September 12, 2022
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Today we’re happy to announce the release of forScore 13.1 for iOS and iPadOS—a huge update that’s been in the works for almost a year. Nearly all of it has been completely rewritten to ensure that it makes the most of today’s hardware and OS features and that it can take full advantage of everything Apple offers going forward.
This update is fully optimized for today’s release of iOS 16, and is ready to shine on iPadOS 16 when that’s released next month. It introduces big upgrades to forScore’s multi-window capabilities and it unlocks new capabilities on devices that support Stage Manager—the most dramatic change to multitasking in years. Many of these changes will also be included in forScore 13.1 for Mac, coming next month alongside the release of macOS 13.
Thanks as always to our beta testers, and to all of you for continuing to support forScore and allowing us to keep providing significant free updates like this.
Available now for iPad and iPhone
September 10, 2022
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iOS 16 and watchOS 9 are coming on Monday, and our standalone pitch pipe app Pitch, Please! is ready to take full advantage of them.
Our free 3.2 update features an Apple Watch complication for watchOS 9 that gives you instant access to your pitch pipe right from your watch face, and the watch app has been optimized for the new Apple Watch Ultra.
We’ve also created a iPhone lock screen widget for iOS 16 that launches the app with just a tap and looks great alongside all of the other changes coming to the lock screen this year.
If you’re getting new devices or planning to install Apple’s major OS updates this week, be sure to check out these great new features!
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Today we’re very excited to give you a sneak peek at forScore 13.1, coming later this year along with iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS 13. This year we’ve completely rewritten most of forScore’s code to set the stage for a whole new generation of updates, we adopted incredible new APIs for upcoming new iPadOS features like Stage Manager, we significantly enhanced secondary windows to provide a full read-write environment, and much more.
forScore 13.1 will be released later this year along with Apple’s major OS updates, but you can try it out for yourself today by becoming a beta tester. Otherwise, be sure to check back soon as we put the final touches on this monumental update.
forScore 13.1 Sneak Peek
Last week, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in earnest, we removed forScore from sale in Russia. We do not condone the actions of the Russian government and will not participate in the Russian economy, no matter how small our impact. We will continue to support our Russian-speaking users worldwide just as we always have, and we will continue to include and update Russian localizations in our app, but forScore is no longer available on the Russian App Store.
This action is both insignificant and punitive, but we believe that punitive measures are now necessary. Removing forScore from sale in Russia won’t hurt those in power, but it will put pressure on the people of Russia who must be the ones to lead their government to as prompt and peaceful a resolution as possible. Not all app developers have the economic freedom to do the same thing we’ve done, but we can—and therefore feel that we must.
We support the Ukrainian people and we believe that music has a unique ability to express our shared humanity no matter our background or spoken language, and we hope that we can continue to serve musicians worldwide again in the future.
Last year with forScore 12.0.5, we added a feature that allows you to turn pages using head movements while wearing AirPods Pro. Now, we’ve learned that this feature also works with AirPods Max and AirPods 3.
Ultimately, which devices support this functionality is up to Apple and can change at any time—either with a firmware or OS update—and since they don’t publish this information publicly we have to rely on hands-on testing to find out what does and doesn’t work. If you’ve got AirPods Max or AirPods 3 be sure to check it out!
