• FIXED: Gestures were misfiring in iOS/iPadOS 17.x.

• IMPROVED: Numerous user interface refinements.
• IMPROVED: Added Spanish Phrygian scale (8-note version)
• IMPROVED: Expanded discussion of bebop scales.

• NEW: Added Japanese "In" and "Yo" scales & descriptions.
• IMPROVED: Expanded descriptions of several pentatonic scales, highlighting more interrelations.
• IMPROVED: Added several alternate names for scales.
• FIXED: Several typos.

• NEW: COMMON SCALES category added at top of quick-access menu, making it easy to pull up the most popular scales.
• NEW: Expanded discussions of PALINDROMIC SCALES. Added filtering option for them in the scales library.
• NEW: Expanded discussions of SYMMETRICAL SCALES. Added filtering option for them in the scales library.
• NEW: SCALE COVERAGE now includes writeups for Major Flat 6 Pentatonic & its modes, plus Messiaen Mode 3, Tcherepnin & others.
• IMPROVED: Reorganized the SCALES QUICK-ACCESS menu, demoting some of the less important categories.

• NEW: Progress Arrows during Circle Rotation Gesture make for a clearer, user-friendly experience.
• IMPROVED: Top 10 / 20 / 30 badges** added to scale lists, indicating the most commonly encountered scales.
• FIXED: Bug prevented making certain scale changes while playing scale.
• FIXED: Corrected scale links links in Augmented Scale discussion.

• IMPROVED: Expanded the "About" pages for greater clarity & content.
• IMPROVED: Added discussion of the Double Harmonic Major scale.
• FIXED: A few typos.

• NEW: Drag any note on the Note Line to sharpen/flatten it in a scale
• NEW: Rotate all notes on the Circle of Fifths by dragging any of them. This changes the mode of the scale without changing the key. (Rotating G major gives G Mixolydian, G Dorian, etc.)
• NEW: Keyboard Shortcuts for common actions and settings.
• NEW: Menu Bar offers "Actions" & "Options" & "Navigation" menus (on iPad & Mac)
• NEW: Alternate names for Scales are shown in the Scales screen and in search results (for scales with multiple names).
• NEW: Intuitive Animations whenever notes are added/removed from a scale.
• IMPROVED: List of Actions is now placed in a popover, available by tapping the new [I] button.
• IMPROVED: Spiffy new Darker/Brighter indicator around the circle of fifths. :)
• IMPROVED: Better Animations when notes are respelled.
• IMPROVED: App UI & Icon updated for iOS 26 "Liquid Glass"
• IMPROVED: Better switching between portrait & landscape orientation (iPad)
• FIXED: Squashed several bugs.

• NEW: Optional "narration" when you transform a scale: ScaleMate describes its actions (transpositions, changes of mode, add/remove notes…) on the screen. Particularly useful for undo and redo commands.
• NEW: Help buttons next to the complex settings. Tap one to explain what the setting does.
• IMPROVED: Reduced memory footprint of the app.
• IMPROVED: Adjusted layout for smaller devices.
• FIXED: Squashed several bugs.

• NEW:  Additional scale filtering options
    - Top 10 & Top 20 scales
    - Scales containing a given note (such as minor 3rd or perfect 4th)
• NEW:  Launch Screen
• FIXED:  Squashed several bugs.

• NEW: New App Icon
• NEW: New Scale filtering options:
    • specify more / less common scales.
    • specify rootless or conventional scales.
• IMPROVED: Message sending handles more cases, reports on success.
• IMPROVED: Version History available from the About tab.
• FIXED: Reference information for Major Blues Scale was inaccessible.
• FIXED: Important fixes to animations of scale manipulations.
• FIXED: Several minor bugs.

• NEW: App UI now features Tabbed Navigation. You'll find it easier to get around the app and find things you want.
• NEW: Scale Information Reference section gives more direct & flexible access to the dozens of built-in, cross-referenced articles about scales & harmony.
• NEW: Filter Scales by a number of criteria to find just what you're looking for.
• NEW: Search for scales by name.
• NEW: The Scale Reference shows the notes of the scale in any example key you like (properly spelled, in addition to scale degrees).
• NEW: Added backward & forward buttons for user to move through history of scale manipulations they have performed.
• NEW: Added setting to disable device auto-lock so display can continue indefinitely.
• IMPROVED: Preview tempo instantly, while you change playback tempo in Settings.
• IMPROVED: IMPROVED: internal efficiency, for reduced battery usage.
• IMPROVED: External links are now marked with "↗" to distinguished them from internal links between scales.
• IMPROVED: Badge on suggestions tab tells you how many features you have left to explore.
• IMPROVED: Miscellaneous additions & refinements to the content of the scale reference content.
• IMPROVED: IMPROVED: layout of scale reference section.
• FIXED: Removed some possible duplicate indicators on settings page.
• … and many more small improvements and fixes.

• NEW: Animations for when note added/removed from scale. Especially useful for teaching.
• IMPROVED: Many additions to the scale descriptions & reference.
• FIXED: Scale titles were sometimes needlessly truncated.

• NEW: Built-in reference for 40+ of the most important scales—offers definitions & explanations, chord compatibility, scale comparisons, theory, usage tips, more.
• NEW: "Tap to Play" mode. Play any note you see on the screen by tapping it. Features:
  - play multiple notes simultaneously
  - play while app is playing scales/melodies
• NEW: Icons added to all options in Settings and Help screens
• NEW: App announces new version & new features when updated.
- Improved: Icon row at bottom now includes C-at-Top / Root-at-Top setting and Tap-to-Play toggle.
- Improved: Custom-implemented the tap & press gestures to make them more responsive.
- Improved: Option now available to hide the on-screen list of available actions.
- Improved: Help screen now indicates which introduction pages you've seen.
- Fixed: Audio interruptions such as phone calls could cause crashes.

• NEW: Added "hide scale name" setting. When set, scale name is not automatically displayed. In its place is a button that can be pressed to reveal the name. Useful for students quizzing themselves and for teachers presenting to classes.
• NEW: In "Show screen touches" mode, an icon now appears (lower left) to let you toggle "pointing only." This lets you use your finger as a pointer without any unwanted effects. Useful for teachers.
• Improved: For Diminished 7 Chord (4-note "scale"), added automatic diminished coloring and dim7 spelling.
• Fixed: app did not launch into presentation mode when it should have.

• New: Audio output now transposable to match Bb & Eb instruments (sax, trumpet…)
• Fixed: Updated note-spelling rules so that tritone is now considered b5 instead of #11 for certain dark, non-minor scales (e.g. altered dominant)
• Improved: UI of menus modified a bit for clarity

• New: Lightbulb icon offers suggestions of features you haven't tried.
• Improved: Diminished coloring now has "auto" setting (in addition to "always" and "never") so that coloring applies only to diminished scales.
• Improved: All user settings are now persistent between sessions.
• Improved: Minor layout improvements.

Layout improvements for certain device sizes and orientations.