Your data is now better protected with atomic saves, safer recovery from unreadable files, and more reliable multi-device sync. Money entry, split rounding, reminders, payment requests, receipt scanning, and Watch handoff are more accurate. Accessibility, confirmation prompts, appearance settings, and performance have been refined throughout the app.

Your data is now better protected with atomic saves, safer recovery from unreadable files, and more reliable multi-device sync. Money entry, split rounding, reminders, payment requests, receipt scanning, and Watch handoff are more accurate. Accessibility, confirmation prompts, appearance settings, and performance have been refined throughout the app.

Settings now includes a Default Bills Month control so BillHive can open to the next month automatically after the day you choose. Payment handoff now copies the exact amount before opening your payment app, making payment requests quicker to complete. Localization coverage has been refreshed for the new setting.

BillHive's Home Screen widget now appears correctly in the widget gallery, so bills, checks, and trips are easier to keep an eye on at a glance. Buttons, dense rows, invite actions, and status labels have been polished with better accessibility, Dynamic Type behavior, and localization coverage. Trip attachment handling is more robust, including safer handling of synced receipt and itinerary file paths.

- Home Screen widgets now surface useful Bills, Checks, and Trips snapshots with deep links back into the app. - Bills, Checks, and Trips have smoother editor flows, clearer destructive actions, and a shared Done toolbar for numeric entry. - Checks and Trips gained more reliable sharing, exports, and payment reminders. - Payment handoff options were cleaned up by removing Apple Cash and keeping Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, and email. - Expanded App Store localization and release QA coverage for a more stable TestFlight/App Store build.

What's new in 26.06.01: - Home Screen widgets now surface useful Bills, Checks, and Trips snapshots with deep links back into the app. - Bills, Checks, and Trips have smoother editor flows, clearer destructive actions, and a shared Done toolbar for numeric entry. - Checks and Trips gained more reliable sharing, exports, and payment reminders. - Payment handoff options were cleaned up by removing Apple Cash and keeping Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, and email. - Expanded App Store localization and release QA coverage for a more stable TestFlight/App Store build.

What's new in 26.06: Two brand-new modes: BillHive now splits household bills, restaurant checks, and trip expenses in one app. CHECKS MODE - Split a restaurant check in seconds - Scan receipts with on-device OCR to auto-populate line items - Assign items to friends, with proportional tax and tip - Tip presets (15%, 18%, 20%, round up) and tax-as-percentage input - Export a check summary as PNG - Request payment via Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, or email TRIPS MODE - Create trips, add members, and log expenses as you go - Multi-payer support: split costs between any subset of members - Attach receipt photos to expenses - Debt simplification minimizes the number of transfers needed - Settle up with pre-filled payment deep-links - Export trip summaries as PDF or CSV - Per-trip trend charts: category breakdown, daily spend, paid vs. share MODE SWITCHING - Long-press the Mode tab to switch between Bills, Checks, and Trips - Each mode has its own focused tab layout - Your data syncs across all modes via iCloud

What's new in 2.0.2: New: Payment Reminders - Get notified when someone hasn't paid after you've sent them a request - Choose how many days to wait before the first reminder (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, or 14 days) - Set repeat frequency: never, daily, every 2 days, every 3 days, or weekly - Tapping "Send Email" or "Request via Venmo/Zelle/Cash App" automatically tracks the request date - Marking a person as paid cancels their reminders - Configure everything in Settings > Notifications Improvements: - Person cards in Pay & Collect now show when a payment was requested - Better layout for person names — no more truncation on longer names - Fixed edit lag when modifying bills

What's new in 2.0.1: Bug fixes & polish: • Fixed a crash when removing a bill from the editor • Fixed date picker text wrapping on smaller screens (iPhone 15 Pro and similar) • Fixed "Awaiting" and "Paid" status badges getting cut off on smaller screens • Confirmation popups (import backup, remove bill) now use a consistent centered alert style UI improvements: • Trends donut chart now shows a per-person breakdown — tap a segment to see their name, percentage, and amount • Added descriptive subtitles to the Trends and Settings tabs • Consistent title positioning and spacing across all tabs • More compact date picker with reduced padding Performance: • Faster iCloud sync with off-main-thread writes and debounced scheduling • Batched per-month writes to reduce disk I/O in local mode

What's new in 2.0.0: • Paid By — bills can now be assigned to any household member, not just you. Net balances compute automatically so you can see who owes whom • You Owe — new summary section shows what you owe others, with per-bill breakdowns and paid/unpaid status • Between Others — view third-party settlements between other household members • Import from Contacts — add people directly from your address book with name, email, and phone pre-filled • Rounding fix — percentage splits now distribute cents correctly (no more $50.01 on a 3-way $150 split) • Checklist improvements — "Pay" items turn green with strikethrough when marked done • Refreshed app icons

What's new in 1.9.1: • Reliability — edits are now safely persisted even when the app is backgrounded mid-edit. If your save file is corrupt, the new edit is parked in a recovery file instead of overwriting month history • Trends accuracy — historical totals stay correct after you edit bills or remove a person, and remainder lines display correctly in the per-month breakdown • Notification fixes — same-day reminders no longer get silently dropped after 9 AM, and triggers handle DST and timezone changes correctly • Performance — Summary and Trends views are noticeably faster on larger households

• Due dates on bills — set a due day and see color-coded urgency badges (overdue, soon, upcoming) on bill cards • Payment tracking — mark people as paid/unpaid in Pay & Collect and Summary, with progress indicators • Due date reminders — get notified the day before bills are due (Settings > Notifications) • Summary & Checklist toggle — switch between your financial summary and monthly checklist with a segmented picker • Collapsible cards — My Total Outlay and Historical Log are now expandable/collapsible • Settings reorganized — cleaner layout with greetings moved into person cards and fewer sections • Bug fixes and UI polish

What's new in 1.8.1: • Performance improvements and code quality polish

What's new in 1.8.0: • First-launch onboarding — a guided walkthrough introduces each tab so new users know where everything lives • Currency support — auto-detects your region's currency, or pick any currency manually in Settings • Trends upgrades — tap any chart point for details, explore 6M/12M/24M/All ranges, and view per-person stats • Bug fixes and UI polish

• Fixed Face ID / Touch ID app lock • Added GitHub repository link in About

What's new in 1.7.1: • Face ID now required — App Lock uses actual biometrics instead of allowing passcode bypass • Paywall dismissible — you can now close the Unlock screen at any time • Collapsible Pay URLs — bill payment links slide open on tap, keeping the Pay section clean • Monthly Checklist syncs with web — same items, same labels, same checked states across platforms

What's new in 1.7.0: • App Lock — require Face ID or Touch ID to open BillHive (Settings → Privacy & Security) • App Switcher privacy overlay — financial data is hidden when the app is backgrounded • Hardened payment links — Pay buttons only follow secure (https) URLs, protecting against tampered backups • Settings → About now points to billhiveapp.com • Behind-the-scenes Apple privacy compliance (PrivacyInfo manifest)

What's new in 1.6.1: • Light & Dark mode — choose System, Light, or Dark from Settings → Appearance • Reorganized Settings into focused categories (Household, Data & Backup, Subscription, About) • Restored the slide-out bill preview when you tap a bill, with a dedicated Edit button • Cleaner navigation throughout — month picker is back in its familiar pill at the top • Backup export now uses iOS share sheet — save your data to Files, Mail, or AirDrop • Smaller refinements: better empty states, improved tap targets, accessibility tweaks

What's new in 1.5.0: • Redesigned bill editor — tap a bill to preview, then edit in a focused sheet • First-run empty states across Bills, Summary, and Trends with clear next steps • "Send & Receive" is now "Pay & Collect" with clearer sub-sections • Full Dynamic Type support — text now scales with your iOS text-size preference • Accessibility improvements across the app

BillHive is now free to download! Try all features free for 14 days, then unlock BillHive Pro with a one-time purchase. No subscription! What's included in Pro: Unlimited bills and line items Trends & analytics — month-over-month spending charts Email summaries — send bill breakdowns to your household iCloud sync across all your devices All your existing data is preserved. If you previously purchased BillHive, tap "Restore Previous Purchase" in Settings to unlock automatically.

Auto-pay bills: Mark bills as auto-pay to automatically skip the "paid" reminder in your monthly checklist. Smarter checklists: People whose share is fully covered by someone else no longer generate email or payment tasks in the monthly checklist. Keyboard improvements: Added a "Done" button above the number keyboard for easier dismissal when entering bill amounts. Bug fixes and stability improvements.

This update is focused on reliability, performance, and polish under the hood. What's improved: Smoother animations when expanding and editing people and bills in Settings Faster currency formatting throughout the app More reliable bill editing — changes now save more consistently when managing split lines Visual polish updates to bring the app in line with the latest iOS appearance standards

Added iCloud Document Sync to ensure changes made on one device sync across all your iOS devices. The JSON files are now moved from the local Documents directory to the iCloud Documents directory. Files automatically sync across all devices signed into the same Apple ID.