Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and itĀ will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
@mabula-admin Hello Mabula, I am new to APP. Just paid and downloaded it (1.082) personal licence. I am running it for the first time and following the recommended alternative guide and processing my first images following this. It seems happy with what I am doing as I type. Yes, I know this software is dynamic and changes are always not easy to follow. It is good, at least, some tool tips flash up on the console. Question: Having just purchased this in the UK (+ extra taxes etc.) and Ā£175.00GBP poorer, when this new release is stable (1.083) I won't find myself having to pay to upgrade to it will I??? Otherwise I may well have waited. š Thank you. Jacques
@jaq1967 Hi Jacques. I split off your post from the user's manual topic since this is a question about the license. I'll ask Mabula to give a reply.
Hi Jacques @jaq1967,
No, for APP 1.083 stable you won't need to pay an upgrade fee š
Cheers,
Mabula
@mabula-admin Hi Mabula, Liking it so far. Created my first stack. Minor technical issue with my Dark frames, but redone and got a result! Now, the daunting post-processing to come. I may have picked a very tricky subject by shooting the Pelican Nebula as it seems to have a lot of nebula vs background. Hmmm... Anyway, thanks for update. Looking forward to next release. Any idea when? 😬
