ThinkMac SoftwareSayonara Direct Downloads
It’s with a heavy heart that I’m discontinuing direct sales of iKanji and iKana for macOS. Given their low direct sales and how onerous the new notarisation process is, it just doesn’t make sense given the limited time* I now have to work on my apps. They will now be exclusively available on the Mac App Store. I’m happy to transition existing…
Introducing Watermarker Pro
It’s been awhile since I introduced a new app, well actually it’s been ages – iKana nōto was the last one and was introduced in 2011! There have been a lot of app updates to my other apps since then of course, but the only ‘new’ apps I’ve launched have been for clients, so it’s really great to finally be releasing something…
Going Freemium
After much deliberation, I’ve decided to make a big change to the way iKana touch is sold on the App Store with version 2.7. Before I get into that, let me give you some background. Since it first appeared on the App Store, nearly 10(!) years ago, iKana touch has used the paid up front business model. You bought the software, then…
Black Friday Savings
Hey folks, use coupon code BLACKFRIDAY to save 20% on any of our Mac apps from the 25th to the 28th of November. This offer is only available on apps bought direct from the ThinkMac Store.
Coding to keep the lights on
This has been a really busy year of coding for me so far – not that you’d be able to tell from looking at any of my own apps, which haven’t seen as much activity this year as I’d have liked. With ever declining App Store revenues, I’ve had to start spending a lot of my time doing contract work. The upside is…
Christmas Savings!
This is just a reminder that we’re offering a 10% discount until the 1st of January 2016 on iKana, iKanji and NewsLife when you buy directly from us. Just use coupon code XMAS10. Order securely through our FastSpring store using the payment method of your choice. This offer isn’t available on the Mac App Store as we want to reward customers who…
Updates, updates everywhere!
Hard to believe 2015 is nearly over already isn’t it? Lately I’ve been hard at work on a bunch of updates to my various Mac apps. All of which are live for direct download customers. If you use the Mac App Store, so far only the iKana update is live, but the others should get there eventually. In semi-related news, I’ve now migrated the ThinkMac Store…
iKanji touch 2 is here!
Good news folks, iKanji touch 2 is now live on the App Store! This is a big release because it finally brings iKanji touch natively to the iPad. The whole interface has been refreshed and refined and there are lots of little tweaks and improvements. The main new feature is a vocabulary browser with flash cards and kanji breakdown*. Just like in its…
New features in iKanji touch 1.9
iKanji touch 1.9 (and 1.9.1 which should be on the App Store in a few days) introduce some handy new features for those using the app’s spaced repetition training system. If you don’t currently use the training system then hopefully this will give you cause to try it out. Let me briefly explain how spaced repetition works in iKanji touch. Kanji move…
Death by Search Ranking
Posted on July 20, 2018 by Rory Prior
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For a decade iKana and iKanji touch (yeah it’s been that long!) have generally enjoyed really good search rankings on the App Store. For pretty much any combination of relevant search terms they would show up within the top 10-20 results. For all those years my apps have enjoyed 4-5 star overall ratings and seen regular updates. Then something went wrong. I’m…
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