Roadmap
Roadmap
Enhancements
Version Planned
Status
Description
#0001 - Storage Optimization
1.1.0
Implemented in v1.0.1
Compress audio data before storing them in Core Data to reduce storage usage
#0002 - Localization
1.1.0
Implemented in v1.3.0 for Chinese (both Traditional & Simplified)
Implemented in v1.5.0 for Japanese
Support non English user interface
#0003 - Tiles Grouping
1.2.0
Not Started
Select multiple tiles and combine their texts and audio clips together.
#0004 - Tiles Merging
1.2.0
Not Started
Merge multiple tiles into one single tile with text from only one of them prevails.
#0005 - Predefined Explain Websites Picker
1.2.0
Implemented in v1.0.2
Provide a websites picker in Add New Website screen for user to add recommended Explain websites to user's own selections in Settings.
#0006 - Explain Websites Ordering in Settings
1.2.0
Implemented in v1.4.0
Allow user to move and order Explain Websites in Settings
#0007 - iPad specific user interface
1.3.0
Not Started
Implement user interface elements that enable the App to exploit the larger size of iPad's screen.
#0008 - Multiline subtitle
1.3.0
Not Started
Currently multiline subtitles are supported for titles with original language texts only. Need to extend this support to those with translated texts.
#0009 - Export title as PDF
1.3.0
Not Started
Export a title's images, texts and notes to a PDF file.
#0010 - Export keywords as PDF
1.3.0
Not Started
Export keywords and their notes to a PDF file.
#0011 - Backup core data files
1.4.0
Not Started
Support backup of core data files to external drive
#0012 - Attach offline core data files
1.4.0
Not Started
Read titles from an offline backup on an external drive.
#0013 - Multiple titles addition queue
1.5.0
Not Started
Support multiple new titles addition at one time
#0014 - Online HLS title addition
1.5.0
Implemented in v1.1.0 but
rejected by AppStore Review
Process title directly from a HLS URL
#0015 - Online mp4 title addition
1.5.0
Implemented in v1.1.0 but
rejected by AppStore Review
Process title directly from a MP4 URL
#0016 - Multiselect for delete
1.5.0
Not Started
Support deletion of multiple titles, tiles and keywords at one time.
#0017 - Support other languages
1.6.0
Implemented in v1.3.0 for Korean, German & French
Implemented in v1.5.0 for Spanish
Support titles of languages other than the current ones.
#0018 - Transcription of titles, with or without subtitles.
1.6.0
Implemented in v1.2.0
Support transcription of titles with or without subtitles and in video or audio formats..
#0019 - Anata Explain & Search Shortcut
1.7.0
Not Started
Expose Anata functionalities as shortcut.
#0020 - Add ChatGPT to Explain Sheet
1.4.0
Implemented in v1.4.0
Support ChatGPT in Explain Sheet, with both built-in and user defined prompts.
#0021 - Add Google Gemini to Explain Sheet
1.6.0
Implemented in v1.6.0
Support Google Gemini in Explain Sheet, with both built-in and user defined prompts.
#0022 - Support online article extraction
1.7.0
Implemented in v1.7.0
Support extraction of articles from web pages.
#0023 - Add Anthropic Claude to Explain Sheet
1.7.1
Implemented in v1.7.1
Support Anthropic Claude in Explain Sheet, with both built-in and user defined prompts.
#0024 - Add DeepSeek, xAI Grok, Perplexity and Alibaba Qwen to Explain Sheet
1.7.2
Implemented in v1.7.2
Support DeepSeek, xAI Grok, Perplexity and Alibaba Qwen in Explain Sheet, with both built-in and user defined prompts.
#0025 - Support navigation of all tiles of title, search result, favourites and keyword within Explain Sheet
1.7.2
Implemented in v1.7.2
Currently Explain Sheet only displays one single tile each time. This enhancement makes it possible for user to browse through all tiles from a title, search result, Favourite , and a keyword within the Explain Sheet.
#0026 - Support local PDF file for article extraction
1.8.0
Implemented in v1.8.0
The App should be able to extract text from a local PDF file so as to add new title, in addition to the current online article extraction.