v1.6.0

New

• Pick sounds for each part of the app—plus a clear sound.
• Dottie the mascot now reacts on error screens.

Improved

• AI pictures are opt-in, with clearer errors and retries.
• Playful motion: menus pop from buttons, undo spins, clearing sweeps to the trash.
• Crisper coloring pages that load faster.
• Smoother drawing on iPad and Android.
• App updates apply without interrupting drawing.

Fixed

• Clear ring no longer reappears after release.
• Drawings recover when the app resumes.

v1.5.0

✨ New

• Create 10 free AI pictures—no key needed.
• A new page chip shows and clears the current coloring page.
• Parents choose checks, kids' tools, and report AI pictures.

🚀 Improved

• Smaller first download; coloring art arrives in the background.
• Faster Settings navigation on every screen.
• Smoother iPad drawing, coloring, undo, and saving.

🛠 Fixed

• Settings stays open when choosing a feedback type.
• Magic brush and picture saves recover from rare canvas failures.

v1.4.0

✨ New

• Dark mode — Light, Dark, or follow your device.
• A wax crayon brush, from the new Brush Menu.
• The magic brush now works on any drawing.
• Report a bug from the Parent Center.

🚀 Improved

• Rotating your device keeps the paper upright.
• Undo now goes back 20 steps.
• A bigger eraser, sized as holes in the paper.

🛠 Fixed

• The magic brush no longer leaves ghost outlines.
• Swatches and pages read correctly in dark mode.
• The drag-to-clear tutorial no longer vanishes instantly.

v1.3.0

✨ New

• Parent Center: a slider to resize the on-screen buttons.
• Save your drawings straight to a folder on your computer (web).
• A fullscreen button for a distraction-free canvas (web).
• Add Splotch to your home screen with a friendly one-tap install prompt (web).
• Native Apple Pencil support, including a double-tap-to-erase setting.

🚀 Improved

• Faster first load and quicker startup.
• Bigger, easier-to-tap buttons and color swatches.
• Sliders now snap to their default value.

🛠 Fixed

• Apple Pencil strokes and quick taps no longer get dropped.
• White strokes are now easy to see while drawing.
• The color palette stays centered in landscape.
• Menus no longer overlap on small phones.
• Double-tapping a button no longer opens things twice.

v1.2.0

✨ New

• Splotch is now on iPhone and iPad.
• A volume slider to fine-tune the sound.
• Swipe between tabs in Parent Controls.

🚀 Improved

• Smoother, crisper strokes.
• Faster drawing and saving.

🛠 Fixed

• The first stroke now always draws.
• No more streaky multi-touch lines on iPhone/iPad.
• Saving no longer creates a blank picture.
• App updates no longer leave stale content.

v1.1.0

✨ New

• Lock screen rotation so your drawing stays put — on by default.
• Tap the speaker icon to mute or unmute sounds.

🚀 Improved

• Coloring pages now adapt to both portrait and landscape.
• Sounds start sooner for snappier feedback.
• Better screen-reader support for in-app messages.

🛠 Fixed

• Your coloring page no longer resets when you rotate the device.
• Fixed the layout on wide screens.

v1.0.1

🚀 Improved

• More colors now fit on smaller screens.
• The clear button is friendlier and more fun.
• A colorful gradient sweeps in while you're clearing the canvas.

🛠 Fixed

• The color palette now adapts more gracefully across devices.

v1.0.0

✨ New

• First public release of Splotch — a quiet, ad-free drawing app made for the youngest artists.
• Draw with big, chunky, crayon-like strokes and a row of bright, friendly colors.
• Rainbow color picker for hundreds more colors.
• Coloring book pages to fill in.
• Parent Center: settings, install help, and an About page — no ads, no tracking, no accounts.