Choose who finds your plan, any time. You can now switch a plan between Public and Private from Plan settings. Public plans show up in Browse and search; Private ones are only reachable by link. Private plans are now marked in Your groups, so it's easy to tell at a glance. Also: amounts taken out of your Balance now read the usual way, like -$9.12.

Talk to us, right in the app. Need a hand with a group, a payment, or anything else? There's now a SplitPerks thread at the top of Messages. Write to us there — a real person reads it, and the reply lands in the same thread, with a notification so you don't miss it. It works even if the email you signed up with doesn't, so if you've used Hide My Email, this is the surest way to reach us and for us to reach you.

Notifications are no longer all-or-nothing at the moment you join. There's now a switch in Settings, so you can turn them on — or back on — whenever you want. If your device can't finish registering, the app says so instead of quietly staying silent. An open seat is now a button. Tap it to invite someone, and the message quotes what the seat costs once the group is full. If a host doesn't hand over access, you can raise a claim without leaving the app. We also check in after a day to ask whether access actually arrived — and the host's share stays held until it does, so a refund never depends on them not having spent it. Hosting: your dashboard now shows earnings that are still being held, not just what's already yours. Also in this release: the join screen now shows exactly what you were charged, and several screens are easier to read.

Notifications are here. We'll tell you when a group you've reserved a seat in is ready to start, when it's waiting on a top-up from you, when someone joins a plan you host, and before a renewal your balance can't cover. We ask once, at the moment it's obviously useful, and never again. Also in this release: your profile now counts the groups you host instead of always saying none, and on a very cheap plan the service fee can no longer add up to more than buying the plan on your own.

Changed your mind about leaving a group? You can now stay, any time before your period ends. Browse refreshes when you come back to it, so open seats and prices are always current. Listing cards now show the host's rate at a full group, alongside what you'd pay joining today. Category filters match what's actually listed — no more empty ones. When a group is waiting on funds, we now tell you exactly how much to add.

SplitPerks now works properly with Larger Text and Reduced Motion. Buttons and fields grow with your text size instead of clipping it, lines no longer overlap at large sizes, and animations settle down when you've asked the system to reduce motion. Also: new Help entries explaining how waiting for a full group works.

Hosts can now change a group's region and its start threshold after publishing it — no need to delete it and start over.

Join a group before it starts — and pay nothing until it does. • Some plans wait until enough people have joined to be worth starting. Reserve a seat and you're charged only when the group goes ahead, at the price the full group pays — not the price of a half-empty plan. Change your mind before it starts and it costs you nothing. • See how close a group is to starting, and how many more members it needs. • Family plans that are limited to one country now say so, and we check before you pay — so you never buy a seat the service won't let you use. • Hosts can set how many members a group needs before it begins, and which country members must be in. • Every listing now shows who's hosting it, with their rating. • Full VoiceOver support throughout the app.

Hosting a plan just got a lot more flexible. • Split evenly — divide the bill across everyone on the plan, so every new member makes it cheaper for all of you. See exactly what each person pays before you publish. • Choose your billing cycle: monthly, weekly or quarterly. • Make a group public or share it by link only. • Add a description so members know what's included. • Store the plan's login securely — encrypted, and visible only to active members. Also: clearer labels and better VoiceOver support throughout the hosting screens.