• Journey, reimagined: your trip is now drawn as an elegant country-outline map with numbered stops and an animated route • City photos on every stop, plus richer timing insight for each destination • Refined colours across the Journey timeline and Power Place in light themes • Bug fixes, including profile name changes not appearing on Home

A warmer welcome The first run has been rebuilt from the ground up — a calm, guided introduction to your birth chart and your map. You can now step back at any point to change an answer. A new Parchment theme Maphrodite has a new look: warm, cartographic Parchment — cream and antique gold by day, deep navy by night. It comes in both light and dark, and looks lovely either way. Choose it in Settings. Truer to your birthplace Your birth date and time now always read in your birth location's timezone, so a late-evening birth shows the right day everywhere in the app. Birthplaces resolve accurately even offline. Also in this update Refinements throughout for a calmer, more premium feel.

• Improved and optimized Map & Journey view • Redesigned and enhanced Together compare location experience • Added in-app Safari support for Power Place links • Updated FAQ & quick actions • Enhanced smaller widget layouts and fixed text truncation issues • Optimized image loading, memory usage, and overall performance • UI & theme enhancements throughout the app

- Refined Journey visuals with improved layout, readability, and theming - Enhanced FAQ experience and cosmic match card design - Improved map responsiveness and sharing performance - Minor performance improvements

• Refined home header with personalized greetings and optional moon phase display • Added offline detection and clearer search availability messaging • Fixed Power Place web links for cities with special characters • Enhanced logging efficiency and background optimizations • Simplified home experience with cleaner navigation updates

This update has been a labour of love. Nearly every screen has been refined, reimagined, or rebuilt from the ground up. Onboarding reimagined Your first steps into Maphrodite are now ethereal. An enhanced onboarding flow with cosmic animations welcomes you to your celestial journey. Themes, elevated Cosmos, Aurora Rose, and Midnight Venus themes have all been deepened and refined - including constellation overlays on widgets, more organic star patterns, and glassmorphic rising sign buttons. Widgets, perfected Home screen and lock screen widgets now fully honour your chosen theme, with electric precision for Cosmos, warm rose for Aurora Rose, and rich purples for Midnight Venus. PowerPlace on the web Your daily Power Place now links to a beautiful companion page on maphrodite.com - explore the city, book readings, and dive deeper from anywhere. The companion book Find the link to the Maphrodite companion book right inside the app - your celestial guide, always within reach. Understanding Timezones New educational guide explaining why birth time accuracy matters for astrocartography. Learn about DST, historical timezone changes, and how a single hour can shift your planetary lines by hundreds of miles. Includes an interactive timezone converter at maphrodite.com Edit Birth Details A more refined cosmic interface. The timezone display now honors the exact moment of your birth. Your celestial blueprint was always calculated perfectly; now every detail reflects that precision. Smoother, cooler, faster Significant performance improvements across the board. Smarter thermal management means the app runs cooler even during intensive cosmic calculations. Scroll performance, load times, and animations are all silkier than ever. Beautiful new city pages All six cosmic mode views - Love, Work, Travel, Relocation, Pets, and Carer - have been refined with lush, fully-themed UIs; simple, intuitive and informative.

• Improved onboarding experience on smaller iPhones • Enhanced Journey feature with smoother layout and interactions • Refined interface & color schemes for cosmic hotspot cities • Performance improvements and minor bug fixes

• A smoother, more effortless experience across Home and your power places • A more beautiful start - your chosen theme now flows through the launch experience • Together, reimagined - a softer, more intuitive compatibility journey • More cohesive visuals - partner views now match your personal theme • General fixes and improvements for a more stable, reliable app

• Cosmos & Aurora Rose - two beautifully crafted new themes, fully integrated across the app • Journey improvements - a more refined and polished interface & new Gantt timeline • Improved map stability under heavy usage with better memory handling • Redesigned onboarding for a smoother first experience • Reduced memory usage for smoother performance • Overall improvements for a faster, more fluid experience

• Enhanced map location insights with detailed coordinate data • Fixed popup positioning - now fully visible above tab bar • Improved Together tab bottom sheet spacing • Performance optimizations for smoother map interactions

• Fixed carousel bug where wrong city opened when swiping • Improved stability on older devices • Performance optimizations

What’s New • Fixed the grey popup issue in Journey mode - trip details now load reliably every time • Choose your trip timeframe, from 3 months to 2 years • Added profile image on the Map tab (tap to open your profile) • Improved visuals, animations, and dark mode clarity • General app improvements, accessibility updates, and stability fixes

NEW: Journey Planner & Performance Update Plan cosmic multi-city trips with smart timing based on your planetary lines. • Journey Planner: Create 2-5 city itineraries with automatic duration & timing optimization • Share beautiful timeline images • Major performance improvements for faster loading • Enhanced caching for smoother experience • Bug fixes and stability improvements

What’s New • Share your map - export beautiful branded images for social • “Why this city?” - personalised explanations for each recommendation • Improved daily rotation with new planetary insights • Together map now auto-centres on the recommended city and then remembers your position Your natal lines don’t move - we just show you new perspectives each day. Bug fixes: • Fixed subtitle localisation for Japanese and Chinese • Fixed empty state issue in Together view

MAPHRODITE APP • Full **Japanese (日本語)** and **Chinese (简体中文)** support • Website now multilingual TOGETHER • 7x faster TOGETHER calculations • Daily recommendations load instantly • Smarter memory = better battery life • Beautiful new views when your connection exists beyond cities PERFORMANCE • Major performance and stability improvements • Smoother maps, faster loading WIDGETS • Optimized & refined designs • More efficient automatic updates Your cosmic relationship insights - now lightning fast.

SMOOTHER, FASTER, BETTER We've been under the hood making everything feel more effortless. Faster loads, smoother animations, and cleaner visuals. TECHNICAL STUFF Better memory handling, updated docs, and architectural improvements that make the app more stable. Your data stays yours. Always.

• Fresh new look for the Home screen • Improved Best Place & explore 'Together' cities faster • Enhanced About page & new "Behind the Scenes" - discover our technology • Better city variety & recommendations • UI improvements across the app

• Polished cosmic matches UI • More intuitive, responsive location map • All city views are now cleaner • Performance & stability improvements

What's New in MAPHRODITE For Everyone • Full VoiceOver support for screen readers • Works beautifully with assistive technologies • Clear descriptions of every cosmic influence • Designed to be accessible to all More Settings Control • Toggle haptic feedback on/off • Early bird? Set notifications for 6 AM, 7 AM, or 8 AM • Choose how many favorites to save (we'll auto-clear the oldest) • See your cache size & clear data anytime Home enhancements • Redesigned home screen with vibrant gradients and improved card layouts • Enhanced tab bar and explore cards with beautiful color accents • Refined Power Place and city detail sections Onboarding Magic Your birth chart now reveals itself with orbiting planets and a beautiful animation. Smoother Experience Fixed launch animation settings toggle and notification badges now clear properly when you open the app

New This Update: • Daily Cosmic Hotspot - One beautiful destination, personally chosen for you each day • Intent-Based Guidance - Understand why each city matters right now • Streak Tracking - Build your cosmic exploration habit with elegant daily streaks • Power Place Enhancements - Richer insights into your most powerful locations • Widget Refresh - Your home screen glows with today's perfect destination • Profile Page - Performance improvements - smoother scrolling • Performance - Smoother, faster, more magical than ever Your journey through the stars just became more intimate and intentional. With love, The Maphrodite Team

MAP • Clearer, calmer map visuals Larger city markers, improved map guides and info cards, and a cohesive pastel color palette. • Smoother interactions Refined animations, simplified effects, and improved visual hierarchy throughout. • Better performance Reduced battery usage, faster rendering, and smoother scrolling. TOGETHER • One perfect place per day A single, focused daily location where your energies align most strongly - meaningful, not overwhelming. • Clearer cosmic context Planetary lines now explain why a place is special for you both. Scoring has been optimized and guides updated. • Streamlined TOGETHER flow Tap a city, view shared scores, and explore the details - beautifully connected, without information overload. Why this change? Your shared astrocartography is rare. By focusing on what truly matters - in both insights and presentation - the experience stays meaningful, calm, and inspiring.

- Best Places has been completely rebuilt to focus on actual line intersections. Only cities near real crossings are recommended now, with a new scoring model that prioritises accuracy and partner balance. Explanations are clearer too, with a dedicated section showing which lines intersect at each location. - Combinations are now accessed from the Together options - cleaner, less overwhelming, and easier to explore when you want quicker insights - Fixed an issue causing tiny white dots to appear on the Venus Dark theme home page. - Performance improvements and background processing updates ensure faster map interactions and smoother scrolling.

This update is all about clarity, connection, and making your map feel effortless. --- Together Mode: Deeper Connections Quick Intersections: Finding where your energies align is now instant. The new panel automatically highlights meaningful planetary crossings between you and your partner - like Sun & Venus - with a single tap. Clearer Insights: We have refined our compatibility scoring to be more nuanced. We now clearly distinguish between gentle harmony (the sweet spot) and high-intensity transformation, helping you understand the true vibe of a location. Refined Design: Planet controls are now more compact and elegant, giving you more screen space to explore the map. New: Focus Modes (Location Map tab) Clear the noise and find exactly what you are looking for. We added three one-tap filters to the main map: Love: Instantly highlights Venus, Moon, and Jupiter. Wealth: Focuses on Sun, Pluto, and Jupiter. Career: Illuminates Saturn, Mars, and Sun. Performance & Polish Smoother Experience: We rebuilt our storage engine under the hood. The app loads faster, uses less battery, and feels lighter. Visual Refinements: Enjoy smoother transitions and a cleaner layout across your Profile and Settings. Bug fixes Fixed an issue where calculations on shared city modes might cause a crash on older iPhones --- Loving Maphrodite? A review helps us keep the stars aligned

What's New in Version 1.5.5 Maprhdodite Home: Integrated performance & battery life optimizations throughout the view for a much more fully fluid scrolling experience. Together: Natal Resonance Engine - We’ve upgraded our compatibility logic! Your birth cities now receive a special "Roots & Origins" bonus, ensuring these deeply personal locations are accurately reflected in your combined scores. Cinematic Redesign - We’ve introduced vibrant rank-based pastel themes, smoother animations, and a cleaner layout that puts your data first. The "Best Places" algorithm has also been refined to deliver your top 3 couples locations instantly. Profile Architecture 2.0: We’ve completely rebuilt how profile images are handled to significantly reduce storage usage and improve app launch speeds. *Note*: Due to this structural upgrade, you may need to re-upload your profile photo one last time. We apologize for this brief moment of transition, but the resulting performance boost is worth it. Map Experience & Battery Life: The Your Location Map has been re-engineered for optimum efficiency. Smart Rendering: New logic prevents unnecessary recalculations, significantly saving battery life while you explore. Glass Interface: We replaced the old map buttons with elegant glassmorphic controls that float seamlessly over the terrain. Pastel Markers: Standard pins have been replaced with beautiful glowing gradient markers that pop against the map. Fluidity: Optimized line rendering ensures a silky-smooth experience, even during rapid interactions. Bulletproof Notifications: We rebuilt the Daily Power Place engine. It now pre-calculates your cosmic forecast days in advance, ensuring you receive your daily alerts reliably—even if you haven't opened the app recently. Visual Enchantments: Profile: Both Profile & Edit Profile pages are now fully enhanced & optimized. Profile: Live Planetary Influences pop up guide has been reformatted & refined. Unified Glass UI: Premium frosted glass styling has been unified across the Settings and Support sections for a consistent, luxurious feel. Various: Additional minor UI tweaks & optimizations throughout the Maphrodite interface.

- The Hong Kong birth time issue has been fixed, so dates now display correctly. - Together mode is more reliable, with partner data staying intact even after profile changes. - Minor performance enhancements and battery-usage optimizations For feedback or bug reports, please use the in-app feedback option or email us at maphrodite@dro1d.org.