Improvements • Stability - Major improvements to app reliability with fixes for multiple crash scenarios • Performance - Updated Firebase SDK to latest stable version for improved reliability and performance Fixes • Critical Fixes - Resolved crash when viewing comic actions, eliminated iCloud file access deadlock, and fixed issues with collection/comic scrolling • iOS 26 Beta Support - Fixed crash on early iOS 26 beta versions when using glass effect UI • OPDS Servers - Fixed server identification with legacy configurations

Improvements • Stability - Major improvements to app reliability with fixes for multiple crash scenarios Fixes • Critical Fixes - Resolved crash when viewing comic actions, eliminated iCloud file access deadlock, and fixed issues with collection/comic scrolling • iOS 26 Beta Support - Fixed crash on early iOS 26 beta versions when using glass effect UI • OPDS Servers - Fixed server identification with legacy configurations

New Features • Enhanced Widget Experience - Brand new widget with customizable options and full iOS 26 support • iOS 26 Optimized - Full support for iOS 26 TabBar and top menu actions on iPad Improvements • Better Control - System Settings > Panels now displays your support identifier and lets you disable automatic reader restoration on launch • Performance - Optimized metadata generation with reduced file operations for faster library loading Fixes • Kavita Integration - Reading progress sync now works correctly with zero-based page updates • Visual Polish - Improved widget text contrast, fixed navigation bar display issues on iOS 26, and resolved iPad layout problems • UI Refinements - Enhanced switch animations and proper widget rendering with default values

New Features • Enhanced Widget Experience - Brand new widget with customizable options and full iOS 26 support • iOS 26 Optimized - Full support for iOS 26 TabBar and top menu actions on iPad Improvements • Better Control - System Settings > Panels now displays your support identifier and lets you disable automatic reader restoration on launch • Performance - Optimized metadata generation with reduced file operations for faster library loading Fixes • Kavita Integration - Reading progress sync now works correctly with zero-based page updates • Visual Polish - Improved widget text contrast, fixed navigation bar display issues on iOS 26, and resolved iPad layout problems • UI Refinements - Enhanced switch animations and proper widget rendering with default values

New Features • Enhanced Widget Experience - Brand new widget with customizable options and full iOS 26 support • iOS 26 Optimized - Full support for iOS 26 TabBar and top menu actions on iPad Improvements • Better Control - System Settings > Panels now displays your support identifier and lets you disable automatic reader restoration on launch • Performance - Optimized metadata generation with reduced file operations for faster library loading Fixes • Kavita Integration - Reading progress sync now works correctly with zero-based page updates • Visual Polish - Improved widget text contrast, fixed navigation bar display issues on iOS 26, and resolved iPad layout problems • UI Refinements - Enhanced switch animations and proper widget rendering with default values

Improvements: • We've tweaked the layout to take advantage better of the space. • Downloads now remember the last sort mode selected. Fixes: • Folders' style is not synced correctly on iCloud Drive libraries. • Library leaks memory causing random crashes. • Panels crashes on launch to some users.

Improvements: • We've tweaked the layout to take advantage better of the space. • Downloads now remember the last sort mode selected. Fixes: • Folders' style is not synced correctly on iCloud Drive libraries. • Library leaks memory causing random crashes. • Panels crashes on launch to some users.

Fixes • OPDS search can crash the app. • Manual sorting not working in external libraries === v3.8.0 This update kicks off early access to Panels 4! Premium users can now try upcoming features before their official launch — all opt-in and designed to make Panels better for everyone. New • Panels 4 Early Access: Try new features early from Settings. • Create your own themes (plus 12 new themes!) - Opt-in from Panels Labs. • All-new Downloads management view (cloud users only). • Added support for multiple comic identifiers. Improvements • Customize the sidebar on Mac. • Support for animated images in comic pages. • Faster and more reliable iCloud indexing. • Smarter theme handling using system appearance. • Better handling of offloaded iCloud files. • Improved EPUB and folder comic recognition. Fixes • “Continue Reading” now behaves correctly in all modes. • Fixed issues with EPUB rendering and SVG images. • UI layout issues in search and downloads resolved. • Improved drag-and-drop and folder creation behavior. • Fixed back button in Reading Now settings. • Resolved pagination issues with OPDS feeds. • PDFs render correctly on iOS 26 beta. • And many more stability and performance improvements. • OPDS search results pagination doesn't work.

This update kicks off early access to Panels 4! Premium users can now try upcoming features before their official launch — all opt-in and designed to make Panels better for everyone. New • Panels 4 Early Access: Try new features early from Settings. • Create your own themes (plus 12 new themes!) - Opt-in from Panels Labs. • All-new Downloads management view (cloud users only). • Added support for multiple comic identifiers. Improvements • Customize the sidebar on Mac. • Support for animated images in comic pages. • Faster and more reliable iCloud indexing. • Smarter theme handling using system appearance. • Better handling of offloaded iCloud files. • Improved EPUB and folder comic recognition. Fixes • “Continue Reading” now behaves correctly in all modes. • Fixed issues with EPUB rendering and SVG images. • UI layout issues in search and downloads resolved. • Improved drag-and-drop and folder creation behavior. • Fixed back button in Reading Now settings. • Resolved pagination issues with OPDS feeds. • PDFs render correctly on iOS 26 beta. • And many more stability and performance improvements. • OPDS search results pagination doesn't work.

Fixes: • QuickLook Thumbnails extension tries to generate an image for non-comic exclusive types, like zip or rar.

Improvements: • Panels now generates thumbnails externally, so comics appear with their cover on Files (iOS) and Finder (macOS). Fixes: • Continue reading only works when tapping on the arrow, not on the area.

Fixes • Drag n' drop HUD is never dismissed. • Cannot open collections from search. • Continuous reader sometimes jumps to a random location when the devices is rotated.

Improvements • ePUB comics using image rendering mode can now use filters. • Panels now remembers the selected rendering mode for each comic. Bug Fixes • Some ePUB have their pages shuffled.

Panels is now available for MacOS! Enjoy the bigger screen and improved capabilities in a whole new platform. Improvements: • Big improvements in library performance • Higher resolution covers on iPad when using big covers • Import flow design for external services has been redesigned to match the library • It is now possible to save a page to disk and share Fixes: • Some iCloud librares would crash starting on 18.4 • One Drive could appear empty for some users • It is now possible to use : and / in folders and file names • It is now possible to delete big libraries without crashing

Improvements: • Big improvements in library performance • Higher resolution covers on iPad when using big covers • Import flow design for external services has been redesigned to match the library • It is now possible to save a page to disk and share Fixes: • Some iCloud librares would crash starting on 18.4 • One Drive could appear empty for some users • It is now possible to use : and / in folders and file names • It is now possible to delete big libraries without crashing

Improvements: • Big improvements in library performance • Higher resolution covers on iPad when using big covers • Import flow design for external services has been redesigned to match the library • It is now possible to save a page to disk and share Fixes: • Some iCloud librares would crash starting on 18.4 • One Drive could appear empty for some users • It is now possible to use : and / in folders and file names • It is now possible to delete big libraries without crashing

Improvements: • Allows multiple sign-in methods. • Improved panels sorting algorithm in Panels View. • Locked comic status is now synced in the reading sessions. Fixes: • Continue reading drag is broken. • Continuous scroll reader jumps to a random page when zoomed out too much. • Continuous scroll reader does not allow continue reading when zoomed out. • Double tap zoom can accidentally trigger continue reading. • Swipe to select multiple items on iPadOS does not work.

Fixes: • Reading now fixes: locked comics not being blurred and continuous reading progress resetting. • Continue reading arrow won't appear in vertical reader. It is now possible to navigate to next comic with keyboard. • iOS 15 won't show reader presets nor page effects. • Crash and Compilation Fixes: Resolved crashes and compilation errors across multiple platforms, including fixes for iOS and general compilation issues. • Better implemented error handling for unavailable comics and removed duplicate comic references.

Fixes: • Downloaded files sometimes appear as unavailable on Reading Now. • Reading sessions don't sync correctly. • User Avatar images won't sync correctly across devices. • Touching a cell briefly when scrolling on the library shows the focus state. • Comics sometimes appear on Reading Now in disabled stated, even if they are available. • Comics downloaded from OPDS won't open from Reading Now. • OPDS comics won't stream from Reading Now.

Fixes: • Some favorite paths cannot be resolved and fail to open. 3.6.7 ==================== Fixes: • Subscriptions won't be restored automatically on launch. 3.6.6 ==================== Improvements: • App boot up is way faster. • iCloud Drive Libraries index faster. Fixes: • Reading PDFs in double-paged mode crashes the app. • Pages keep flashing, especially when streaming. • ePUB pages sometimes are not rendered and a black screen appears. • Purchases are lost and can't be retrieved without internet connection. • Some readers leak memory and can exhaust the device after a few comics read in a row. • Being offline while indexing an iCloud Library can lead to performance degradation. • If the Panels fails to open a comic, it can get stuck in a loop where a "Loading" message shows up on launch. • The app crashes on launch due to invalid Favorites. 3.6.5 ==================== New features: • Added per-library settings for default reading direction and reading mode. • Improved library settings by moving reading direction into library settings. Fixes: • Swipe to navigate back in the library does not work. • The download overlay on comic covers on iCloud libraries disappear quickly after the download starts. • App stuck in "Loading" state. • Readers show black pages with PDF and ePUB comics. • Crash related to memory pressure while reading • Crash when accessing certain database objects • Resolved a crash caused by deleting OPDS servers. 3.6.4 ==================== Features: • iOS 18.2+ users can use Image Playgrounds to generate avatars using Apple Intelligence. Improvements: • Custom folder libraries are now included in the free tier. Fixes: • Library layout is broken when a row only contains folders. • App Locker does not work correctly and leave the app stuck behind a blur veil but allows interaction. • One Drive importer can crash the app. • The user avatar fades in every time it appears on screen. • Accessing an local network OPDS server like Calibre fails. • Side Taps in vertical scroll reader does not work as expected. • Sometimes the app gets stuck in a Loading state. • Library List mode layout is broken. • The Reading Now section sometimes crashes the app. • The Library sometimes crash. • Link to illustrator is incorrect. • The reader sometimes rests to the first page. • After the onboarding, the library shown is not the one selected. • Favorites are broken. • Sometimes entire folders disappear an reappear. Forcing a new index and, in some cases, losing manual sorting. • Pages flicker in the reader with certain configurations. • Comic Packs (compressed files containing comic files) are not handled correctly. • When restoring purchases fail, it shows the incorrect error message. • One-finger zoom can now be enabled tapping anywhere on the page. • Substack deeplinks don't work.

Fixes: • Subscriptions won't be restored automatically on launch. 3.6.6 ==================== Improvements: • App boot up is way faster. • iCloud Drive Libraries index faster. Fixes: • Reading PDFs in double-paged mode crashes the app. • Pages keep flashing, especially when streaming. • ePUB pages sometimes are not rendered and a black screen appears. • Purchases are lost and can't be retrieved without internet connection. • Some readers leak memory and can exhaust the device after a few comics read in a row. • Being offline while indexing an iCloud Library can lead to performance degradation. • If the Panels fails to open a comic, it can get stuck in a loop where a "Loading" message shows up on launch. • The app crashes on launch due to invalid Favorites. 3.6.5 ==================== New features: • Added per-library settings for default reading direction and reading mode. • Improved library settings by moving reading direction into library settings. Fixes: • Swipe to navigate back in the library does not work. • The download overlay on comic covers on iCloud libraries disappear quickly after the download starts. • App stuck in "Loading" state. • Readers show black pages with PDF and ePUB comics. • Crash related to memory pressure while reading • Crash when accessing certain database objects • Resolved a crash caused by deleting OPDS servers. 3.6.4 ==================== Features: • iOS 18.2+ users can use Image Playgrounds to generate avatars using Apple Intelligence. Improvements: • Custom folder libraries are now included in the free tier. Fixes: • Library layout is broken when a row only contains folders. • App Locker does not work correctly and leave the app stuck behind a blur veil but allows interaction. • One Drive importer can crash the app. • The user avatar fades in every time it appears on screen. • Accessing an local network OPDS server like Calibre fails. • Side Taps in vertical scroll reader does not work as expected. • Sometimes the app gets stuck in a Loading state. • Library List mode layout is broken. • The Reading Now section sometimes crashes the app. • The Library sometimes crash. • Link to illustrator is incorrect. • The reader sometimes rests to the first page. • After the onboarding, the library shown is not the one selected. • Favorites are broken. • Sometimes entire folders disappear an reappear. Forcing a new index and, in some cases, losing manual sorting. • Pages flicker in the reader with certain configurations. • Comic Packs (compressed files containing comic files) are not handled correctly. • When restoring purchases fail, it shows the incorrect error message. • One-finger zoom can now be enabled tapping anywhere on the page. • Substack deeplinks don't work.

Improvements: • App boot up is way faster. • iCloud Drive Libraries index faster. Fixes: • Reading PDFs in double-paged mode crashes the app. • Pages keep flashing, especially when streaming. • ePUB pages sometimes are not rendered and a black screen appears. • Purchases are lost and can't be retrieved without internet connection. • Some readers leak memory and can exhaust the device after a few comics read in a row. • Being offline while indexing an iCloud Library can lead to performance degradation. • If the Panels fails to open a comic, it can get stuck in a loop where a "Loading" message shows up on launch. • The app crashes on launch due to invalid Favorites. 3.6.5 ==================== New features: • Added per-library settings for default reading direction and reading mode. • Improved library settings by moving reading direction into library settings. Fixes: • Swipe to navigate back in the library does not work. • The download overlay on comic covers on iCloud libraries disappear quickly after the download starts. • App stuck in "Loading" state. • Readers show black pages with PDF and ePUB comics. • Crash related to memory pressure while reading • Crash when accessing certain database objects • Resolved a crash caused by deleting OPDS servers. 3.6.4 ==================== Features: • iOS 18.2+ users can use Image Playgrounds to generate avatars using Apple Intelligence. Improvements: • Custom folder libraries are now included in the free tier. Fixes: • Library layout is broken when a row only contains folders. • App Locker does not work correctly and leave the app stuck behind a blur veil but allows interaction. • One Drive importer can crash the app. • The user avatar fades in every time it appears on screen. • Accessing an local network OPDS server like Calibre fails. • Side Taps in vertical scroll reader does not work as expected. • Sometimes the app gets stuck in a Loading state. • Library List mode layout is broken. • The Reading Now section sometimes crashes the app. • The Library sometimes crash. • Link to illustrator is incorrect. • The reader sometimes rests to the first page. • After the onboarding, the library shown is not the one selected. • Favorites are broken. • Sometimes entire folders disappear an reappear. Forcing a new index and, in some cases, losing manual sorting. • Pages flicker in the reader with certain configurations. • Comic Packs (compressed files containing comic files) are not handled correctly. • When restoring purchases fail, it shows the incorrect error message. • One-finger zoom can now be enabled tapping anywhere on the page. • Substack deeplinks don't work.

New features: • Added per-library settings for default reading direction and reading mode. • Improved library settings by moving reading direction into library settings. Fixes: • Swipe to navigate back in the library does not work. • The download overlay on comic covers on iCloud libraries disappear quickly after the download starts. • App stuck in "Loading" state. • Readers show black pages with PDF and ePUB comics. • Crash related to memory pressure while reading • Crash when accessing certain database objects • Resolved a crash caused by deleting OPDS servers. 3.6.4 ==================== Features: • iOS 18.2+ users can use Image Playgrounds to generate avatars using Apple Intelligence. Improvements: • Custom folder libraries are now included in the free tier. Fixes: • Library layout is broken when a row only contains folders. • App Locker does not work correctly and leave the app stuck behind a blur veil but allows interaction. • One Drive importer can crash the app. • The user avatar fades in every time it appears on screen. • Accessing an local network OPDS server like Calibre fails. • Side Taps in vertical scroll reader does not work as expected. • Sometimes the app gets stuck in a Loading state. • Library List mode layout is broken. • The Reading Now section sometimes crashes the app. • The Library sometimes crash. • Link to illustrator is incorrect. • The reader sometimes rests to the first page. • After the onboarding, the library shown is not the one selected. • Favorites are broken. • Sometimes entire folders disappear an reappear. Forcing a new index and, in some cases, losing manual sorting. • Pages flicker in the reader with certain configurations. • Comic Packs (compressed files containing comic files) are not handled correctly. • When restoring purchases fail, it shows the incorrect error message. • One-finger zoom can now be enabled tapping anywhere on the page. • Substack deeplinks don't work.

Features: • iOS 18.2+ users can use Image Playgrounds to generate avatars using Apple Intelligence. Improvements: • Custom folder libraries are now included in the free tier. Fixes: • Library layout is broken when a row only contains folders. • App Locker does not work correctly and leave the app stuck behind a blur veil but allows interaction. • One Drive importer can crash the app. • The user avatar fades in every time it appears on screen. • Accessing an local network OPDS server like Calibre fails. • Side Taps in vertical scroll reader does not work as expected. • Sometimes the app gets stuck in a Loading state. • Library List mode layout is broken. • The Reading Now section sometimes crashes the app. • The Library sometimes crash. • Link to illustrator is incorrect. • The reader sometimes rests to the first page. • After the onboarding, the library shown is not the one selected. • Favorites are broken. • Sometimes entire folders disappear an reappear. Forcing a new index and, in some cases, losing manual sorting. • Pages flicker in the reader with certain configurations. • Comic Packs (compressed files containing comic files) are not handled correctly. • When restoring purchases fail, it shows the incorrect error message. • One-finger zoom can now be enabled tapping anywhere on the page. • Substack deeplinks don't work. 3.6.3 ==================== New app onboarding for new Panels users. Fixes: • Avatar no longer shows squished with a white background 3.6.2 ==================== Improvements • Now the library index information screen shows how long the last index job took. • UI performance improvements navigating iCloud libraries. Fixes: • Comics don't show number of pages. • One Drive auth crashes the app. • SMB cannot download multiple files. • Opening an invalid comic can leave the "loading" hud visible forever, blocking the app. 3.6.1 ==================== Fixes: • Panels can send duplicate query params to OPDS servers when the base URL contains one (like an auth token). • Disconnected SMB servers can crash the app. • Presenting the file picker from the library causes an incorrect presentation which can lead to crashing the app. • Importing files from Files.app can lead to a synchronization problem where permissions to access files are already invalidated when the app tries to copy the file. • Local Authenticator (PIN/Password lock) can crash the app. • Presenting the app on an external display can crash the app. • App gets stuck with a Loading hud on launch. • Tabbar text is too long in french. Issues under investigation: • Added telemetry logs to investigate file picker crashes further. 3.6.0 ==================== Features: • 2024 year recap. • New splash screen + icon. • Support for multiple windows and scenes in preparation for the future MacOS port. • New library activity view with improved library indexing and metadata extraction. • Use new illustrations for blank states. • Support for comics using ppm, pgm, and pbm images. Improvements: • Modernize code with Swift 6 and new structured concurrency. • Adds a new option to show folders in files. • New option to reconnect disconnected libraries. • Panels now send OPDS servers a list of supported images when streaming comics (Accept header). • New custom icon selection with dark/light mode support. Fixes: • Fix blurry images when choosing a custom collection cover • Fix the widget showing black or not opening the comic correctly • OPDS downloads don't work as expected. They don't appear in downloaded content nor can they be used offline. • Search does not show content from multiple accounts connected to an OPDS server, only from one of them. • Page Curl double page shows pages incorrectly aligned.

New app onboarding for new Panels users. Fixes: • Avatar no longer shows squished with a white background 3.6.2 ==================== Improvements • Now the library index information screen shows how long the last index job took. • UI performance improvements navigating iCloud libraries. Fixes: • Comics don't show number of pages. • One Drive auth crashes the app. • SMB cannot download multiple files. • Opening an invalid comic can leave the "loading" hud visible forever, blocking the app. 3.6.1 ==================== Fixes: • Panels can send duplicate query params to OPDS servers when the base URL contains one (like an auth token). • Disconnected SMB servers can crash the app. • Presenting the file picker from the library causes an incorrect presentation which can lead to crashing the app. • Importing files from Files.app can lead to a synchronization problem where permissions to access files are already invalidated when the app tries to copy the file. • Local Authenticator (PIN/Password lock) can crash the app. • Presenting the app on an external display can crash the app. • App gets stuck with a Loading hud on launch. • Tabbar text is too long in french. Issues under investigation: • Added telemetry logs to investigate file picker crashes further. 3.6.0 ==================== Features: • 2024 year recap. • New splash screen + icon. • Support for multiple windows and scenes in preparation for the future MacOS port. • New library activity view with improved library indexing and metadata extraction. • Use new illustrations for blank states. • Support for comics using ppm, pgm, and pbm images. Improvements: • Modernize code with Swift 6 and new structured concurrency. • Adds a new option to show folders in files. • New option to reconnect disconnected libraries. • Panels now send OPDS servers a list of supported images when streaming comics (Accept header). • New custom icon selection with dark/light mode support. Fixes: • Fix blurry images when choosing a custom collection cover • Fix the widget showing black or not opening the comic correctly • OPDS downloads don't work as expected. They don't appear in downloaded content nor can they be used offline. • Search does not show content from multiple accounts connected to an OPDS server, only from one of them. • Page Curl double page shows pages incorrectly aligned.