Tools for Boox

What’s new

Every release of Tools for Boox, newest first.

1.11.0

New

  • Smart two-way sync, a second subscription level that merges a page written on two devices, so the strokes from both are kept.
  • The sync screen finds pages changed on both sides and lets you keep the device’s copy, the cloud’s copy, or both.
  • The sync screen warns you when it had to guess which copy of a page is newer.
  • A page counts as waiting to sync the moment it changes.
  • Without the sync subscription, uploads show as locked on the sync screen; downloading stays free.
  • The subscription buttons show an eligible free trial or introductory price, and the Purchases screen tells you that the subscription renews and where to cancel it.
  • Import a calendar backup from Calendar Settings, also one made on another device.
  • An event that appears on several devices shows once.
  • Today’s Day page as the Boox screensaver.

Fixed

  • Each subscription length is bought at its own price and offer.
  • Writing is smoother: a page is saved at most every 10 seconds instead of after every stroke.

1.10.1

Fixed

  • Swipes navigate again right after writing in Hand-Draw mode and switching back to Touch.
  • The Dashboard lists its tiles in the same order on every device.
  • Automatic Google Drive sync no longer shows an error every minute while Google Drive cannot be reached.
  • A purchase whose payment cleared while the app was closed is completed, instead of being refunded by Google Play.
  • Links to the website open straight in the Android apps.
  • Pen ink no longer appears and then vanishes in Hand-Draw mode.
  • The pen no longer draws a dashed line after erasing.
  • Erasing shows only Onyx’s own eraser trail, without a ghost circle.

1.10.0

New

  • Change an event, or delete it, straight from the event screen.
  • The Android apps turn to landscape.
  • Pages keep their proportions on any screen shape instead of stretching.
  • New Cloud and Purchases screens, and a redesigned Google Drive sync screen.
  • Automatic Google Drive sync keeps running while the sync screen is open.
  • The page navigator highlights the view you are on.

Fixed

  • The eraser shows where it is going to erase.
  • A white highlighter draws live ink on Boox.
  • Pages store less stroke data, so they are smaller to save and to sync.
  • Automatic Google Drive sync no longer reports an error every minute when Drive needs your permission again.
  • Partly granted Google Drive access no longer shows “Nothing to sync”.
  • An emptied Day page takes its start hour from Settings.
  • A Month, Quarter or Year page tells you when its ink follows another region’s week rules, and an emptied one takes your current region.

1.9.1

New

  • Creating, changing and deleting events is unlocked with a one-time premium purchase.
  • Uploads to Google Drive are part of the sync subscription.
  • Tools for Boox shows no ads any more, and its download is smaller.
  • A loading bar shows while a page is loading.
  • Week and day indicators also mark the other side of New Year.

Fixed

  • A crash when pinching a zoomed page back out to 100%.
  • A crash on the kanban board when cards loaded before the drawing surface was ready.
  • A crash after leaving a screen while a consent update was still on its way.
  • Stray ink and partial erasing on Boox.
  • The Day page tells you when it has no access to your calendar.
  • A day with a book that has no author no longer opens blank.
  • Screen readers tell the two pen buttons apart, and announce a highlighter as a highlighter.
  • Note counts use the right plural form in Czech and Polish.

1.9.0

New

  • Rebuilt Year, Quarter, Month, Week and Day pages, with swipe and tap gestures.
  • Note and page indicators on every calendar page.
  • The sync button shows how many files are waiting to sync.

Fixed

  • The day number and the weekday name share one cell.
  • The health tracker’s weight grid reads the highest marked cell in each row.
  • Automatic Google Drive sync no longer runs on the Year, Quarter, Month and Week pages.
  • Layout improvements for small screens.
Earlier versions of Tools for Boox

1.8.4

  • The calendar improvements of Scribble Calendar 1.8.1.

1.8.3 – July 16, 2026

  • Team Drawer no longer stops with a navigation error.

1.8.2 – May 7, 2026

  • The Quarter page shows the right months.

1.8.1 – January 23, 2026

  • A clearer cloud subscription message.

1.8.0 – December 31, 2025

  • Draw in colour in Team Drawer.
  • Week numbers follow your region’s rules.

1.7.4 – November 30, 2025

  • Maintenance release.

1.7.3 – November 11, 2025

  • An ad banner, removed again in 1.9.1.

1.7.2 – October 19, 2025

  • A crash fix.

1.7.1 – September 22, 2025

  • More reliable purchases.

1.6.5 – May 25, 2025

  • Bug fixes.

1.6.4 – February 13, 2025

  • Consent mode for analytics.
  • Support for Android’s native pen.
  • List of today’s reading.
  • Fixed the eraser, which had stopped working.
  • Handwriting recognition.
  • Pen handwriting recognition.
  • Faster start-up: server settings are loaded in one request.
  • Ask users to rate the application.
  • Drawing uses the pen’s hover events.
  • Procrastinator eraser.
  • Reworded the Android 12+ warning.
  • A switch to turn on background cloud sync.

1.6.3 – February 6, 2025

  • Google Drive sync fixes.
  • Faster Google Drive file listing.
  • Automatic Google Drive sync in the background.

1.6.2 – February 4, 2025

  • Fixed drawing on devices that are not made by Boox.

1.6.1 – February 4, 2025

  • Added a visibility filter, and other improvements.

1.6.0 – February 3, 2025

  • Added Google Drive integration as cloud sync.
  • Added boxed events to Calendar pages.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.17 – November 27, 2024

  • Fixed writing on the Air 4 C.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.16 – January 21, 2024

  • Fixed writing on the Air 3 C and the Ultra C Pro.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.15 – January 26, 2023

  • Added experimental cloud backup ability.
  • Updated Czech and Spanish localization, added Dutch localization.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.14 – January 17, 2023

  • Fixed the mispositioned pen-sensitive surface on Kanban planner.
  • Fixed the issue about detection of 12- and 24-hours settings.
  • Updated Czech localization.
  • Added timestamp to the backup file name.
  • Updated Spanish localization.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.13 – January 14, 2023

  • Added an ad banner to the Dashboard with free opt-out.
  • Updated Spanish, German and Czech localization.
  • A colour scheme that suits e-ink better.
  • Added number of events to the header.
  • Added Polish localization.
  • Updated target SDK to 33.
  • Added Time-box planner as daily calendar view.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.12 – January 3, 2023

  • Added health tracker page to personal Calendar.
  • Updated Spanish translation.
  • Updated Czech translation.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.11 – December 9, 2022

  • Added lines/grid template to the notes.
  • Added option to fill hours on daily view.
  • Added left-handed support to drawing toolbar.
  • Added navigation buttons, like swipe navigation.
  • Updated Spanish localization.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.10 – December 2, 2022

  • Calendar shortcut on the launcher.
  • Added date picker to calendar templates.
  • Modified calculation of notes pages.
  • Updated Spanish localization.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.9 – November 25, 2022

  • Added multiple notes option to every calendar view.
  • Added multiple dots per note page as marks.
  • Added trash icon to erase all content of the page.
  • Replaced "back" icon with "calendar" icon.
  • Updated Spanish localization.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.8 – November 18, 2022

  • Added calendar marks (triangle for calendar and dots for notes).
  • Added Spanish language, thank you Maira!
  • Updated German language, thank you Thomas!
  • Fixed month name on Boxed days calendar template.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.7 – November 12, 2022

  • Settings page with calendar locale settings.
  • 88% new Czech translation, thank you Martin!
  • 49% new German translation, thank you Thomas!
  • Added start view option to Calendar settings.
  • Fixed Google calendar event time displaying.
  • Added backup export to the settings of the Calendar.
  • Added name of the translators.
  • Updated German translation.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.6 – November 5, 2022

  • Redesigned navigator of calendar views.
  • Swipe based navigation of calendar views.
  • Added notes page to every calendar page (swipe down-to-up).
  • Backup to ‘Downloads’ (triggered by modification of year view).
  • Calendar starts with daily planner instead of yearly planner.
  • Jump today shortcut icon.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.5 – October 30, 2022

  • Added drawing toolbar with pen/eraser mode change.
  • Fixed a bug about Google calendar events ordering.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.4 – October 27, 2022

  • Added the Android calendar’s events to the daily calendar view.
  • Added Android 11+ compatible external storage management.
  • Fixed missing recurring events.
  • Added ‘About’ plugin.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.3 – October 26, 2022

  • Added touch based navigation to the ‘Calendar’ plugin.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.2 – October 25, 2022

  • Improved TeamDrawer plugin (fixed network lag).
  • Fixed a version mismatch.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.5.1 – October 24, 2022

  • Bug fixes.

1.5.0 – October 23, 2022

  • Added weekly calendar view to ‘Calendar’ plugin.
  • Redesigned daily calendar view to ‘Calendar’ plugin.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.4.2 – October 23, 2022

  • Added quarter calendar view to ‘Calendar’ plugin.
  • Added monthly calendar view to ‘Calendar’ plugin.
  • Added weekly calendar view to ‘Calendar’ plugin.
  • Fixed a handwriting lag issue.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.4.1 – October 22, 2022

  • Added year calendar view to ‘Calendar’ plugin.
  • Possible storage write permission fix.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.4.0 – October 18, 2022

  • Added daily planner calendar support.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.3.3 – October 17, 2022

  • Added device check.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.3.2 – October 14, 2022

  • Updated new version check workflow.
  • Added Spanish localization.
  • Added a "missing feature" notice to the Calendar plugin.
  • Fixed a crash.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.3.1 – October 13, 2022

  • Added community templates feature.

1.3.0 – October 11, 2022

  • Moved from the toolboox.online domain to toolsboox.com.
  • Updated Onyx SDK versions.
  • Updated Android libraries versions.
  • Fixed a crash in TeamDrawer.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.2.0

  • Kanban planner (experimental).
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.1.4

  • Added boxed day of month calendar template generator.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.1.3

  • ‘Remove dates’ customization in flat weeks calendar template generator.
  • Localization support.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.1.2

  • Added flat weeks of year calendar template generator.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.1.1

  • Added boxed weeks of year calendar template generator.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.1.0

  • Added This week’s calendar template generator.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.

1.0.0

  • Proof-of-concept team drawing feature.
  • Export page button.
  • Erase page button.
  • Dashboard with modules.
  • Server side improvements: database backend.
  • Added rooms and notes to the team drawer.
  • Add new room feature.
  • Add new note feature.
  • Stroke deletion with eraser pen.
  • Refactored erase flow.
  • Workaround for the "spike" bug.
  • Back and pager buttons on the toolbar.
  • Update dialog redirects to the download page.
  • Added cache of some cloud data.
  • Added pager and create new page dialog.
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements.