Downtime organizer Sofa's iOS 14 update adds widgets, themes, and more

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By Oliver Haslam
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Sofa Ios 14 Update On Iphone
Sofa Ios 14 Update On Iphone (Image credit: Astrio, LLC)

What you need to know

  • Sofa has a new update out for iOS 14 on iPhone and iPadOS 14 on iPad.
  • The game, book, TV, and movie tracker gains widgets and more.

Whether your thing is movies, TV shows, books, or games you're probably already struggling to keep tabs on what you've enjoyed and, unfortunately, not. Sofa is an app that can do all of that and it's had a new iOS 14 update that makes it better than ever.

According to the release notes "almost the entire app has been improved and polished" which is the kind of thing I like to hear. Performance and reliability have also been given some attention, but it's the new features that we're interested in here. And yes, this being an iOS 14 update, we've got widgets!

Add a widget of any size to show a list of your choosing. Widgets will match your current theme and deep link into the app when tapped.

The Pile is a new addition that's best described as an inbox for dumping things that you don't have time to sort out just yet.

Sofa Ios 14 Update On Ipad

Sofa Ios 14 Update On Ipad (Image credit: Astrio, LLC)

INTRODUCING THE PILEYou know that place in your home where you put things you're not ready to deal with yet? Stuff like mail, receipts, and notes? That's "The Pile". A quick place to save things you're not ready to organize or need easy access to.

There's more going on in this update as well and you can find all about the updated Sofa in the App Store now. That's where you'll download the game for free as well, with more themes available via in-app purchase.

Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.