It’s that exciting time of year again – new OS releases are here! We’ve been hard at work throughout the summer, fine-tuning our apps to make the most of the latest OS features, and today, we’re rolling them out! Here’s a quick look at what’s new. All of our apps have been rebuilt using the latest SDK and tools, fixed up, modernized where needed, and some even got shiny new features for a seamless experience with the new OS. Check out the list of updated apps below:

All of our apps are getting the new icon support for iPhone/iPad homescreen, that is, custom standard, tinted, and dark icon variants that you can choose from.

Creaceed apps optimized app icons for dark / tinted styles.

Hydra

Beyond new icons, we optimized Hydra for working as a connected camera to the computer, taking advantage of screen mirroring to the Mac. Studio photography, with a controlled environment / lighting is popular with DSLR too. This allows to quickly try different setups / scene arrangements, photo settings, and lighting without relying on the variability of holding the camera by hand. Many Hydra options such as lens and mode switching are exposed, and the last picture can be easily accessed by drag and drop. You can also setup a shared folder for shooting, but that is a pre-existing feature in Hydra. This will make Hydra a great companion to studio photographers who want to use their iPhone capabilities to their max in the professional environment.

Hydra keyboard shortcuts, available with iPhone/Mac screen mirroring and iPad.

Hydra 2.4 also adds a number of buttons for the Lock Screen and for the Control Center, as well as for the Action Button of the latest iPhone. Photographic modes are exposed for easily accessing them from anywhere on iOS, as well as a button for just launching the app using the currently selected mode. Homescreen widget variants also gets an update to support the new look of iOS modes (tinted / dark).

We're also bringing Hydra into Siri and Apple Intelligence with the camera domain to allow better OS integration for shooting and changing mode. This might not be available just yet throughout iOS, so stay tuned for more.

Other improvements include snappier photo processing thanks to improved Core ML performance in iOS 18. (no timing available yet)

Inko / Emulsio

Inko 2.4 brings new icons optimized for iOS 18 styles. In addition to that, it also brings Siri and Apple Intelligence support by implementing a number of actions from the whiteboard domain. The goal is to make it easier to interact Inko to create new drawing boards and share with users. Finally, Inko widgets have been modernized to take advantage of the dark / tinted colors of iOS 18 alongside the new icons.

Emulsio 4.1 gets the new look & feel for iOS springboard with an updated set of icons for standard / tinted / dark modes.

Prizmo / Prizmo Go / Carbo

For Prizmo 5.9 and Prizmo Go 4.3, respectively our document scanning app and text extraction app, this seasonal update essentially brings new action buttons for the Lock Screen / Control Center and Action Button, to allow quick launch from anywhere on iOS. Button actions have been tuned to be easily recognizable and match default iOS style. Both Prizmo's also include updated OCR capabilities of iOS 18 for Arabic, with high-speed and high-accuracy on-device OCR. Updated application icons are also offered for the standard, tinted, and dark looks.

Carbo, our digital notebook for handwritten (Apple Pencil or photo based) offers updated icons as well.

Hydra, Prizmo, and Prizmo Go buttons accessible from various places in iOS 18.

Golf Quartz

Golf Quartz 1.1 brings a number of new things. On iOS, standard / dark / tinted icons are provided like for the others apps. On watchOS 11, we've tuned the behaviour of the Live Activity: because Golf Quartz exposes the current game (or practice session) as a Live Activity on the iPhone when you play, it also brings a matching interface on watchOS 11 as a new behaviour. But just like for the Apple workout app, because it stays front-most during the activity, we've disabled that overlay to not disturb the standard counting or distance golf interact on the watch.

Golf Quartz on watchOS also gets added support for Apple Watch Ultra action button. Players can now use the action button to initiate a new game or a new practice session, and also switch between to hazards target views from the stroke counting view while the game is active. This allows easy access to bunker distance with just a press. We've also update the swipe motion to display the green and hazard with the green above the counters, and hazard below them. This allows single swipe in all cases (instead of 2 for bunkers previously), which makes it quicker to change screen. Also, pausing and resuming the game is easily achieved on Apple Watch Ultra by simultaneously pressing the Action Button (left) and Home Button (right).

Finally, Golf Quartz complications on watchOS now let you decide to start the app either in Game or Practice mode.