What's new

Release notes

Short and dated. The App Store shows the same version numbers.

v2.3

A clearer front door, a page on what makes it different, and cast filters

  • Sign-up opens with a plain notice that LORAX is a simulation still under development and none of the characters are real
  • New in-app page: Why is LORAX different?, item by item
  • Notification permission gets its own screen that shows what you'd receive
  • People can be filtered by gender, age and country
  • Credit and Premium screens redesigned

The first thing you see after installing is now a short notice that says what the app is. Then the app asks for notification permission on a screen of its own, showing what a notification would look like, instead of surprising you with a system prompt.

The cast can be filtered by gender, age band and country. The credit and Premium screens were rebuilt so the price of every item is visible before you tap. A new page inside the app, “Why is LORAX different?”, walks through the mechanics one item at a time; the how it works page here covers the same ground with more detail.

v2.0

LORAX rebuilt from the ground up

  • A new cast, each character with their own life, schedule and way of talking
  • Three-layer memory, so conversations pick up where they left off, even weeks later
  • Live streams with a room that fills up
  • Group chats that keep moving while you're away
  • Push notifications, 22 languages, credits with prices shown up front, Restore Purchases

Version 2.0 is the app this site describes. The cast, the memory, the live streams and the group chats all arrived here, along with push notifications that carry the character’s own sentence, support for 22 languages, and a credit system where every price is shown before anything is spent.

The App Store description at launch listed 130 characters; the cast has grown since, and the facts page carries the current count with the date it was checked.

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