• New: a golden wordmark for supporters. Everyone who makes a donation now gets a golden "Jaap Daily" wordmark and a small Supporter emblem on the counter — a quiet thank-you for keeping the app free and ad-free. When you're signed in it follows you across your devices. • A smarter daily reminder. If you've turned on the optional reminder, it now arrives at the time you chose in your own time zone, skips the day once you've already chanted, and shows your current streak. • More private by default. In anonymous mode, your favorites and your listening stay on your device. We only count — with no identity attached — how often each Naam, Mantra, bhajan, Chalisa and Aarti is used, to see what the community finds helpful. • New: a redesigned Support screen. Giving is now framed as seva: a glowing mala ring shows your own lifetime chant count, the offerings are clear and one-tap, and a warm "Dhanyavaad" thank-you with a Supporter badge greets you after you give. Still no ads, no paywall — every feature is free.

• New: see your practice broken down by Naam and by Mantra. Insights now has a Naam/Mantra toggle with a "most chanted" leader card and a full ranked list — see exactly which Naam or Mantra you chant most, with totals for each. • New: manage your naam list. Delete a custom naam you added, or hide any built-in naam you don't chant from your list — fully reversible from a "hidden naams" manager. • Fixed: Ram was being counted as two separate naams. If you picked "Ram" from the Apple Watch, it was recorded as a different naam than "Ram" picked on the phone, splitting your count. It's now always the same naam. • Fixed: tapping between lines in a Chalisa or Aarti sometimes didn't respond. Tapping in the gap between two verses now works everywhere, not just directly on the text. • Improved: clearer bead ring on Apple Watch. Individual beads are now easy to tell apart — no more overlapping glow blurring them together.

Fixed a bug where syncing your practice history across devices, or signing in on a new device, could occasionally create duplicate entries in your jap count and history.

Corrected the volume-button counting description — it works while the app is open on screen. For hands-free counting with your phone locked, use the Apple Watch companion app. Sync reliability fix. Fixed a bug where syncing your practice history across devices, or signing in on a new device, could occasionally create duplicate entries in your jap count and history. New duplicates should no longer occur going forward.

Continue your mala where you left off. If your jap is interrupted — you close the app partway through a mala — Jaap Daily can now pick up from the bead you were on instead of starting over. Prefer the traditional practice? Choose "Restart the mala from the first bead" instead. Set it under Settings → Practice → "When your jap is interrupted." Your Apple Watch follows the same choice. A gentle turn on completion. When you finish a mala, the beads now softly rotate — like turning a physical japa mala at the Meru — before your next round begins, then stay lit until your next jaap.

New: Jaap Daily can now let you know when an app update is available — a gentle, dismissible reminder for optional updates, and a clear "Update required" screen (one tap to the App Store) for the rare case where an update is essential. This is mostly behind the scenes and stays out of your way until an update actually matters.

New: the Sangrah (Chalisa & Aarti) reader now advances the highlighted line with a tap anywhere by default — no need to turn on tap-to-advance first. You can still switch back to tapping a specific line from the reader's header. Fixed: a Sync Settings info row ("Automatic backup") that stayed in English regardless of the app's language — now properly translated in all 19 supported languages. Fixed: an issue where the app could occasionally create more than one account behind the scenes on a first-time install, due to a timing issue during startup.

New: Chalisa & Aarti — a new "Sangrah" tab. Read popular Chalisas and Aartis right in the app — full text, tap through line by line at your own pace, and switch between Devanagari, Roman transliteration, or an English meaning. Hanuman Chalisa, Durga Chalisa, and Om Jai Jagdish Hare are built in and always available offline; browse more to download and keep on your phone. Gentle background music plays during Aartis, with an easy mute button. Save your favorites for quick access. New: a gentle one-time reminder to sign in. If you're chanting anonymously and reach 10,000 lifetime japs, Jaap Daily now shows a one-time reminder to sign in — so your progress isn't lost if you ever reinstall or switch phones.

- New: Donation Reminders — occasional, gentle notes from Jaap Daily around festivals like Diwali or New Year about supporting the app. On by default, easy to turn off anytime in Settings → Notifications - New: Tapping a Jaap Daily link now opens straight to the right screen in the app instead of your browser - Fixed: Apple Watch sessions now show your real chanting duration in Insights, instead of always reading zero - Fixed: several rare crashes — during music preview, when keeping the screen awake on certain devices, with volume-button counting, and when checking the donation store's availability

- New: Optional ambient background music while you chant — choose a track for any Naam or Mantra in Settings → Music - New: Keep the music playing when your phone is locked or you switch apps, with the new "Continue in Background" option - New: Mark tracks as favorites and find them instantly in the music picker — Selected, Favorites, and All Music, just like your Naam and Mantra lists - New: A one-tap music toggle right on the counter screen, with a gentle reminder if you turn it on before linking a track - New: Music plays smoothly through the mala-completion bell and follows you naturally as you move between Naam and Mantra - Fixed: a rare crash when adding a count manually

Fixed a crash some users experienced when opening the app or moving between screens History now correctly shows the mantra you chanted during a Karaoke session, instead of your saved Naam Mantra Library reorganized — your selected mantra and favorites now appear first for quick access General stability and reliability improvements

New: - Google Sign-In is back on iPhone — sign in with your Google account to back up and sync your Naam Jap counts across devices - New Naam: Jai Maa Kamakhya, with Kamakhya Devi Mantra Fixes: - Fixed crash when toggling the daily streak reminder on or off in Notifications settings - Fixed a rare crash when opening the Cloud Backup screen while already signed in - Fixed a sign-in stability issue that could cause a new user ID to be created on poor network connections, losing previously synced counts - Improved overall crash stability - Fixed a crash affecting new installs where the app would close immediately on any screen with a button or navigation bar (font loading issue). - Fixed a crash that could occur after signing in with phone or Apple during the onboarding flow.