Yes, both use the same cache, so both get the same updates. You can use the original freeShop without any problem.It won't get anymore cache updates? Just making sure if that's what you meant. I know that the original won't get any app updates.
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Implementing basic hiragana/katakana support shouldn't be too hard, but fixing kanji input might be quite a bit harder.
Any possibility of giving the ability to set the location of a cache of your own choice? That way one could possibly point it to a newer one should the current one go down, or you could even run one of your own locally.
Set the location of a cache ?
Yes, it's possible, I will add this to my TODO-List.