2.13.0
2023-08-17
Patch 2.13.0:
-Song search improved: can now select multiple difficulties and maturities
-Song library (with teacher filter controls) opened for students
-New advanced options for song assignments: teacher controls on question customization and ignoring words
2.12.1
2023-07-24
Patch 2.12.1:
-Lessons upgraded! New question types, new review mode, new stats, and more
-Study games revamped for lessons
-More powers added to Lyric Puzzle
-More powers added to Whac-A-Word
-Many bugs fixed
2.8.0
2023-07-01
Patch 2.8.0:
-Lesson mode redesigned: new Lessons has now been combined with Reviews for a superior learning experience
-New review activities to review words and lyrics for a specific song
-Lessons now no longer auto-skip duplicate or empty lyrics
-Hints improved
-Added new playlists including "recently added" songs
-Added many new songs
-Many bug fixes
2.6.6
2023-06-16
Patch 2.6.6:
-New drag and drop lyric sorting questions
-Improved Learn Mode flow
-Improved hints when answering questions
-New French and Spanish songs
-Various bug fixes
2.4.2
2023-03-10
Patch 2.4.2:
-Redesigned lyrics page with back/forward/rewind controls, larger text, and more animations
-Lyric and word annotations now appear directly on cards
-Live game performance optimizations to reduce lag
-More Live settings options
-Better assignment creation and editing UI
-Feedback button added to song pages and study mode
-Assignment link fixed; should not save student work correctly
-Fixed Lyric Puzzle "board is too small" bug
-Improved lesson tutorial tips (click help button in menu to see them)
-Various bug fixes and tweaks
2.3.1
2023-02-27
Patch 2.3.1:
-New classroom game! Play Roxxem Live for free (no student accounts required.)
-Whac-A-Word UI and animations improved
-Can now choose from menu of different Whac-A-Word powers
-various bug fixes and tweaks
2.2.0
2023-02-11
Patch 2.20:
-classes page polished with improved invite student logic
-improved styling for classes and assignments, especially on smaller devices
-Various bug fixes
2.1.0
2023-02-08
Patch 2.0: Roxxem for Teachers
-The biggest patch in Roxxem history!
-All songs are now FREE for everyone
-Redesigned Pro plan: unlock advanced learning features with Pro, and create classes with Roxxem Pro Teacher
-Teachers can create classes and add students
-Teachers can assign songs, lessons, and games
-Links and url-based navigation now work on web
-New lesson overview page and improved review flow
-Improved onboarding
-Many more improvements and fixes
1.32.0
2023-01-24
1.32.0: Onboarding and Lesson Flow
-Bug with reviewing and playing individual lyrics fixed
-New user onboarding improved: can go back and forth between onboarding screens, tutorials, animations, scrolling, and more
-Lesson flow improved: new word cards, lesson word list, and more
-Can now rewind and play specific lyrics on the Lyrics tab
-Various other bug fixes
1.29.0
2022-12-29
1.29.0: New Lyric Puzzle Game
-New Game! Lyric Puzzle is the tile matching game for songs--match the right words to win and get a high score, before your moves run out! Check out Lyric Puzzle in lessons and the arcade.
-Maturity filter added to song search
-Study question button text will now wrap without being cut off
-Videos only auto-rewind on select question types
-Hide word text is turned off by default (can be enabled in study settings)
-Celebration music added when you finish a game
-Play lyric button added to Lyrics Song Detail action sheet
-Various layout tweaks and bug fixes
1.26.0
2022-12-01
1.26.2: Study Settings
-Personalize your study settings
-Choose which question types you want to study
-Choose display options like text, pinyin, characters, etc.
-Improved new user onboarding experience
-Can now review by specific songs
-Review Mode now offers helpful hints
1.25.2
2022-11-11
1.25.2: User Experience Improvements And More
-Roxxem Pro has been reduced in price to $4.99/month ($29.99/year). This is retroactive for all existing subscribers and trial users.
-New responsive layouts that make Roxxem fit and work better on all screen sizes.
-Keyboard scrolling for input fields has been enabled on all devices.
-Completely redesigned song page with separate lesson, lyrics, and games tabs. It is now much clearer and easier to navigate.
-Lesson progress is now available on the song page.
-Lyrics can now be easily expanded into a pop-up menu with clickable words and other study information.
-Lyrics are no longer cut off on smaller screens.
-New song settings: can now toggle pinyin, characters, translation, and autoscrolling.
-Additional Whac-A-Word settings added: change question type each round, show pinyin. Less common settings moved to new settings menu.
-Lobby music has been removed from Whac-A-Word. Thank you for telling us this was annoying :)
-Answer sounds in Whac-A-Word has have been reduced in volume. Please let us know if this change feels better for you.
-Account, avatar, language skill, and language select screens have been updated to better match the design of the rest of the app.
-Song search now triggers automatically when search fields are charged.
-Roxxem no longer generates an error when a user hasn't logged in for a while.
-Tablets are now locked into portrait mode (the correct orientation for using Roxxem).
-Onboarding instructions improved in clarity.
-Various other bug fixes and improvements.
1.24.0
2022-10-20
1.24.0: Video performance and responsiveness improved, Whac-A-Word now checks for ignored and available words, can now review and study individual lyrics, more arcade game options, more Chinese songs, revamped playlists, onboarding is now faster, general layout improvements for different screen sizes, various bug fixes.
1.21.0
2022-09-30
1.21.0: Free and Pro subscription plans (with 1 month free trial) added; updated playlists; various bug fixes
1.19.0
2022-09-24
1.19.0: New, improved onboarding flow for mobile; clickable song lyrics; redesigned home screen with more featured songs; redesigned song page with auto-scrolling lyrics; new listen and choose word/definition question types; added rounds to Whac-A-Word game; more Chinese songs and improved pinyin presentation
1.18.0
2022-09-17
1.18.0: New splash screen and streamlined onboarding flow.
1.16.0
2022-09-14
1.16.0: Under-the-hood changes to support Sign In With Apple on web; improved pinyin support on lyric preview screen; lyric questions now draw from entire lyric question bank.
1.15.0
2022-09-13
1.15.0: Under-the-hood upgrades to make pushing out bug fixes faster and easier.
1.14.1
2022-09-11
1.14.1: Video player revamped for improved performance and reliability; various minor bug fixes.
1.12.2
2022-09-09
1.12.2: Now you can learn Chinese with Roxxem! (Only a few songs available; more will be added over the coming weeks.) Learn Mode now supports phrases; words are auto-ignored based on difficulty; lyric and word annotation support; various bug fixes.
1.11.0
2022-08-29
1.11.0: significant upgrades to speed and performance, ignore word and lyric features streamlined, words are now auto ignored based on difficulty, various other bug fixes
1.10.0
2022-08-25
1.10.0: Can now ignore words and lyrics; improved progress page data; better and faster syncing experience; various bug fixes
1.8.0
2022-08-13
1.8.0: Whac-a-word game experience improved for users with many learned lyrics, notifications, analytics, improved status message when deleting account, various bug fixes
1.7.0
2022-08-07
1.7.0: account deletion enabled in the app, can now ignore words and lyrics, various minor bug fixes and improvements
1.6.2
2022-08-04
1.6.2: improvements to Whac a Word game performance, Whac a Word game now loads at the end of each new lyric, new Songs Learned tab, duplicate lyrics are now skipped in Learn Mode, various bug fixes