May 27 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta45 has been released !
Fully Multi-Threaded LNC, many improvements for the registration engine, platform upgrade, and further tuning of internal memory consumption and memory release back to OS.
Apr 14 2026: Google Pay, Apple Pay & WeChat Pay added as payment options
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.
I am enjoying the performance enhancements of 2.0 as I do all my astro work on a now 5 year old laptop.Â
I have noticed other users mentioning about the 3 separate windows now and stating how it is now more tedious to close, minimize, or resize the APP window as a whole. I also agree with this, but understand that the performance gains come from the separated windows.Â
I want to offer this suggestion if it hasn't been mentioned already. When I right click on the APP icon on the windows taskbar, it gives one option to "Close All Windows". If you were to add a second option to "Minimize All Windows", this would allow the windows to stay separated and you wouldn't have to minimize them individually like you do now. Â
Hi Damian, @dtc1999
Thank you for your suggestion.
Indeed, I will fix/improve this behaviour for the next release.
Mabula
I also find it quite difficult to open all windows - I have to click every window and it takes time to open them all. I think it would be nice to have option to switch between 3 windows mode and 1 window mode if that's possible.
