Today I have released an update for my app wwriteLite. This is a small update.

Tweaks

• Removes Ads
• Removes In-App Purchases, all app icons are now free
• Removes "Writing Prompts" and "One Word Prompts".
• Removes Prompt widgets
• Requires iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, or macOS 15.2.

You can download the update for free using the App Store on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. If you have not yet downloaded the app, it is a free app and available on the App Store. You can view additional information on the app's website.

Today I have released an update for my app wwriteLite. This is a minor update.

Tweaks

• Removes twitter as a support option.
• Requires iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, or macOS 13.4.

You can download the update for free using the App Store on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. If you have not yet downloaded the app, it is a free app and available on the App Store. You can view additional information on the app's website.

Back in February, I released 8.3.0 of my app wwriteLite. 8.3.0 was a big update, but now there is a newer version, version 8.4.0. wwriteLite 8.4.0 is more of a minor update of the app and it only has a few new features.

New Features

• Requires iOS 16.1
• Added Lock Screen Widget for "One Word Prompt" in both single-line and wide widgets
• Added Support for iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max
• Added Support for 10th Generation iPad
• Added Support for 4th Generation 11-inch iPad Pro
• Added Support for 6th Generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro
• Added Support for Mac Studio (M1 Max/Ultra)
• Added Support for M2 MacBook Air
• Added Support for 13-inch MacBook Pro (M2)

As always wwriteLite 8.4.0 is a free app with first-party ads. You can download it from the App Store.

wwriteLite has been in development for almost 14 years. Over that time there have been many changes. The app has gone from being a very basic text editor, to now having a significant number of features, including templates, writing prompts, one word prompts, and even rich text file support.

wwriteLite 8.3.0 is probably one of the biggest updates thus far, and it includes only a few features, but they are big ones. The new features include:

• Saved Prompts
• Prompt Searching
• Saved Prompt Syncing
• File and Template Syncing

Let us look at each of these in turn, starting with Saved Prompts.

Saved Prompts

Version 8.0 of wwriteLite introduced "One Word Prompts" and "Writing Prompts". Now, with 8.3.0 you can save any of the prompts. This is done by opening up the One Word or Writing prompt screen and then tapping on the "star" icon. This will save the prompt.

You can then go back and look at your Saved Prompts by performing the following steps:

1. On the File List screen, tap on the "+" button.
2. Tap on the "Prompts" menu.
3. Tap on "Saved Prompts".

Here you can tap on any of your saved prompts and it will create a new file with the saved prompt.

Prompt Searching

Also new is that the ability to search One Word Prompt, Writing Prompts, or even your saved prompts. This is done by swiping down from one of the prompt screens to perform a search. This is only available on devices running iOS 15 or later, or macOS Monterey or later.

Saved Prompt Syncing

In addition to being able to saving prompts, you can enable Saved Prompt syncing by performing the following:

1. Tap on Tools.
2. Tap on Settings.
3. Scroll down to "Syncing".
4. Tap on "Enable Saved Prompt Syncing".

Saved Prompt syncing must be enabled on each device. Saved Prompt data is stored in iCloud and only you have access to your saved prompts.

File and Template Syncing

Similar to Saved Prompt syncing, you can now enable syncing of your files between devices. The steps to enable File and Template syncing are similar to that of Saved Prompts. The steps are:

1. Tap on Tools.
2. Tap on Settings.
3. Scroll down to "Syncing".
4. Tap on "Enable File and Template Syncing".

Just as with Saved Prompt syncing, you will need to enable File and Template syncing on each of your devices. As with Saved Prompts, your Files and Templates are stored in iCloud and only you will have access to your files and template.

This covers all of the new features with wwriteLite 8.3.0. Syncing has been a long time coming and it is now here.

You can view the full change log on the wwriteLite website. As usual, wwriteLite 8.3.0 is a free update and is available as a free download.

I do not normally do a yearly “recap” blog post, for the site, but I thought I would do so for this year. It’s been an interesting year for the site and the Here are some statistics.

Posts

Total number of posts: 193
Number of non-‘availability’ posts: 70 (including this one).
Number of Reviews: 12, which is an average of one a month.

• Total 'Review' word count: 47,822 / average of 3,985.16 words
• Shortest Review: Review of ElevationLab’s TagVault Keychain and MagBase - 1178 words
• Longest Review: Replacing My Apple AirPort Extreme Routers - 8589 words

Total Word Count (not including "availability" posts): 81,704 / average of 1,167.20 words

• Shortest Post: Apple Announces ‘California Streaming’ Event - 61 words
• Longest Post: Replacing My Apple AirPort Extreme Routers - 8589 words

Average Word Count: 1166.80 words per post
Number of "Availability" posts: 123

• AirTag: 13
• iPad Pro: 10
• iPhone 100

Page Views

Total Page Views from 2016 to 2021:

• 2021: 13,860 / 37.97 per day
• 2020: 9,594 / 26.21 per day
• 2019: 13,475 / 36.91 per day
• 2018: 11,573 / 31.71 per day
• 2017: 29,126 / 79.80 per day
• 2016: 34,166 / 93.35 per day

Most popular post: Account Locked after updating macOS Big Sur - 3,933 views
Most Popular Review: A Review of the 5th Generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro - 809 views

Book Statistics

I don’t normally post about how well my books sell, but here are those statistics: Total Books sold from 2019 to 2021:

I’m not sure why I sold significantly fewer books this year as opposed to previous years, but that seems to be the case. I am not sure if it just that I have not been linked from other sites, or if I did not promote my books well enough, or if it is because I only wrote one book this year instead of two so people presumed I did not write a book this year. It is also entirely possible that is for another reason that I could not think of. 

I hope next year's book sales will be higher, closer to 2019's numbers.

App Statistics

App Updates: 9, with an average of 34 days between each release. Here are the new downloads of wwriteLite per year:

• 2021: 69
• 2020: 56
• 2019: 66
• 2018: 136
• 2017: 101
• 2016: 132

There are some big changes coming in the next update to the app. So if you want to be one of the first to get access to the features, go and sign up for the TestFlight.

Closing Thoughts

Overall 2021 was not too bad for the site, app, and books. Of course I would have preferred to have sold a few more copies of the books, and had a few more downloads of my app, but alas, it is what it is. I hope the numbers improve for next year, but only time will tell on that.

What kind of content did you enjoy? What would you like to see covered that was not? What would you like to see changed? Let me know via twitter.

There is a new version of my app, wwriteLite available for download. Version 8.2.0 brings a few new features, some bug fixes, and a few tweaks. Here are the changes.

New Features

• Now Requires iOS 14.7.
• New "wide" Ad that will display differently than the "tall" ad type.
• New "Remove Ad" button in the upper corner of the ad. This will bring up the "In App Purchase" screen so you can remove ads. If you already have the "Remove Ads" in-app purchase, it will toggle the setting to "always show ads".
• Added support for 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with M1 Pro and M1 Pro Max chips.
• Updated look of Change Log.
• Updated look of Frequently Asked Questions.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some strings in the Debug View that were not localized, but should have been.
• Fixed issue where Feature Requests would crash the app.
• Fixed an issue where Feature Requests were not properly submitted.
• Fixed issue where the file list would change when an ad was clicked on the iPad mini.
• Fixed an issue where the Ad would not properly refresh.

Tweaks

• Submit button on Feature Request cannot be clicked if there is no text in the feature request.
• Changed the Date on the Change Log to be localized to the short version of the date.

As always, you can download the update from the App Store. You can also view the full change log on the wwriteLite site. If you experience any issues, please let me know.

I have updated my app wwriteLite to version 8.1.0. This is a minor update that has a couple of new features, fixes some things, and has one tweak. This version includes the following:

New Features

• Adds support for the 6th generation iPad mini.
• On iPad mini the file list will always float over the file text.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with title on Writing Prompts widget padding on iPad mini.
• Fixed extra spaces in some text.

Tweaks

• Optimized Interfaces for iPad mini (6th Generation)

Version 8.1.0 is now available. As always, you can download the update from the App Store. You can view the full change log on the wwriteLite site.

I have released a new version of my app, wwriteLite, version 8.0.0. This new version has a few new features, most notably the new "Prompts" feature. There are two types of prompts, "One Word Prompts" and "Writing Prompts".

One Word Prompts

The "One Word" prompt is also aptly named in that it will provide you with a new word to provide a prompt. There is a new word every day. Some examples include: 

• drip
• scratch
• fly

Every effort has been made to not have duplicates, but it is possible that there will be some along the way. 

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompts is a prompt with a new one being shown every week. As the name implies, it provides a writing prompt. Some examples are: 

• Think about the best vacation you have taken and write about why it is your favorite.
• Write about your favorite childhood toy.
• Write a story about living as part of King Arthur's entourage.

Widgets

Both prompt types can be added as a widget in either the Today View (on iOS, iPadOS, or macOS) or it can be placed on one of your home screens (iOS or iPadOS). 

As always, wwriteLite is a free update. There is an additional icon pack called "Fruit" that you can purchase. It is $0.99, like the other icon packs, "Space".

You can check out the full change log for the app. You can also download it from the App Store.

There is a new version of wwriteLite available, version 7.2.3. This is a minor bug fix that fixes an issue where the "Sun" icon would not be shown as available in the list of app icons.

As always this is a free update to wwriteLite and it is available now. You can view the full list of changes by checking out the Change Log on the wwriteLite website.

Version 7.2.2 Notes

Another minor bug update. This time it fixes an issue where the platform would be detected properly.

Version 7.2.1 Notes
This is a minor bug fix that fixes an issue where you could not see the Markdown Preview text when using Dark mode and when the file being previewed is not using a template.

Version 7.2.0 Notes
It looks like Bill Lumbergh and Dom Portwood have finally decided to jump into the 21st century. They have decided that all TPS reports needs to be submitted in Markdown for easy conversion to HTML so they can be viewed on the Initech, LLC intranet, called Ininet. Therefore, wwriteLite now needs to be able to support Markdown.

With version 7.2.0, you can now write Markdown, preview it by tapping on the Document icon in the toolbar. Once you have previewed your markdown you can import a CSS file from the Document Picker or via URL. Once used, the file will be downloaded and stored so you can use it on other files as well. You may also delete the CSS files by tapping on the “trash” icon in the menu bar.

Also added in this version is a new “Open Source” screen which lists the open source libraries used within wwriteLite. This is accessed via the “About” screen.

There is one tweak as well, the “Drag” icon has been removed and replaced with the Markdown Preview.

There is an update to wwriteLite, to version 7.2.2. This is another minor bug fix. This time it fixes an issue where the platform would be detected properly.

As always this is a free wwriteLite and it is available now. You can view the full list of changes by checking out the Change Log on the wwriteLite website.

Version 7.2.1 Notes
This is a minor bug fix that fixes an issue where you could not see the Markdown Preview text when using Dark mode and when the file being previewed is not using a template.

Version 7.2.0 Notes
It looks like Bill Lumbergh and Dom Portwood have finally decided to jump into the 21st century. They have decided that all TPS reports needs to be submitted in Markdown for easy conversion to HTML so they can be viewed on the Initech, LLC intranet, called Ininet. Therefore, wwriteLite now needs to be able to support Markdown.

With version 7.2.0, you can now write Markdown, preview it by tapping on the Document icon in the toolbar. Once you have previewed your markdown you can import a CSS file from the Document Picker or via URL. Once used, the file will be downloaded and stored so you can use it on other files as well. You may also delete the CSS files by tapping on the “trash” icon in the menu bar.

Also added in this version is a new "Open Source" screen which lists the open source libraries used within wwriteLite. This is accessed via the "About" screen.

There is one tweak as well, the "Drag" icon has been removed and replaced with the Markdown Preview.