Quicker scans Shelf photos now upload as smaller files, so your scans get going sooner on slow Wi-Fi or mobile data. Smoother setup Closing the free-trial screen at the end of setup now takes you straight to Home. If you'd picked lots of genres, it could hang for a few seconds before. Plus small fixes and polish.

Small fixes to keep things running smoothly. Happy hunting!

A few nice ones in this update: • Get your shelf roasted. A new tile on Home turns a photo of any bookshelf into a cheeky roast of what your books say about you, ready to share. • Pick up where you left off. If you step away during setup, Spines now reopens on the same step with your genres still picked. • Welcome back. Signing in with Apple or Google on the welcome screen now takes you straight into your existing account, with your scans and wishlist. • Better first scans. Setup now asks for at least one genre, so your first shelf has books highlighted for you. You can still skip. • iPad fix. The camera now works on iPads that don't have a flash.

Home now has shortcuts to three things people tend to miss: your wishlist, the books you love (photograph your shelf at home, import from Goodreads, or add them one by one) and your favourite genres. The wishlist and imports are Premium. Questions or ideas? support@spinesapp.com

Book pages are easier to read at a glance. The rating, any awards or lists a book is on, and its length now share one row near the top. Swipe along it, and tap an award or list to find out what it is. Grab It and Pass sit side by side right underneath. Your Scans now groups by day, so a whole trip round the charity shops stays together. (Premium) You can now suggest features and vote on other readers' ideas. Look for Ideas & requests in More. Step-by-step how-tos now open inside the app, from Help & Support in More or How-tos on the Home screen. The Goodreads and StoryGraph import screens link to their own guides too. If you're new, a "Your first hunt" card on Home walks you through your first shelf one step at a time.

Small fix release. • Results-screen banners now read properly in dark mode. • Under-the-hood updates for the newest iOS build tools.

Show off your finds, scan on patchy signal, and two new badges. Share your shelf • New share card: your shelf photo with your favourite finds highlighted and listed underneath. Pick up to five and share it anywhere. • Free members get a bonus scan the first time they share a scan. Scanning in shops • Cancel a scan while it's uploading. No more waiting out a stalled upload. • Weak signal? We'll tell you early and suggest stepping nearer the door, while the scan keeps going. • Cancel or retry queued scans from History. • No network on open no longer locks you out. Your camera and saved scans still work. Nearby • Scans at a charity shop can now share automatically, anonymously, with a countdown to cancel. Choose Auto, Ask or Never in Settings. • Confirming a shop no longer fails on indoor GPS. Badges • Cult Classic: books from the cult-classics canon. • On Screen: books adapted for film or TV. Fixes • Home no longer looks logged out on open. • A notification arriving while the app was open could crash it. Fixed. • Dark mode fixes on feedback and Nearby screens. • Rate Spines from Settings.

Export your shelves — Premium members can now export scan results and grabbed books to CSV, straight from the share sheet. Two new reasons a book stands out: cult classics that readers keep passing along, and books that made it to screen. Pass is back. Tell us a book isn't for you on the book detail page, and we'll remember. Your wishlist authors tab got a proper tidy-up — easier to add authors, easier to find the ones you've saved. Need a hand? There's now a support chat inside the app. Plus: scans queued offline now retry on their own, dark mode looks right on more screens, and we fixed a crash some of you hit around notifications.

Small fixes and polish so your next shelf scan runs smoothly. Happy hunting!

Spotted a book we got wrong? Now you can tell us. Tap any book and report a bad match — wrong title, wrong author, not on the shelf at all. Every report makes the next scan sharper. We also gave the welcome scan a fresh shelf, with the standout books sorted to the top so you can see what Spines is looking for. Plus: friendlier trial reminders, and a handful of fixes to the paywall and sign-up flow. Happy hunting.

- Small fixes and polish throughout. Happy hunting!

- Sharper scans and a friendlier trial - Scanning keeps getting better — we're catching even more titles on those packed, dimly lit shelves. - New for premium members: a weekly Hunt List roundup — a little nudge with the books worth chasing this week. - On a free trial? We'll now send a heads-up before it ends, so you're always in the loop. - Plus small fixes and polish throughout.

A fresh look and smoother scanning in this update: • Redesigned home screen — with a live map peek at charity-shop activity near you • Batch scanning flows better for members: fill a batch and roll straight into the next one without breaking stride • New here? You get a bigger scan allowance in your first week — plenty of room to try a few shelves • Book ratings now blend more sources, so the "Worth Grabbing" call is sharper • Recommendations tune in faster from your very first scans • Clearer pricing on the trial screen, plus an optional reminder before your trial ends • Bug fixes: scans no longer vanish from the queue, uploads carry on properly in the background, and startup is quicker and more reliable

A quick housekeeping release to keep your shelf hunts running smoothly: • Fixed a bug where the app could get stuck on the loading screen at launch — and if it's ever slow to start, you'll now get a retry option instead of an endless spinner • Fixed queued scans occasionally vanishing from your scan queue • Squashed a few rare crashes when leaving the scan and results screens Happy hunting!

Scan whole stores in one go. Snap several photos back to back, review your shots, and let them upload while you keep browsing. Your scans now live together in History — including ones still in progress. Also in this update: - Faster scans - Fixed dark mode text fields - Smoother scan history — in-progress scans stay visible and fresh results are highlighted - Lots of small fixes to keep everything running happily Happy hunting!

• Fixed: locking your phone or switching apps mid-scan no longer shows a false "lost connection" error — your scan carries on and the results appear as normal. • New: optional weekly Hunt List reminder, so the books you're hunting are fresh in your mind before your next shelf browse. Manage it in Settings. • Smoother offline scanning and other small fixes.

- Scan anywhere — no signal in the shop? Snap the shelf anyway. Your scan is saved and you can retry it from the home screen once you're back online. - Smoother scanning: fixed the camera overlay overlapping the viewfinder, and better shelf framing. - Fixed an issue on some Android phones where slightly blurry photos were rejected too aggressively. - A fresh coat of paint on our subscription screens. - Small onboarding improvements and general polish.

• Redesigned onboarding — quicker, warmer, gets you to your first scan sooner. • Wishlist books now pop in your results, so you'll never walk past one. • Added Costa and Dublin Literary Award signals — more gems flagged on the shelf. • Steadier scans and a fix for a results-screen crash.

• Invite friends, earn free scans — new referral program • Share your finds as a beautiful card with a rich link • Better matching for non-English book titles • Quick feedback cards on Home and More • Delightful touches and polish throughout • Smoother onboarding Thanks for using Spines! Keep scanning those shelves

- Faster onboarding — genres, demo shelf, gems in seconds. - Home is now a bookshelf: wishlist on a ledge, grabs below. - Quicker scans, better low-light iPhone captures, and bug fixes.

• Onboarding polish and clearer navigation • Dark mode contrast improvements • Fixes for scan banner state and add-book crashes • General stability improvements

- Scans saved when you're offline upload automatically when you're back online - Helpful tips after a scan, with a free scan returned when results are very poor - Improved genre filtering on scan results - Trial reminders so you don't miss out before your trial ends - More reliable subscriptions and restore purchases

You can now bring your StoryGraph library into Spines — same as Goodreads. Export your library from StoryGraph, upload the CSV, pick your shelves and books, and add them to Loved or Wishlist so recommendations and shelf scans get smarter straight away.

• Search, filter, and bulk-remove Wishlist and Loved items • Improved scanning on tricky shelf layouts • Ungrab books — tap "Grabbed!" to remove, with Undo • More accurate genre matching for recommendations

Smoother onboarding, faster scans, better genre matching, and a new dark mode setting so you control light or dark in Settings.