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1.6.7

December 30, 2021

Maintenance Release - The App is now iOS 13+ compatible. Minimum iOS 12.0 is required.
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1.6.6

January 2, 2019

Improvements - The animations for drop-into and drag-into gestures are revised. - The ordering of robot-summary texts is improved. - By default boxes now have a centered title. - New animated help-content. - Minor layout issues in the file-list are fixed. Bugs fixed - Boxes with robo-image of the box-subgraph which holds a generated robo-image itself, no longer leads to a crash.
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1.6.5

September 28, 2018

New Features - Subgraph image as summary A generated image of the box-subgraph is now provided by the summary-robot as an alternative to the text-summary. Everything a box shows in the summary field can be set per box. You can choose the 'default automatic mode' in which the summary-robot decides what to show. Either text- or image-summary or the user-given summary text, or you explicitely decide what you want to see in the summary-field. - Summary content control Via the eye-control buttons in the background tab, it is possible to control wether or not a box is visible in a robot-summary. Use the 'open eye' to show a box/title, the 'closed eye' to hide it. The third button leaves it to the summary-robot whether to include a box in a summary or not. If you use this for background-boxes also all boxes above are affected. Hint: Try just one backgound-box with 'open eye' and look at the resulting robot-summaries. Improvements - Title-Summary-Layout fine tuned If the box tile height is relatively small compared to the box-height, the space (height) for the title is now less than the golden ratio. The title height is limited to the number of textlines and twice the lineheight for the title. - Drag-Into fine tuned You have to move a dragged box out of a boxes' area before you can drag it back into the same box. Thus unintentional 'drag into gestures' are prevented. Bugs fixed - Two memory leaks are closed, which led to crashes after longer and intense use of the app. - DragToSupergraph crashed in latemove situations fixed. - Arrows no longer get lost in dropinto subgraph gesture.
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1.6.3

May 11, 2018

New Features - Boxdesign roboter A "roboter" coumputes the design for a new box by looking at the boxdesigns used and the inital positioning of the new box. To use this feature select the robo-design as the template prefigured for boxes by double tapping it in the template's bar. - Drop into gesture You can now drop boxes into other boxes: If a box is dragged over another box and you hold your finger on the screen the box you dragged over starts to flash for a short duration. If you lift your finger during that time, the box dragged is dropped into the flashing one. This is useful for fast sorting away boxes from a graph to subgraphs. Improvements - Alingment lines fine tuned The alingmentlines's stickiness is reworked and the alingmentlines now treat groups of boxes moved as one great box. Bugs fixed - Drag to subgraph could result in a crash.
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1.6.2

March 31, 2018

New Features - Autolayout for boxes With autolayout the box shows the 'title-only-layout' if it contains no subgraph, and the 'title-and-summary' layout if it has as subgraph. Bugs fixed - App no longer chrashes in iOS 11.3 when opening a graph. - Drag out of subgraph could result in a crash.
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1.6.1

March 4, 2018

New Features - Drag into/out of subgraph If a box is dragged over another box and held for a moment, it is dragged into the subgraph inside that box and the view jumps "inside" that graph. Inside a box showing the subgraph there is a grey area at the top of the screen. Dragging a box into that area and holding it for a moment, drags the box out of the current graph an jumps to the graph "above". - Subgraph topbar A grey bar at the top of the editor is now shown in a subgraph. It shows a path to the subgraph. Bugs fixed - Pushing the Snapshot-Button in iOS 11.2 no longer crashes.
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1.6.0

December 7, 2017

New Features Subgraph support added Tap wait double-tab on a box jumps into a subgraph 'inside' that box. Use the "〈" and "〉"-buttons in the graph-document-title to navigate between graph and subgraph. Auto Summary of Subgraphs If a box with a subgraph has the two text 'title and summary'-layout and an empty summary-text, an auto-summary is generated from the subgraph. Bugs fixed The search-field of the file-list is now displayed correctly in iOS11.
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1.5.1

July 10, 2017

New Features - search bar in graph-document-list added You can now filter the graph-documents by name in the common way. Enhancements - add-new-graph-button moved from special list-entry to plus-symbol in menu bar Plus-button in the menu bar above the graph-document-list replaces the special entry to add a new graph. - box-layout-button enabled in box textview It's now possible to change the box-layout in the text-edit mode Bugs fixed - scrolling in box textview now works correctly with long texts - clip-board-button now shows up every time there is something to paste
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1.5.0

April 11, 2017

Three-Text Layer Concept introduced There are is now a title, a summary and a body text per box. Two-Texts Box Layout The box layout can now be switched between a title-only and a two-text layout with a second text per box. Box Textview There is a new view showing the three texts per box. You reach it either from the auxiliary view above the keyboard or by choosing the graph/text-switching mode when doubletapping a box for editing. The graph/text-switch mode can be switched on in the headline right next to the title. Graph Text-Representation In the actions menu, there is a new action-item which opens a text representation generated from the text content. This view is especially intended to copy the text to the clipboard for further use. Copy & Paste Text to Graph If you paste a copied text to the graph via the clipboard icon, each textline is copied to the grap as a new box. The box's title is given by the textline. Bugs fixed Autosizing of Boxtext is now working correctly in certain situations with long words. Sending the Graph with Mail now works correkt more than one time.
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1.4.5

November 16, 2016

New Feature Horizontal and vertical alignment-lines are displayed to help layouting boxes. This feature can be turned on or off in the app-settings. Revised Box Sizing There are now visible handles made for dragging the box-borders. The handles are displayed for a short period of time, when the box is single-tapped or when the box is in edit-mode after being double tapped. Revised Slash-Gesture Handling If a slashout-gesture hits two or more boxes, the topmost box is deleted; previously the bottommost box was deleted. Changed Minimum iOS Requierment With this version minimum iOS 8.0 is needed, iOS 7.0 is no longer supported.
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Price History of Boxes And Arrows

Description of Boxes And Arrows

Boxes And Arrows (B'nA) provides the most simplistic usage to create graphs of boxes and arrows. Ideal whenever you need to track or develop ideas or structure your thoughts. A tool that allows you to work in the flow because it provides the flexibility of graphs and a gesture-centric lightweight usage. With B'nA you can concentrate on your thoughts, not on the tool. You may use it like a classical mind mapping app or go beyond: - You can structure your graphs by using the background layer thus forming diagrams. - You can keep a lot of information in a well-arranged way by using the subgraph feature. - You can use the 'export graph to text'-, 'copy text into a map'- or 'snapshot'-features to incorporate it into your work. Basic Gestures - to add a box: tap - to edit the text of a box: double tap - to move a box: drag it. - to add an arrow between two boxes: tap first box, than tap second box. (The tap of the first box is indicated by a thicker box-frame, it times out.) - to delete an arrow, slash it out: one finger stroke from bottom left to top right crossing the arrow. (A red line will indicate your gesture.) - to delete a box, slash it out: one finger stroke from bottom left to top right crossing the box. (A red line will indicate your gesture.) - to select boxes: draw a line around them (A blue line will indicate your gesture) - to jump inside a box: tap, wait, double tap. - to drag one box inside another: drag it over another box and hold Typical usages - take and organise notes - keep an personal KANBAN - capture and rework an argumentation during discussions - sketch business-charts - prepare workshops and capture results - visualise your own thoughts - keep a simple and flexible to-do list - build a storyline - sketch an org-chart - create cause-and-effect graphs ...
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Boxes And Arrows: FAQ

Does Boxes And Arrows support iPad devices?

Yes, the Boxes And Arrows app is compatible with iPads.
The Boxes And Arrows app was created by PhilanthroSoft UG (haftungsbeschraenkt).
Boxes And Arrows minimum iOS requirement is iOS 12.0.
Users have given Boxes And Arrows a middling rating of 2.8 out of 5.
Productivity Is The Primary Genre Of The Boxes And Arrows App.
1.6.7 is the current version of Boxes And Arrows.
Boxes And Arrows’s most recent update was on July 1, 2024.
The app first launched on February 5, 2023.
Safe for children to use, no mature themes or inappropriate content.
Boxes And Arrows currently features the following languages: English.
No, Boxes And Arrows is not on Apple Arcade.
No, Boxes And Arrows does not integrate in-app purchases for users.
Unfortunately, Boxes And Arrows is not tailored for compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of Boxes And Arrows

  • It is exactly as they say

    The app is boxes and arrows, no delete, no undo, no user guide, it is not self explanatory. Once I left a box I could not find a way to go back and add text, nor could I get rid of an accidental arrow or box, but I did manage to lose all of it with the swipe of a finger….twice. Not even worth the 99 cents.
  • Does what it does ... PERFECTLY

    I have a bunch of mind mapping tools. Most I never use because the interface is just too clunky, or the learning curve too steep. BOXES does just one thing, intuitively, perfectly. Tap, get a box. Double tap, add text. Drag boxes around. Tap box to box to draw an arrow. That's it. If you want a super fast mind mapping tool with no fuss, this is it. If you want color and whirling doodads, this is not your app. Only problem is this simplicity is a bit overpriced. Bring the price down, boys ...

    Developer Response

    Hi there, I am Jan from Philanthrosoft. I am the creator of B'nA. I always wanted to thank you for your review. It showed me, that I was on the right track in my attempt to make a very simple mind mapping or better mind graphing tool. And from what you said, I exactly hitted the point, I intended to. I hope you like the course the development of Bn'A took and of course would like to hear any further comments about it. I'm trying to keep the intended simplicity, even as functionality builds up. You still can use the tool exactly like in the beginning, when you commented on it. There is still a lot to come but it will take time, since I'm doing this as a sidekick project and have very limited time to spend on it. Maybe you still are interested an keep an eye on the updates. So, thanks for your review and I hope this reply will bring some of the joy to your day as did your comment back then did to mine. With kind regards J. G. Schute P.S. Apple only recently made it possible to answer on reviews, that's why you get a reply now. And following as an Easter egg, a promotion code for BnA, for you to give it away (Valid only till May 11th and not for sale): 3XNAWH64KRWE