NFL BUGFIXES - Favorite team alerts now work for NFL - Your NFL teams now show up in notification settings - Highlights button now works on NFL games in your Heat Report

Football is here! - The NFL joins HeatCheckr. Every game gets the same spoiler-free excitement score - Football-specific labels: Shootout, Pick Six, Big-Play Bonanza, Punt Fest, Walk-Off Finish and more - The complete 2024 and 2025 season is there to browse and rewatch highlights - Highlights from the official NFL channel, matched to each game. - Pick your favorite NFL teams and get alerted when they play something worth watching - New helmet badges in your team's colors - The Heat Report now covers the NFL alongside every other league Bugfixes and Improvements - The stat bar above each day is easier to read and shows more: Comebacks, nail biters, triple doubles, touchdowns and pick sixes, depending on the sport - More reliable NBA Morning Briefing - Season Recap is resting until the current season wraps up - Various layout and stability fixes across the game cards, Heat Report and Settings

Invite Friends. Give a month, get a month - You both win. Share your invite code and when a friend joins, they get a free month of Heat Pass, and so do you! - Got a code? Enter a friend's invite code in Settings -> Invite Friends and your free month starts right away Improvements - Championship jerseys. NBA team badges now wear a gold collar patch showing how many titles the franchise has won - More accurate WNBA excitement scoring - Fixed a bug breaking the UI when returning from a highlight video in landscape

New Heat Report - Weekly & Monthly views. Scan a single week, or step up to a whole month of action to find the best games - Dedicated list for your teams. Pick your favorite teams and see every game they played, ranked by excitement, so you never miss their best one - Reveal on your terms. Final scores stay hidden behind a tap until you decide to look - Share your Heat Report. Send the week's hottest games to your group chat Bugfixes and Improvements - Improved daily briefing accuracy and loading - Fixed a bug where notifications didn't enable/disable correctly

Daily Briefing Improvements - The briefing now thinks through the news more carefully before it is written, for higher quality and accuracy - Tapping the morning briefing notification now always opens the latest briefing

DAILY Briefing has arrived. Your spoiler-free NBA morning in one place. - Perfect for the off season. Trades, free agency moves, draft night buzz. The briefing keeps you up to speed all summer long. - The full briefing includes: A Main Story, Game Recommendations, around-the-league news, and the Stat of the Day - Show or hide the Daily Briefing, you are in control Bug Fixes and Improvements - Highlights source (YouTube or NBA.com) is now a cleaner selector - Fixed a rare issue where the games list could get stuck loading after closing a highlight video - Close Finals and Conference Finals games are no longer under-rated - Back-and-forth games with a few lead changes now earn partial credit instead of none - Fixed a bug where large comebacks were being tagged "Blowout Alert." Playoff Challenge: That's a wrap - Thanks to everyone who filled out a bracket and played along this postseason. - We've tucked the Playoffs tab away for now and will bring it back for next year's playoff run.

BUGFIX - Mercury highlights are now shown correctly - Jump back to today button is now hidden on todays date IMPROVEMENTS - WNBA games load smoother and without manual pull to refresh

Bugfix: - Fixed a bug where LA Sparks highlights were not mapped correctly Improvements: - More accurate NBA playoff and general WNBA excitement score calculation

HeatCheckr 2.0 is here! This is the biggest update since launch. Here's what's new: HEAT PASS (Try free for 7 days!) HeatCheckr now has a premium tier by introducing Heat Pass. It adds full season WNBA support and everything below. Free users got an upgrade too. Full NBA season history is now unlocked for everyone and WNBA games for the current day are free! WNBA SUPPORT Full WNBA coverage. Excitement scores, game labels, heat report, in-app highlights, team detail pages, and push notifications. Everything you love about the NBA experience, now for the WNBA. MULTIPLE FAVORITE TEAMS No more picking just one. Heat Pass subscribers can follow multiple teams across every league and get notified when any of them have a game worth watching. RECENT TEAM PERFORMANCES Tap any team jersey on a game card to pull up their last games. Excitement scores, results, and trends at a glance. Know if a team is on a heater before you commit. FULL SEASON ACCESS You can now access the entire season to access games played months ago. AD-FREE FOR HEAT PASS No more banners. Heat Pass subscribers get a fully clean experience. BUG FIXES & POLISH A long list of fixes and improvements to the rating algorithm under the hood. For better, more reliable excitement ratings.

Smarter Excitement Scoring - Games that stayed close through three quarters before one team pulled away in Q4 now get an appropriate bonus - Bonus for elite 40+ point games, boosted further when two players go off together Playoff Challenge Fixes - Wrong winner = no length bonus. "Houston in 6" when Lakers win in 6 no longer gives +3. The full pick (winner + length) has to be right. - Excitement score prediction still scores independently of who wins

Series Details on Game Card - Instantly find out what the current series standing is, without getting spoiled New Label - Bench Mob added to the list, highlighting outstanding bench performances

Regular Season Recap - New Recap tab - a swipeable look back at the 2025-26 regular season - Top 20 games with direct highlights access - Season awards for standout player performances - Team awards: Most exciting, most drama, most boring and more - Label leaderboard showing which labels defined the season - Shareable recap screen so you can share with friends

Playoffs are here - Excitement scores now factor in playoff context. Series stakes, elimination pressure, and the tighter pace and defense of playoff basketball New Playoffs labels: - Game 7 - Elimination Game - Pivotal Game 5

Playoff Challenge - View other players' picks by tapping their name in standings - Added copy button on group invite code after creation - Share button no longer shows empty group info Labels - Fixed an issue with the Photo Finish & Tight Finish labels

The HeatCheckr Playoff Challenge is here - Pick your winners, climb the leaderboard and compete against friends

Getting ready - Spotted the Playoffs tab? Gearing up for the HeatCheckr Playoff challenge - pick your winners and compete with friends Instagram - We launched our Instagram page with latest annoucements, development stories and more. Follow us via the link in settings! Fresh New Navigation - A tab bar at the bottom makes it easier to navigate

New Team Stats Screen - Tap the jerseys for any game to explore detailed stats for each team Daily Summary - New daily summary at the top of your game list gives you a quick feel for the day's action before diving in Show Final Score Button - A dedicated show final score button lets you reveal the score on your own terms Hottest Team - The Heat Report now highlights the hottest team of the day Excitement Score Improvement - Fixed a bug where the Tempers Flared label was not assigned correctly - Improved thresholds for Chaos Ball, Glass Cleaners and Playoff Race labels

March Madness - We now support NCAA tournament games. Same spoiler-free experience you know — for the biggest stage in college basketball. Just scroll past NBA games.Game cards now flag when a star player didn't take the floor, giving you better context on what shaped the final excitement score. Missing Star Players Warning - Game cards now flag when a star player didn't take the floor, giving you better context. Click on the warning to see which star player missed this game. Afternoon/Early Games - Scores and ratings now arrive faster for these games Small Ad Banner - Added a small ad banner to cover some costs. Don't worry, you can always close it — it won't show again for 24 hours.

Bugfix - Fixed Nail Biter Ending label not correctly shown Small improvements in Settings - New favourite team icon, more clear UI Auto-Refresh - Games update automatically after 6 hours of inactivity — no more pull-to-refresh.

New Label Category - Potential Spoilers labels like Overtime Thriller now live in their own category. Toggle it off if you want to avoid outcome hints Heat Report Enhancements - Each standout player now has an emoji that shows what they stood out for in the game New Label Guide - Every single label explained in one place. Find it in Settings Added 3 New Labels - Roller Coaster, Wire-to-Wire and Hot Hand join the roster for even more game context Improved excitement score - Adjusted bonus values for close finishes, overtime, and rare labels

YouTube highlights no longer break the UI - Fixed an annoying bug where rotating your phone to watch highlights in landscape mode would mess up the UI. Everything now stays nice and tidy!

Weekly Heat Report - Catch up on the action you missed! Browse this week's or last week's most exciting games in one place. Perfect for finding the best matchups to watch over the weekend. - Share the report with friends to enjoy the best moments together In-App Highlights - Watch game highlights directly in the app. No more jumping to YouTube. Faster, smoother, and keeps you in the flow. UI Improvements - We've polished the interface to make everything more consistent and easier to navigate. Cleaner layout, better readability, better experience.

Catch Up on a Whole Week - Game history now goes back 7 days instead of 3. Perfect for when life gets busy New Label - „Tempers Flared“ for games with ejections and brawls Improved Scoring Algorithm - Games with only a few lead changes now get proper recognition - Tweaked weights for big performances like Triple Doubles - Low-scoring games with standout performances get a small deserved excitement boost Better Team UI - Updated jersey designs so you can instantly spot your favorite teams

Highlights, Your Way! - Love diving into full YouTube breakdowns or need quick official NBA recaps? Now you're in control. Head to Settings and choose where your game highlights open Never Miss Your Team's Best Games - Pick your favorite squad and we'll send you a push notification when they played a game worth watching Improved UI - Some team jerseys were hard to differentiate from others so we added an extra team name indicator Improved Labeling - Fixed an issue where some games falsely got the Late Rally label

What’s New: -> Clearer Label Categories: Streamlined and simplified label categories, making it easier to understand what each one actually means -> Polished Game Tiles & Labels: Improved visuals across game tiles and labels for a cleaner, more refined experience