Version 5.6iOS
Redesigned top to bottom, with Calendar View and widgets that tick
Exam Countdown 5.6 is the big one: the app is redesigned from the exam list up, Calendar View shows the whole term on a month grid, and new widgets count down to the second on your Home and Lock Screen.
New
- Calendar View. See the term ahead on a month grid, with a colour-coded dot on every exam day and that day's papers listed underneath. Tap a day to open any countdown.
- Live Countdown widget. Days, hours, minutes and seconds, ticking in real time on your Home Screen.
- Next 4 Exams widget. The week ahead in one large tile, colour-coded by subject.
- Category Countdown widget. Count down to a whole group of exams (Finals, Mocks, Orals) rather than a single paper.
- Live Activities (iPhone). Your next exam on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island as it gets close, without opening the app.
- Lock Screen and StandBy widgets.
Improved
- Redesigned, top to bottom. The exam list, the exam screen, settings, the sign-in screens and the upgrade flow have all been rebuilt.
- Filter your exams by category from the list.
- Clearer alerts, and a tidier date picker throughout.
- Better support for South African exam seasons, with prelims, trials, June exams, finals, orals and tests ready to use.
Fixed
- The calendar now updates straight away after you edit an exam.
- Widget icons render properly in the multi-exam widget.
- The down-chevron on Filter Exams is visible in dark mode again.
- Several rare crashes and a long list of smaller fixes.