CleverDic v1.1400

A new version of CleverDic will be available from Tuesday 17th Sept 2013 from the Google Play Store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mpdbailey.cleverdicandroid

Lots of new features have been added, the most notable is the new Shop allowing In App Purchases to be made. For a small fee you can now:

• Upgrade the dictionary to over 285,000 words
• Remove all banner ads from the App 
• Choose new and exciting background colours

The In App Purchases are securely managed through Google Play. Once a purchase has been made, you can use it again on your other Android devices.

The standard dictionary has itself increased from 88,000 to over 130,000 words! You can now add in the Pro word list taking the total word count to over 285,000 words. The Pro word list is ideal for the trickier broadsheet crosswords as it contains more obscure words, words with alternate spellings and colloquialisms. 

You can now choose new and exciting background colours, the above image is showing Apple Blossom other backgrounds include Sunshine, Deep Pink, Sky Blue, Shades of Grey, Ocean and Simply White.

CleverDic is a free app that makes a little money from showing small ad banners at the bottom of the screen. These ads can now be removed completely with an In App Purchase, thus saving your battery and Data if you're on a mobile network. As an added bonus, everyone is now given a 7 day ad free period when you first install the app.

Finally I've added a share feature that allows you to send your search results to other apps such as Email or Evernote. This is great for sharing funny anagrams with friends.

CleverDic is available from Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mpdbailey.cleverdicandroid

Happy Crosswording!

Pig Dog Bay

Weight Recorder v1.1000

Weight Recorder v1.1000 is now available from Google Play.

Brand new Shop feature has been added:

• Unlock exciting new background colours
• Go Premium and remove all advertising
• All purchases are managed securely via Google Play

Other changes:

• Ad banners now removed from the main screen, now shown on chart, report, list and help screens
• Seven days grace before ads are shown

Download from Google Play

Regards
Pig Dog Bay

Weight Recorder Beta Release 1.1000

Weight Recorder v1.1000 is ready for beta testing, you can download the APK from

http://sites.google.com/site/mpdbailey/downloads/WeightRecorder_11000.apk 


New features include In-App-Billing, unlock new exciting background colours and remove banner ads.

The In App Billing (IAB) is handled securely through Google Play using v3 of the IAB API. For Android where most apps are free, IAB is an good way to make money from your app. It means that you don't have to maintain Lite and Premium versions of the same app.

Weight Recorder v1.1000 will be ready for general release on 19th Aug 2013


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Weight Recorder Release 1.08

A new release of the diet app Weight Recorder is now available from Google Play.

The report screen has been completely revamped for a more professional look. The statistics section has been streamlined to give a more concise report.

The chart screen now sports zoom buttons to make it easier to zoom in or out of your data, a third button resets the zoom. I've increased the chart axes font sizes by 2 points, as requested by Geoff Francis.

Bug Fixes

Tammi Kirlew reported strange trend predictions, dates around 1910 were being predicted for her target weight. Turns out this is down to something called the Year 2038 Problem which is similar to Y2K or Millenium bug. I've changed the string formatter which I use and now dates well past the year 3000 are OK! Thanks for the feedback Tammi.

When adding your daily weight the previous weight is stored so that you only need to adjust your weight slightly day to day. This stored weight is now converted correctly when you change the weight units.

Testing

The code has been completely revamped or refactored as programmers say. I split the user interface, data and logic code into separate parts. This allows me to write automated tests called unit tests for each little chunk of code. I spent several weeks doing this but the pay off is that I now have over 80 automated tests and the code is now easier to maintain.

What Happend to v1.07?

This release I put a lot more effort into testing, even checking the upgrade from 1.06 to 1.07 in various locales. Obviously I put the mockers on myself and released a corrupted binary to the Market. I still don't know why I created a corrupted binary, you just click a button in Eclipse and out it pops, but I should have double checked it. I've now put a release procedure in place to prevent this sort of thing happening in the future.

Many thanks to Jacques Block, James Rendek, Julia Clark and Christian Niemietz for quickly alerting me to the faulty binary. Apologies for any data loss caused, please let me know if you need help with data recovery.

Whats Next

Facebook integration is still on the cards. I didn't realize that you can actually export to GDrive and Evernote already which makes sharing data and back-up a doddle.

Priority will be putting an automated back-up system in place to prevent data loss. I'm thinking that the database should be saved to a file on the sd-card every week.

Best Regards

Pig Dog Bay

Weight Recorder Release 1.06

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A new version of Weight Recorder, the app that keeps track of your weight so you can keep an eye on your diet.


New Features


Target Weight, you can now set your weight goal via the settings screen. The chart and report have been updated to include your target weight. The chart shows your target weight as a horizontal line, the trend line now extends one year into the future so that you can see when you will hit your weight goal.

The report screen now shows the predictions when you will hit your target. These predictions are based on trends in your weight readings.

Many thanks to Nedim Abut, Pauline B and Adam Lawrence who requested this feature, your feed back and comments are much appreciated.

Navigation within the app has been improved, Home icon (menu option) is now displayed that takes you back to the main dashboard. You can also access the import / export features from the home screen via the menu.


Next Release

I'm going to look into Facebook integration, I would like the ability to post reports and charts to your Facebook page. 

New Import / Export options so you can write to and read from a file.


Good luck with the diet!
Pig Dog Bay

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Android Mohthly Report: March 2013

In this report I'll present the latest statistics and earnings of my Android apps.

Date: 3rd Apr 2013

Market Place Statistics for CleverDic

• Total Downloads: 13534 (+3797) 
• Active installs: 8147 (+2033) 
• Retention Rate: 60.2% (-2.6%) 
• Comments: Total: 56 (+17) 
• Average Rating: 4.6 (-0.01) 
• Google plus recommends: 69 (+15)
• Errors: 5 (+1) 

  Market Place Statistics for Weight Recorder

• Total Downloads: 2422 (+974) 
• Active installs: 1058 (+396) 
• Retention Rate: 43.7% (-2.0%) 
• Comments: Total: 914(+4) 
• Average Rating: 4.6 (-0.16) 
• Google plus recommends: 28 (+14)
• Errors: 4 (0) 

  Admob Earnings CleverDic

• Revenue: $78.13 (+20.24) 
• Total Requests: 47,367 (+10417) 
• eCPM: $1.65 (+0.08)
• Click Thru Rate: 2.16% (-0.81)

  Admob Earnings Weight Recorder

• Revenue: $1.01 (-0.93) 
• Total Requests: 2580 (-3793)
• eCPM: $0.39 (+0.09) 
• Click Thru Rate: 0.54% (-0.06)

Weight Recorder ran house ads most of March, however its low eCPM continues to disappoint. The number of daily downloads for Weight Recorder has begun to take off and has now reached 60 downloads per day, but the retention rate is less than 50%.

Downloads for CleverDic is around 150 per day and is earning on average $2.50 per day.


Links 

CleverDic on Play
Weight Recorder on Play
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Android Monthly Report: February 2013

In this report I'll present the latest statistics and earnings of my Android apps.

Date: 1st Mar 2013

Market Place Statistics for CleverDic

• Total Downloads: 9737 (+2796) 
• Active installs: 6114 (+1420) 
• Retention Rate: 62.8% (-4.8%) 
• Comments: Total: 39 (+16) 
• Average Rating: 4.6 (-0.1) 
• Google plus recommends: 54 (+19)
• Errors: 4 (0) 

  Market Place Statistics for Weight Recorder

• Total Downloads: 1448 (+699) 
• Active installs: 662 (+248) 
• Retention Rate: 45.7% (-9.55%) 
• Comments: Total: 9 (+3) 
• Average Rating: 4.8 (-0.2) 
• Google plus recommends: 14 (+6)
• Errors: 4 (+4) 

  Admob Earnings CleverDic

• Revenue: $57.89 (+15.14) 
• Total Requests: 36,950 (+11263) 
• eCPM: $1.57 (-0.09)
• Click Thru Rate: 2.97% (+0.16)

  Admob Earnings Weight Recorder

• Revenue: $1.94 (+0.80) 
• Total Requests: 6373 (+4660)
• eCPM: $0.30 (-0.37) 
• Click Thru Rate: 0.60% (-0.16)

CleverDic is earning on average $2 per day but no house ads were shown on CleverDic in February. From 23rd Feb to end of March Weight Recorder will be only showing house ads. Downloads for CleverDic are averaging about 100 per day, weight recorder downloads are disappointing so better marketing is required to increase the download rate.

Links 

CleverDic on Play
Weight Recorder on Play
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