its look follows whatever you choose there.
  • NewJade+ bought on either your iPhone or your Mac unlocks it on both.
  • FixedYour cat now arrives on the desktop right after you install Jade.
0.4.8Behind-the-scenes fixes for the Mac.
  • FixedBehind-the-scenes fixes so updates to Jade on the Mac reach you reliably.
0.4.7Steadier iCloud syncing, on iPhone and Mac.
  • ImprovedEach cat's records now travel through iCloud in one place of their own, so syncing is steadier.
  • ImprovedYour own details sync through iCloud apart from your cats, and stay private to you.
  • FixedThe Mac keeps your cat's twin up to date even while the screen is locked.
  • FixedChanges to a shared cat are saved even while your iPhone is locked.
0.4.6Touch up your cat's pixel twin.
  • NewOwners can touch up the pixel twin's colours patch by patch, and the Mac shows the same look.
  • NewYou can subscribe to Jade+ from the Mac as well.
  • NewCarers see a shared cat on their Mac too, and a sitter's twin leaves on time when the sitting ends.
  • ImprovedWhen the host of a cat has Jade+, everyone looking after that cat gets it too.
0.4.5The twin on your desktop follows your cat's day.
  • NewThe twin on your Mac follows how your cat's day is going, from today's care logs and diary.
  • NewThe twin naps while you're away from the Mac and goes by your cat's name.
  • NewSetting up a cat now introduces the twin and invites the twin onto your Mac.
  • NewToday and the home screen widget show the twin in the same mood as on your Mac.
0.4.4Changes reach the Mac sooner.
  • ImprovedChanges you make on your iPhone reach the Mac within minutes.
  • FixedBehind-the-scenes fixes so updates reach you reliably.
0.4.3Jade for Mac joins the iPhone app in testing.
  • NewA Mac app now comes with the iPhone app and brings your cat's twin over from your iCloud.
  • NewThe Mac app knows about your Jade+ from the start.
  • ImprovedThe pixel twin draws crisply at any size and uses less memory.
  • FixedThe twin's colours stay put when another of your devices syncs.
0.4.2One pixel twin on iPhone and Mac.
  • NewThe cat on your Mac can wear your cat's twin.
  • ImprovedThe pixel twin is drawn the same way on your iPhone and on the Mac.
0.4.1Looking after a cat together works more smoothly.
  • ImprovedButtons, cards, segmented controls, diary entries and sheets are redrawn to match Jade's design.
  • ImprovedThe Mac app link in Settings now opens through jadethecat.com.
  • FixedTogether opens for everyone who shares a cat.
  • FixedRecords added by other owners and carers show up for the host too.
  • FixedAn invite link stays in the message whichever app you share it through.
  • FixedRecords of a cat added in an older version stay with that cat after the update.
0.4.0Look after a cat together.
  • NewInvite other owners and carers to look after a cat with you, with the cat's records shared through iCloud.
  • NewFriends and messages have a page of their own.
  • NewHosting can be handed to another owner, who then keeps the cat's records in their iCloud.
  • NewFood presets are kept per cat, and you can manage them yourself.
  • NewSettings is reorganised, and you can set your own avatar.
  • ImprovedInvite links from jadethecat.com open straight in Jade.
  • FixedThe diary calendar swipes between weeks, and times read as plain AM and PM.
0.3.0A Cat tab, shared albums and a fresh diary.
  • NewA Cat tab, with a switcher for when you have more than one cat.
  • NewAlbums can be shared with others through iCloud.
  • NewThe diary has a card for each day and a week of moods at a glance.
  • NewJade+ unlocks the AI features, and Restore Purchases brings back a subscription you already have.
  • NewJade finds cat photos on your iPhone itself, so picking them is quicker.
  • NewAny record can be deleted after a confirmation, and so can your account.
  • FixedToday and setup fit large text sizes, and a sheet stays open if saving fails.
0.2.0Settings for each cat.
  • ImprovedSettings that belong to one cat now sit with that cat, and the main Settings are shorter.
The earlier Mac download, on GitHub