Eleven

April 2019

2019 was a revolutionary year for us, filled with delicate transitions and exciting new directions. Back in 2014, we made the tough call to develop and sell forScore mini for iPhone and iPod touch separately from forScore for iPad. Doing so helped us spend the time and resources necessary to make forScore a great experience on small screens, but five years later it was no longer the right choice so we made forScore 11 a universal app and forScore mini was discontinued.

forScore is a very complex app and it can take some time to learn, so we've had to say no to some great features over the years to ensure that brand new users can find their way around. Meanwhile, Apple changed their policies and started heavily promoting subscriptions as a way to provide a sustainable future for apps that are constantly evolving and improving. We promised free updates for life and we weren't kidding, so pivoting entirely to a subscription was out of the question, but the introduction of forScore Pro allowed us to explore some of those features we had originally avoided and to provide more detailed support for those who need it.

When iOS 13 introduced dark mode and contextual menus, we enthusiastically adopted both of them on day one. Much like iOS 11's Drag and Drop gestures, contextual menus greatly expand our ability to offer functionality inline, right where you need it, without relying on an indirect series of actions to make secondary tasks available.

forScore 11 also introduced a new app icon and a comprehensive but subtle design refresh that mirrors Apple's own gradual return from iOS 7's hard corners, incredibly thin iconography, outlined buttons, and a near-total lack of shadows. Even after all of these years, iOS 7's polarizing design is unmistakable but has been tempered by six generations of slow refinement.

After ten years, forScore and iOS—and now iPadOS—continue to grow and expand in every direction. There's no mapping the future, no predicting where things will go next, but even after all of these improvements forScore 11 is still just getting started.