Complete list of changes

Studying cards:

• New study mode: type the answer and have the app match letter by letter or word by word
• New study mode: multiple choice tests with answers taken from other cards
• Multiple choice cards with pre-defined right and wrong answers
• Have cards read out aloud in over 30 languages, many with different voices
• Jump to other cards while studying
• Use the Leitner study system (spaced repetition)
• Topics are shown when studying cards

Decks in Finder:

• Organize decks in folders in Finder (this is replacing the Deck Library)
• Support for Finder tags
• Support for Finder’s Smart Folders (along with two custom search attributes “total cards” and “cards to study”)
• Decks with due cards are automatically tagged (set via Preferences)
• Spotlight and Preview integration (to find all decks, search for kind:flashcards)

Working with decks:

• Open multiple decks at the same time
• Copy/paste or drag cards between decks
• Use your own pictures as cover cards
• Browse and restore older versions of a deck (integrates with Time Machine)
• Clear study statistics for selected cards (Control-click on selection)
• Zoom into cards
• Cards are placed next to each other in the editor if there is enough room
• Easy to tell which cards to study next (based on difficulty, last studied, Leitner system)
• Easier to study by topic: you can now see the study progress separately for selected topics (Ctrl-click on the topic)
• The app detects duplicate cards when dragging cards between decks
• Export as printable PDF
• Export as lecture notes

iCloud:

• App gets its own folder in iCloud Drive (decks in the “Flashcard Hero” folder show automatically in the iOS app)
• Drag individual decks in and out of iCloud Drive in Finder (no need to store all decks in iCloud at the same time)
• Improved the way decks are saved → decks take up to 80% less space and transfer quicker through iCloud

Improved:

• Scrolling large cards in study mode
• Swiping left/right during study mode to change cards
• Better undo support when reorganizing cards in the card outline
• Reduced text size for topic cards
• Number of study cards is now shown at the bottom of the card list
• Improved responsiveness when reordering cards in large decks
• Decks with a forward slash in the title would not export as tsv file
• Improved copy & paste text from MS Word documents

Gone:

• The deck library (replaced by folders in Finder)
• Sharing through cards attached to PDF (you can now share the deck documents directly from Finder or from within the app’s Share menu)
• No more automatic combining of iCloud conflicting versions (the “Changed on another device” topic cards). You can drag cards from one deck version into the other, duplicate cards are skipped)