Jalup App – Champion & Master Fundraiser
Update 11/6/2020
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to this fundraiser. It means a lot to me seeing that you guys still support Jalup after all these years :)
We reached the goal!
I’m going to start working this weekend on getting the decks ready for the apps. As I mentioned in this post, there’s a lot to do, so it may take a few weeks for me to push the update on App Store/Google Play. But I will work as fast as I can.
If you have any questions about the decks before they are released, shoot me an email.
Thanks again!! You guys rock.
Most frequently asked question on Jalup for the past year and a half:
When/Is Master and Champion ever going to be released for the app?
My ambiguous answer:
… indefinitely postponed
The time required to edit, card link, add audio, and then the long process of actually setting it up for both Android and iOS was just too much of a time commitment in my increasingly busy life. However, with the requests building up over time, I’ve finally decided to try something simple.
No audio.
No linking.
Just the 2,000 cards.
However, since this is still a long grinding process in itself adding it to the app, which I’m not incredibly excited about doing, I’m going to hold a fundraiser similar to the way I used to do for the Anki deck creation pre-orders.
The fundraiser goal
$49.99 from 20 people. If that is met by November 6th, 2020 (2 weeks from today), it will be added. If the goal is reached, it will take around a few weeks to have everything all ready to go on the app. This should provide a lot of immediate value to anyone using Jalup Maximum on the Jalup app, as everyone will be able to upgrade their maximum purchase for free to include these 2 decks. You’ll get the cards in all the normal places like Learn, Review, Search, Goals (iOS only), reset, import/export, etc. Just no sound, and no ability to click on parts of the card.
Contribute $49.99 to the fundraiser here
*The below information will be updated once daily (it’s not in real time)
*You can purchase a spot more than once to increase the chances of this fundraiser being successful.
*If the 20 spots aren’t met, all money will be returned to everyone who has contributed. And the door will permanently be shut on adding these decks to the app…
Fundraiser status: Fundraiser goal reached! See message at the bottom of the comments
Founder of Jalup. iOS Software Engineer. Former attorney, translator, and interpreter. Still watching 月曜から夜ふかし weekly since 2013.
Thanks Adam.
Contributed, here’s hoping we make the target together :)
I check this page every day. Hoping.
Same, I’m keeping a close eye on it too.
Fingers crossed :)
Me too! Aaargh!
Almost there!!! Let’s make it happen.
Tell your friends :)
My only friends are you guys! ?
I just sent it to my family even though none of them are learning Japanese right now, lol. Like “heeey guuys, do any of you have 50 dollars to spaare?”
I sent my money yesterday but it still looks like the Fundraiser status is at 15. Maybe it’s updated manually?
Yes – it was manually done once a day.
Cheers I wasn’t sure if it was automatic or not, appreciate the answer!
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to this fundraiser. It means a lot to me seeing that you guys still support Jalup after all these years :)
We reached the number!
I’m going to start working this weekend on getting the decks ready for the apps. As I mentioned in this post, there’s a lot to do, so it may take a few weeks for me to push the update on App Store/Google Play. But I will work as fast as I can.
If you have any questions about the decks before they are released, shoot me an email.
Thanks again!! You guys rock.
Thank you so much for all your hard work Adam. I feel your work changed how the world learns Japanese. And perhaps other languages!
I didn’t contribute to this fundraiser but I want to thank everyone who did because I will certainly benefit from it. I just got the update on my android devices. Thank you Adam for your awesome work! :)
Off topic minor feature request. Can we get more level images when you have time? Lol
I think after lvl 80 it’s always the same green ninja? Half joking but if you have time it is always fun to see how it changes…
There are different level images up till 99, with the final image being (well… I don’t want to spoil the surprise).
Are you saying that you’ve gone through all of the 80s and it’s been the same green ninja (the green ninja is only supposed to cover 4 or 5 levels in the low 80s)? Has anyone else in the high levels seen this?
Ah okay cool I was thinking it changed every two levels and I think I’ve gone 4 levels without a change. Lvl 84 now. Awesome excited to see what’s ahead hehe
I love seeing the new Master & Champion deck logos when I open the app, even though it will take me quite a while to advance to these 2 final decks. The new Jalup Custom icon is so cool too !! I’m a fanboy of jalup’s artwork :)
Hey Adam,
Just a thought, but is there any way the card linking task could be crowd-sourced? If there was any way to set it up that the Jalup community could collaboratively work to implement the links, I’m sure it would get done. It would actually probably be a good learning exercise to work on this.
It’s a possibility, but would be pretty complex to set up.
I have a question Adam, when will the Jalup custom card feature come to android?
Currently it’s not in the works. It might be an iOS only feature.