This update sharpens the interface: the iPad layout now uses a centered, comfortable reading width instead of stretching edge to edge, plus small display fixes. iPhone is unchanged.

ThumbPop 2.0 — a pro upgrade for thumbnails that earn the click, still 100% offline. • Focal / Eye-Tracking Lab: on-device saliency finds your subject and scores whether it sits on a rule-of-thirds power point. • Legibility Lab: measures true WCAG contrast against the actual pixels behind your title, with AA/AAA grades and one-tap fixes. • Color Pop coach: complementary, triadic, and high-pop accent suggestions pulled from your photo's palette. • One-tap Auto-Enhance recipe (contrast, saturation, sharpness) tuned from the analysis. • Platform safe-zone overlays for YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, and Reels, with a live overlap warning. • A library of research-backed layout templates plus a clutter check. No account, no network — every photo and score stays on your device.

Version 1.1 — Build 3 Complement Coach — type your actual video title and ThumbPops shows 3 thumbnail text options that complement it instead of duplicating it. Research from top creator communities shows that channels pairing thumbnail text + video title as additive hooks see 40% higher average CTR. Each option uses a different strategy (curiosity gap, punch word, number pop, or contrast) with a rationale so you understand the choice. Overlap Meter — paste your video title into the new field in "say it loud" and the live meter tells you whether your thumbnail text duplicates the title (flag), has some overlap (caution), or complements it (pass). The tap score also picks this up and penalizes duplication. Expression Guide — offline reference for 7 facial expression categories with documented CTR impact. Based on Kapwing's AI facial expression study (2024) and MrBeast's published strategy evolution (raised CTR from 4.2% to 12.7% using shocked expressions). Tap "expression guide" in Photo Tools to see which emotion drives which result, plus a tip and an avoid-when for each. Bug fixes and performance improvements.

ThumbPop 1.1 adds a 90-hook headline library across 6 research-backed categories, a Brand Kit (save accent colors + default style), a custom title-color picker, saturation & sharpness sliders, CTR score history, and three new tap-score checks (power word, color contrast, crowding at feed size). Fully offline — no account, no ads, no tracking.