Version History
Here you can find the changelog of Opener ‒ open links in apps since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-23.
The latest version is 1.13 and it was updated on soft112.com on 27 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 1.13
posted on 2024-04-26
Apr 26, 2024
Version 1.13
Hello there! This update to Opener includes
# A built-in QR code maker!
You can now use Opener to generate QR codes quickly and easily, no more need for questionable QR code makers from the web.
- Supports light and dark variations
- QR codes use HDR brightness when expanded fullscreen.
- Supports using shortened links so QR codes are less dense.
- Export however you’d like: Save to your camera roll, Files.app, copy, drag & drop, even use the save dialog on Apple Silicon Macs.
- No watermarks, no required accounts, no recording your data. Just high quality QR codes.
You can access Opener’s QR code maker by long pressing on the “Open in Browser” option.
# A link shortener
Opener now has to option to generate shortened links if you’d like! These shortened links will even open in Opener for others who receive them and already have the app installed, giving them the choice of which app to use.
You can access Opener’s URL shortener by long pressing on the “Open in Browser” option.
# Improved action extension
The action extension now shows in a spiffy sheet that can be swiped down to dismiss.
# More languages
Opener now supports the Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, and Ukrainian languages!
...and, as always, lots of bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.12.6
posted on 2024-02-16
Feb 16, 2024
Version 1.12.6
- Improved compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.
- Other small improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.12.5
posted on 2024-02-06
Feb 6, 2024
Version 1.12.5
- Improved compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.
- Other small improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.12.4
posted on 2023-11-28
Nov 28, 2023
Version 1.12.4
This update includes minor bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.12.3
posted on 2023-10-08
Oct 8, 2023
Version 1.12.3
This update includes minor bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.12.2
posted on 2023-09-18
Sep 18, 2023
Version 1.12.2
- On iOS 17 you can now drag links into Opener's app icon to show options for opening them!
- Added ability to join TestFlight to app settings.
- Reduced the amount of space used for caching.
- Improved accuracy of cache size shown in app settings.
- Small performance improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.12.1
posted on 2023-06-30
Jun 30, 2023
Version 1.12.1
- Improved offline support, many requests will wait for the network to become available now.
- Improvements when running on Apple Silicon Macs and prerelease versions of iOS.
- Other bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.12
posted on 2023-05-03
May 3, 2023
Version 1.12
- You can now disable the iOS 16 paste prompt in Opener's settings.
- This update fixes some visual bugs when running on Apple Silicon Macs.
- Minor bug fixes and other improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.11.12
posted on 2023-04-05
Apr 5, 2023
Version 1.11.12
- Opener's been on a bit of a weight loss plan. The app is about 20% smaller once installed.
- Fixed a bug causing two finger swiping to not dismiss screens on Apple Silicon Macs.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the rating prompt to show up too often on Apple Silicon Macs.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.11.11
posted on 2023-03-08
Mar 8, 2023
Version 1.11.11
This update includes minor bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @opener@mastodon.social on Mastodon.
version 1.10.14
posted on 2022-02-09
Feb 9, 2022 Version 1.10.14
- Adds support for iPadOS 15's new keyboard shortcuts. This new shortcut layout also applies to people running Opener on Apple Silicon Macs.
- Adds an option to reset the app to default settings in the settings menu.
- Fixes some bugs related to keyboard shortcuts.
- Other small bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.13
posted on 2021-12-17
Dec 17, 2021 Version 1.10.13
This update improves Opener's ability to handle links from some kinds of marketing emails that services like Reddit use.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.12
posted on 2021-12-07
Dec 7, 2021 Version 1.10.12
This update contains small bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.11
posted on 2021-11-20
Nov 20, 2021 Version 1.10.11
This update contains small bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.10
posted on 2021-10-19
Oct 19, 2021 Version 1.10.10
This update contains small bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.9
posted on 2021-07-31
Jul 31, 2021 Version 1.10.9
- Opener now supports opening Dropbox .web shortcut files. You can learn more about these files at bit.ly/dropbox-shortcuts.
- You can now drag .webarchive files from other apps into Opener.
- Other small refinements.
Tip: If Opener is missing from the share sheet try restarting your device to bring it back!
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.8
posted on 2021-07-02
Jul 2, 2021 Version 1.10.8
- Layout refinements when running in split view on iPad.
- Fixed a bug that could cause battery consumption from the share extension.
- Other small refinements.
Tip: If Opener is missing from the share sheet try restarting your device to bring it back!
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.7
posted on 2021-05-13
May 13, 2021 Version 1.10.7
This update contains small bug fixes.
Tip: If Opener is missing from the share sheet try restarting your device to bring it back!
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.6
posted on 2021-05-11
May 11, 2021 Version 1.10.6
This update contains small bug fixes and performance improvements.
Tip: If Opener is missing from the share sheet try restarting your device to bring it back!
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.5
posted on 2021-04-14
Apr 14, 2021 Version 1.10.5
- Improved device-to-device Handoff support. If both devices have Opener installed, it will handle the incoming intent on the recipient device instead of just opening a browser.
- Improved support for running on Apple Silicon Macs.
- Opener now uses less memory and is even faster about updating the list of apps it supports.
- Opener accepts even more varieties of text input.
- Better handling for long titles with increases system font sizes.
- Added an option to copy deep links into Opener when long pressing on the browser option. Deep links now use URL fragments instead of query items (opener.link/r#... instead of opener.link/r?url=...)
- Many, many other small improvements :)
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.4
posted on 2021-02-25
Feb 25, 2021 Version 1.10.4
This update contains minor bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.3
posted on 2021-02-19
Feb 19, 2021 Version 1.10.3
This update fixes an issue where Opener wouldn't be able to auto-open some types of links from the share sheet on iPad.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.2
posted on 2021-02-16
Feb 16, 2021 Version 1.10.2
- Improved handling of some redirect links.
- Made performance improvements to Opener's action extension.
- Fixed a rare crash introduced in 1.10.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10.1
posted on 2021-02-09
Feb 9, 2021 Version 1.10.1
This update fixes a crash introduced in the last update and an issue causing auto-open to not work on Apple Silicon Macs in some circumstances.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.10
posted on 2021-02-05
Feb 5, 2021 Version 1.10
Happy new year!
Here's what's new:
- There's a new setting that allows Opener to open links that cannot be opened in any apps in your preferred browser automatically!
- Universal links into Opener: If you create a link that looks like https://opener.link/r?url=(a URL of your choosing) it will deep link into Opener and provide options for the URL for people who have Opener installed, for those who don't it'll simply redirect to the original URL.
iPad Improvements
- The settings menu is now shown in a popup menu on iPad.
Apple Silicon Mac Improvements
- Opener's action extension now has better compatibility with more apps when running on Apple Silicon Macs. Notably, it now works with the Apple Developer app.
- The "Copy link" action should be more reliable when running on Apple Silicon Macs.
- Improved visual appearance of the action extension on Apple Silicon Macs.
Bug Fixes and Refinements
- Improved auto-open performance from the share sheet.
- Improved support for iOS "reduce motion" accessibility setting.
- The option to detect deep links in web page markup now defaults to on. If you've turned it off previously it will remain off.
- Fixed a small issue where app icons could very briefly be incorrect when they first appeared.
- Small icon refinements.
- Small performance improvements in many places.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.9.6
posted on 2020-12-15
Dec 15, 2020 Version 1.9.6
Happy holidays from the developer of Opener!
This update's primary focus is some small performance refinements. I like performance :)
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.9.5
posted on 2020-11-21
Nov 21, 2020 Version 1.9.5
- If you've enabled the "Detect deep links in page markup" setting, Opener is now better at fetching results from Branch.io links.
- Many improvements have been made to make Opener run better on the new M1 Macs.
- Fixed a bug where scrolling then quickly closing the app could lead to a jumpy title when you resumed it.
- Fixed a bug where opening context menus on iPad then resizing the window could lead to incorrectly colored cells.
- Small performance optimizations.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.9.3
posted on 2020-10-20
Oct 20, 2020 Version 1.9.3
This update has some small performance improvements and prepares Opener for the iPhone 12.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.9.2
posted on 2020-09-30
Sep 30, 2020 Version 1.9.2
iPad improvements!
- UI refinements when Opener is running in 50/50 split view on iPads with 11" screens or smaller.
- Improved performance when switching browsers in the action extension on iPad.
- Fixed bug where sometimes browser expand/collapse buttons would briefly show on more rows than expected.
Other refinements
- Auto-open preferences are acknowledged every time a link is opened from Opener's URL scheme or Shortcuts action instead of only the first time.
- Improved error handling for apps that aren't installed.
- Improvements to the way Opener stores files, specifically should be lighter on device backups.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.9.1
posted on 2020-09-19
Sep 19, 2020 Version 1.9.1
This version of Opener is built for iOS 14!
- Auto-open is now *significantly* faster in most cases, especially when used from the iOS share sheet. Give it a try!
- When you open the Safari app from an in-app Safari view in Opener the in-app Safari view will be closed.
- Saving photo previews now uses iOS 14 add-only photo library permission.
- Many performance improvements have been made throughout the app.
- Improved support for low power mode.
- Fixed a bug where using large font sizes could sometimes cause the browser list to render incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where certain rare actions couldn't be added as auto-open preferences.
- Opener can now open links contained in .inetloc files.
1.9.1:
- Fixed some smol bugs from 1.9. Whoopsies.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.8.9
posted on 2020-07-12
Jul 12, 2020 Version 1.8.9
- Improved support for low power mode.
- Fixed some minor bugs when using a trackpad or mouse with Opener on an iPad.
- Performance improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.8.8
posted on 2020-06-01
Jun 1, 2020 Version 1.8.8
This update contains minor bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.8.7
posted on 2020-05-12
May 12, 2020 Version 1.8.7
- Fixed a crash occurring in iOS 13.4 betas.
- Many minor improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.8.6
posted on 2020-04-03
Apr 3, 2020 Version 1.8.6
- New languages: This update to Opener includes support for Korean and Brazilian Portuguese!
- This update is built for iOS and iPadOS 13.4! Opener supports the new iPadOS adaptive cursor, and quick browser switching via keyboard shortcuts should be more responsive.
- Lots of minor bug fixes and improvements.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.8.5
posted on 2020-02-07
Feb 7, 2020 Version 1.8.5
- Opener can now open links from .webarchive files, just like it can with .webloc, vCard, and .url files.
- Small performance improvements to scrolling and image loading.
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.
version 1.2.8
posted on 2015-06-01
version 1.9.6
posted on 1970-01-01
15 дек. 2020 г. Version 1.9.6
Happy holidays from the developer of Opener!
This update's primary focus is some small performance refinements. I like performance :)
If you like using Opener we'd love to hear about it! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @OpenerApp on Twitter.