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Happy Monday! Black Ink Crosswords for iOS is out! After nearly 16 years of painstakingly slow development, I'm happy to share what I think is the absolute best touch-based interface for solving crossword puzzles. Enjoy! https://redsweater.com/blog/4051/black-ink-for-ios-available-now

Black Ink for iOS Available Now! - Red Sweater Blog

Black Ink for iOS (iPhone, iPad, and if all goes according to plan, visionOS), is now available on the App Store. Like its Mac counterpart, core features are free to use, forever. These features include downloading puzzles from a variety of bundled “sources”, and solving the puzzles in the beautifully-rendered Black Ink grid. Premium features […]

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Daniel Jalkut Jan 22, 2024

So ... I sorta kinda forgot to check that the in-app purchases work in the final release. So hold tight for the ability to send me money 😂

Daniel Jalkut Jan 23, 2024

Let's try that again. Happy Tuesday! Yesterday's Black Ink for iOS debut inadvertently published a months-old beta version of the app. Today's 2.0.1 update should go a lot more smoothly for people! https://redsweater.com/blog/4056/lets-do-it-right

Black Ink iOS 2.0.1: Let's Do it Right This Time - Red Sweater Blog

Black Ink for iOS 2.0.1 is now available on the App Store. Yesterday, in the excitement of debuting Black Ink for iOS, I neglected to notice that somehow in the process of submitting and releasing the app publicly, a months-old version of “Black Ink 2.0” was swapped in and became the version that went public! […]

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Edenwaith Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass Congrats on the release. Glad you were able to catch this quickly and get this update pushed through quickly. Apple has definitely improved with how quickly they can review apps these days, far better than when it would take 7-10 days.

Rosemary Orchard Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass Oops!

Eric Lombardo Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass It prompted me when I tried to check a puzzle. I can’t seem to find the setting to check the entries as I go though.

Daniel Jalkut Jan 23, 2024

@eric Look under settings (gear menu from the main puzzle sources list), there should be an option to check for correctness after entering a character.

Eric Lombardo Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass I believe I have that enabled. Checking manually works. I just wanted to flag this because it’s behaving differently from the beta. Congrats on shipping the app!

Daniel Jalkut Jan 23, 2024

@eric There was a mixup and the version that went live as 2.0 was a bit older than expected. Update to 2.0.1 and things should be better!

Eric Lombardo Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass That worked. Thanks!

Jim Rea Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass I hate it when that happens! 😳

Jon_Alper Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass Congratulations!

Jeff C. 🇺🇦🇬🇱Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass Congratulations! 🎉

Steve Riggins Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass 2 Down.

Congratulations!

Caleb Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass Congratulations. Just did a puzzle. It's so much easier to use than the competition AND better looking. Thanks for making it.

Conlan Spangler Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass Congrats, Daniel. It might sound silly, but this is actually inspiring to me for my own work. You should take a well deserved victory lap, whatever that looks like for you.

barchard Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass congrats!

Zane Shannon Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass congratulations!

@danielpunkass OMG finally. I remember you talking about this way back ;D

Brian Webster Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass Happy Airborne Porcine Day!

Dustin Davis Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass seeing a blank screen after I attempt to sign into my NYT account.

Jesse Gallagher Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass Congratulations!

Jonathan Deutsch Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass Congrats!!!

(As a side note: I'm surprised you encourage sharing on Facebook and Twitter only :))

Daniel Jalkut Jan 22, 2024

@jmfd Yeah, that is boilerplate that probably needs to be updated.

Sam Gross Jan 22, 2024

@danielpunkass yeah but where’s your Vision Pro app

Wesley Moore Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass Congrats! Been following the progress on this via Core Intuition. Happy for you that it shipped.

Rod Begbie Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass I look forward to version 3.0 in 2038.

Matt Birchler Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass This is so great, instant download!

wlf_warren Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass 💯💯💯👍😁

Sam Doran Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass This is great news! One of my absolute favorite Mac apps. I’m glad to be able to use it on my phone now. Thank you so much!

sanguish Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass should a bugged you about it more than that one time. lol

Btw at 135%

Daniel Jalkut Jan 23, 2024

@sanguish D'oh! Thanks, will get it fixed.

Daniel Jalkut Jan 25, 2024

@sanguish Hi Scott - if you get a chance and can install the 2.0.2 update (just released), I hope you can confirm the issue is resolved.

Harish Narayanan Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass Well done getting it out!

Piers Cawley Jan 23, 2024

@danielpunkass @theory there's distinct lack of cryptics available. Is there a way to add puzzle sources?

Daniel Jalkut Jan 23, 2024

@pdcawley @theory Not yet, but if you find .puz files in the wild the app can open them.

Sören Jan 23, 2024

> After nearly 16 years of painstakingly slow development

All the more rewarding to ship at last 🚀

Joe Cabrera Jan 25, 2024

@danielpunkass Congrats! I totally forgot it still wasn't out of beta before

Dave Muth Jan 25, 2024

@danielpunkass Just got it. So far, EXCELLENT! Thank you so much!

Zev Eisenberg Jan 26, 2024

@danielpunkass mega congrats on shipping!

Lukas Kubanek Jan 28, 2024

@danielpunkass Huge congrats! I’ve been following your journey on Core Intuition and I’m so happy for you that the iOS version is finally out. Hope it’ll work out business-wise, too. 🙌

Can’t wait to hear more about the launch in a future podcast episode. 🤞

Daniel Jalkut Jan 28, 2024

@lukaskubanek Thank you!