March 23, 2009 Comments Off
A new version of Learn Time for the iPhone and iPod Touch is available on the app store. This version adds more animations and also allows the starting level to be chosen. New levels are made available as the child progresses so that the harder levels are only available once the simpler questions have been answered correctly. More details can be found here.

March 17, 2009 Comments Off
Update: this version is now available. See this post for more details.
As promised, I am working on a new version of Roman Numerals. My main aims for this version are:
- support for large numbers;
- easy cleaning of inputted year.
There are multiple ways of writing larger numbers and I hope to be able to incorporate these into the future versions of the Roman Numerals program. For now I am focusing on the use of brackets (they are the letter C and the reverse letter C) to multiply the numbers, so that (I) is equivalent to 1,000, ((I)) is equivalent to 10,000, I)) is equivalent to 5,000, etc. The following screenshots show some examples of these:


February 23, 2009 Comments Off
An iPhone/iPod Touch program to learn to read the time has been approved by the app store. It shows a fun and colourful clock with multiple levels of difficulty that is fine for beginners and more advanced learners. The child must move the hands of the clock to the correct time. More details can be found here and it is available on the app store.

A new version (1.3) that allows large numbers is now available and can be found here.
Another optional update of Roman Numerals for the iPhone and iPod Touch has been approved by the app store. This version adds the following languages:
- German
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The next update will be an improvement to the Roman Numerals conversion to allow large numbers such as 50,000.
January 30, 2009 Comments Off
A new version of Roman Numerals has been approved by the app store. This is an optional update that adds translations of the configuration page in the following languages:
- Chinese Simplified
- Chinese Traditional
- French
- Italian
- Korean
If you would like to see the configuration page translated into your language, please contact me.
January 21, 2009 Comments Off
A new version of Times Tables has been approved and is available on the app store. This is a minor update that allows the questions to be shown as either 7×1 or 1×7.
If you would like to see Times Tables in your own language or would like to take part in a beta test, please leave me a message.
January 15, 2009 Comments Off
I have released an iPhone version of my hiragana and katakana quizes. My intention is to link together the web version of the quizes with the iPhone so that you can keep track of your progress and continue your learning, whether you are on the bus or sitting at your computer. It is called HiraKata Quiz and it can be found on the app store here.
December 21, 2008 Comments Off
A new version of Times Tables for the iPhone/iPod Touch has been submitted and approved by the app store. This release focuses on improving the results shown at the end of each quiz. The main changes are: the questions are now individually marked with a star given for each answer that is correctly given on the first attempt and a star is given to the times tables (or multiplication tables) that are correctly answered.
This marks the start of my efforts to improve the results view. If you have any comments or suggestions please write to me or instead use getsatisfaction.com to share ideas and raise issues.