Every habit now comes with a reminder, timed to when you usually do it. Change the time or turn it off in the habit's settings, and your choice sticks. Not ready for a photo? You can now check in without one on your first day.

Reminders you'll actually get. Most people were never asked whether they wanted reminders at all — that was a bug in when we showed the prompt, not a choice. Onboarding now asks properly. We've also started setting a sensible reminder time on new habits, so a gym habit nudges you in the evening rather than at a blanket 9am. Change it, or switch it off, in the habit's settings. And when you share a streak card or your week, it now carries a link — tap it and you land as each other's buddy, no code to type.

Pair by scanning. Adding a buddy no longer means reading an eight-character code down the phone. Show them the QR code on your profile, they point their camera at it, and you're connected. Your habits now sync to the server, so they survive a new phone — and you can check in from the web at habit.pdawg.blog. Also fixed: the Day 2 reminder arrives at the time of day you actually use the app, instead of always landing at 9am.

Profiles. Tap anyone — in Explore, your buddies, a pod, or a message thread — to see their streak, their habits and their check-in photos. Your own profile has a link you can share. Private keeps your photos to your buddies. Public opens them to anyone with the link. Also fixed: changing your display name now saves reliably, and your share link follows it.

The one-line tagline you write during setup now actually saves. It was being lost if you typed it before your account finished setting up — it now waits and saves itself.

The last screen of setup now reflects what you actually did. If you skipped the first photo, it tells you what's still left instead of congratulating you on a streak you haven't started.

Messages. You can now message a buddy without leaving the app. Every buddy gets a thread, your old check-in replies are already in there, and tapping a message notification opens that conversation. Also in this update: • Mute, report or block someone from inside a conversation — and undo a block in Settings • The reminder prompt now reliably appears after a check-in. It was being skipped, which is why some reminders never arrived. • With no buddies yet, the Buddies tab opens on Find buddies instead of an empty feed • Add a one-line tagline when you set up, so people can see who you are

Find a buddy anywhere in the world. • New Explore tab — browse people open to a buddy, by country. Each person now shows their photo and tagline, so you know who you're reaching out to. • The Buddies tab is now a photo feed. Your buddies' check-ins show up as full photo cards, newest first, and you can react to one without leaving the screen. • Sent a buddy request by mistake? You can take it back now. • Invite links open straight into the app instead of bouncing through the browser. • Your daily suggestion is smarter — it no longer nudges you about a habit you've already finished today.

A first-launch fix. The very first time you opened the app, it could quietly set up two accounts for your device instead of one. Most of the time you'd never notice — but it meant the invite code you shared with a friend wasn't always the account you were actually using. Now the first launch creates exactly one account, every time. Accounts already on your device are untouched, and nothing you've logged has changed.

Reminders that actually arrive. If you set up a habit and never heard from the app again, that was a bug — we were scheduling your reminder before ever asking permission to send it. Now we ask when you create a habit, and explain why. ALSO NEW • Drag to reorder your habits, however you like to see them. • 32 habit colours, up from 8. • Add a one-line tagline to your profile — your buddies see it. • See when a buddy was last active, and turn that off for yourself in Settings. • Choose °C or °F instead of being stuck with your region's default. • The camera now tells you which habit you're checking into. • Report or block someone from a buddy suggestion. • A habit's 30-day calendar now shows its dates. • Send Feedback in Settings — it comes straight to me, and I read all of it.

You can now send feedback without leaving the app. Settings → Send Feedback lets you tell me what's working, what isn't, and what you wish this thing did. Every message gets read. Leave your email if you'd like a reply, or skip it and send anonymously. It's a one-person project, so your notes genuinely shape what gets built next.

Accountability, more your way. • Find a buddy — we now suggest people who track habits like yours, so you can get started without an invite code. • Choose what you share — pick exactly which habits each buddy sees, whether you're sending a request, accepting one, or changing your mind later. • Pod suggestions to help you find a group that fits. • A new switch in Settings controls whether others can find you as a buddy.

Bug fixes: • The Pending Requests row now shows who you sent a buddy request to (instead of a generic "waiting for response").

What's new in 2.9: • Find an accountability buddy — we suggest people who track habits like yours • Choose which habits each buddy can see, and update anytime • Friendly auto-generated names like "Steady Otter" replace "anonymous" • Background fixes and performance improvements

A friendly Day-2 nudge for new habits — small reminder to keep your streak alive. Plus background improvements.

Performance and stability improvements.

Photo viewer reliability: when a buddy taps to expand a check-in photo, the app now falls back to the preview thumbnail if the full-size image isn't available, so you'll always see something instead of a loading spinner.

Buddy view fix: when you do a quick check-in without a photo, your accountability buddy no longer sees a stale photo from your last upload — they see a clean text-only check-in.

You can now pick existing photos from your library when checking in, alongside a faster, more familiar camera. Plus reliability improvements for buddy notifications.

Fixed a calendar bug where dates appeared under the wrong weekday columns. Today's date now lines up correctly.

Buddy Notes - the captions your buddies write at check-in now appear alongside their photo. Photo Reliability - check-in photos retry once on flaky networks so they don't quietly disappear. Cleaner Buddy Pushes - we no longer notify you about stale check-ins from days ago.

Contextual Insight - a one-line daily nudge at the top of Today, tuned to your local weather and time of day. Photo Reliability - check-in photos now upload reliably even moments after you set up the app.

Shareable Proof Grid - share your week of check-in photos. Guided Onboarding - pick a habit, take your first proof photo. Buddy Replies - text replies to check-ins. Weekly Recap - Sunday stats card. Contact notifications, avatar caching, privacy policy update.

Shareable Proof Grid - share your week of check-in photos. Guided Onboarding - pick a habit, take your first proof photo. Buddy Replies - text replies to check-ins. Weekly Recap - Sunday stats card. Contact notifications, avatar caching, privacy policy update.

Shareable Proof Grid - share your week of check-in photos. Guided Onboarding - pick a habit, take your first proof photo. Buddy Replies - text replies to check-ins. Weekly Recap - Sunday stats card. Contact notifications, avatar caching, privacy policy update.