Beautiful iOS media organizer ‘Sofa’ makes lists more personal and fun with latest update
Sofa for iPhone and iPad is a wonderful app that offers one place to organize all the movies, TV, music, books, podcasts, apps, and games you’d like to check out. Sofa has five new features that make it easier and more enjoyable to customize lists.
Sofa 3. 3 is now available for iPhone and iPad with some valuable updates. Changes include the ability to add cover images to lists, the option to display large titles along with descriptions, and two new layout options.
You can also view the new edit list view and make custom settings to easily check your settings.
More changes with Sofa 3. 3 include the option to edit custom items, sticky notes markdown support, and eight new themes for spring and summer.
As I said last year when I reviewed Sofa, I recommend the app. It’s a free download with great features, a beautiful UI, and no ads. Super Sofa allows you to unlock all advanced features if it’s a good download. That runs $3. 99/month, $35. 99/year, or comes with a family subscription option at $5.99/month.
Sofa 3. 3 full release notes:
Hey gang, ready for a fun update? This release enables you to make your lists even more personal and fun.
* Cover images for lists
* Large titles and descriptions
* New layout options
* Custom settings per list
* Modify custom item title and image
REQUIREMENTS
* An iPhone or iPad running at least iOS 15+
* An Apple Silicon Mac running 12. 3+
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**ABOUT THIS UPDATE**
The lists people make in Sofa are very personal. They are often meticulously planned and curated over time. A lot of time, effort, and care go into the creation and curation of people’s reading lists, watch lists, playing lists, and more. The benefit of Sofa is being able to manage all of this in one place so you can be more intentional with your downtime.
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**WHAT’S NEW WITH LISTS**
For your lists, you’ll now be able to add a cover image, large title, and description, along with more layout options.
COVER IMAGES
Add a large cover image to each of your lists. You can search from Sofa’s movie, tv show, and video game data sources, Unsplash, or add an image with a URL.
LARGE TITLES & DESCRIPTIONS
Display large titles for your lists. Give it a description. For a more creative touch, descriptions can be written in markdown syntax. This is a great way to add bold, italic and links.
LAYOUT OPTIONS
Two brand new layouts for list and grid are now available. These “cozy” options are great for lists where you want a little more information density.
CUSTOM SETTINGS PER LIST
All list settings are now saved per list and synced with iCloud. This means you can choose different sorting and layout options for each list.
NEW “EDIT LIST” VIEW
To make it easy to understand all of these settings and adjust them as needed, you can use a brand new view. Tap the *** button in the top right of each list, then “Edit List Details”.
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**EDIT CUSTOM ITEMS**
Custom items are an excellent way to add content and information to your lists, even though one of Sofa’s data sources isn’t able to find it. Previously, custom items would use a random image from Unsplash. You can now change your custom item’s title or cover image. You can now make your custom items more comfortable in your list.
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**STICKY NOTES MARKDOWN SUPPORT**
Sticky notes now supports markdown syntax. This is helpful for adding emphasis and links to your notes.
IMPORTANT CHANGES
* Sticky Notes Editing requires that you tap the “edit” button at the top of the screen. There are pros and cons to this approach, but the main benefits are that rendering and interacting with Markdown is much more reliable with this implementation.
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**NEW THEMES**
Sofa is ready for spring and summer with 8 new themes:
SPRING
* The New Day
* Flower Power
* Open Fields
* Sleeping Flowers
SUMMER
* Camp Out
* Clear Skies
* Surf’s Up
* Island Vibes
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**IMPROVEMENTS**
* You can now take action on items when performing a global search
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**BUG FIXES**
* Fixed the pluralization of an Activity metric category when the total equaled one.
* Fixed a bug where items would “flash” when being moved to and from the Shelf
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Please don’t hesitate in reaching out to me with any feedback, questions, or suggestions. Feedback@sofahq.com is where I am most open to receiving feedback.
– Shawn