New mode: Frontier (Survival) — one endless run; the locations get harder and the clock gets shorter until your fuel runs out. This replaces the "long" practice map with something hopefully really fun. Includes Today / This Month / All-Time leaderboards. Assorted minor fixes: - Challenge Round scores now save to the leaderboard, and sharing your result now shows your time. - Fixed country practice scoring — tapping inside a country now gives you credit (some countries were scoring you as far away). - Your daily game resumes where you left off if the app is closed mid-round. - Fixed blurry/broken map tiles that could stick around between sessions. - Groups: browse past months' standings.

after each round, a little point lingers so you can see where your guess was, and where the target was. see your versus rank over time on your profile page, challenge people to versus games from their profile page, added the ability to search for other users, ties in versus mode go to the person with the least total distance for their guesses fixed a crash in accepting games in versus mode

huge map update to include higher detail, more levels of zoom. Everyone's zoom improves. Free users go from z5 to z8. MapTap+ goes from z7 to z10. Added thousands of rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water Added a toggle for a high contrast ocean for blue/green colorblind accessibility

fixing a bug where players in foreign languages couldn't load the correct map

minor features and fixes: best of prior days could impact daily game data, fix for playing prior days sometimes not working, app now recognizes if you are in an alternate language and will default to it, fixed an issue with the outline of Cyprus, fixed the location of Angikuni Lake, added the ability to 'hide friendlies' in versus

Adding in a free best-of map, added the ability to make friendly open matches in versus, added bonus points to the daily score when you get in the right country for your guess. Bug fixes: some flags / countries were missing in flag mode, fixing a potential performance issue in versus mode, fixed US states practice map, fixed an issue where southern Europe would count as Africa.

Major features: App is now localized in 11 additional languages Bug fixes: when switching between game types the app could get confused and stop working, fixing data issues when looking at the end game summary screen.

v3.04 - fixing a case where some text at the end of the game could pile up on top of each other - fixing an issue where if you play a versus game first, then the daily game, the daily game wouldn't work - fixing error messaging when playing a lot of versus games against a single opponent. - in timed games, auto-disable confirm-tap mode - added ability to watch a replay of versus games - added ability to create a versus match for just my group - created a "friendly" versus match option for group versus matches, friendly matches won't count towards elo / ranking. - added more details on versus score results on recent match history - fixed an issue where the dimming of the globe at the end of the daily game was inconsistent - fixed an issue where you had to hit "restore purchases" to recover a subscription - added more flags v3.03 - fixing sign-in with apple v3.02 - added new practice maps for Italy, Spain, and Turkey - after playing a versus game, added the ability to do another one without having to go back through the whole flow - extended play prior days to go back to 90 days + to the first of that month - additional locations in the master locations database - fixed an issue where family sharing wasn't working for yearly subscriptions. - daily challenge practice level is now 25 seconds to finish instead of 20. - hopefully fixing an issue where some users saw a blank globe when loading the game. v3.01 - fixing an issue where if you play the daily game, then play a versus game, then go back to the daily game, the end game screen of the daily game wouldn't load. - if you played a versus game, then looked at "today's details", it would show the locations from the versus game. Fixed to always be the daily game. - fixed an issue where you accept a versus challenge and at the end it was only showing the final score, not the per-round details. - fixed an issue where the game length wasn't reporting correctly - added code for a future revision of how locations for versus cities are selected (but disabled - web and iOS need synced launch) v3.0: New Versus Mode! Challenge your friends to a 20-second, 5-location game. Think your friend maybe cheats a little in the daily game? Make them prove their skills in versus mode. Bug fixes: - playing music (like with Spotify) should no longer be interrupted by maptap sounds (sorry about that!) - better error message when you try to use the app but are not connected to the internet - fix for when the globe was partially, incorrectly lit (especially in "play prior days") - fix for when you would play prior days, then couldn't play practice maps.

v3.03 - fixing sign-in with apple v3.02 - added new practice maps for Italy, Spain, and Turkey - after playing a versus game, added the ability to do another one without having to go back through the whole flow - extended play prior days to go back to 90 days + to the first of that month - additional locations in the master locations database - fixed an issue where family sharing wasn't working for yearly subscriptions. - daily challenge practice level is now 25 seconds to finish instead of 20. - hopefully fixing an issue where some users saw a blank globe when loading the game. v3.01 - fixing an issue where if you play the daily game, then play a versus game, then go back to the daily game, the end game screen of the daily game wouldn't load. - if you played a versus game, then looked at "today's details", it would show the locations from the versus game. Fixed to always be the daily game. - fixed an issue where you accept a versus challenge and at the end it was only showing the final score, not the per-round details. - fixed an issue where the game length wasn't reporting correctly - added code for a future revision of how locations for versus cities are selected (but disabled - web and iOS need synced launch) v3.0: New Versus Mode! Challenge your friends to a 20-second, 5-location game. Think your friend maybe cheats a little in the daily game? Make them prove their skills in versus mode. Bug fixes: - playing music (like with Spotify) should no longer be interrupted by maptap sounds (sorry about that!) - better error message when you try to use the app but are not connected to the internet - fix for when the globe was partially, incorrectly lit (especially in "play prior days") - fix for when you would play prior days, then couldn't play practice maps.

v3.02 - added new practice maps for Italy, Spain, and Turkey - after playing a versus game, added the ability to do another one without having to go back through the whole flow - extended play prior days to go back to 90 days + to the first of that month - additional locations in the master locations database - fixed an issue where family sharing wasn't working for yearly subscriptions. - daily challenge practice level is now 25 seconds to finish instead of 20. - hopefully fixing an issue where some users saw a blank globe when loading the game. v3.01 - fixing an issue where if you play the daily game, then play a versus game, then go back to the daily game, the end game screen of the daily game wouldn't load. - if you played a versus game, then looked at "today's details", it would show the locations from the versus game. Fixed to always be the daily game. - fixed an issue where you accept a versus challenge and at the end it was only showing the final score, not the per-round details. - fixed an issue where the game length wasn't reporting correctly - added code for a future revision of how locations for versus cities are selected (but disabled - web and iOS need synced launch) v3.0: New Versus Mode! Challenge your friends to a 20-second, 5-location game. Think your friend maybe cheats a little in the daily game? Make them prove their skills in versus mode. Bug fixes: - playing music (like with Spotify) should no longer be interrupted by maptap sounds (sorry about that!) - better error message when you try to use the app but are not connected to the internet - fix for when the globe was partially, incorrectly lit (especially in "play prior days") - fix for when you would play prior days, then couldn't play practice maps.

v3.0: New Versus Mode! Challenge your friends to a 20-second, 5-location game. Think your friend maybe cheats a little in the daily game? Make them prove their skills in versus mode. Bug fixes: - playing music (like with Spotify) should no longer be interrupted by maptap sounds (sorry about that!) - better error message when you try to use the app but are not connected to the internet - fix for when the globe was partially, incorrectly lit (especially in "play prior days") - fix for when you would play prior days, then couldn't play practice maps. v3.01 - fixing an issue where if you play the daily game, then play a versus game, then go back to the daily game, the end game screen of the daily game wouldn't load. - if you played a versus game, then looked at "today's details", it would show the locations from the versus game. Fixed to always be the daily game. - fixed an issue where you accept a versus challenge and at the end it was only showing the final score, not the per-round details. - fixed an issue where the game length wasn't reporting correctly - added code for a future revision of how locations for versus cities are selected (but disabled - web and iOS need synced launch)

New Versus Mode! Challenge your friends to a 20-second, 5-location game. Think your friend maybe cheats a little in the daily game? Make them prove their skills in this versus mode. Bug fixes: - playing music (like with Spotify) should no longer be interrupted by maptap sounds (sorry about that!) - better error message when you try to use the app but are not connected to the internet - fix for when the globe was partially, incorrectly lit (especially in "play prior days") - fix for when you would play prior days, then couldn't play practice maps.

I hate it when apps say "bug fixes and performance enhancements" and you are left to wonder what they did. So instead of that, I'm going to make it really clear what bugs I'm fixing (or, think I'm fixing). If you see bugs, you would really help me out by letting me know! use the link to support, and send me a message. And thanks so much for playing MapTap. Bug fixes: Some users reported MapTap freezing when it launched. The app might be doing too many things at once on startup. Fixed that. If you switched apps in the middle of a practice map, your progress would be lost. this should be fixed. When you are in a group, if there is a new unread chat message, you get a little notification for that in your main menu. That notification wasn't reliably going away when you read your group messages. should be fixed. added the version number on the menu page. New stuff: Updated some of the scoring text with some new fun ones.

Bug fixes: transitioning between game types (daily game -> best of -> practice maps) could break.

Minor bug fixes and performance optimizations. Gosh I hate it when apps put that in their new version notes. I wonder what they are hiding. Like "Also 10,000 new things we don't want to tell you". So, Minor bug fixes: the tutorial text was broken because it had characters like \n when I meant for those to be new lines. and, Performance optimizations: the end of the daily game hitches because it is trying to do so many things simultaneously. I spread those out to keep frame rate up. I wonder if apple will reject my app because I'm putting random commentary in here?

Added a new free practice map: challenge round, 5 locations in 20 seconds. Settings: added a setting for globe brightness (in case it was too dark on some devices), updated settings for tap sensitivity. And a bunch of random bug fixes.

Support for features in upcoming maps. Fixed "play missed days", which was pointing to "my stats". Whups. While I was there, I spruced up that page to show more score data from prior played days. The globe dims a bit at the end of the game to better read the end-of-game text.

Content: Three new best-of-maptap additions Visuals: Sometimes you get a shooting star :) On end-game stories with links or sounds, a subtle button will appear in case tapping the text is tricky. Bug fixes:  confirm tap mode could get confused and that dialog wouldn't go away.  some practice maps where you had to find the country, on some countries, wouldn't give you 100 for tapping inside the country. The moon would never sort in front of the Earth. Fixed that.

fixing some visual bugs, adding stars background, adding a setting where you can get distances in miles instead of kilometers

Fixing US practice maps that were broken, New background star field, added the moon, When zoomed out, city lights appear on the dark side of the planet Bug fixes and support for features in upcoming daily maps.

Groups: in-app notification (a badge in the menu) that tells you if there's new comments in your group, daily per-round scores for your group, in the 'this week' view squeezed in the most recent 6 days (was 3). Best-of: Added a new section for "best of maptap" that has 10+ prior days you can play that are some of the best stories. MapTap+ only, and this section will grow over time. Practice: fixed an issue with daily picture practice maps not being consistent images / locations for all users

Fixed some practice maps that weren't working, Added new practice maps, including more MapTap+ practice maps Fixed stats not showing up on "Today's Details" page. (hopefully) fixing a problem where a user was having to do 'restore purchases'

minor bug fixes and polish

Hundreds of new pictures for picture practice mode, bug fixes in player stats, groups, maptap+ fx improvements

Features: practice map leaderboards, set your group to public so others can join, group chat threads to trash talk each other, support for upcoming daily game features (secret!), ability to opt out of appearing on leaderboards (on settings), more scoring info on group pages, new per-region leaderboards (top players today in North America, Europe, etc). Content: New practice maps, better personalized practice logic Visuals: sped up the practice game end of round (practice games 2x faster to play now), some cool new fx, including some special ones for MapTap+ members, better summary screens Bug fixes: better handling for someone who subscribed before they made an account, better handling if you exit the app mid game then later return to finish, added the ability to leave a group (whups), iOS players can now appear in regional leaderboards, and lots of other little bug fixes.