requote: patch notes 1.1.6

- Updated the App Store screenshots — English and Japanese. This has been on the list for a while.

- Onboarding used to show up as cards. Made a dedicated onboarding view that walks through the features on first launch.

- Some design work on Mac — trying to get things more consistent.

- Bug fixes and localization updates.

The more I work on the app, the smaller I feel. I mean — yes, I know I'm improving. But how much further until I'm at the level everyone else is at? Does it just happen if you keep going? It might not. No matter how hard you try, it might just not happen.

Growth is progress, sure. But being satisfied with growth alone feels dangerously close to self-improvement addiction — and I keep catching myself leaning that way. If it's not going to work, I should quit. But if I start enjoying the feeling of getting a little better each time, I could end up stuck somewhere without realizing it.

Anyway, as I wrote in another post — the goal is to make $99 from the app before my developer account renewal in late July. About three and a half months left. If that doesn't happen, I might have to let the app go.

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