The L&L Blog
Something New: Beta Testers Needed
Before the end of 2024, we’ll be launching a new writing app on macOS, Windows and iOS. We’re now putting the call out for beta testers. Read on if you’d like to learn more and participate.
It's Here! Scrivener for iOS is Now Available!
Scrivener for iOS is now available for sale on the App Store. At the time of writing, it is not yet showing up in searches on the App Store, as it can take several hours for Apple's records to update. However, you can find it by following this link:
Important Note on the Scrivener for iOS Release
Many thanks to everyone for all the enthusiasm about our Scrivener for iOS release tomorrow! As we've been receiving a lot of questions, I just wanted to clear up a few things:
Scrivener for iOS Release Date
Apple has approved Scrivener for sale on the iOS App Store, so we can now give an official release date: 20th July. To recap the details:
Guinea Pigs Wanted!
UPDATE: All beta slots have been taken up for now - they went quicker than we expected! Many thanks to everyone who volunteered. We may open up more slots soon, depending on how things go.
From Alpha to Beta
Next week, I shall—at long last—be submitting Scrivener for iOS to Apple’s TestFlight beta-testing program. It has spent the past month in alpha-testing in-house (I am writing this blog post in Scrivener on my brand new iPad Pro 9.7”, in fact), and we’re now ready to open up testing to a slightly larger group. We’ve had a lot of users emailing us asking if they can beta-test, so in order to be entirely open, I thought I’d explain how we are going to approach the beta-testing process.
We Found That New iOS Developer, By The Way... (Me)
I know we’ve been quiet about the iOS version recently, and some users have been wondering if it’s still in development. After all the problems we’ve had with it, I took over development myself last year and rewrote it from the ground up. I had originally planned not to develop it myself so that I didn’t have to divide my time between the Mac and iOS versions, but in the event, coding our iOS version turned out to be a lot of fun, especially with the introduction of the iPad Pro. Adapting Scrivener for iOS felt like going back to the beginning and remembering why I built Scrivener in the first place.