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What's new

Every release, in plain words.

The same notes we publish on the App Store and Google Play, newest first — written out a little further than a store's character limit allows.

1.0.5

October 2026

New

  • A hands-on tour of Today, Goals and Schedule on first open
  • Join or start a family from one welcome screen

Improved

  • A child's age is Kid, Teen or Adult, not a birth year
  • Goal templates show their step count
  • This week and Later stack on Today

Fixed

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

1.0.4

October 2026

New

  • Continue with Apple now works on Android

Improved

  • New starter goals arrive without waiting for an app update
  • Deleting an Apple account also disconnects ChildStep from your Apple ID

Fixed

  • Accounts made with Apple can now be deleted
  • Continue with Google no longer hangs after signing out of Apple
  • After signing out, that family's notifications stop on this phone

1.0.3

September 2026

New

  • Browse starter goals by what matters, and see how many you've picked
  • The 30-day grid shows which days are still late

Improved

  • Setting up a new family is one quick step
  • Refreshing is faster and uses far less data
  • When something is refused, the app says what you can do

Fixed

  • A child adding a step is no longer told it didn't save
  • Overdue lists only days that can still be answered

1.0.2

September 2026

New

  • From 13, a child can sign in with their own Google or Apple account — using a code only a parent can issue. Under 13 stays as it was: no account, a grown-up keeps the steps
  • More ready-made goals to start from, and the steps inside one can be put in the order you want them
  • Rename your family without walking back through setup

Improved

  • Android reminders ring at the time they were set for
  • Today folds into four blocks, so a long day reads at a glance
  • When something cannot be saved, the app says what is in the way instead of "that didn't save"

Fixed

  • A note written with no signal is kept rather than lost
  • Family invite codes are no longer cut short
  • The count of changes waiting to send is right

1.0.1

September 2026

New

  • Every goal wears its own color on Today and in Search, so a long list separates at a glance
  • Leave out the starter steps that do not fit, before the goal is added

Improved

  • Number keypads have a Done key
  • Only Lookback turns sideways; every other screen stays upright
  • Setup shows the goals a family already has

Fixed

  • An answer given while the connection drops is kept and sent later
  • A reminder tapped but never written down comes back
  • The day's breakdown can be scrolled

1.0 — the first public release

August 2026

New

  • Twelve starter goals to pick from, grouped by what matters: safety, learning, independence, health, responsibility, money — each with its steps ready, shared between child and grown-ups
  • The app icon shows how many notifications are waiting, and new ones stay highlighted all day
  • A step you marked missed can be reopened, so one wrong tap isn't final

Improved

  • Choose who does what and the finish date on one screen
  • Answering a step from its reminder opens that step with the new answer already on it, on iPhone as well as Android
  • Changes made offline send themselves once you are online
  • A repeating step's history counts the days it was really due
  • Setup says what it is waiting for instead of greying out the button

Fixed

  • Reassigning a step no longer notifies a phone twice
  • No congratulation appears for a step another family member had already answered differently
  • No more "no internet" warnings while you are online

Updates land here as they ship. If you are looking for how families use ChildStep, that is over on Resources.