Pleco Software @pleco.com · 30/07/2026Maybe reboot your phone? Could be getting extremely low on memory 300
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 03/07/2026Sorry for the slow reply. In this case I think it’s simply not covered by our handwriting recognizer, unfortunately. 120
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 31/05/2026AFAIK there isn't a digitized version of it; it would be lovely if there was but it's probably beyond our ability to digitize on our own 110
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 02/04/2026Business update: Q1 sales were up 20% over Q1 of 2025, a new record post-COVID and approaching our all-time record. Once again our best Google Play quarter ever and our best website quarter since 2009; App Store was down a bit due to people buying bundles through website at a discount (thanks YGR). 061
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 25/03/2026No plans at the moment but we'll re-evaluate once 4.0 is out 001
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 08/10/2025Business update: Q3 of 2025 was: - Our best App Store quarter since 2019; - Our best Google Play quarter *ever* (driven in part by a 55% YoY increase in OCR); - Our best web store quarter since 2009 (thanks to a court ruling letting us offer discounted in-app purchase links to iOS users in the US) 1110
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 21/08/2025This is 99% of the same story as Pleco 4.0; nothing went wrong, but we're doing fine financially and we like the work and want to get it right. 170
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025Thanks, we finally found the problem - forgot that there's a different file catalog being delivered to the current public beta than to the current internal one 120
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025Weird - here's a manual link to the data file: azcdn.pleco.com/packages/p4d... Can you try downloading that, *not* unzipping it, sharing that zip file with Pleco and opening it in "File Manager"? 110
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025That's odd - does Registration / 'check for new purchases' help? 100
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025But 4.0 doesn't support in-app purchases (Apple doesn't let you charge people for stuff in betas) so if you didn't buy it in 3.0 on some other device you'd need to buy it through the website 110
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025Sorry, should be up now - it's a bit janky but the links / tables all seem to work 110
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025You can get the US$29.99 price on our web store store.pleco.com 110
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025(there are some complicated nuances to that relationship which we don't need to get into here, but if Harvard is ever interested in selling us the print rights we'd love to do a printed 7/e ourselves) 060
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025The print rights remain with Harvard but there are no plans for a printed 7/e as far as we know; Wilkinson's revisions since February (which are extensive, he literally added his last citation a week ago) have all been on the e-book so a printed 7/e would likely be converted back from that. 240
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 19/08/2025We just launched the new 7th edition of Wilkinson, this time as a digital-only version but available through Kindle and Apple Books as well as through Pleco. $59.99, or $29.99 if you buy it in Pleco as an upgrade from 5/e or 6/e.pleco.comChinese History: A New Manual, Seventh Edition 3218
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 25/07/2025Sorry for the slow reply. Yeah, it should still be in "Add-ons" - are you using the 4.0 beta by any chance? We aren't able to sell add-ons in that, but you can buy it through our website. 110
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 10/06/2025Update: we've released a new 4.0 beta that should get it to be functional (albeit still with some visual glitches) on iOS 26. 020
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 09/06/2025Note: Pleco 4.0 beta does not seem to work on iOS 26 developer beta (the entire search screen vanishes when the keyboard is open). Regular Pleco seems to be OK aside from some visual glitches, but for 4.0 if you want to keep using that you should stick with regular iOS for now. 122
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 01/05/2025We're probably also going to start offering discounted upgrades from individual add-ons to bundles - and maybe even "X % off if you buy X or more dictionaries" type stuff - since with a website we can do arbitrary pricing for arbitrary stuff and aren't bound by what's possible with Apple IAP 020
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 01/05/2025It's possible we'll also end up making some add-ons exclusive to our website store, e.g. to reduce paperwork for low-volume long-tail type add-ons or even because it's the only way we can offer a new title (e.g. if it's a % based on sales price and there'd be no money left for us after paying Apple) 110
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 01/05/2025Update: we're waiting a bit on the direct sales update, as we have a number of new add-ons we were already planning to launch soon and want to roll out that and web purchasing at the same time (likely with lower prices for web purchases, at least in some cases) 100
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 01/05/2025This is a glorious day, one we’ve been waiting for since 2009, and while very much delayed, it is, nevertheless, justice for app developers at last 130
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 01/05/2025Gigantic news from the App Store world. (We plan to submit an update adding direct sales tomorrow) www.the-verge.com/news/659246/...theverge.comA judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App StoreThe judge called Apple’s insubordination a “gross miscalculation.“ 181
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 01/04/2025Sorry for the slow reply. It doesn't look like our version has the same mistake - we did our own conversion from the original InDesign files so there's no particular reason to expect we'd have the same mistakes (though there could always be different ones introduced on our end). 100
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 13/02/2025We’ve seen more of the latter so far, but will cover whatever sticks 000
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 12/02/2025A big App Store change that might be relevant to some long-time Pleco users: you can now move purchases from one Apple account to another Apple account. This doesn't work for deactivated accounts, and it's not currently supported in the EU, UK, or India.support.apple.comMigrate purchases from one Apple Account to another Apple Account - Apple SupportIf an Apple Account is only used for making purchases, those purchases can be migrated to a primary Apple Account to consolidate them. 032
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 31/12/2024Thanks! Not currently possible under our license with them, unfortunately, though depending on how the app works it's possible you could read their books on Android with our Screen Reader function. 120
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 31/12/2024Not at the moment - I don't think our PDF library supports a different approach to dark mode - but a good idea for the future. 000
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 17/12/2024Nothing like that at the moment - people occasionally ask for a 'tip jar' but we generally just recommend that you find some other Pleco add-on you might consider useful and buy that :-) 120
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 17/12/2024That would be dicey licensing-wise, we're operating under more-or-less the same constraints as most other US e-book publishers and generally that sort of thing isn't allowed. 100
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 17/12/2024Not at the moment - in general, we're not great at consistent release dates or deadlines, and so we're a little reluctant about subscription services because they come with the expectation that you'll release new stuff on a regular/frequent schedule. 110
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 11/12/2024(I suppose at some level we should be flattered that whatever set of questionably-sourced data ChatGPT was trained on includes enough references to Pleco being useful that it’s started making up fake features we don’t offer, but it’s not a dang search engine, folks, seriously) 081
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 11/12/2024Support note: please do not ask ChatGPT questions about Pleco; ChatGPT, like all LLMs, is not a reliable source of facts and does not know very much about our app, and lately we’ve been getting numerous support emails from people asking ChatGPT questions about Pleco and receiving incorrect answers. 2164
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 03/12/2024Thanks! Sorry for the slow reply. Cheap iPads are usually the classroom device that we have the easiest time persuading school IT people to buy/service. For future-proofing we’d suggest at least an A12 processor (=2020). If you can find some old used iPhones - XR, say - those would also work. 000
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 06/02/2024Sorry for the slow reply. We can certainly inquire with them about a license once our schedule is a little less hectic and we have the available staff time to add some new dictionaries. 010
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 12/01/2024Lovely review of the 6th edition of Wilkinson: chinabooksreview.com/2024/01/11/o... 040
Pleco Software @pleco.com · 29/11/2023Pleco 4.0 Beta signups are live: www.pleco.com/2023/11/29/p... 193
