This release focuses on drink mixer and quality of life improvements. - Make any drink your size. Scale a recipe to half, double, or triple with exact measurements — no more fractions that don't add up. Prefer metric? Tap "ml" to switch ounces to millilitres. We also fixed the drinks search so you can always dismiss the keyboard. Same account, same saved drinks — nothing to do on your end. - Fixed a pesky bug on the search page that didn't allow users to close the screen mid search.

- Fixed a bug that was preventing some users from posting reviews. - Fixed review likes. Yes, you can once again like and unlike other users' reviews (thanks user Justine C. for finding this one) - Hardened the login and password reset process, making the app even more secure than it already was. - Minor backend polishes to make the app run much more smoothly and efficiently. Thanks for using Cocktail Friend!

- Faster overall experienced. - We cleaned up the backend API to make an even quicker, smoother experience on the app. - Lot of minor behind the scenes bugs and performance enhancements.

Version 2.0 is a ground-up rewrite as a native iOS app. It's faster, smoother, and feels right at home on iPhone — with full dark mode, haptic feedback, and Sign in with Apple. Tap any cocktailfriend.com link and it opens straight into the app. We also updated our app screenshots to reflect this new design. Your account, favorites, reviews, and friends are all still here, unchanged. Enjoy!

What's New in This Version: - Dark Mode has arrived! - Every page of the app redesigned from the ground up to work on both light and dark modes. Your choice. - Redesigned home screen with lighter, cleaner quick action cards - Frosted glass tab bar with translucent blur effect — content now scrolls behind the navigation bar for a more immersive feel - Improved visual hierarchy with alternating section backgrounds on the home screen - Skeleton loading animations replace spinning loaders for a smoother experience across all screens - Subtle press animations on cards and interactive elements throughout the app - Refined typography with modern font weights - Drink detail hero image optimized for better content visibility - Improved search bar spacing on the drinks browse screen - Various TypeScript and stability improvements under the hood *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

- Minor bug fixes and improvements - Quicker loading on image-heavy pages - Fixed a bug that was causing user profile images not to display. *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

- Fixed some pesky bugs with the new friend system. - Made drink recommendations easier to find, save, or dismiss - Cleaner UI on the My Drinks page. *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

** Fixed: Bug that was sometimes causing profile and new friends page to crash. ALL NEW FRIENDS SYSTEM! You can now search for your Cocktail Friends and add them as a friend on the app. Once friends, you can share drinks and give each other recommendations. NEW LAYOUT The profile page has been cleaned up to only contain "profile-related" settings and privacy toggles. Privacy is important to us and now you can select how and what your friends see on your profile, or nothing at all. NEW: MY DRINKS PAGE We still have your cabinet intact, but we've added an all new "My Drinks" page. This page will serve as your center hub for all your drink-related items. This contains your favorited drinks, your cabinet, and your recent ratings & reviews. We also cleaned up some behind-the-scenes bugs and made the app faster overall. Enjoy! *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

ALL NEW FRIENDS SYSTEM! You can now search for your Cocktail Friends and add them as a friend on the app. Once friends, you can share drinks and give each other recommendations. NEW LAYOUT The profile page has been cleaned up to only contain "profile-related" settings and privacy toggles. Privacy is important to us and now you can select how and what your friends see on your profile, or nothing at all. NEW: MY DRINKS PAGE We still have your cabinet intact, but we've added an all new "My Drinks" page. This page will serve as your center hub for all your drink-related items. This contains your favorited drinks, your cabinet, and your recent ratings & reviews. We also cleaned up some behind-the-scenes bugs and made the app faster overall. Enjoy! *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

- Added Profile Photos to Reviews: Have a profile photo? Now you can see it when you leave reviews. - Minor Bug Fixes and UI Improvements. - Started laying groundwork for future features, behind the scenes. *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

Apologies for all the updates, but each update brings with it a much better experience. This particular update comes with a TON of quality of life improvements! DRINK MIXER IMPROVEMENTS - Smarter ingredient refinement - now you can narrow down to the exact ingredient - Improved UI for easier ingredient filtering MY CABINET FIXES - Drink results actually work now! - Scroll through thousands of drinks seamlessly - Ingredient count now displays correctly (thanks Justine C.!) - Added filters and search to narrow results by specific ingredients SOCIAL SHARING FIXED - Links now open in-app instead of redirecting to the website - Drink description links also stay within the app OTHER FIXES - Fixed drink descriptions getting cut off mid-sentence *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

- Better Drink Descriptions! We cleaned up some formatting to make drink recipes easier to read and understand. - Better Loading Times! Drinks now load quicker. While rarely needed, you may also manually refresh any page by pulling down on the screen from the top. - Drink reviews are now approved & moderated quicker. - Squashed some minor bugs behind the scenes. Nothing to see here, folks. *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

- Minor behind the scenes bug fixes - Enhancements to drink review photo uploads. *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

- Fixed weird html symbols showing on drink descriptions randomly. - Fixed odd article title formatting on page footers. (Thanks to user Justine C for finding this!) - Cleaned up Home Page UI for a more visually appealing look. - Fixed an issue where photos uploads were rotating when uploaded from newer iPhone models. *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

- Images on Drink Reviews: You may now attach images to your drink reviews! Thanks to Zach L. for motivating us to get this one implemented. - Cleaner UI for non-logged-in users on certain pages. - Fixed a non-working button on the drink page. - A few bugs were also squashed in the making of this build. *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe

- Better Design on My Favorites Page - Fixed Drink Sharing: Links actually work to drink and article pages when sharing. - Faster search results - Squashed some minor bugs that were creepin' around behind the scenes. *** We are a small 2 person team and this little indie app is the product of our love for programming & mixology. If you enjoy our app, it would absolutely mean the world to us if you could leave us a positive review on the App Store. This lets others know that our app can be trusted. We want to build a truly great app, so never hesitate to reach out with any suggestions. We truly appreciate the support! -Joe