What's newin version 4.7.3
Bug fixes
- Sorting by author. When sorting by author, some surnames landed in the wrong place: Johnson before Johns, Dawson before Daws. A surname now always comes before longer ones that start the same way, apostrophes are ignored (O'Brien after Obama), and a hyphen counts as a space. This also applies to translators, narrators, illustrators, categories, and publishers.
- Articles in the book's language. With "Ignore leading articles when sorting" on, articles from every language were ignored: an English book like "Die For Love" landed under F, because "Die" is a German article. Now only the articles of the book's language are ignored; for a book with no language set, those of every language.
- Titles with apostrophes and hyphens. When sorting by title, apostrophes are now ignored and a hyphen counts as a space: "Jo's Boys" comes after "Johann", "Hard-boiled" before "Hard Land".
- Series. When sorting by series, the name no longer loses its leading article: "The Wheel of Time" is under T.
The new order is applied automatically the first time you open the app after updating.
What's new in the latest update
- Reading year recap in Statistics, written with Apple Intelligence.
- Tag and category suggestions when you assign them to a book. They are never applied on their own: you decide.
- A switch in Settings to turn the Apple Intelligence features on or off.
- Many new actions for Siri and Shortcuts, which also understand the book, quote, note, or goal on screen. Get quotes, notes, ratings, milestones, and your yearly recap as an image, a PDF, or rich text.
- Your books in Spotlight search, in system suggestions, and in the widget Smart Stack.
- Reading session Live Activity refined: timer always readable, cover shown correctly, StandBy and landscape Dynamic Island, pause and resume right from the Live Activity.
- Export a book, your library, quotes, or notes as PDF.
- Importing rebuilt from the ground up: Book Tracker recognizes the file, shows you row by row what will happen, and can update the books you already have. Rows that could not be imported come back in a file that explains why.
- Library search ignores case, accents, and punctuation; title sorting is more consistent and can ignore leading articles. "Repair search and sorting" in Settings rebuilds that data if needed.
Some of these features require a device compatible with Apple Intelligence.
Book Tracker is crafted by an indie developer. Your feedback and suggestions help shape future updates. If you find the app useful, a review would mean a lot. For any support, contact me at support@booktrack.app.
Simone