Major update: Brackdown is now social. - NEW: Discover tab — find and challenge other Brackdown players ranked by sports you both play. Sport filter chips, sort by overlap or ELO, Quick Match for a random opponent in seconds. - NEW: Friends tab — your friends now have a dedicated home with QR add/scan, Messages list, and 1-tap challenge. - NEW: Profile tab — your stats, match history, photo gallery, year in review, and settings all in one place. - NEW: Messages — chat with your Brackdown friends. iMessage-style bubbles, read receipts, push notifications when a friend texts you, block/report tools built in. - NEW: Make me discoverable — opt-in to have other players find and challenge you (Settings › Discovery). Only your name, top sports, and ELO are shared. - Single profile per device — simplified the identity flow. Your profile is set once and stays yours. - New 4-tab layout replaces the old sidebar so everything is one tap away. - Animated bracket reveal, glowing trail when a winner advances, sport-themed bracket cells. - Streak protection warning before risky matchups, streak banner on the home screen. - Mini install QR in the match completion banner.

Convention-prep polish: - Win odds now shown before every match so you can see the upset prediction. - One-tap Load Demo Data in Settings (Developer) — fills the app with believable players, weeks of matches, and a running tournament. - Smoother onboarding: animated step transitions, dynamic hero icon, name field auto-focuses. - Haptics now actually respect the Settings toggle (rich Core Haptics during play, simple haptic on win). - Cleanup pass on the home screen.

Hotfix: - Friends invite link now actually opens to a profile sheet where you can add the person — was silently dropping you on the home screen. - Made the invite link tiny so it fits in iMessage. Old link encoded your whole profile into the URL; new link is just a short reference.

Polish drop: - New Friends list — share or scan a QR to add a friend, mark anyone as a friend from their stats page. - Each sport now has its own color throughout the app (tennis green, FIFA blue, chess gold, and more). - Haptic feedback when scoring, plus a celebratory burst on match win. Toggle in Settings. - Animated ELO numbers — every rating update flips into place. - Brackdown matches and players now show up in iOS Spotlight search; tap to jump straight to the detail. - Onboarding now asks your favorite sport so it's first in the picker. - Polished empty states across the app.

Fixes a crash that occurred when tapping your profile and on the home screen. No new features.