Version 2.7.1

Submitted: September 21, 2012 → App Store: September 22, 2012
  • fixes the iOS 6 'no contacts found' problem

Version 2.7

Submitted: September 14, 2012 → App Store: September 21, 2012
  • iOS 6 compatibility
  • supports the taller display of the iPhone 5
  • you can adjust the dates (from/to) of the zodiac signs
  • displaying duplicates as one entry
  • added an option to use the contacts only from the default address book
  • must change the minimum requirement to iOS 4.3

Version 2.6

Submitted: March 22, 2012 → App Store: March 30, 2012
  • Support for Retina-capable iPads
  • Improved some parts of the iPad user interface
  • Added editable Mail and SMS templates (>= iOS 4)
  • Opens the Mail and SMS dialog in the App (>= iOS 4)
  • When no phone is available (iPad/iPod) and you tap on a phone number, it uses Skype to place the call (must be installed)
  • Fix: Did not update the Badge when the notification time was set to midnight (only iOS 5)

Version 2.5

Submitted: November 23, 2011 → App Store: November 30, 2011
  • iPad: Revised the person details dialog
  • iPad: Reordered the buttons on left side and made them easier to tap
  • iPad: Fixed a layout problem when showing person details with a note
  • iPad: Revised the statistic and setting popovers
  • Added the weekday to the events date (birthday,...) when showing the person details
  • Fixed a possible crash after tapping on a phone number
  • Added '2 weeks' to the 'Days before' notification option
  • The number on the app icon (badge) can be reset by shaking the device, additionally you can press a new button in the notification settings
  • Using the zodiac dates from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac
  • Added a 'Sign of the Zodiacs' overview page
  • Choose your preferred text and background colors
  • Zodiac signs updated

Version 2.4

Submitted: April 28, 2011 → App Store: Mai 05, 2011
  • Now it is Universal App, that runs natively on your iPhone and iPad
  • Shows some interesting infos in the contact details, like age in months, days, etc.
  • The Local Notification sounds can be disabled
  • The info shown during refreshing the Local Notifications is now more unobstrusive
  • New Local Notification option to show the number of events today and upcoming on the App icon
  • The notification time can be set for each day individually (Local Notifications only)
  • A leap year problem belonging the past events has been fixed
  • Some minor Local Notification improvements and fixes

Version 2.3

Submitted: 09/11/2010 → App Store: 09/21/2010
  • iOS 4: The Local Notifications are used to inform you about your events. The contact name gets displayed in the notification.
  • iOS 3: The Push Notifications are still used to inform you about your events
  • Optimized images for iPhone 4’s retina display
  • The selected details of a contact image gets displayed correctly (Apple fixed the bug with iOS 4.1)
  • Special handling of leap year events
  • New setting to color differentiate birthdays from anniversaries and other dates (dates with custom labels)
  • New setting to highlight special ages (18, 20, 30, 40, ...)
  • Additional statistic info added (Age: Youngest, Average, Oldest)
  • Small gap with a drop shadow before the month headings
  • Some additional unobtrusive animations
  • Some bug fixes and improvements (updating the badge, display fix when „Other“ date was used, ...)

Version 2.2.2

Submitted: 06/27/2010 → App Store: 07/03/2010
  • iOS 4 compatibility
  • Workaround for a bug in iOS 4; distorted/rotated contact images

Version 2.2.1

Submitted: 02/06/2010 → App Store: 02/10/2010
  • The age and/or date was truncated in some countries (fixed)
  • Removed a private API call

Version 2.2

Submitted: 01/28/2010 → App Store: 02/04/2010
  • The settings are now in the App
  • 16 different notification sounds
  • Graphical selection of the zodiac symbols
  • Display of month headings (optionally)
  • Last name can be highlighted (optionally)
  • Faster iTunes synchronization of HappyDayz! (saving the generated thumbnail images in the correct directory)
  • New App icon
  • New support mail address
  • Small graphical fix when selecting a table row
  • Slightly improved sort icons
  • Displays the nicknames with the correct quotation marks
  • Displays a info row when no contacts could be found
  • Info if a synchronization is necessary or not
  • Small fix in the details view for some addresses

Version 2.1

Submitted: 08/01/2009 → App Store: 09/09/2009
  • Search for contacts by name and nickname
  • New setting to display the contact images in 3 different sizes (normal, large, huge)
  • Highlighting birthdays like 18, 20, 30, 40, ...
  • The number of birthdays on the badge remains now when closing HappyDayz! (can be cleared by shaking the iPhone/iPod touch)
  • New setting to choose your preferred date formatting
  • Synchronization sounds replaced
  • New setting to enable/disable the synchronization sounds
  • New setting to enable/disable the Wi-Fi only synchronization
  • Fixed a bug when using the “Unknown year” option
  • The HappyDayz!-Settings are now splitted to multiple pages for more clarity
  • Crash and Memory Leak fixed

Version 2.0.1

Submitted: 07/11/2009 → App Store: 07/18/2009
  • language dependent push notifications (error fixed; wrong language used)
  • very rarely occurring display problems solved; Thanks to Philipp-Michael Oscity
  • polish translation readded; Thanks to Michał Kastelik

Version 2.0

Submitted: 07/01/2009 → App Store: 07/08/2009
  • Notification of todays and upcoming events (Push Notification; Firmware 3.0)
  • Revised the info page due to the possibility to synchronize notification data
  • Replaced the misleading term “Missing events” by “Past events” (english translation)
  • Table scrolls more softly
  • Discreet animation of the table rows for today events
  • Improved the visual selection and deselection of table rows
  • Using the embedded mail component for sending support mails
  • Fixed a crash when the contacts table was empty and the user clicked on it
  • Fixed some memory leaks
  • Removed the polish translation
  • Removed the landscape mode (was too annoying)

Version 1.6.2

Submitted: 04/19/2009 → App Store: 04/30/2009
  • norway date formatting problems fixed; Thanks to Odd-Arne Dahle
  • landscape mode introduced; with firmware 3.0 all apps from Apple will support the landscape mode
  • fixed a bug: <Error>: doClip: empty path
  • some internal code improvements

Version 1.6.1

Submitted: 04/03/2009 → App Store: 04/11/2009
  • sort by age fix; Thanks to Adrian Waeber
  • truncated labels fix in the contact details

Version 1.6

Submitted: 03/23/2009 → App Store: 04/01/2009
  • unknown year handling; if you do not know the year of a birthday
  • small layout improvements in the contact details

Version 1.5

Submitted: 02/01/2009 → App Store: 02/05/2009
  • statistic data, can be found in the information page
  • fixes a bug in the contact details; Thanks to Jens Schilling
  • small layout changes
  • text fixes

Version 1.4

Submitted: 12/29/2008 → App Store: 01/04/2009
  • sending text message (SMS)
  • small performance improvement

Version 1.3.3

Submitted: 12/14/2008 → App Store: 12/16/2008
  • fixed a bug when a birthday has been removed from a contact; Thanks to Roman Chevelev
  • german translation fix: „Verpasst“ replaced by „Zurückliegende“; Thanks to Hannes Eggel
  • shiny white background replaced by a discreet pattern
  • replaced the text of the “Sort”-button by a image due to shortage of space (long translations)
  • startup performance improved by removing some xib-files

Version 1.3.2

Submitted: 11/09/2008 → App Store: 11/11/2008
  • minor fixes (french translation, sort by “Name” replaced with sort by “First, Last” and “Last, First”)

Version 1.3.1

Submitted: 11/02/2008 → App Store: 11/07/2008
  • minor fixes (date formatting, french translation, sort algorithm)

Version 1.3

Submitted: 10/25/2008 → App Store: 10/30/2008
  • french translation
  • loads much faster than the previous versions (now using a local cache)
  • immediate display of the images
  • sort by days, age or name
  • display the missed events
  • display astrological signs in 6 different styles
  • minor fixes (italian date format, ...)
  • appearance optimized (displaying weekdays larger, ...)

Version 1.2

Submitted: 09/04/2008 → App Store: 09/11/2008
  • Italian translation added
  • lazy loading of images
  • larger images
  • appearance improved
  • performance increased
  • fixed the homepage url
  • memory leak fixed

Version 1.1

Submitted: 08/17/2008 → App Store: 08/24/2008
  • additional languages: Spanish, Polish
  • progress indicator during start
  • new way to display the age (current / upcoming)
  • new way to display the dates (recorded / upcoming)
  • optionally display the weekday of the upcoming date

Version 1.0

Submitted: 07/18/2008 → App Store: 08/01/2008
  • This was the initial release of HappyDayz!