* Private accounts: make your account private in Edit Profile, and only people you approve can see your check-ins, stories and favourites. * Follow requests: when you follow a private account it sends a request, and if your account is private you can accept or delete requests from your notifications. * Simpler sharing: no more Followers or Public choice when you check in. Your account setting now decides who sees your posts. * New Public feed: discover check-ins from people you don't follow yet. * Crawls: published crawls are open to everyone to find and use. * Faster feeds and profiles, plus bug fixes.

* Check-in reminders on iPhone, so you get a nudge when you've been at a pub for a while * Choose which notifications you get in Settings * Nearby pubs now show first when choosing where to check in * Bug fixes for notifications

* More pubs on the map in busy areas * Closed pubs removed * Faster image loading * Smoother map * Stronger blocking * Stability improvements

* New rank-up celebration * Live updates for cheers, comments and edits in your feed * Fixed Back from check-ins opened through notifications * Fixed pub locations on check-ins * Faster, smoother maps and live updates

* See all the points you earned after a check-in, including your drink * Leaderboard arrows now show who's moved since you last looked * Fixed the wrong profile picture showing on the podium * Fixed missing distances on some check-ins * Fixed pubs showing in the wrong spot on the map

* New system maintenance UI

* New user personalisation form to help improve pubmates to tailor to your needs

* Optimised check-ins with photos for better performance and reliability * Check-ins now take you to the feed and show a new uploading banner * Points banner has been revamped to show current rank and how many points left * General bugfixes and performance updates

* Real drinks and real prices, now in 1,452 UK pubs — open a pub and see what's actually on and what it costs, before you walk in * 190,279 drinks, virtually every one with a price * Prices are local, not averaged — we show what that pub charges; the same wine is £40 at one and £46 two miles away * Redesigned drinks card — colour-coded chips by category with a legend, replacing the old stacked cards * Your favourites pinned to the top of every pub's drinks list * Search within a pub's drinks, with a scrollable capped-height list so you're not scrolling past 150 drinks * Coverage across Wetherspoon's, Greene King, Hungry Horse, Chef & Brewer, Slug & Lettuce, Be At One, Walkabout, Yates — plus 186 independent and own-name pubs

* leaderboard now have podiums * can follow us on socials

* street check-ins now supported * optimised image support for pubmates

* check-ins are now editable * can now remove a follower

* fixed issue with back buttons

* Improved pub/bars coverage on maps

* Fixed check-ins with photos getting stuck on a loading spinner * Photos now upload faster and more reliably * Improved the check-in caption box * Easier to dismiss the keyboard when writing a caption * Caption box no longer hides what you're typing

* Deeper search now surfaces pubs that were previously missing * Search by pub name or area in one unified search bar * Smarter **Search this area** with a clearer loading state * Tap pubs directly on the map on Android * Faster, tighter snap to your location with a cleaner map view * Major stability fixes — no more crashes when panning, zooming, or searching * Bars now appear alongside pubs on the map * More accurate suggestions with proper pub vs bar classification * New **Include bars** option * New **End at a bar** option * **Include bars** and **End at a bar** can now be used independently

* Earn points for everything you do: check-ins, stories, crawls, comments, cheers, follows, spotted drinks, and more. * Climb the ranks from Bronze through Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Legend. * New leaderboards: compete globally, with people you follow, this season, or all-time. * UK-seasonal scores: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter each have their own rankings. * Season recap: get a shareable summary of your rank and top contributions at the end of each season. * Opt out of public leaderboards anytime in Settings. * See your rank chip beside your name across the app. * Level-up celebrations when you cross a new tier.

* Smarter Fix Route for suggested crawls * Swap only the pub causing a long leg, or fix every long leg in one tap * Long-leg warnings now appear in red on the route map and list * Default search area is now set to Narrow for tighter, more walkable crawls * Completed crawls now show a per-stop time breakdown * Ending a crawl early now shows a summary of what you actually completed * New Strava-style crawl stats page with route map, animated stats, and completion confetti * Share your crawl with a polished branded image showing the route map and headline stats * Favourite crawls by tapping the heart * New Favourites tab added to the crawls screen * Crawls now appear in a dedicated Favourites section on profiles * Favourite your own crawls or crawls created by others * Empty crawl tabs now include a Create a Crawl button that opens Smart Suggest * Generated crawls can now include up to 13 stops * Cleaner suggestion reasons with less noise * Crawl reasons now focus on useful details like favourites, recent visits, ratings, open status, and drink matches

* Add photos to check-ins, with support for up to 4 photos from your camera or library * Select multiple photos from your library in one go * Pinch to zoom on check-in photos * Tag up to 10 mates in your check-ins * Tagged users now get a dedicated notification * Tagged users can see check-ins they’re tagged in, even if they’re followers-only * Edit tags after posting from the check-in menu * Untag yourself from check-ins you’ve been tagged in * Create check-ins directly from the feed using the new plus button * New full-screen check-in creation flow * View the selected pub directly from the check-in creation screen * Redesigned check-in cards with a cleaner layout * Check-in photos now appear front and centre * Drink, event, and tagged mates are now shown in a simpler single-line layout * Delete your own check-ins from the check-in menu * Share, edit tags, and delete actions are now grouped in one menu * Check-in notifications now open the correct check-in detail screen * Likes and comments now stay in sync across the feed, profile, and check-in detail screens * Smarter notifications prevent duplicate alerts when you’re tagged in a check-in * Improved photo readability with better gradients and text shadows * Improved photo carousel with page dots, indicators, and multi-photo camera icons

* Notifications now take you directly to the related check-in * New comment interactions: you can now like and reply to comments * New threaded replies for better conversations * New story viewer added to profiles * Tap a profile picture to view it enlarged

* Share your profile with mates outside the app * New venue photo galleries on pub pages * Faster maps and fixed black photo tiles * Send feedback from Settings

• Added an option to rate the app — appears after positive moments and from Settings → Rate this app.