Team LightAr­row is very excited about our new 5.2 update of Life­Topix, which includes sev­eral new fea­tures and usabil­ity improve­ments. Life­Topix 5.2 is avail­able imme­di­ately from the Apple App Store as a free update for any­one with pre­vi­ous Life­Topix ver­sions. If you’re new to Life­Topix, it’s avail­able for a lim­ited time at a spe­cial price of 99 cents. As a uni­ver­sal app, a sin­gle pur­chase enti­tles you to use it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

We’re happy to give you a quick tour of the excit­ing new Life­Topix fea­tures, and help you to under­stand how to take full advan­tage of the significant changes.

Asana Inte­gra­tion

Life­Topix now syncs Asana projects and tasks across Life­Topix and Asana, which enables you to man­age your work-related or per­sonal Asana projects and tasks directly in Life­Topix. The inte­gra­tion allows you to see and man­age dated and undated tasks from Asana directly in your Life­Topix Agenda view, Life­Topix Cal­en­dar, and Life­Topix Projects + Tasks topic on your  device.

To set up your Asana inte­gra­tion, first find your Asana API key in the Account Set­tings from the Asana web appli­ca­tion, as shown in the fol­low­ing screenshot:

In Online Tasks in your Tasks + Projects topic, you will see that Asana is now included. Tap­ping Login and enter­ing you API key will allow you to sync your projects and tasks to and from Life­Topix and Asana.

Free­hand Hand­writ­ing and Drawing

Life­Topix now includes enhanced note-taking. You can draw or write with free­hand strokes, view and reorder notes, record audio, add video, or add pho­tos. The new hand­writ­ing and draw­ing fea­ture repli­cates the expe­ri­ence of free­hand writ­ing and sketch­ing, much like using a real pen and paper. Tak­ing hand­writ­ten dig­i­tal notes or draw­ing sketches directly on the device’s screen makes it eas­ier for you to record notes in class or meet­ings, save brain­storm­ing ses­sions, or quickly jot down impor­tant to-dos. With 40 col­ors, adjustable line width, clear­ing option, and an eraser, you can cre­atively express your thoughts with a vari­ety of options. The new, stream­lined note-taking screen orga­nizes notes by auto­mat­i­cally adding the date the note was added, and by sort­ing each note. You can also arrange items in notes by using drag to reorder. You’ll see the new options in the fol­low­ing screenshot.

Appoint­ment Status

For those who sched­ule appoint­ments, it is handy to know if the appoint­ment has been con­firmed, stayed uncon­firmed, or has been com­pleted, or can­celed. This is espe­cially help­ful for those who sched­ule appoint­ments with oth­ers such as hair styl­ists, ther­a­pists, or oth­ers. It is also help­ful to set sta­tus of your own appoint­ments as con­firmed or uncon­firmed — mak­ing sure that you fol­low up with your ser­vice providers or colleagues. You’ll see the new options in the fol­low­ing screenshot.

Email or Call Con­tacts Dis­played Via Search Results

For your con­ve­nience, we’ve added the abil­ity to call or email your con­tacts directly from your Life­Topix search results. You’ll see the new options in the fol­low­ing screenshot.

All Day Cal­en­dar Events in Day and Week views

Pre­vi­ously, all-day cal­en­dar events from your device cal­en­dars blocked out the entire day, which made it dif­fi­cult to see your other items. Now, all-day events do not obscure your cal­en­dar in Day and Week views. You’ll see how all-day events appear in the fol­low­ing screenshot.

Enhanced Cal­en­dar Filters

You now have the abil­ity to mod­ify fil­ters on each cal­en­dar indi­vid­u­ally and also for the Agenda view, and to see inac­tive items (such as pre­vi­ous trips). Pre­vi­ously the main cal­en­dar fil­ters applied to all cal­en­dars and you could not view inac­tive items on your indi­vid­ual Task Cal­en­dar, Trip Cal­en­dar, Expense Cal­en­dar, Vis­i­tor Cal­en­dar, Pay­ment Cal­en­dar, Agenda view, and Main cal­en­dar. This gives you bet­ter con­trol over what you see on each cal­en­dar and on the Agenda view. You’ll see the new fil­ter con­trol in the fol­low­ing screenshot.

Pull to Refresh

You can now pull to refresh on the touch­screen in mul­ti­ple views. For exam­ple, you can now refresh by drag­ging  your fin­ger to get recent updates while in the app. This is espe­cially use­ful if you are using LifeTopix’s inte­gra­tions, such as Asana, Too­dledo, Google Tasks, or Evernote. You’ll see an exam­ple of Pull to Refresh in the fol­low­ing screenshot.

Open Items in Agenda View

Undated items are now shown in the Agenda view so items such as Reminders, Shop­ping, and Tasks don’t through the cracks. You’ll see how undated items appear in the fol­low­ing screenshot.

We hope this helps you under­stand how to lever­age the new fea­tures in 5.2. Enjoy!