Changelog

Bug Fixes and UI Improvements
Added new option to change pronunciation dialect to UK or US English
Added a new setting to the Word of the Day widget that lets users see a simplified widget with system fonts for the title.

Fixes an issue where long term LookUp users who were grand fathered into LookUp+ could not access it on watchOS
Fixed an issue where Word of the Day Widget on watchOS would not show up

Minor bug fixes and UI updates.

This update fixes an issue where the app would sometimes crash when searching for a word.
Added a Restore Purchases option in Settings to easily restore access to LookUp+ if you're an old user.

Known Issues: We're aware that some users are facing an issue restoring LookUp+ on Apple Watch and will be sharing a fix for it soon.

This update fixes an issue where the app would sometimes crash when searching for a word.

Known issues:
We're aware that some users are facing an issue restoring LookUp+ on their Apple Watch, and will be sharing a fix for it soon.

Introducing LookUp 10 with Support for Interactive Widgets and a completely redesigned Apple Watch App!

Available with the latest iOS version:
Interactive Widgets:
Word of the Day Shuffle lets users shuffle across our large Word of the Day catalogue. It’s the perfect fidget learning tool for your Home Screen, just keep browsing through beautiful illustrations

Interactive Flash Cards: Now Learn with Flash Cards in LookUp. Add words to a collection and add the Flash Card Widget to your Home Screen, and now you can get quick byte sized revisions right from the app itself.

StandBy Support for Word of the Day & Reading Mode Live Activity: Put your phone on charging and see the beautiful word of the day graphics, or simply start the reading mode live activity to have quick LookUp actions on your desk while you study.

Shortcuts now show up in Spotlight Search if you’re on the latest version of iOS.

Complete watchOS Redesign with Widget Support: We’ve redesigned the watchOS app to take advantage of the latest watchOS version, with support for Widgets, and a completely new LookUp that gives Word of the Day a full screen to shine!

Fixes an issue which caused the app to crash on some searches.

If you're a long time LookUp customer and have issues restoring your LookUp+ status, you don't need to pay for the app again, just press "Restore Purchases" on the LookUp+ description screen to restore your old purchase.

Critical bug fixes that prevented users from getting LookUp+

UI fixes and performance updates.

Fixes an issue where old users were not able to use LookUp+ on Apple Watch

Fixes the issue where Word of the Day widget was unavailable for some users.

Important Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where translations didn’t appear for certain words
Fixes an issue with the Word of the Day widget where it would not appear for some users
Fixes the issue where after turning off the share link feature, users weren’t able to save the word of the day image.

Fixes an issue where the action extension didn't work for subscribers
Fixes an issue where hiding Origin results didn't work
Fixes the issue where old watchOS app users didn't get access to LookUp+

UI improvements and Performance Fixes

Fixes an issue where URL Schemes were not working properly.
Fixes an issue where old users of the watchOS app did not get access to LookUp+
UI improvements

Fixes an issue where old users don't automatically transition to LookUp+

Updates to sidebar UI in iPadOS
Minor Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Fixes issues with layout on larger iPhones
Fixes UI issues
Improvements to Hindi Translations

Updated the Search Results UI to better show Definitions
Fixed a bug where Word of the Day images would take up a lot of space

This version of LookUp contains updates to the iPadOS UI for Liked Words and Collections and improvements to keyboard based navigation.

This version updates includes UI fixes to the Search tab and Collections Tab

This version incudes UI improvements to the Collections screen.

This update to LookUp includes a redesigned Learn Tab, and an improved vocabulary building experience.

Introducing LookUp 9.1. This version of LookUp includes:

Reading Mode: Reading Mode enables a distraction free reading experience, allowing users to LookUp words quickly, whether they’re reading a physical book or reading online. It exposes key LookUp actions to the iPhone through Live Activities, so users can quickly access recently searched words, and functions such as Search and Scan Words through the device’s Lock Screen or Dynamic Island whenever they want.

To start using Reading Mode:
1. Launch LookUp on an iOS 16.1 and above iPhone
2. Tap on the Search Tab and then tap Reading Mode.
3. Pick the time you’d like to read for, and tap “Start Reading Mode”

*Reading Mode is only available on iPhones running iOS 16.1 and above

App Shortcuts: With App Shortcuts, Simply ask Siri for “Word of the Day for LookUp” or to “Get Similar Words using LookUp”. The new App Shortcuts enable users to access key actions from Siri, Spotlight and Shortcuts without any pre-setup. LookUp has also been updated with more powerful filter actions that make the experience even better when using LookUp’s actions in Shortcuts.

*App Shortcuts require iOS 16.1 and above

Added New Setting to “Activate Search on Tap” when activated, the Search Bar is assigned focus every time the user taps on the Search Tab

Introducing LookUp 9. This version of LookUp includes:

Sharing: New sharing controls make it easier for people to share words with friends, and with Shared with You on the latest version of iOS, the app surfaces words that your friends share with you, in an easy to access shelf in the Search tab.

Notes: Notes is a great tool to store quotations, personalised definitions (these could be in their own native language to better understand the context) and images that better explain the word to the people. It enables people to personalise the word in the way they want.

Lock Screen Widgets: LookUp offers a variety of Lock Screen widgets to customise the Lock Screen. These can be for glancing at the Word of the Day, quick actions such as Search, or show a user’s vocabulary building progress for a particular collection through the Learn Widget.

Lock Screen Widgets and Shared with You require iOS 16 or more.

This update includes essential updates to LookUp, by adding support for certain inflections that weren’t previously available by default.

For example searching for “swimming” offers more detailed results than previously.

LookUp 8.1.2 introduces important bug fixes and improves the overall performance of the app.

Fixes an issue where the Word of the Day Widget would sometimes display an incomplete image.
Fixes an issue where sometimes the watch wouldn’t update the word of the day complication
Scroll Performance is better in the Word of the Day screen across all platforms.
Fixes a bug where renaming a new collection would sometimes fail to move the cursor position
Fixes a bug where the learn screen would sometimes erroneously display a collection available for “Learning Today”
Fixes a bug where Word of the Day notification would sometimes deliver the same word multiple times

Fixes an issue which incorrectly showed an AirPlay icon in the quizzes screen.

Introducing Learn Together: Users can now create peer learning sessions over FaceTime calls and learn words together. *
LookUp 8.1 also includes a number of bug fixes throughout the app.

* - The functionality of is only available on the latest version of iOS