Changelog

Site update — August 14, 2026 · Headlines in one color

Website only; no change to the app.

• The headline no longer fades from one color into another across the letters. A gradient poured through text is the house style of every generated landing page on the web, and it was on the hero here, on the small uppercase label above each section, and on the license label in the purchase panel. The words are one solid color now — the accent this page already used everywhere else — so the headline finally matches the page under it.
• The figures on the download-stats page were faded the same way and are plain white now. The color belongs to the bars beside them, not to the digits.
• Gradients are kept where they belong — the buttons, the app tile and the rule above the support panel are untouched. It is only text that stopped fading.
• No change to the app.

Download update — August 12, 2026 · Opens without an internet check

• The copy of Wakr in the download now opens without needing the internet. macOS checks that an app has been approved by Apple before it runs for the first time. That approval can travel inside the app itself, and in the download it did not — so the first launch had to reach Apple to confirm it. Offline, behind a hotel or campus login page, or when Apple’s service was slow, that check could fail and macOS would report that Wakr “cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.” The approval now travels with the app, so the first launch works with no connection at all.
• Automatic updates were never affected — the copy they install already carried its approval.
• The installer window now shows the twoplus11 artwork. Opening Wakr’s download gave you a plain white Finder window; every other app in the fleet opened onto a branded background with a drag-to-Applications arrow. Wakr’s now matches.
• And it opens at the right size. The window was one title bar too short, so it opened already scrolled with the bottom cut off. It now fits exactly.
• The app itself is unchanged: same version, same signature. Only the download was repackaged, so there is nothing to do if you already have Wakr installed.

Site update — August 12, 2026 · How updating really works

• The update instructions were out of date. They described downloading a new copy and dragging it over the old one. Wakr updates itself — it checks about once a week and offers to install the new version in place, refusing any download that isn't signed by us. You can still replace it by hand, and you can turn the automatic check off.
• Nothing else changed. What this page already said about your files — that they are never uploaded, and that there is no account and no telemetry — was accurate and is unchanged.
• No change to the app.

Site update — August 12, 2026 · Readable buttons and small print

• The buttons in the header say what they say. The Tip and Download pills were drawing their label at 55% opacity over a colored fill, which measured as low as 1.6:1 against it — well under the 4.5:1 the accessibility guidelines ask for. Their labels are now solid, and the fill behind them is set a shade deeper so the text genuinely clears that bar.
• The Subscribe and Support buttons too. Their labels were colored for one end of a two-color gradient and disappeared into the other end. Both now use a single fill that the label is legible on all the way across.
• The newsletter note, the “More apps” caption and the version line under the download button were all set too faint to read comfortably; each is now above the AA threshold.
• Keyboard shortcut chips are legible against their own background.
• The screenshot viewer no longer makes every visit quietly re-download this page as if it were an image — a wasted request on each load.
• No change to the app.

Site update — August 11, 2026 · Clearer search results

• The description under this site in Google is no longer cut off. It ran past the length Google shows and broke mid-word; it now reads as a complete sentence.
• Sharing a link to the privacy, terms or changelog page now shows a proper preview card instead of a bare URL.
• The sitemap now reports when each page actually changed, so search engines re-check pages that have been updated instead of assuming they are stale.
• No change to the app.

1.1.4 — August 11, 2026 · A new look

• New: Wakr has a new app icon. The sun coming up over the horizon, replacing the eye — Wakr holds your Mac in daylight, it doesn't watch you. Every twoplus11 app also moved to one generated palette, so the color in your Dock, on this site and on the download page is now the same color — they had drifted apart.
• New: the menu bar now shows a sun while a session is running, instead of an eye. The moon is unchanged, so the two states finally read as a pair.
• Fixed: Wakr reported itself as version 1.1.1 when checking for updates, so it could keep offering you an update you already had.
• Changed: refreshed the site to match, including the tab icon and the link preview image.
• Fixed: this site still described the menu bar icon as an eye in several places, months after it became a sun. The wording now matches what you actually see.

1.1.3 — August 9, 2026 · Automatic updates

• New: Wakr updates itself. When a new version is out you get a prompt with the release notes and can install it in place — no more visiting the site and dragging a new copy over the old one. This is the last update you have to install by hand.
• New: refreshed app icon, regenerated from the shared twoplus11 gradient so it matches the rest of the family.

1.1.2 — July 17, 2026 · 13-language localization

• 13-language localization with a new Language submenu — Wakr auto-detects your Mac's language automatically, and you can override it any time.
• Fixed a bug where a crash or Force Quit could leave the Mac awake (orphaned sleep-prevention), with the menu bar icon wrongly showing "Asleep."

1.1.1 — July 15, 2026 · “Tip”

• Renamed the “Donate” link to “Tip.”

1.1.0 — July 13, 2026 · Portfolio-standard release

Brings Wakr up to the same standard as the rest of the twoplus11 app portfolio.

• Silent weekly Check for Updates (on by default, toggle in the menu), plus a manual “Check for Updates…” item and a prominent “Update Available…” item when one's found — never a modal.
• Help and Leave a Review menu items, deep-linking to twoplus11.com with app/version/OS prefilled.
• A low-pressure “Enjoying Wakr?” review prompt after 5 uses, and a support prompt after 25 — each shown at most once.
• Business licensing: the free personal tier stays fully functional forever; “Manage License…” activates a one-time $5/computer business key, with a 72-hour offline grace period.

1.0.0 — July 13, 2026 · Initial public release

The first release. A menu bar utility that holds your Mac awake — no idle sleep, no display sleep, no screen saver — for exactly as long as you ask.

• Menu bar utility — click the icon, pick a duration, and Wakr holds the same power-management assertions caffeinate uses to keep your Mac from sleeping. No dock icon, no window
• Duration presets — 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, or indefinitely until you turn it off or quit
• State at a glance — one glyph tells you the state: an open eye while a session is active, a crescent moon once your Mac is free to sleep again
• Live countdown — timed sessions show a running countdown right next to the icon
• Launch at Login — a toggle to have Wakr ready in your menu bar every time you start your Mac
• Native NSMenu throughout — the whole app is VoiceOver-accessible with no extra work; the status item also carries an explicit accessibility label (e.g. "Wakr: Awake — 12:34 remaining"), since the eye/moon glyph itself has no text for a screen reader to read
• Private by design — no network code at all. Nothing is uploaded, no account, no telemetry
• Signed and notarized by Apple — macOS 12+, Apple Silicon & Intel
• Free for personal use forever — every duration, no account, no trial, no watermarks; commercial use requires a one-time $5-per-computer business license