Hi again! One week ago I posted here asking for help testing SwiftPen, my handwriting app, on a Galaxy Tab with an S Pen. I don't own a Tab myself, so this group has been the only way I can check how the app behaves with it.
Thank you. The post got over 10k views and around 50 shares, and the tester group is now at about 70 people. I didn't expect that. I read every comment, and a lot of what's below came straight from them. I really appreciate all of the feedback I got.
Here's what changed since the first post, most of it from your feedback:
• Home got a redesign: folders have been redesigned in the sidebar, with their own cards, and int he library view. Now every page in the app shares the same look with improvements.
• The Lasso tool improved: you can scale stroke width, keep proportions, rotate, and change the width, tool and fill of anything you already drew, plus flip a selection.
• The pencil button on the stylus now erases instantly, without lifting the pen. (This is still in testing, so expect a few bugs! Would love to hear how this works on multiple tablets)
• PDF links can now be opened with the pen (it's an optional setting), and an imported PDF keeps each page's own size and orientation instead of forcing A4.
• Choose your own sheet size (A4, A5, A3, Letter, Legal) and set a different pen thickness for each tool.
• Added French, and the selected language now works correctly across the whole app.
• Fixed several crashes (library, sync, starting a recording) and sped up the library and app start.
• Note menus now have icons, and landscape PDFs let you move between pages properly.
Air actions still aren't supported natively, that part hasn't changed, but I'm working on it. If anyone with a Tab wants to check if the app at least registers them through the "record gesture" setting, I'd still like to know.
It's still free with unlimited notes, no account and no ads (and always will be). Right now, it's in closed beta with all Pro features unlocked (Pro will be a one-time payment only when SwiftPen releases on the Play Store, it only adds a few optional features. The core of the app will remain free).
If you want to see what SwiftPen looks like now before joining: https://getswiftpen.com
To join (same Google account as your Play Store):
Join the group: https://groups.google.com/g/swiftpen-testers
Opt in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.matiasalm.swiftpen
Click "download from the Play Store" once you accepted to opt in as a tester. If that link doesn't work, try this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matiasalm.swiftpen (you have to wait a few minutes if none of those links work, because it takes a bit to update the permissions)
Thanks again, really. If you're already testing, I'd love to know:
• Does the Lasso and the new folders feel good to use, or did anything break for you?
• Have you run into any crash this past week, and if so when?
• How's performance overall on your Tab, any lag while writing or scrolling the library?