The Scan screen got a redesign — cleaner, calmer, and faster. We collapsed the cluttered three-bar header to one, stripped the busy loading state, and trimmed the inputs. Scans land about 1–3 seconds sooner because weather no longer makes you wait. What else is new: • Distances you can trust. Cards now show real driving time, and Scan only surfaces places you can actually reach — no more "9 miles away" that turns out to be an hour around the water. • Better coverage off the beaten path. When an area is thin on results, we widen the net so small towns and rural stops still turn up real matches. • Honest recommendations. Adventure and Scan no longer call a place pet- or kid-friendly without the data to back it up — what the app tells you about a place is what it actually knows. • You control AI personalization. KindredCompass uses Google Gemini to match places to your taste — now you choose to turn it on, and can turn it off anytime in Profile → Privacy. Your name and account are never sent. • Reliability + polish. Pit Stop properly tracks you on a moving trip, long drives at odd hours get a coffee stop so the timeline isn't bare, and the look is cleaner and more consistent across every mode. • A clearer Pro card on Home — see what's included and manage your plan in one tap. Almost everything here came from real-device testing. Keep telling us what's off.

A big update — meet Discovery, plus six versions of improvements rolled into one (everything from 4.2 through 4.7). DISCOVERY (NEW) • New toggle in Adventure. Flip Discovery on and KindredCompass biases toward spots that match your DNA but you haven't favorited yet — find new places instead of replaying your usuals. Your favorites still surface when they're genuinely the best fit; Discovery just stops them being the easy answer every time. SMARTER, FASTER SCANS • Apple-native search powers every scan — faster, more accurate, far better coverage of local independents in smaller cities • Native autocomplete — start typing a city or craving and suggestions appear as you go • Results sort strictly by match percentage; saved favorites get a small green star instead of an artificial top spot • No more duplicate cards — name, punctuation, ampersand, and ethnic-cuisine/compound-name variants ("Casa Del Barco Restaurant & Tequilaria" vs "Casa del Barco") all collapse to one NEW WAYS TO SCAN • Date Night Mode — one toggle composes the right vibe for two: dinner, drinks, and something to do • Hidden Gems — reliably filters chain hotels in your stays and chain restaurants in Adventure • Free-tier honesty — scans-left counter, free-preview chips, and clear paywall framing before you tap BETTER TRIPS • Adventure finishes more often, and now reliably builds all three plans even with kids, a partner, and pets along • Road Trip suggests a meal at your destination when you arrive at mealtime; the When sheet opens full-screen • Smarter Road Trip & RV stops — remote areas widen the search, and wrong-state look-alikes (a venue hundreds of miles away sharing your town's name) are filtered out • RV Mode tells you when filters are hiding everything, with a one-tap reset POLISH & RELIABILITY • Refined dark theme — true black backgrounds, photos and rings pop, OLED battery savings • Edit your Travel style in Profile without re-running the full DNA flow • A self-healing secure connection — the app recovers on its own instead of getting stuck — plus faster repeat scans and a long list of fixes from real cross-country testing

Maintenance Tracker for RVers • Track AC filters, water filters, propane cert, tires, oil — all nine standard items per rig • 7-day-out and day-of reminders so nothing sneaks up on you • One tap finds nearby RV parts stores, tire shops, propane refill, or service centers — sorted by distance with one-tap directions • Pro feature; founding members get it free Adventures that know who's with you • Bringing the dog? Adventures now use real venue data — not guesses — to pick spots that actually welcome pets • Kids in the crew? Family-friendly only, and shorter durations • Tap any stop on an adventure to research it before you go — photos, ratings, hours, one-tap directions • Stay times feel honest: 25 minutes for a coffee stop, not 60 Road trips that don't forget lunch • Long highway drives used to skip lunch when there was nothing right on the route. Now the planner finds a worthwhile stop slightly off-corridor and tells you the detour up front • Trip Recap maps now trace the actual roads instead of a straight line between cities • Cleaner addresses everywhere — less ", USA" noise, more venue name visible Quick Pit Stop, now where you need it • Pit Stop is one tap from Drive Mode, the RV hub, AND any active road trip • Food, gas, charging, coffee, or a dump station — results are sorted by what's ahead, not what's nearby Cravings that actually work • Type "vegan," "sushi," "ramen," "kosher," "ethiopian" — they all return real matches now instead of an empty list • Even with a craving set, the To Do and To Stay tabs always have content to browse Polish • Faster, more reliable scans • Quietly more secure under the hood — every request is now cryptographically tied to your install • Adventure stop cards have a small category badge so a 5-stop itinerary is skimmable at a glance • Smaller fixes: subscription state never flips on you incorrectly, free uses survive a reinstall, schema-mismatch quarantines protect saved data Thanks for using KindredCompass. Every release this year has come from a real user request — keep them coming. kindredcompasssupport@gmail.com

Pit Stop is here. • One tap to find food, gas, EV charging, or coffee right ahead on your route • Sorted by closest first, with drive-time estimates from your current heading • RV mode adds dump stations and rig-friendly filtering so you skip places that don't fit • Free includes 3 Pit Stops per day — Pro removes the cap KindredCompass Pro • Unlimited use of every mode, every match breakdown, unlimited Pit Stops • 14-day free trial on the annual plan • Founding Members keep full access free, forever Polish • Smarter live autocomplete in Road Trip planning — type a city, see suggestions instantly • Better error messages on every retry surface, so you always know what to do next • Accessibility pass on the new Pit Stop sheet • Speed and stability across scan, route building, and Live Activities

3.9 — A new look across every mode and a thank-you to early users. WHAT'S NEW • Cleaner layouts across Scan, Adventure, Road Trip, and RV. Every mode now feels like part of the same family. • Faster scans. A new cache means repeat searches use less data and load nearly instantly. • RV mode redesigned. My Rig, Plan a Trip, and Stop Style now front-and-center on the empty state. • Road Trip gets the same treatment — Route, Vehicle, and When at a glance. • First-run walkthroughs on every mode. Tap the ? button anytime to revisit. • Brighter colors, better contrast, fuller Dynamic Type support. FOUNDING MEMBER Anyone who installs before we start charging keeps full access — every mode, every feature — free for life. Look for the Founding Member badge in your profile. That's our thank you. Plus accessibility polish and bug fixes throughout.

Tell us what you're craving. Type "wings," "sushi," "live music," or "quiet coffee" into Scan and get the real-matched spot near you — not the algorithm's top pick. Every adventure now has something to do. Adventure Mode guarantees at least one activity stop (golf, escape rooms, bowling, pickleball, dance clubs, galleries, parks, and more) — no more food-only crawls. Unified filters for RV Mode. All your hookup, dump station, boondocking, and rig toggles now live in one clean sheet — matching how Scan already worked. Browse past adventures. Tap the clock icon on the Adventure setup screen to see every trip you've taken. Smarter home. Your greeting adapts to how recently you've been here. New users get a soft nudge to build their DNA for sharper matches. Polish. Bigger match reasons, better empty states, proper Reduce Motion support, unified design system across every surface.

A brand-new home screen, faster scans, and a handful of polish that adds up. A NEW HOME Four cards, one tap. Scan, Adventure, Road Trip, and RV now live as first-class choices the moment you open the app. Every mode is visible from launch — no more hunting in menus. A Home button on every screen takes you back in one tap. SCANS FEEL SNAPPIER Cached thumbnails, smarter scan deduplication, and parallel weather fetches mean scan results arrive noticeably faster and scrolling the list is smoother. A BETTER "THREE PATHS" When Adventure generation is scouting your three paths, the active branch now highlights as each path gets explored — a small touch that makes loading feel alive instead of frozen. BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: WHAT'S NEW Some of you told us the "What's New" sheet that showed up after 3.3 was missing from 3.4. It's back, and this version also recaps the 3.4 features you may not have noticed — editable adventures, mid-trip re-routing, saved rigs, mountain pass warnings, and the "What We're Learning" DNA panel. UNDER THE HOOD Consistent Home button treatment across all four modes. Brand wordmark on the home screen. A dozen small fixes tester feedback surfaced across last week's 3.4 beta cycle. Keep the feedback coming: kindredcompasssupport@gmail.com — real human on the other end.

Adventure mode grew up, RV planning got serious, and everything under the hood runs smoother. ADVENTURE MODE — PLANS YOU CAN STEER • Edit any adventure before you start — swap a stop for a different DNA match, or drop one entirely. The schedule rebuilds around your changes. • Re-route from anywhere mid-trip. Weather turned? Running late? Stop closed? Tap "Re-route from here" for fresh stops tuned to your new reality. • The app now tells you what it's learning. A new "What We're Learning" panel shows exactly how your taste profile is evolving — weighted tags, adventure-style preference, rating breakdown, and the verbatim context we inject into every scan. • Weather turned sideways? The app offers a one-tap pivot to indoor-friendly stops without losing the adventure thread. • Choose who's with you right from the Adventure setup — Solo, Partner, Kids, Friends, Pets, Extended Family. No more detouring through Settings just to go solo tonight. RV MODE — BUILT FOR REAL ROADS • Save every rig you own. Weekend trailer plus full-timer motorhome? Switch between them per trip. No more re-editing your setup from scratch. • Mountain pass warnings. We now flag 20+ named US passes on your route (Eisenhower, Vail, Wolf Creek, Cabbage Hill, the Grapevine, Teton, Tioga...) with elevation, max grade, and RV-specific notes. • Boondocking Mode biases your whole search toward Harvest Hosts, Boondockers Welcome, BLM, National Forest dispersed camping, and overnight-friendly Walmart / Cracker Barrel / Flying J stops. • Hookup filter that actually filters. "50A" now also shows Full Hookup campgrounds. No more exact-match strictness hiding perfectly good parks. • Dump + potable water filter for long trips. POLISH • Scan results feel noticeably faster — big thumbnail cache, parallel weather fetch, smarter rendering. • Road Trip plans can no longer hang forever. Hard 120-second cap with a friendly retry if anything stalls. • Full accessibility pass — 44pt tap targets on every dismiss button, Reduce Motion respected across Adventure transitions, VoiceOver labels cleaned up. THANKS Big thanks to the TestFlight crew for the screenshots, the 22-mile Christiansburg dinner backtrack report, the "1 of 6" frozen spinner catch, and every bug you flagged. This release exists because of you. kindredcompasssupport@gmail.com — real human on the other end.

3.3 is a polish pass that makes Road Trip and RV planning feel like something you'd actually trust on a real trip — plus a big rework of Adventure Mode. ROAD TRIP • New map view with your full route and every stop • Long-press any meal or overnight to swap it • Overnights now lean into your DNA — no more default chains when your profile says boutique, historic, or cabin • Meals anchor to actual clock time (no more lunch at 9 PM) • Fuel, meal, and hotel picks stay within a drivable corridor of your route — no more 15-mile detours for a sandwich • Recently planned trips shelf on the builder • Typed error messages when a trip can't be planned RV MODE • Meals are now opt-in — the timeline assumes you're cooking in the rig, with a single "Feel like eating out?" pill per day • Rig length is a hard constraint on campground picks • Fuel stops on every driving day • Fixed duplicate venues and cross-town dinner backtracks • Smarter display times so late arrivals don't show midnight meals ADVENTURE MODE (big rework) • Three kinds of day instead of three interchangeable options: Slow · Full · Unexpected — each with its own color and pace • Every adventure nominates one "don't miss" signature moment with a specific tip for that stop • Your ratings now teach the app — after a few adventures, you'll start seeing what we're learning about your taste POLISH • VoiceOver landmarks across RV and Road Trip • Fade edges on scrollable pills, Dynamic Type support in timelines • Confirm before "New" trashes an unsaved plan • Heart overlay on food rows, recent-destination chips • "Book on [platform]" CTA when a campground has a known booking link As always — kindredcompasssupport@gmail.com for bugs and feedback.

Adventure Mode — tap once for three themed day-plans, breakfast to home-by, curated to your DNA. Live walkthrough follows you stop to stop. Road Trip overnights now match your DNA — boutique inns, B&Bs, and cabins instead of whichever chain hotel was closest. Scan results fill more reliably in suburbs and small towns, with far more photos loading. Full accessibility pass — Reduce Motion, VoiceOver, bigger tap targets, scalable type throughout.

3.1 — Travel together. • NEW: Household DNA. Pair with a travel partner via QR code — scans now blend both of your profiles. Food, music, lifestyle, and travel companions all unite. Disliked venues merge so you never get recommended something either of you hated. One tap toggles "Just me" vs "Chuck + Sarah" under the city selector. • Pair in person, in seconds. Show your code. They scan. Then swap. Everything stays on your devices — no accounts, no servers, no data leaves your phones. • RV Mode membership perks now surface on main scans too. If you have KOA, Good Sam, or Harvest Hosts and a scan returns a participating venue, you'll see a perk chip on the card. • Fixed: RV Trip Planner no longer silently fails when you enter small unincorporated towns (Montpelier, VA and similar). Falls back to Google Places geocoding and tells you exactly which city couldn't be found if one still doesn't resolve. • Fixed: Searching for a specific mood (like "best patty melt") no longer surfaces your saved favorites if they don't match the search. Favorites still come back on plain scans. • Polish: Keyboard now dismisses automatically when scan results arrive — no more half-covered screens.

A cleaner, leaner 2.9 — especially when you're on the move. • One Plan sheet. Day Trip, Road Trip, RV Mode, and On My Way now live behind a single "Plan" entry so the menu stays focused on what matters. • Drive Mode explained. The first time Drive Mode kicks in, a short tip now shows you what it's doing and why results skew ahead of you. • Widget refresh. The home-screen widget now actually looks like KindredCompass. A full favorites-powered widget is coming in 3.0. • Under the hood. Faster persistence, quieter background work, and a big round of cleanups so the app feels sharper in daily use. Thanks for using KindredCompass. Keep sending feedback — it shapes every release.

**KindredCompass 2.7 — Lean, snappy, and a little smarter.** A top-to-bottom polish pass. Same DNA, sharper edges. • **Faster feel everywhere.** Images cache instantly, and skeleton cards appear the moment you scan — no more silent spinners. • **A warmer welcome.** KindredCompass greets you by name and shifts with the time of day: coffee in the morning, dinner at night. • **Your top pick, up front.** When a spot nails 85%+ of your DNA, it's showcased as a hero card at the top of results. • **Scan narration.** Watch what we're doing in real time — "Reading the room," "Matching your food DNA" — instead of staring at a loader. • **Refined haptics.** Every tap, save, and milestone has a considered feel. Saving a spot or hitting a favorites milestone responds with the right texture. • **Accessibility + Dynamic Type.** Better VoiceOver labels, selection states, and readable text at every size. • **Dark-mode polish and dozens of small fixes.** Gentler empty states, clearer errors, a cleaner header. Thanks — your feedback shaped this one.

New in 2.6 KindredCompass now learns your taste. The new Adaptive Learning Engine watches how you use the app and builds a preference profile from your real behavior. Save a spot, skip another, linger on a card and the AI adjusts. After enough signal your results are quietly personalized and your Profile shows exactly what it has learned. Road trips got a full upgrade. Plan a multi-day drive and the app builds a complete day-by-day itinerary with DNA-matched lunch stops, dinner picks, overnight hotels, and a fresh breakfast recommendation each morning at the overnight city. Share the full itinerary in one tap. Also new: On My Way mode finds DNA-matched stops along any route you are already driving. Group DNA Scan merges two profiles and finds spots both people will enjoy. Drive Mode shifts the radar ahead of you at highway speed. Results now lean toward coffee in the morning, lunch at noon, and dinner and bars in the evening automatically. Passive Drive Alerts notify you when you are about to pass a high-match spot even when the app is closed.

Now on iPad. KindredCompass runs native on iPad with full portrait and landscape support. Share your DNA to Instagram Stories. One-tap action sends your DNA card straight to Stories, pre-sized and ready to post. RV stops that fit your rig. Stops too long for your rig, missing the hookups you want, or not pet-friendly are now flagged up front. Save and reload your RV trips. Bookmark any trip you have planned and open it again in one tap, no re-planning needed. Free-Only filter. Boondockers and free-camp fans can zero in on no-cost stops with a single toggle. Rig setup prompt. A friendly nudge on first open so fit warnings work with your actual trailer or motorhome. Discover Social DNA. A gentle hint on the scan screen points new travelers to the Compare-with-a-Friend flow. Road trip remembers your car. Your vehicle profile (gas, hybrid, or EV) now persists across sessions and syncs via iCloud. Lunch-time road trip stops. Food stops now pin to around noon when your trip crosses lunch hour instead of whenever the next fuel stop lands. Pittsburgh added to the city picker. Live Activity polish. Your scan now reliably shows up on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. All-around polish. Smoother haptics, warmer copy, better Dynamic Type, and a retry if a photo does not load.

Fixes a bug where some scans could show the same spot more than once, and clarifies the "no spots found" message when we can't verify places in an area.

New in 2.4: • Share your DNA — a beautiful shareable card for friends, Stories, anywhere • Smoother scans — faster matches, clearer error messages, better empty states • Better first experience — helpful nudges to guide new travelers • Full accessibility — VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduced Motion polish • Privacy manifest — certified private, no accounts, no tracking Rediscover what's already here: • "Hey Siri, scan for spots" — hands-free discovery in the car • Home Screen widgets — your top match, always a glance away • Check-ins — mark the places you've actually been Your DNA stays on your device. Always.

• Fixed "Driftly" name appearing in location permission prompt • Fixed Tip Jar not loading in-app purchases • Full VoiceOver accessibility improvements across all screens • RV Trip Planner no longer locks up while planning a route • Tap the plan button again to cancel a route mid-planning • Major code cleanup and file organization under the hood