Modern Magic Ball 6.6

version 6.6

Dec 12, 2023
Version 6.6
Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a great Holiday season! It’s time for a new update! This update focuses on adding more details about Magic Ball ranks and adds new responses and picture backgrounds to the Magic Ball app.

All changes:
New responses were added to the app!
- Added new English and Spanish songs.
- Added new Christmas songs!
- Added new Galaxy Watches, Galaxy Tablets, and Galaxy Phones into the list to pick from when asked which Galaxy device to buy. (Smart Responses must be on.)
- Added Raising Cane’s and Moe’s Southwest Grill to the default Fast Food Places list!

Expanded User Info Screen
If you’ve ever wondered what all the ranks are for Magic Ball, they are now all displayed for you to see your progress!
- See every possible rank and see a little bit of detail about that rank.

- Added a new Sea Turtle, Jellyfish, and Gold Gradient to the Included Backgrounds.
- The default responses in the customizable response topics now come alphabetically sorted on first installation.
- Updated acknowledgments page
- Updated Holiday dates for to be ready for 2024
- Fixed some graphical issues with switch placement.
- Fixed some graphical issues when adding a topic to the a custom response topic for the first time.
- Fixed a couple of typos within some of the error/warning messages.
- Tweaked Spanish translations
- Magic Ball will now ask for an App Store rating on the 101th usage of Magic Ball. This question only happens once on the 101th usage of the app.
- Updated the achievement icon for “A Lonely Person”

version 6.6

Dec 12, 2023
Version 6.6
Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a great Holiday season! It’s time for a new update! This update focuses on adding more details about Magic Ball ranks and adds new responses and picture backgrounds to the Magic Ball app.

All changes:
New responses were added to the app!
- Added new English and Spanish songs.
- Added new Christmas songs!
- Added new Galaxy Watches, Galaxy Tablets, and Galaxy Phones into the list to pick from when asked which Galaxy device to buy. (Smart Responses must be on.)
- Added Raising Cane’s and Moe’s Southwest Grill to the default Fast Food Places list!

Expanded User Info Screen
If you’ve ever wondered what all the ranks are for Magic Ball, they are now all displayed for you to see your progress!
- See every possible rank and see a little bit of detail about that rank.

- Added a new Sea Turtle, Jellyfish, and Gold Gradient to the Included Backgrounds.
- The default responses in the customizable response topics now come alphabetically sorted on first installation.
- Updated acknowledgments page
- Updated Holiday dates for to be ready for 2024
- Fixed some graphical issues with switch placement.
- Fixed some graphical issues when adding a topic to the a custom response topic for the first time.
- Fixed a couple of typos within some of the error/warning messages.
- Tweaked Spanish translations
- Magic Ball will now ask for an App Store rating on the 101th usage of Magic Ball. This question only happens once on the 101th usage of the app.
- Updated the achievement icon for “A Lonely Person”

version 6.5

Apr 11, 2023
Version 6.5
Welcome to Spring 2023! A lot of new content has been added, as well as some great bug fixes!

New Responses Added!
- Over 80 songs have been added to the English songs!
- Added a new store to the default list of stores
- Added new video games to the default Video Game response topic!
- Added 3 new meme responses
- Added new English quotes of the day!

- Tweaked E-Mail error wording if the user is not allowed to send emails when trying to give feedback
- Added Minty Gradient to themes
- Smart Responses can now be turned off
- Updated the Acknowledgements page!
- You can now turn off Smart Responses
- Changed how to obtain the “Love is a Funny Thing” achievement.

version 6.4.3

Jan 24, 2023
Version 6.4.3
This update includes bug fixes, more content, and updates for the 2023 year. Look for more updates soon!

- Updated holiday dates for 2023
- Added more English songs
- Added more quotes and fortunes!

version 6.4

Aug 3, 2022 Version 6.4
Welcome to Magic Ball 6.4! In this update, new content has been added and bug fixes and improvements have been implemented. More stuff will be coming soon!

As always, here’s a full list of what’s changed:

New responses have been added!
- Added a new joke response language! Magic Ball can now respond in Pirate!
- Added 4 new fortunes!
- Added a new rude response: “You don't deserve it, but yes.”

Improved Responses Page
- Unsupported Response Topics for a certain set language will now be hidden instead of just grayed out.
- Improved logic of setting response topics.

Oh, you like to see new appearance things too? Got you covered!
- Added a new Galaxy theme!
- Added a new Melting Forest and Magic Wood ball button!
- The font in the Type to Magic Ball field will now change with your font choice.
- The achievement progress bar will now show your progress with a gradient that matches your Magic Ball rank!

Other Changes:
- Added a new Reduce Gradients accessibility feature

version 6.2.2

Apr 6, 2022 Version 6.2.2
- Fixed an issue where the Achievements Earned text could be cut off on certain devices
- Updated the default Video Games List!
- Added new English songs
- The fortune section is now bigger for longer fortunes
- Added new fortunes!

version 6.1

Nov 25, 2021 Version 6.1
- Added new songs to the songs response topic!
- Added new memes to the memes response topic!
- Added new video games to the video games response topic!
- There are now 2 new fonts to choose from!
- Fixed an issue where Magic Ball would tell you good evening during the morning hours
- Added tons of new quotes!

version 6.0.1

Sep 17, 2021 Version 6.0.1
- Added more quotes!
- Updated Video Games response topic with new responses. To see the new responses, you’ll need to insert the default list into the response topic.

version 6.0

Jul 5, 2021 Version 6.0
Welcome to Summer 2021! This is one of the biggest updates yet. Some of the UI has been completely changed with an emphasis on ease of use.

It’s all about you!!
- The “Achievements” page is now “You”
- You can now tell Magic Ball your name
- The list of achievements have been moved, you can access the list through the “You” page

Changing response topics is now quicker than ever.
- The “Responses” page now has its own tab! You no longer have to go through the settings page first
- Custom Responses are now automatically turned on when a custom response set is set to be used
- The banner that appears when trying to select a custom response set that has 0 responses will now allow you to tap the banner to go to that response set.
- There are now more tips on how to set and edit your custom response sets


We all hate issues.
- Fixed an issue where custom responses could be turned off every time the responses page appeared
- Fixed an issue where Del Taco appeared twice in the Fast Food Places
And more.
- Removed Magic Ball March Button
- Added more custom response set icons
- You can now ask Magic Ball what Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet to buy
- Greatly improved how Custom Response Sets are handled with Core Data
- Improved Spanish and Portuguese Translations

version 5.8

21 Mar 2021 Version 5.8
- Added a Magic Ball Merch button!
- Updated Acknowledgments page
- You can now change the font!
- The number of times you’ve used the Magic Ball will now sync between your devices.
- Tweaked English Song List

Custom Response Sets! The most requested feature is now here!
- Have your own sets of custom responses!
- Each set can have as many responses as you would like

Achievements just got leveled up.
- Added a Dark Magic and Witching Hour achievement.
- Suggestions have been completely redone. They are now shorter, easier to understand, and there are more suggestions than ever.

Magic Ball Icon Improvements
- Changing your Magic Ball Icon is now easier than ever. It now has its own page.
- You can now set your own Magic Ball!
- You can now move the Magic Ball around!

Revamped Reset Page
- Every reset button now has clarification for what it will reset
- Changed the order of certain reset buttons
- You can now reset all achievements except for holidays achievements

version 5.8

Mar 21, 2021 Version 5.8
- Added a Magic Ball Merch button!
- Updated Acknowledgments page
- You can now change the font!
- The number of times you’ve used the Magic Ball will now sync between your devices.
- Tweaked English Song List

Custom Response Sets! The most requested feature is now here!
- Have your own sets of custom responses!
- Each set can have as many responses as you would like

Achievements just got leveled up.
- Added a Dark Magic and Witching Hour achievement.
- Suggestions have been completely redone. They are now shorter, easier to understand, and there are more suggestions than ever.

Magic Ball Icon Improvements
- Changing your Magic Ball Icon is now easier than ever. It now has its own page.
- You can now set your own Magic Ball!
- You can now move the Magic Ball around!

Revamped Reset Page
- Every reset button now has clarification for what it will reset
- Changed the order of certain reset buttons
- You can now reset all achievements except for holidays achievements

version 5.7

Jan 10, 2021 Version 5.7
Welcome to the first update of 2021! This updates includes much more responses and features. More updates are coming soon! Thank you all for using Modern Magic Ball!

- Adding the Video Game response topic to your custom responses will now add the edited list instead of the default list
- Removed the View Song button
- Added a new seasonal included background
- Added new Gamer achievement

New Responses!
- Added Jack’s, In-N-Out Burger, and Jack in the Box to the fast food responses
- Added more iPhones to the iPhone list
- Added new Christmas Songs
- Added many English Songs
- Added many new Video Games
- Added new responses to the Modern and Rude response topics
- Added new Emoji responses

Revamped Sharing!
- There is now a share button on the main page
- Sharing a response while using Speak to Magic Ball will now include what was said to the Magic Ball

Tweaked Animations!
- Added a new typewriter text animation
- You can now disable text animations only and keep ball animations if you wish

Bug Fixes!
- Fixed an issue where Creative Outlets would not appear selected when the Portuguese response topic was being used

version 5.6

Dec 11, 2020 Version 5.6
This update adds game controller support, more languages to the Magic Ball widget, and gets Magic Ball ready for 2021. More updates are coming soon! Merry Christmas!

- Magic Ball now supports game controllers!
- Fixed a Spanish Translation error
- Updated Holiday Dates for 2021
- Added new fortunes to the Magic Ball Widget!
- The Magic Ball Widget now supports Spanish and Portuguese!
- Improved reliability of the Speak to Magic Ball feature
- Appearance settings can now be reset
- Added App Clip

version 5.5.3

Nov 17, 2020 Version 5.5.3
- Updated WhatsNewKit
- Tweaked Meme Responses
- Tweaked Magenta, Pink, and Red Ball Icons
- Changed macOS App Icon

version 5.5.1

Oct 15, 2020 Version 5.5.1
Lots of new bug fixes!
- Fixed an issue where the “View Song” button would not appear after selecting one of the song response topics
- Fixed an issue where the screen would have dark rounded corners while using the Magenta theme
- Fixed an issue where a sound was not played when an achievement was earned
- Fixed some Spanish and Portuguese translations

Revamped Read Responses Aloud Feature
- Improved the reliability of Read Responses Aloud feature
- Magic Ball will now use the response language for the speaking voice instead of the device language

And more tweaks!
- Tweaked Meme Responses
- Achievements will no longer cause a badge to be shown on the tab bar when achievement notifications are turned off
- The Magic Ball can now dynamically change what sounds are played depending on the ball icon
- The Magic Ball can now suggest which iPhone to buy

version 5.5

Oct 9, 2020 Version 5.5
Lots of Rollbacks!
- Modern Lucky Ball is now Modern Magic Ball!
- The default app icon is now black again!
- Reverted the achievement name changes, they were lame.

Revamped Responses!
- Classic responses are back!
- Introducing Customizable Response Topics! You can now customize the fast food places and video game response topics.
- Added ”Among Us” to the video games response topic
- Added Halloween Songs response topic!

Bug Fixes!
- Fixed a bug where checkmarks might not be set for ball icons if the checkmark needing to be placed had to be scrolled to
- Fixed an issue where the times used count would not change to 0 right after being reset. It would only reset after being used once.

Now iOS 14 Ready.
- Introducing the Fortune Widget! Get your fortune right on your home screen!
- Now using Swift 5.3

More Customization!
- Added Stick Figure Ball Icon!
- Added Pop and Dog sounds!

And More!
- Tweaked Spanish translations!
- Stability Improvements

version 5.0.1

Aug 7, 2020 Version 5.0.1
This update contains bug fixes and performance improvements.

5.0 Changes:
- All new app icons and ball buttons!
- Ball Icons now look normal while using Smart Invert
- Tweaked Creative Responses
- Some achievements have new icons!
- Creative Responses are now available in Spanish and Portuguese!
- Clicking “Rate Lucky Ball” on macOS will now bring you to Mac App Store to leave a review instead of the website
- Tweaked Meme and Song Lover Responses
- Fixed an issue where custom responses would appear large while using the Emoji response language
- Fixed an issue where the new app icons would appear large on certain devices
- Lucky Ball can now give you a lucky number when asked for one
- Fixed an issue where the parallax effect would not go away when disabled
- Tweaked how banners are shown so they can no longer be spammed
- You can now disable achievement banners
- Improved Portuguese translations
- Updated WhatsNewKit

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version 3.7

10 Apr 2020 Version 3.7
- There is no longer a clear custom responses button when there are no custom responses
- “Change Custom Response” is now “Edit Custom Response”
- Added the ability to disable non-committal responses
- Updated Acknowledgements Page
- Added a horse to the included backgrounds
- Added acknowledgments to every included background

version 3.7

Apr 10, 2020 Version 3.7
- There is no longer a clear custom responses button when there are no custom responses
- “Change Custom Response” is now “Edit Custom Response”
- Added the ability to disable non-committal responses
- Updated Acknowledgements Page
- Added a horse to the included backgrounds
- Added acknowledgments to every included background

version 3.7

10 de abr de 2020 Version 3.7
- There is no longer a clear custom responses button when there are no custom responses
- “Change Custom Response” is now “Edit Custom Response”
- Added the ability to disable non-committal responses
- Updated Acknowledgements Page
- Added a horse to the included backgrounds
- Added acknowledgments to every included background

version 5.5.1

2020年10月15日 Version 5.5.1
Lots of new bug fixes!
- Fixed an issue where the “View Song” button would not appear after selecting one of the song response topics
- Fixed an issue where the screen would have dark rounded corners while using the Magenta theme
- Fixed an issue where a sound was not played when an achievement was earned
- Fixed some Spanish and Portuguese translations

Revamped Read Responses Aloud Feature
- Improved the reliability of Read Responses Aloud feature
- Magic Ball will now use the response language for the speaking voice instead of the device language

And more tweaks!
- Tweaked Meme Responses
- Achievements will no longer cause a badge to be shown on the tab bar when achievement notifications are turned off
- The Magic Ball can now dynamically change what sounds are played depending on the ball icon
- The Magic Ball can now suggest which iPhone to buy