What's New

2.0.2

October 12, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Connect your Sacramento County Sheriff's Office library, share encrypted study packages, and adjust the sidebar to fit how you study.

SCSO sync and sharing

• Use encrypted Live Sync with Sacramento County Sheriff's Office libraries across compatible devices.
• Import, combine, edit, and re-share encrypted SCSO study packages, including bookmarks and compatible prepared readback.
• Keep agency identity with shared material. Clear checks prevent connecting to a workspace or importing a package from a different agency.
• Existing CHP workspaces and study packages remain supported.

A sidebar that fits your workspace

• Drag the handle at the sidebar's edge to adjust its width on iPad. Your choice is saved on this device.
• Touch and hold the handle to restore the default width.

Smaller improvements

• Deleting local study data now returns every open window to agency selection, so you can start with another agency.
• Keep one Support link on the login screen and a smaller Buy License button in the upper-right corner.
• Improve accessibility for Oral Board script titles.

SCSO sync and sharing require compatible versions on connected devices. Mac users can use PolicyVector 1.2.2 to export SCSO study packages.

2.0.1

October 2026 · iPhone and iPad

More reliable large policy imports, with clearer progress and better recovery when preparation is interrupted.

• Continue policy preparation while using another app or locking the device on iOS and iPadOS 26, when the system grants background time.
• Follow download, ZIP extraction, document, and page progress, with one Pause or Resume control.
• Keep staged PDFs and saved page progress when work is interrupted. Resume without redoing completed preparation.
• Verify completed cloud downloads without making another full copy of the file.
• Keep the import screen open through temporary license-check errors and show clearer progress as ZIP extraction hands off to PDF analysis.

Return to PolicyVector to review classifications, redactions, and replacement choices before adding prepared policies.

2.0

October 6, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

PolicyVector Reader is now PolicyVector Mobile. Build your policy library, prepare study materials, and practice for promotional exams directly on your iPhone or iPad.

Build your library on mobile

• Import policy PDFs or ZIP archives and review their titles, manual and chapter details, and classifications before adding them.
• Bookmark important pages, add notes, and return to them while studying.
• Review confidential policies with built-in redaction tools. Keep the original and approve a separate finished copy for AI-assisted study.

Create and manage your study materials

• Generate multiple-choice tests from selected chapters or manuals using your own OpenAI API key, with supporting passages and page references.
• Search, edit, and delete flashcards, and remove individual practice tests.
• Read combined outlines by manual or chapter, with improved ordering and repairs to existing outline hierarchy.
• Export flashcards to Excel, outlines and Oral Board scripts to Word, and tests with answer keys. Save to Files, Google Drive, or OneDrive.

Prepare for Oral Boards

• Write and edit formatted scripts, or import Word, Pages, and Google Docs material.
• Select passages to create checkpoints and review them alongside the script.
• Practice on your own with on-device transcription, or work with a live partner who marks checkpoints as you speak.

Stay connected with fewer interruptions

• See policy and study-material transfers in the new Sync Progress screen, with improved recovery after interrupted connections.
• Reconnect previously authorized devices when their saved membership remains valid.
• Approve cellular downloads when you need them, directly from a download request.
• Benefit from more responsive library navigation, PDF search, outline reading, and redaction review. Paused readback releases the CarPlay audio route.

Purchase and support in the app

• Buy one year of mobile and desktop access through Apple, with the price shown before checkout and no automatic renewal. Restore eligible purchases or extend access from the app.
• Contact Support from Settings or before signing in.

Existing users keep their account and library. Encrypted Live Sync and study-package sharing remain available. AI features require your own OpenAI API key; OpenAI usage is billed separately. Connected devices need compatible versions for newer features.

1.6

September 18, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Create study materials as you read, keep your library connected with Live Sync, and enjoy a new reading and study experience on iPad.

Turn policy passages into study materials

• Select text in a policy and choose Add to Outline to build an outline from the passages you want to study.
• Create flashcards from a policy page or outline. Use selected text to prefill the answer, or start with a blank card.
• Keep source references with your outlines and cards so you can return to the original policy.
• Sync supported policy-linked outlines and cards to your desktop for continued editing and practice. Cards created in imported bundles stay with those bundles.

More room to study on iPad

• Browse collections, publications, and chapters alongside the policy or study material you have open.
• Read outlines on a paper-style page with selectable text, clear headings, and flashcard creation tools.
• Keep your search and Favorites context as you move through your library.
• Open large libraries more smoothly. Compact landscape controls also give policy pages more room on iPhone.

Keep your library connected

• Use optional encrypted Live Sync to connect supported policies, study materials, favorites, highlights, and study activity across your authorized devices.
• Browse synced policy PDFs and selected study snapshots, and download policies for offline reading.
• Choose Wi-Fi downloads, allow cellular downloads, or use Storage Saving mode to download policies as needed.
• Approve devices, manage access, and use a recovery code to reconnect to your workspace. Interrupted transfers preserve pending changes for retry.

Better readback and practice

• Improve outline pronunciation and playback, including support for compatible audio preparation from desktop.
• Restore a paused playback bookmark without interrupting other audio before you press Play.
• Submit a partially completed synced practice test after answering at least one question. Unanswered questions count as incorrect, with a confirmation before submission.

Share and import study materials

• Share an encrypted copy of selected flashcards, outlines, Multiple Choice tests, or Oral Board materials. Personal progress, attempts, and transcripts stay out of the shared copy.
• Import encrypted Reader bundles directly from OneDrive.
• Access account and cloud-data management even after a trial expires.

Live Sync requires compatible desktop and mobile versions. Existing encrypted-bundle study and CarPlay features remain available.

1.5

August 24, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

End-to-end encrypted study sync

• Added optional end-to-end encrypted sync for eligible study materials and study activity across enrolled PolicyVector devices.
• Added guided first-device activation, recovery-code handling, and approval for additional devices.
• Kept policy PDFs, redaction work, source documents, and plaintext study content out of the sync service.

1.4.1

August 15, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Refreshed PolicyVector identity

• Introduced the new PolicyVector app icon across iPhone, iPad, and CarPlay.
• Updated in-app, Now Playing, and study-bundle preview artwork to match the refreshed identity.
• Added a larger detailed PolicyVector splash mark to the sign-in screen.

1.4

July 29, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

CarPlay and continuous readback

• Added CarPlay support for browsing study packages and listening to outlines and Oral Board scripts on the road.
• Added combined-outline listening and playback-speed controls directly in CarPlay.
• Kept readback available across Reader, the Lock Screen, Control Center, and Dynamic Island.
• Improved playback controls, interruption handling, resumable listening, and preparation progress for longer material.

1.3.1

July 22, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Persistent readback controls

• Kept readback available while moving through Reader with a compact app-wide player.
• Added Lock Screen and Control Center play, pause, restart, and next-block controls with resumable listening.
• Made one Back press restart the current voice block and a quick second press move to the previous block.
• Made merged-outline playback titles identify their scope and scroll when a long title does not fit.

1.3

July 20–21, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

On-device voices, appearances, and reading

• Added high-quality on-device Kokoro readback, live playback speed, and prepared pronunciation that can survive compatible bundle sharing and merging.
• Expanded to 28 American and British English voices with voice filters and previews.
• Added Classic, Day Shift, Swing Shift, and Graveyard Shift appearances with optional offline sunrise and sunset scheduling.
• Redesigned outline reading with collapsible hierarchy, density choices, and a persistent readback bar.
• Added an encrypted, disposable prepared-audio cache and restored clean original audio at 1x speed.

1.2.3

July 15, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Microsoft sign-in

• Added Microsoft as a Reader licensing option after Google and Apple.
• Added first-time verification of the email that owns the PolicyVector license.
• Kept Microsoft licensing separate from Google Drive access and kept provider secrets out of the app.

1.2.2

July 14, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Shared-file previews and opening

• Added branded Quick Look previews and thumbnails for compatible encrypted study bundles without decrypting their contents.
• Fixed attachments that could appear inert when opened from another app.
• Kept received encrypted bytes in private temporary storage until the separate transfer phrase is entered.

1.2.1

July 13, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Open received study bundles

• Allowed Reader to open compatible attachments from Messages, AirDrop, Mail, Files, and other providers.
• Validated and staged encrypted files privately before showing the existing transfer-phrase unlock screen.
• Added a recognizable PolicyVector document icon where iOS supports it.

1.2

July 10, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Encrypted package sharing

• Added on-device creation of a freshly encrypted copy of an imported study package.
• Generated a new transfer phrase for every share and kept it separate from the attachment.
• Excluded account, license, device, progress, attempt, and transcript data from shared packages.

1.1.3

July 9, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Safer package deletion

• Made deletion transactional across package metadata, audio, Flashcards, Multiple Choice attempts, and Oral Board attempts.
• Restored the package and its study state if a later cleanup step fails.

1.1.2

July 9, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Transactional deletion source milestone

• Introduced coordinated staging and rollback for package deletion.
• Prevented partial deletion from leaving a library entry separated from its progress or audio.

1.1.1

July 8, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Live licensing replacement fix

• Moved Reader licensing to the live PolicyVector service.
• Reused the first Google identity proof when moving a mobile license, avoiding a second Google sign-in.
• Kept Google Drive permission separate from license sign-in.

1.1

July 5–8, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Selected-file Google Drive access

• Changed Drive import from broad file listing to Google Picker access for only the file a user selects.
• Kept Google licensing and Drive import authorization separate.
• Improved incompatible-file, authorization, and metadata error messages.

1.0.1

June 29–30, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

Large bundle and layout polish

• Imported bundled readback audio through temporary files to reduce memory pressure.
• Raised the supported bundle entry count while retaining size limits and cleanup.
• Improved the Privacy, Terms, and Support link layout on Reader home.

1.0

June 19–23, 2026 · iPhone and iPad

First App Store release

• Added Demonstration Mode with fictional outlines, Flashcards, Multiple Choice tests, and Oral Board scripts.
• Fixed Flashcard progress counters within the active Leitner-box study batch.
• Added a privacy-light Support page and clearer separate Privacy and Terms controls.
• Moved Reader-owned study data into backup-excluded Application Support storage with migration for existing data.