Mehr als einen Monat nach der ersten Veröffentlichung von Erntefrisch, freuen wir uns das nächste Release anzukündigen. Version 1.1 bringt eine verbesserte Benutzeroberfläche, eine umfangreicherere Datenbank und Bugfixes.

Die neue ‘Aktuell’ Anzeige macht es um einiges leichter, direkt zu wissen, welche Früchte zur Zeit Saison haben. So ist man sofort im Stande, beim Einkaufen die richtige Entscheidung zu treffen. Weitere Verbesserungen beziehen sich auf Suchfunktion sowie die Listendarstellung der Einträge.

Das neue Release ist zur Zeit bei Apple zur Review. Wir hoffen, dass das Update schon bald im App Store verfügbar sein wird im App Store unter der Kategorie Lifestyle zu finden. Um schon jetzt einen Eindruck von der neuen Version zu erhalten, lohnt sich ein Blick auf die Erntefrisch Webseite.

Nun geht es an das nächste Update. Das wird Unterstützung für Nordamerika mitbringen. Alle, die häufiger auch mal in den USA sind dürfen also gespannt auf Erntefrisch 1.2 sein :)

After more than a month since we released Seasons (Erntefrisch) 1.0 we are proud to announce the next Release. Version 1.1 comes with an improved user interface, a larger number of entries in the database and some bugfixes.

The new revised ‘Today’ screen makes it a lot easier to get to know which fruits are currently in season. So you will be able to know immediatly what to buy at the market. More improvements address the search screen and the presentation of the entries list.

The new release is currently beeing reviewed by Apple available at the App Store. Check out the Seasons website to have a look at the new release.

Btw.: the next update will bring support for the US and will be fully translated to English. So, watch out for 1.2 :)

After two months spending my spare time for developing my first iPhone app I finally submitted  Seasons (Erntefrisch in German) to the iPhone App Store.

Seasons/Erntefrisch is a tool giving you advice when buying fresh fruits and vegetables. The application comes with more than 130 fruits and vegetables and includes season data for local seasons as well as for import seasons. Photos of each entry and a short descriptive text are included as well.

The data is accessible via different screens. The “Now” screen shows fruits that currently do have a starting, ending or permanent season. Furthermore there is the monthly overview, list by category and search view.

Currently the season data is only available for Germany/Central Europe. But we are working hard on getting everything localized including different regions. We will provide the localized data with an update of the application.

It was a lot of work but also a lot of fun developing the app. Actually the main task was not the software development itself. In fact, getting all the information about fruits and vegetables was a lot more work. We have to thank all the traders at Markthalle Kassel which were kind enough to allow us to take pictures of there products and telling us a lot of interesting things about fruits, vegetables and agriculture.

For now we are waiting for Apple approving Seasons/Erntefrisch.