What's new
What's new in October 2026
Everything we shipped to BoardPal in October 2026.
Oct 22 to 31 · 8 new features
27Oct · Tue
Type right on your cram sheets
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Type words straight onto a cram-sheet page with the new Text tool. more ▾less ▴
A new Text tool (the T button, or the X key on a laptop) lets you type words that stay visible on a cram-sheet page, like a text box in a PDF. Tap where the words should go and type. Drag the box to move it, pull its edge to make it wider, and pick a colour and a size from its bar. It saves as you type, and Undo works. Your typed text also shows in My Notes and prints with your marks.
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26Oct · Mon
See where you finished last week
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On Mondays, This Week shows the place you finished the week before. more ▾less ▴
On Mondays, the leaderboard's This Week tab now shows where you finished the week before, for example "Last week you finished #16 of 338". The weekly board resets at midnight between Sunday and Monday, so a set you finish late on Sunday still counts for that week; now you can see your final place even if the board had already reset when you looked. From a student who finished a high-scoring set just before midnight.
More sounds for the study timer
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Pick from seven timer sounds, set the volume, and let it ring for up to a minute. more ▾less ▴
The study timer has six new sounds for the end of a sprint or break, all real recordings: an alarm clock, a kitchen timer, a digital watch, a desk bell, a singing bowl and a clock chime, alongside the original soft tone. Open the Timer to pick one, tap play to hear it, set the volume, and choose whether it rings once, for 15 seconds or for a minute. While it rings, tap the Timer button to stop it. From a student who wanted a longer, louder alarm.
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23Oct · Fri
An email when QR Ph payments are back
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We email you when QR Ph payments are working again. more ▾less ▴
If PayMongo, our payment partner, has trouble with QR Ph payments while you're checking out and your payment doesn't go through, we now email you as soon as payments are working again.
- New
22Oct · Thu
A guide to PNLE review apps
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A guide to nine PNLE review apps and who each one suits. more ▾less ▴
A free page that lists nine online PNLE review apps, BoardPal included: where each one runs, what it lists, its price and who it suits, each taken from that app's own website or store listing with the date it was checked. A short table at the top matches what you need to the apps that offer it.
See how many questions you answer each day
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Home now shows how many questions you have answered today. more ▾less ▴
The streak box on Home now keeps counting after your streak is safe for the day: it shows how many questions you have answered today and, with a study plan, how many your plan has for today.
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See your questions per day for the last 14 days on Performance. more ▾less ▴
Performance now shows a bar for each of your last 14 days with the number of questions you answered that day, your plan's number for the day, and your best day in gold. Study habits now sits near the top of the page.
Add your own pages to a cram sheet
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Add your own blank pages to a cram sheet for drawing and pictures. more ▾less ▴
Need more room than the margins give you? In a cram sheet, open the tools, tap More, then Add a page after this one. A blank page appears right after the page you're reading, and you can draw, highlight, add sticky notes and add pictures on it. You can add up to 2 pages after any page and 20 per sheet. Your added pages are saved to your account, show up in My Notes, and are printed in place when you download a PDF with your marks.
Readable sticky notes in Dark mode, and PDFs with your marks
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Download a cram sheet PDF with your own marks on it. more ▾less ▴
When a cram sheet has your pen marks, highlights, pictures or sticky notes, the PDF button now asks which copy you want: a clean copy, or one with your marks. The copy with your marks numbers each sticky note on its page and lists what you wrote at the end.
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