Version 5.8iOS
Ready for iOS 27, with a bigger widget
Exam Countdown 5.8 is ready for iOS 27, with an extra-large Upcoming Exams widget that shows up to eight papers at once, an Enable Alerts switch in Settings, and fixes for widgets on Clear and Tinted Home Screens.
New
- Upcoming Exams, now extra-large. The widget that used to be called Next 4 Exams now comes in an extra-large size that shows up to eight exams at once. On iPhone it needs iOS 27, and on iPad it works on any version. Widgets already on your Home Screen keep working (Premium).
- Enable Alerts switch. Settings now has a Notifications section with an Enable Alerts switch, so you can turn exam alerts on at any time, even if you skipped them when you first set up the app.
Improved
- Updated for iOS 27: close buttons show an X again instead of a square, and the category title at the top of your exam list stays readable.
Fixed
- Widgets could show as a blank white rectangle when the Home Screen was set to Clear or Tinted. They now follow whichever look you have chosen, and the Live Countdown widget keeps its icon artwork.
- Exam alerts now stay in Notification Centre until you clear them. Opening the app used to remove them, so it could look as though they never arrived.
- An exam someone shared with you can no longer be edited by accident. Only the person who created it can make changes.
- Filtering by a category with nothing in it now offers "Show All Exams", in every language.