Releases

Newest first. Dates are ISO 8601. Downloads are on GitHub Releases; earlier builds stay available there for going back.

Version 14Latest

2026-10-27

Added

Check for updates now lets you choose: the newest stable version, or try a BETA (not tested yet). On a BETA, Go back returns you to the stable version.
Separate settings for each pen: each extra pen gets its own tile in the Tool row, with its own tip, eraser and side-button settings.
Tablet › Application +: add several apps at once with Command-click.
New + and − buttons on the Device and Tool rows.

Fixed

Setup no longer opens at every start because of an empty Wacom folder left in Applications.

Changed

Tested as Version 14 BETA 2 before release. New wording in this version is in English in every language for now; translations follow.
Add a tablet now says “Connect the tablet to your Mac”, and Home no longer shows the “Feedback is read once a week” line.
Quiet start at login and Dock behaviour from Versions 7–13 are kept.

Version 13

2026-10-26

Fixed

Force Quit and permission lists no longer show OpenTabletDriver for the bundled driver (it is signed under the app’s own name).
Permission and Health Input Monitoring copy say Tablet App for Mac.

Changed

Quiet start at login and Dock behaviour from Versions 7–12 are kept.

Version 12

2026-10-26

Added

Remove leftovers: clears empty Wacom Applications remnants from setup (kept when the utility is present).
Weekly update check at launch; with Update automatically on, download then ready-for-install prompt (never silent install).

Changed

Setup order: Input Monitoring / Accessibility before the Wacom leftovers step, so System Settings isn’t blocked.
Closing setup with permissions already granted no longer reopens every 30 seconds for Wacom leftovers alone (once per launch).
Pen menu language labels refresh after Save without restarting.
Home link buttons are equal fixed-size tiles (helps long Bulgarian labels).
Quiet start at login and Dock behaviour from Versions 7–11 are kept.

Version 11

2026-10-26

Added

Applications row: add an app and give it its own ExpressKeys / Touch Ring / pen tip and button bindings. All still covers every other app.
While you draw, a frontmost-app change waits until the pen tip is up before applying the other app's bindings.

Changed

Pen pane layout: one shared right margin so Movement, Pen input and the button cards align.
Mapping and pressure curves stay on All in this version.
Quiet start at login and Dock behaviour from Versions 7–10 are kept.

Version 10

2026-10-24

Fixed

Leftover English labels from Version 9 are translated across all eight languages (Unsaved changes, Your tablets, CONNECTED, Current pressure, Button 1/2, ExpressKeys, Mapping, Eraser, About, and related strings).
Home link buttons wrap long labels (for example Bulgarian) onto two lines and grow taller instead of clipping.

Changed

Quiet start at login and Dock behaviour from Versions 7–9 are kept.

Version 9

2026-10-24

Fixed

Language choice sticks when you switch languages.
Mapping displays refresh after a quiet login (no more “No displays detected” until a full restart).

Changed

More of the UI is translated; some areas are still English.
Quiet start at login and Dock behaviour from Versions 7 and 8 are kept.

Version 8

2026-10-24

Added

Language choice in Settings / System: Match system, English, Español, Deutsch, Français, Български, Русский, 日本語, and 中文.

Changed

Quiet start at login and Dock behaviour from Version 7 are kept.
For Apple silicon Macs.

Version 7

2026-10-24

Added

Install help in the manual and on the home page, with pictures of each macOS message.

Changed

Needs macOS 15 or later.
Start at login stays in the menu bar (pen icon only); the main window opens from the pen menu.

Version 6

2026-10-23

Added

Pen button test on Tablet › Pen: a held pen button lights on the pen picture, and the line above says which one.
Manual Pen Tip Pressure and Manual Eraser Pressure sliders, in their own frame under Tip Feel and Eraser Feel. Used while pressure sensitivity is off.
Quit prompt for unsaved changes: Cancel, Don't Save or Save.
Scribble uses a precise crosshair cursor.

Changed

Links in the app point to this site.
Starts silently at login: only the menu bar pen icon shows.
Only one copy runs at a time.
"More (OTA)" is now "More". "Buttons" is now "Tablet buttons".
Touch ring: angle and direction under the ring; 12 o'clock is 0°.

Fixed

Touch ring: a clockwise turn now reads Clockwise.
Touch ring: the dot sits under the finger (it was a quarter turn off).
Fix on Home works while the pen tip or eraser is disabled.
Quitting no longer hangs.

Removed

The duplicate About button at the bottom of the Tablet pages.
The fixed 30% pressure while pressure sensitivity is off (replaced by the Manual Pressure sliders).

Version 1

2026-10-22

Added

Disable pen tip and Disable eraser: the switched-off end makes no strokes, also in Scribble.
Eraser tab parity with Pen: tilt, Feel curve with Customise, live pressure, button cards, Movement and input frame. Shared settings are marked "Shared with Pen".
Touch ring: the active mode is highlighted live; the on-screen centre button steps the highlight.
In-app user manual (the ? button).

Changed

Version names are now plain numbers: this is Version 1.
Touch ring: the selected mode is lit, its number shows on the centre button, and the angle and direction sit under the ring.
Touch ring: name and Function boxes are only as wide as their longest entry.
Text and options for other systems are hidden.
Disable pressure sensitivity now draws at a fixed 30% while pressed, in every app.
Pen tool icon taken from the app icon.
Touch Ring page: full-width modes, About top right, angle shown only while the ring is touched.
Text audit across the app: shorter, consistent wording in British English.
Links now point to this site.

Earlier test builds (before Version 1, not released)

Test build 17

2026-10-22

Changed

Icon-v2 (single vanishing point), 1024 appicon.png, prebuilt AppIcon.icns

Test build 16

2026-10-22

Changed

Dark inset basics frame, eraser tab button cards + flipped pen, redrawn tip

Test build 15

2026-10-22

Changed

Tip and eraser pressure bars each follow only their own tool (eraser bit / Intuos4 tool report); BuildR15Tests with real Intuos4 parser bytes

Test build 14

2026-10-22

Changed

Live pressure %%, movement + pen input panel and dark value boxes on Tablet › Pen, no PEN page, no lone Default/footnote, one home per overlap; BuildR14Tests, sweep

Test build 13

2026-10-22

Changed

Tablet › Pen is the one home for pen cards, pen drawing and tilt; Pen › Basics trimmed; Home tilt link to Tablet › Pen; tests + sweep

Removed

Visible live pressure bar (sentence case), eraser feeds the live pressure displays, Pen › Pressure removed (duplicate of Tablet › Pen feel details), tilt health link to Pen › basics; BuildR13Tests, sweep + R13 screenshots

Test build 12

2026-10-22

Changed

Cap petal colours at #E4, dark #141414 icons on selected Tablet tiles

Fixed

Sweep fixes — no all-caps, Button 1/2 + Pen tip/Eraser one size, Cmd+S, neutral grey accent, light selected tiles, nothing brighter than #E4E4E4, dark ticks, 6px swatches, Max hover reachable, full presets path, idempotent dispose, driver message wraps; BuildR12Tests; headless sweep suite

Test build 11

2026-10-22

Changed

Quit cleanly on Cmd+Q/Dock/AppleScript/logout/shutdown (never cancel, auto-save, stop own driver), SystemQuitCoordinator tests, publish check Mac-only AvaloniaNative
CHANGES: R11
System quit keeps unsaved edits in pending-unsaved.json snapshot (real settings untouched), restore as unsaved on next launch; CHANGES

Test build 10

2026-10-21

Changed

CHANGES: R10

Fixed

Embed native libs in single-file publish (fixes R8/R9 startup crash), fail-safe tray icon, publish+startup test

Test build 9

2026-10-21

Changed

Menu-bar icon is a template pen outline (18/36 px, black alpha, IsTemplateIcon); app icon unchanged; tests
CHANGES: R9

Test build 8

2026-10-21

Changed

CHANGES: R8

Fixed

Rose/Burgundy labels, Backdrops/Colors plurals, fix Softness reset (literal slider bounds) + tests

Test build 7

2026-10-21

Changed

CHANGES: R7

Fixed

Pen card status 'Default setting' / 'Modified to X' (+Fix); tooltip + accessibility names; tests

Test build 6

2026-10-21

Changed

Home links in the nav row (top = tab top, one tab high, switcher's right margin); lightness palette re-applied after skin clear (dark tick, no light accent); no colour above #E4E4E4; tests
CHANGES: R6

Test build 5

2026-10-21

Changed

Dark text on light selection, round corners, Pen page in pen order with centred black-numbered diagram, bigger Home tablet name, small corner links; tests
CHANGES: R5 install record

Test build 4

2026-10-21

Changed

Home links grid + calm attention line, light labels on selection blue, colour theme names, no Wacom style wording; tests

Test build 3

2026-10-21

Changed

No theme look descriptions, neutral Lightness tooltip, Wacom swatch follows lightness; tests
Clearer surface layers (window/panel/well/control/hover/border), >=10 grey levels per layer at every lightness step; test

Test build 2

2026-10-21

Changed

Visible name 'Tablet App for Mac' (app ID com.freetabletapp.mac kept); settings folder 'Tablet App for Mac', copied whole from build R's folder or filtered from OpenTabletArtist; docs, tests
Tool tiles exclusive on the Tablet page (Functions shows only ExpressKeys/Touch ring), UI test with real clicks; 'Smooth zoom (Experimental)' label
Lightness slider (dark Affinity-style default to soft light), no pure white in views/styles, AA text contrast; tests
Home About sentence without credit; Credits and licences link (modified-version notice, GPL-3.0/LGPL-3.0); test

Test build

2026-10-21

Changed

Rename to Free Tablet App for Mac (bundle id com.freetabletapp.mac), keep internal names; settings + start-at-login migration from OpenTabletArtist; icon-Z3; INSTALL upgrade section; docs
Device/Tool panel always shown on the Tablet page (Functions/expresskeys/touch ring reachable); ring keys fall back when the Photoshop-only gesture or Option+scroll zoom is refused; timed key hold (KeyPulse, 18 ms, reverse release); JSON-RPC trace kept out of the system log; tests

Test build

2026-10-21

Changed

App icon modified from original (180° flip, greyscale); notes in CHANGES and AGENTS
Replace app icon with icon-Z2 (svg/png/ico, single-colour bw, icns 16-1024)
NOTICE: mark as a modified version based on OpenTabletArtist and OpenTabletDriver (for build R)

Fixed

Fix launch crash (SMAppService mainAppService, not Swift-only mainApp); check respondsToSelector before every ObjC send with fallbacks; selector table tests; G/H saved-list test; INSTALL + CHANGES

Test build

2026-10-21

Changed

Sentence-case headings everywhere (heading rule in TitleCaseConverter), HeadingCaseTests
Build P: pin OTD submodule with F13-F15 ring keys
Build Q (not installed): label smooth rotate/size/hardness as Experimental; tests that defaults use no drag action and saved drag choices load unchanged

Test build

2026-10-21

Changed

-wacomstyle: start at login on macOS (SMAppService.mainApp), first-launch prompt, Startup toggle, quit warning

Test build

2026-10-21

Changed

Wacom-style light theme (default), Device/Tool/Application tile rows, tool-based tabs (Functions/Pen/More), Pen + Eraser tabs with Tip Feel, Wacom-layout Touch Ring table, bottom bar
Docs: AGENTS.md handover note; pointers in README and Program.cs
Docs: vetting notes (README, AGENTS.md)

Test build

2026-10-21

Changed

Big ring live feedback, short Function names, title-case exceptions, Default buttons, Tool highlight, wider Speed, ExpressKeys diagram

Test build

2026-10-21

Changed

Wacom-style Device/Tool/Application header, ExpressKeys/Touch Ring tabs, ring diagram + 2x2 mode cards, Function/Slow-Fast wording

Test build

2026-10-20

Changed

Nav options are real rounded buttons (title case, hover/press/selected/focus states) for top row, sub-page rows and side rails

Test build

2026-10-20

Changed

Tab pages scroll (DockPanel shell, wheel/trackpad/keys), Ring does dropdown, brush/zoom modifier events via HID-state source + settle delays, HUD hardness note

Test build

2026-10-20

Changed

Smooth brush size/hardness (Ctrl+Opt drag), exclusive per-mode action radio, Mode 4 = Brush hardness + Ring migration, sensitivity rescale (J min = default 10, 2-18), smooth zoom as line wheel with Option held
One per-mode Speed (1-100) for keys and smooth actions; hardness keys default slow (60 deg)

Test build

2026-10-20

Changed

EXPERIMENTAL smooth rotate (hold R + drag) with pen gate, Photoshop-only start, 300 ms idle / 3 s cap, OTA watchdog rescue

Test build

2026-10-20

Changed

Typeable ring step box + 5-180° slider (commit on Enter/focus loss/release), smooth zoom via Option+scroll

Test build

2026-10-20

Changed

Per-mode ring step size, ring-mode popup over the frontmost window, no swapped duplicate mode

Test build

2026-10-20

Changed

F13-F15 on macOS keyboard (OTD working-tree patch), ring defaults Rotate/Zoom/Brush size/Hardness, HUD de-dupe on UI thread