Utiful Newsletter 07/2022 for iOS and Android

It's been some time since our last newsletter and in the meantime a lot has happened!

Utiful for iOS
Latest version: 7.2.0

• Captions: Since version 7.0.0 of the app you can add a caption and notes to your photos and videos! Ain't that great?! Even better: Captions you enter to photos and videos are visible also on their thumbnails within the folders, for better orientation. And now you can even sort the items in a folder by their caption!
• iOS 15 compatibility: We keep track of new iOS versions and have adapted Utiful to seamlessly work with iOS 15.
• Sort folders in reverse order: If you sort your folders alphabetically, A-Z is the standard. But sometimes it's helpful to be able to sort them in reverse order instead, for example if you name your folders by year and month like "2022-07" and want that the most recent ones are at the top. This is now possible since version 7.2.0!
• Family Sharing: Just a reminder that your family can use Utiful for free. Find more info here.
• +++ COMING UP NEXT +++: Here's what you can expect in the upcoming versions for iOS!
  • Interact with text that's on your photos and screenshots: Copy and share text directly from your photos and screenshots, open website addresses you've snapped, call phone numbers you've screenshot and, and, and!
  • Place text directly on your photos to annotate them: This will be helpful if you want to share a photo together with the text as a hint or explanation.
  • Lock Utiful with FaceID / TouchID
  • Edit videos
• If you'd like to rate our app, you can do this here.

 

Utiful for Android
Latest version: 4.5.0

• Folder search: You can now search through your folders! Simply tap in the "Search folders" field at the top of the screen and start typing to see matching folders. And, we have integrated the folder search in all other functions of the app: You can use the folder search also when adding photos to Utiful, in order to quickly find the target folder, but also when picking photos from Utiful while you're in another app.
• Dark mode (Android 10+): If you are on Android 10 or higher version, and have turned on the Android dark mode, Utiful will now automatically switch to dark mode too!
• Passcode lock: Finally also available in the Android version of our app! You can now lock Utiful with a passcode, if you wish.
• All known problems fixed: We have invested a LOT in fixing all problems you reported. To name just a few: Long videos were not imported in the app, this is now fixed. When changing to external SD card, the thumbnails of the photos were not shown, this is now fixed. When swiping through your photos in landscape orientation of your device, the photos were sometimes shown smaller, this is now fixed. When saving photos from Utiful to the main gallery, the photos were saved not with their original names but with a technical id name, this is now fixed and the photos are saved with their original name. The rearrange function that allows you to manually rearrange folders was not working on Android 12, this is now fixed. And, and, and! Enjoy!
• Massive stability improvements: No more crashes! We have fixed all those nasty bugs that were causing the app to crash sometimes.
• +++ COMING NEXT +++: Here's what you can expect in the upcoming versions for Android!
  • Drag-select multiple photos: Hold your finger over a photo and drag across and down the screen to select multiple photos.
  • Edit photos: Crop, add text, draw on photos etc.
  • Edit the name of photos and videos: A lot of users have asked for this feature and we'll be adding it soon!