Today we’re very excited to give you a first look at the latest update to forScore, version 5.0. It’s been less than three years since we first introduced forScore—just days after the original iPad went on sale—and it has come a very long way since then. With 5.0, we’re continuing to lead by taking some of the biggest leaps yet without compromising our promise of free and meaningful upgrades for life.
From our most common feature requests to major under-the-hood rewrites, 5.0 packs quite a punch. We’ve added incredible new features like tabbed browsing, a new two-page view, and passcode restrictions for certain features (great for educators). We’ve refined the essentials to include movable half-page turns, multiple composers, and we’ve moved setlists to their own menu complete with a brand new full-screen setlist creator that lets you view and edit your list while browsing and adding new items. We’ve even added the ability to offset page numbers, merge files right from the score menu, or add placeholders to your setlists.
There’s a lot more to 5.0 than that, though. We’ve rewritten forScore’s library storage system to use Core Data, so it’s faster and more efficient than ever before. It’s the kind of change that really sets the stage for years of upgrades to come, and we couldn’t be more proud of it.
Of course, none of it would be possible without you, our customers. We’re extremely grateful for your support and engagement, and although forScore 5.0 won’t be ready for a few more weeks, we want to hear from you. If you’re interested in helping us get ready for this huge update, we can always use beta testers. And, if you’re fluent in English and at least one other language, we’d love your assistance with translating forScore. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working hard on for the past four months, and we couldn’t be more excited about the future of forScore. Thank you!
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This coupon code gives you 15% off, free shipping to US addresses, and still qualifies for our ongoing promotion that nets you a free copy of forScore with any purchases made through our affiliate link. This code expires Dec. 14th, so be sure to check it out today!
Update: This promotion has now ended, sorry!
If you’ve contacted us for support recently and you never received a response, we’re extremely sorry. We discovered this evening that our web host implemented a new anti-spam policy some weeks ago that prevented a significant number of support requests and suggestions from ever reaching us. We’ve since resolved the issue, and were fortunately able to recover the missing messages (a bit more complicated than checking the spam folder, but we did manage to find them.)
Again, we sincerely apologize for this unacceptable problem. Our provider will be fired at the soonest opportunity, and we’ll be doing our best to get back in touch with each customer as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support and patience while we do everything within our power to fix this unfortunate incident.
Update: We’ve now contacted everyone who was affected by this issue and are working hard to resolve any outstanding support requests as quickly as possible. Thanks for your continued patience as we catch up.
We spotted a familiar sight at Apple’s latest media event, in the slide showcasing the huge number of apps currently available for iPad—and now for the iPad mini as well:
Our icon is right at the bottom of the slide, just below Facebook, and also right above Phil Schiller’s head in the closeup. We’re proud to have played a very tiny role in Apple’s latest event, and can’t wait to try forScore out on the newest members of the iOS family!
Today we’re proud to introduce forScore 4.2, available now through the App Store. This update includes a number of important bug fixes and enhancements, and is also fully tested and compatible with iOS 6.
While 4.2 is mostly an under-the-hood revision, the most obvious change relates to forScore’s ability to control playback of songs that are already playing when the app launches—we’ve made it optional, and disabled it by default. We think it’s an invaluable feature for some, but we also recognize that it can be confusing and unnecessary for others, and we hope that this change helps clear things up. We’ve also added edit/batch edit options to the bookmarks menu, and we’ve included the ability to download setlists through the built-in browser.
After careful consideration, we’ve also decided to end support for iOS 4 with this update. Every iPad model is capable of running iOS 5, and since the vast majority of our customers have already upgraded, we’re confident that this is the right time to move forward. By targeting iOS 5 or later, we’re able to make our code simpler, more reliable and flexible, and we’ll be free to adopt newer system-wide features.
As always, this update wouldn’t be possible without the tremendous support and feedback of our customers, so thank you—we’re proud to call such a vibrant and engaged community our audience, and we’ll keep working hard every day to make forScore even better.