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Changelog

A running record of what's new, changed, fixed, and hardened in DisciPals — kept in step with every release so you can see exactly how the app evolves over time.

  1. v1.1.0

    July 16, 2026

    The Bible tab, Verse of the Day, and introducing Reflections.

    Added
    • Bible tab — a dedicated Bible reader with its own reading position. The Journey, StudyPals, and Bible readers are now fully independent, so each can be open to a different verse at the same time and free browsing never moves your plan's place.
    • Verse of the Day — a daily verse card on the Journey home that opens the verse in the Bible reader, with a distinct warm-gold sun pill to set it apart.
    • Verse of the Day notifications can be turned on or off from Account.
    • Reflections — a note editor for sermon notes, prayers, and thoughts that automatically detects and links Bible references as you type.
    • Reflections formatting — bold, italic, underline, and headings (one style at a time), with your reflections list grouped by year.
    • Reading streaks — your streak grows any day you read a chapter, with a grace day if you miss one, a best-streak record, and streak counts in your reminders.
    • Streak celebration cards, plus improved milestone pop-ups — when you earn several at once, the most epic is saved for last.
    • Reflections now sync across your devices, including deletions.
    • Every new account starts with a Welcome to Reflections note — a quick tour of formatting that also shares the prayer of salvation. Keep it or delete it, it's yours.
    • Shareable verse links — a shared link opens straight to that verse in the Bible reader.
    • Shared verse links now show a rich preview of the verse when shared in messages and social apps — in the translation you shared from — and open directly in the app when it's installed.
    • Reset My Progress on StudyPals focuses — clear your own reading progress for a group focus (optionally including your notes, highlights, and bookmarks in those chapters) so you can read it fresh with your group. Resetting never breaks your reading streak.
    Changed
    • The tab bar has been reworked to support six tabs.
    • Magic-link sign-in emails redesigned with a cleaner light theme for better readability across email apps.
    Fixed
    • Syncing from the server can no longer roll back newer Journey or Bible reader changes made on your device, including changes made while offline.
    • Reopening the app with weak or no service no longer gets stuck on an endless loading spinner — startup now trusts your last signed-in session after a few seconds and finishes checking with the server in the background once you're back online.
    • Your profile on the Account screen and your StudyPals groups now display correctly while offline instead of showing an error or empty state.
    Security
    • Hardened internal backend functions against external access.

  2. v1.0.3

    July 4, 2026

    Accessibility, sign-in polish, and navigation refinements.

    Added
    • Contact Us link and an app version footer on the Account screen.
    • Reader highlight colors now sync with your profile color palette.
    • Friendlier sign-in copy, keyboard submit on the sign-in form, and OTP autofill with automatic verification.
    • Header back arrow in the archive sheet, and a back arrow on the chapter selector when opened from the book selector.
    Changed
    • Light-mode accent color raised to WCAG-AA contrast.
    • Theme-aware success green for light and dark modes.
    • Black inactive tab icons in light mode for legibility.
    • Renamed the archive back link to "Back to past focuses."
    Fixed
    • Highlight bands are more readable, with contrast-tuned red-letter text.
    • Color-picker swatches are now fully solid.
    • Incomplete Journey day dates clamp to today.
    • StudyPals sheet height now accounts for the members-count header.

  3. v1.0.2

    June 14, 2026

    StudyPals hardening, background translation updates, and a broad performance pass.

    Added
    • Downloaded translations auto-update in the background when they fall out of date.
    Changed
    • StudyPals admins can refresh a group's invite code.
    • StudyPals admins can ban a user, not just remove them from a group.
    • StudyPals now enforces group and membership limits, shown with clearer labels.
    Fixed
    • Profile levels stay accurate without freezing offline usage.
    • Fixed a bug that could reset your own StudyPals profile level to Lv0.
    Performance
    • StudyPals chat loads faster with smoother scrolling.
    • Chat now reliably stays anchored to the newest message.
    Security
    • Strengthened data-integrity safeguards on personal sync.

  4. v1.0.1

    June 11, 2026

    Translation accuracy, offline sync resilience, and dependency updates.

    Fixed
    • Corrected the bundled NIV text for accuracy.
    • Corrected NLT and NKJV text for accuracy.
    • Improved accuracy of the ASV and WEB (US) public-domain translations.
    • Reinstalling a translation now refreshes its cached verses.
    Changed
    • Sign-out now works reliably even when offline.
    Security
    • Improved resilience of the offline sync queue against repeated failures.
    • Applied dependency security updates.

  5. v1.0.0

    June 10, 2026

    Launched on iOS.