A fresh set of burrs doesn't change your recipe. It just keeps every shot dialed in. This update is that kind of maintenance. • Ready for iOS 27. Crema is now built for the latest iOS, so everything keeps working the way it should on your updated phone. • Tidier Journal at larger text sizes. Dates now sit on a single line, so every pour lines up cleanly. Thanks for pouring with us. Feedback is always welcome from Settings.

Most of a good pour is the part nobody sees — the purge, the swirl, the tap on the bench. This update is all of that part. • Your Monthly Coach's Brief now has a card of its own in the Journal: the month's best pour, how many you logged, your best streak, and which dimension improved most. It was being written every month and you could only ever see the focus drill. Crema Pro. • Come back to the app and the camera comes back with it. Locking your phone mid-session could leave the viewfinder frozen and the shutter unresponsive until you force-quit. • Switching layouts in the Progress Collage is quick now, and doesn't freeze the app while it redraws. Gallery, Story and Wall all rebuild in the background with a spinner, instead of locking the screen until they're done. Crema Pro. • Readable at any text size. Capture modes, chart ranges, skill names, your hardware and the options you pick before a pour now stay on screen instead of being clipped — including the ones that shape what the coach is told. • Nothing resets behind your back. Your settings, your streak, your completed Skill Tracks and your scan count all hold their ground in situations where they could quietly revert. • Pro turns on when it should. Your subscription is re-checked when you return to the app, so subscribing on another device no longer leaves you locked out of what you paid for. Thanks for pouring with us. Feedback is always welcome from Settings.

A big one. Months of work on the coaching itself, plus a pass over every screen in the app. BETTER, STEADIER COACHING • Scores are far more consistent. The same photo used to come back with a different score each time it was read; now it doesn't. • Rebuilt how a pour is judged: the coach commits to what it can actually see in the cup before it puts a number on it. • Fixed a bug that dropped the opening line from your feedback and your Journal entries. • Better recognition of fine line work, so a cup with tight, well-separated ripples is credited for it. EVERY SCREEN, TIDIED • Onboarding scrolls instead of squashing on smaller phones, and has a Back button. • Journal: an unscored entry reads as unscored instead of 0.0, the personal-best badge no longer crowds out the date, and the chart's range selector fits on one line. • Capture: a way out of the Milk+Pour step, Open Settings when camera permission is denied, and the offline banner no longer covers the mode selector. • Profile and Settings: readable secondary text, a visible name field, and no more "1 scans left". • Larger tap targets, better accessibility labels, and headings that scale with Dynamic Type. RELIABILITY • Analyses recover properly from timeouts and busy moments, and a late-but-successful result is kept rather than thrown away. • A pour queued behind another analysis now says so. • Importing the same photo twice no longer creates two entries — one pour counts once in your stats. • Fixed a freeze after capture and on dismiss, and stopped full-size photos being decoded inside screens that only show a thumbnail. • A second shutter tap while a capture is in flight is ignored. Thanks for pouring with us. Feedback is always welcome from Settings.

A good bar keeps the queue moving — pull, steam, pour, next. Your scan queue now works the same way. • Tap "scans waiting" to see everything queued or failed — retry or delete any one individually, or upload them all for analysis in one tap. • More accurate pattern recognition — hearts, tulips, and rosettas are now told apart correctly, so you're scored on what you actually poured, not a mislabeled guess. • Coaching that points to your single biggest opportunity each pour, phrased fresh instead of recycling the same lines. • Scoring now spans the full range — a blank or barely-there pour reads honestly low instead of blending in with real attempts. • Your Brew Journal now reliably shows this month's Coach's Brief and insights — no more stale carryover from a previous month. • Fixed a bug where hitting the monthly scan limit could leave free-tier users locked out even after a new month started. Also includes: pick your coaching style — Strict, Balanced, or Encouraging — in Settings → Coaching, and improved reliability for slower connections.

Smarter coaching, plus a tone setting that's yours. Scoring is now grounded in specific visible cues with tighter score bands — a 6.7 and a 7.4 mean meaningfully different things. A pour that doesn't quite hit its target design (a tulip that's really a heart) is scored honestly instead of getting partial credit. New: pick your coaching style. Strict, Balanced, or Encouraging — set it during onboarding, or anytime in Settings → Coaching. Scores stay honest in every mode; only the way the coach talks to you changes. Other bug fixes and improvements.

Even a perfectly pulled shot can look wrong through the wrong lens. The quality check was incorrectly flagging sharp photos as blurry when the cup sat on a smooth surface (marble counter, light wood). The full-frame blur detector can't tell the difference between a sharp cup on a plain background and a genuinely out-of-focus shot — so it was rejecting good pours. That check has been removed. The brightness gate remains, and Claude evaluates image quality when it actually matters.

Small improvements to make daily practice smoother. • Progress Reel is now free for everyone — generate your collage from the Journal tab without a Pro subscription • Your streak is front and centre on the Profile tab with a greeting that changes based on whether you've poured today • Only one scored pour? A teaser card now appears in the Journal showing the progress chart is one pour away • Hit your monthly scan limit? A clear upgrade screen replaces the previously invisible blocked state • The review prompt now appears at a natural moment — after you've read your AI feedback and tapped Done • Fixed sideways pour thumbnail on the analysis loading screen • Fixed analysis error copy running edge-to-edge on narrow screens

Details matter — like the difference between milk texture and latte art. • Share cards now show your latte art, not the milk pitcher, when you captured both in the same pour session • The notes field has a Done button so you can dismiss the keyboard without hunting for it • Tapping anywhere outside the notes or scrolling also closes the keyboard

The best pours start before you press the shutter — small refinements, cleaner results. • New: Choose which screen opens when you launch Crema — Capture, Journal, or Smart (camera in the morning, journal after noon) in Settings • New: Your submitted pour now appears as a thumbnail while Crema analyzes it, so you always know which pour is being scored • New: A "Move back a little" hint appears in the viewfinder when you're too close for the camera to focus — helpful for smaller cups like cortados • Fixed: If you used a streak freeze token, the "protect your streak" notification now correctly cancels instead of firing anyway

Dialing in doesn't stop at the grinder — every variable counts. • New: A subtle reminder appears on your Profile when you have an active streak but haven't poured yet today • Improved: AI feedback scores are more precisely calibrated — finer gradations within each band, less clustering at round numbers • Improved: The "Your Setup" tip now connects what it sees in your image to your machine, milk, puck prep, or grind — not just generic hardware advice • Improved: When you flag a struggle area (e.g. "the cut", "symmetry"), the Key Improvement now directly targets it • Improved: Brew Journal entries now capture a distinct observation from each session instead of restating the Key Improvement

Smarter coaching and a streak reminder. • Improved: AI feedback scores are more honestly calibrated — expect less manufactured praise and more actionable guidance • Improved: When you flag a struggle area (e.g. "the cut", "symmetry"), the Key Improvement now directly targets it • Improved: Brew Journal entries now capture a distinct observation from each session instead of restating the Key Improvement • New: A subtle reminder appears on your Profile when you have an active streak but haven't poured yet today

Even the best shot needs a quick re-pull sometimes. • Fixed a bug where Pro subscription status could appear reset after updating the app — Pro features are now restored correctly on first launch • Minor display fix in Settings → About for the device ID shown to support

Skill progression, smarter coaching, and stability fixes. • Skill tree now has Silver and Gold tiers — hit new score milestones to unlock them, each with its own reveal animation • Coaching tips are now tailored to your machine type (single boiler, dual boiler, super-auto) — advice you can actually act on • Pro subscription status is now detected reliably on every launch, including test grants and renewals • Fixed a blank-screen bug that could appear when submitting a pour for analysis • App will prompt for an App Store rating after a few scans — tap Later if it's not a good moment