Books & Films — Ask a friend for a book or film recommendation, or send them one yourself. The whole share/request flow now works for all three media types, with covers, search, and moods tailored to each. Connection Requests — Linking with a friend who doesn’t have you saved in their contacts is now an explicit ask. Send a request, they accept or decline, and only then can you send love, songs, or nudges. Cancel a pending request any time. Disconnect Friends — Removing a friend now properly severs the link on both sides — they'll no longer be able to send you love, songs or nudges. Reconnect any time with a fresh request. Opened Love — See when the friend you sent love to has opened it. An "Opened" chip appears on the sent-love screen once they've tapped through. Anonymous Song Reveal — Song shares arrive as a "tap to unwrap" — the sender and track stay hidden until the recipient opens it, matching how love already works. A cinematic send-off animation plays on the sender's side too. Song Previews — Play a 30-second preview of a shared song inline, without leaving friendkeeper. Privacy, Simplified — One "Share with saved contacts" toggle replaces the old five. Plus a new discoverability setting: who can find you on friendkeeper — everyone, or only people you've saved yourself. Tidy Notifications — Swipe a notification away, or clear them all. Plus a unified banner for incoming love and song requests so nothing gets missed. Send Love — Full Page — Sending love now takes you to a dedicated page rather than a cramped bottom sheet, so the Send button stays reachable on smaller phones. Connecting with friends made easier — Connect with friends already on friendkeeper right from your friend list Friend stats — Each friend's page now counts shared loves and recs, both ways Bug Fixes and Accessibility Improvements

Borrowing Nudges — Gently remind a linked friend about an outstanding borrowing, with an optional note. They can reply back with a message or emoji. Rate limited to one per item per day so it stays friendly, not spammy. Borrowing Detail & History — Tap any borrowing to see a full timeline: created, edited, returned, nudges, and replies — all in one place. Linked Dates — Special dates now sync between linked friends, so you both stay on top of birthdays and important occasions. Welcome Love — Send a free welcome love when a friend joins FriendKeeper. Doesn't count against your daily limit. Redesigned Filters — Scrollable filter pills replace the old dropdowns across all tabs. Search and sort on every screen. Offline Reliability — Changes made offline are now queued and synced automatically when you're back online. Pull-to-refresh on every screen. Bug fixes and accessibility improvements

Song Sharing — Share songs with linked friends, complete with reactions, replies, seen indicators, and a guided music app flow Linked Friends Filter — New filter UI redesigned into toggles + pills, with a dedicated linked friends filter Bug fixes around notifications

Dates tab redesigned — Birthdays and special dates are now grouped by Today, This Week, This Month, and Later, with friend avatars, milestone labels (e.g. "Turning 30", "3 years"), and inline reminder controls right from each card. Smoother contact discovery — Tapping a contact now takes you through the full Add Friend wizard so you can set closeness, catch-up frequency, and reminders before saving, instead of silently adding a bare entry. Offline and sync improvements — The app now detects when you're offline, retries failed syncs automatically, and shows a status banner with a retry button when something goes wrong. Your changes are safely queued and pushed when connectivity returns. First-sync loading screen — Returning users on a new device now see a proper loading screen while friends sync in, instead of an empty list that suddenly populates. Better animations — Bottom sheets now animate smoothly on close, and screen transitions no longer flash a header overlay artifact. Security hardening — Auth tokens are now stored in the iOS Keychain, server functions have stricter access controls, and crash reporting via Sentry helps us catch issues faster. Performance — Faster scrolling on long friend lists, reduced memory usage, and automatic cleanup of old image files. UI polish — Softer coral borders on selected chips, warmer wizard copy, loading spinner on login, and lowercase "friendkeeper" branding throughout. Bug fixes — Fixed UK phone number matching in contact discovery, orphaned reminders when deleting friends

Send the love Thinking of a friend? One tap is all it takes. Send a virtual hug, a love surge, or a little 'thinking of you' and brighten their whole day. You get two sends per day, so make them count! Also new: Sign in with your phone number: your friends, connects, and borrowings now sync across devices Link up with friends who use friendkeeper to see their real birthday, shared borrowings, and more Push notifications for birthdays, overdue connects, borrowings, and love received Report or block unwanted love sends from the '...' menu