Changelog

What's new in Ember

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and updates to the Ember personal relationship manager.

v1.31.1

2026-09-24

Redesigned Home & Lock Screen Widgets, Overdue Badges & Keeper Action Cards

  • Redesigned Widgets: Brand-new Home and Lock Screen widgets for Habits, Personal Finance, Subscriptions, Quotes, Reminders, and Daily Briefing with matching theme colors.
  • Overdue Reminder Badges: Past-due reminders now feature high-contrast indicators and dedicated counts on both the Home screen and quick-glance widgets.
  • Keeper Confirmation Cards: Added clear confirmation cards whenever Keeper logs transactions, records debt, or modifies reminder details.
  • iPad Layout Optimization: Bottom navigation bar now supports up to 8 icons with centered modal dialogs and optimized width constraints.
  • Low-Power Performance Mode: Optional smooth-rendering mode for older devices, plus faster app startup and background sync resiliency.

v1.26.5

2026-09-13

Personal Finance Budgets & Savings Jars, Refreshed App Brand Identity & Zodiac Engine V3

  • Personal Finance Budgets: Set weekly or monthly spending caps globally or per category, with private on-device threshold warnings before and when limits are exceeded.
  • Savings Jars: Track dedicated savings goals with individual deposits, withdrawals, and optional transaction sync directly into your personal finance ledger.
  • Keeper Finance Assistance: Ask Keeper to review budget status, suggest new savings jars, and log contributions seamlessly using natural conversational prompts.
  • Refreshed Brand Identity & App Icon: Updated native app icon, splash screen, and header branding with Ember's refreshed F5-29 droplet mark on a clean white canvas.
  • Zodiac Engine V3: Comprehensive calculation and interpretation overhaul expanding astrological insights across 38 detailed chapters.

v1.26.4

2026-09-11

Per-Screen Wallpapers, Color-Coded Reminder Tags & Series Management

  • Per-Screen Wallpapers: Customize wallpapers individually across different screens, with batch selection to apply a single background to multiple screens at once, instant preview, and refined swipe-to-dismiss sheets.
  • Color-Coded Reminder Tags: Assign custom colors to reminder tags so reminder cards visually inherit distinct tag colors for effortless scanning and categorization.
  • Reminder Series & Batch Tools: Group recurring reminders by series ID, select multiple reminders simultaneously, and let Keeper batch-complete or batch-delete entire recurring series.
  • Journal Canvas Tools: Enhanced freehand drawing experience with dedicated Undo, Redo, Clear Canvas controls, and color-matched highlighters.

v1.26.3

2026-09-10

Notebook-Style Journal, Notes Formatting Bar & Drawing Canvas

  • Notebook-Style Journal: Personal journal entries are now structured like a real paper notebook, featuring screen-tailored page layouts, dedicated page templates, and seamless day-by-day navigation.
  • Apple Notes-Style Toolbar: Format text comfortably right above your keyboard with styling for bold, italic, custom accent colors, checklists, and indentation controls.
  • Embedded Drawing Canvas: Sketch thoughts, add handwritten doodles, or draw directly over entry photos with an integrated freehand canvas.
  • Drag-and-Drop Photo Layouts: Reposition images naturally within your writing with stable coordinates that preserve placement across multi-page reading views.

v1.26.2

2026-09-07

Habits Hub, Framed Tarot Decks & Subscription Spending Summaries

  • Habits Hub: Build and maintain recurring daily, weekly, or custom habits with streak rings, 35-day heatmaps, 120 multilingual presets, home cards, and Keeper voice logging.
  • Framed Tarot Decks: Explore six new Tarot decks with custom card backs, high-resolution artwork, and natural borders tailored for clean spreads.
  • Subscription Spending Summaries: Check period totals directly under the renewal calendar, showing exact Paid and Upcoming amounts with warning indicators for impending bills.
  • Zodiac V2 & Experience Polish: Enjoy eight-chapter astrological interpretations with dedicated reading modes, streamlined person pickers, and improved modal dismissals.

v1.26.1

2026-09-05

Personal Finance Ledger, Income Categories & Voice Quick-Logging

  • Personal Finance Ledger: Track monthly money in and money out in one dedicated view, including manual entries, paid subscription periods, and contact-linked transactions.
  • Income & Expense Categories: Categorize cash flows across salary, bonus, freelance, investments, gifts, and shared categories with Subscriptions.
  • Voice Quick-Logging: Tap the microphone button on the ledger to record transactions naturally by voice, automatically categorized by Keeper.
  • Keeper & MCP Intelligence: Ask Keeper about your monthly spending, log transactions directly in chat, or query finances via external MCP connectors.

v1.26.0

2026-09-05

Subscriptions & Bills, Customizable Menu Bar & Tablet Landscape Mode

  • Subscriptions & Bills: Track recurring payments in one place with 1,266 built-in service presets, spending charts, renewal reminders, and account credential notes.
  • Customizable Menu Bar: Reorder navigation tabs and choose which tools appear in the bottom menu bar to match your daily workflow.
  • Tablet & iPad Enhancements: Enjoy full landscape mode support and a dedicated vertical navigation sidebar for larger displays.
  • Pro Tarot Backgrounds: Personalize divination readings with new curated watercolor backgrounds for Pro spreads.
  • Astrology & Chart Fixes: Corrected Chiron planetary positioning calculations in birth charts and horoscopes.

v1.25.1

2026-09-02

iPad & Tablet Layout, Keeper Assistant Mode by Default & On-Device Memory Connector

  • iPad & Tablet Layout: Enjoy a multi-pane split layout on larger screens, featuring a dedicated vertical navigation sidebar and optimized reading widths.
  • Keeper Assistant Mode: Assistant Mode is now standard for all conversations with Keeper, delivering richer multi-bubble responses and natural conversation pacing.
  • On-Device Memory Connector: Keeper gains deeper on-device intelligence with local memory permissions, validated commands, and direct local database queries.
  • Numerology Sample Reports: Sample readings now load instantly without date-picker conflicts, making exploration of personality profiles seamless.

v1.24.1

2026-08-30

12-Palace Purple Star Readings, Enhanced Tarot Interpretations & Keeper Memory Compaction

  • 12-Palace Purple Star Readings: Every palace in your Purple Star Chart now features an individual, in-depth reading, with stars organized in the traditional two-column palace format.
  • Faithful Tarot Interpretations: Divination readings now draw directly on the written meaning and rich symbolism of each drawn card with centered card captions.
  • Keeper Memory Compaction: Long conversations with Keeper preserve vital context through automatic memory compaction instead of trimming older messages.
  • Accurate Self-Profile Insights: Keeper accurately responds to queries about your own profile and provides direct navigation shortcuts to relevant views.
  • Resilient Daily Summaries: Today’s overview maintains your daily prompts and reminders even during intermittent network or model recovery.

v1.23.1

2026-08-28

Custom Tarot Backgrounds, Keeper In-Chat Deep Links & Photo Attachments

  • Custom Tarot Backgrounds: Choose between 5 light and 5 dark aesthetic backdrops, or upload and crop your own custom background image seamlessly across shuffling, reading results, and downloadable cards.
  • Keeper In-Chat Deep Links: Keeper now provides interactive navigation buttons to jump directly to Natal Charts, BaZi, Numerology, Human Design, Tarot, Journal, Reminders, and specific contact profiles without losing your chat context.
  • Send Photos to Keeper: Attach up to 3 photos per message to ask questions, log memories to your journal, or save pictures directly to a contact profile with end-to-end encrypted cloud sync.
  • Batch Contact Sharing: Share multiple contacts in a single pass with an interactive review screen before saving on the recipient device.

v1.23.0

2026-08-27

Smoother Tarot Spreads, Smarter Keeper Responses & Intuitive Birth Details Input

  • Smoother Tarot Spreads: Faster shuffling and flipping animations, compact spread layouts, and persistent centered questions on saved readings and downloaded cards.
  • Smarter Keeper Inquiries: Improved handling of birthdays without birth years, cleaner contact search matching, and deeper context exploration before answering.
  • Universal Keeper Follow-Ups: Ask Keeper follow-up questions from any divination reading, including charts for guest contacts not yet added to your address book.
  • Intuitive Birth Details Input: Dedicated input fields with clear wheel selector highlighting and full month names for effortless birth data entry.
  • One-Tap Subscription Management: Direct link to manage or cancel subscriptions within App Store or Google Play settings.

v1.22.0

2026-08-26

Dedicated OTA Update Infrastructure & Cryptographic Verification

  • Dedicated Update Infrastructure: Seamless background updates served directly from Ember’s high-performance edge network without third-party rate limits.
  • Cryptographic Package Verification: Every Over-The-Air update is digitally signed and cryptographically verified on-device prior to installation.
  • Tarot Question Display Polish: Clean multiline question formatting in Tarot readings with perfectly aligned closing quotes.

v1.21.1

2026-08-23

Paired Quick Home Navigation & Keeper Follow-Ups for Guest Readings

  • Paired Quick Home Navigation: Jump straight to Home from anywhere in the app with a dedicated Quick Home button sitting neatly alongside Back navigation.
  • Keeper Follow-Ups for Guest Readings: Ask Keeper follow-up questions directly on birth charts and divination readings for people not yet in your contacts.
  • Refined Navigation Layout: Full right-to-left layout support and 44pt touch targets across all deep screens.

v1.21.0

2026-08-22

Redrawn Tarot Scenes, Watercolour Quests Art, Funny Quote Topic & Unified Purple Star Readings

  • Redrawn Watercolour Tarot: Explore seven custom watercolor topic backdrops, eleven newly illustrated card backs, and a smoother carousel when picking cards.
  • Watercolour Quests Experience: Fresh watercolor task artwork tailored for every quest and category across the Quests hub.
  • New "Funny" Quote Topic & 226 Quotes: Discover lighthearted daily wisdom with a new dedicated humorous category, available across 23 languages.
  • Enhanced Reading Mode: Italicized footnotes separating insights, three clear heading hierarchy levels, and element-specific colors for star names.
  • Unified Purple Star Readings: Zi Wei Dou Shu interpretations seamlessly weave star details into a cohesive reading, with major life periods split into focused sections.

v1.20.1

2026-08-21

Watercolour Quests Hub, Enhanced Purple Star Reading Mode & Pro Reward Perks

  • Watercolour Quests Hub: Explore refreshed task cards on handcrafted watercolour paper backgrounds with category-specific chests and clear progress tracks.
  • Ember Pro Quest Rewards: Unlock dedicated Pro perks directly from quests, including a 14-day Ember Pro trial for joining Discord and 1 free month for inviting 5 friends.
  • Enhanced Purple Star Reading Mode: Distinct five-element star colors across reading themes, palace score badges alongside chapter headers, and italicized footnotes separating general meanings from personal insights.
  • Refined Reading Typography: Dynamic proportional line and paragraph spacing across all reading themes with clear three-level chapter hierarchies.

v1.20.0

2026-08-20

Reading Mode for Compatibility, Dedicated AI Tools Hub & Streamlined Referral Rewards

  • Continuous Reading for Compatibility: Read through full relationship and love compatibility analyses like a book, alongside all five core astrology systems.
  • Sample Previews Across Eight Systems: Explore complete, real sample reports across eight divination systems before deciding to unlock.
  • Dedicated AI Tools Hub: Access all seven AI utilities from a dedicated launch screen featuring a redesigned birth date and time picker.
  • Bulk Contact Management: Select and delete multiple people at once, with three flexible sorting options.
  • Easier Referral Rewards: Earn 1 free month of Ember Pro by inviting just 5 friends (down from 10).

v1.19.1

2026-08-19

Continuous Chart Reading Mode, 8-System Sample Previews & Streamlined Unlocks

  • Continuous Reading Experience: Read through complete interpretations across all five astrology and divination systems in a seamless, book-like reading mode.
  • Pre-Authored Sample Previews: Explore full sample readings across eight insight systems to see detailed interpretations before unlocking personal charts.
  • Refined Chapter Previews: Preview introductory chapters cleanly with a single, unintrusive unlock invitation at the end of each sample section.
  • Persistent Reading Access: Quick floating controls keep reading mode instantly accessible across chart views without cluttering your screen.

v1.19.0

2026-08-16

Watercolour Tarot Themes, One-Tap Draw, Today’s Briefing & Calendar Quote Widget

  • Refined Watercolour Tarot Experience: Every Tarot spread now features a custom painted backdrop with a streamlined spread picker and polished visual layouts.
  • One-Tap Tarot Reading with New Deck: Draw readings with a single touch, accompanied by a freshly illustrated card deck.
  • Today’s Briefing Redesign: Interactive tactile cards and an updated daily briefing overview.
  • Calendar Layout for Quote Widget: Display daily wisdom with the new Calendar sheet layout and custom independent language selection.
  • Expanded Contact Backdrops: Choose from 10 distinct paper textures for contact profiles alongside refreshed compatibility icons.

v1.15.0

2026-08-07

Voice Audio for Tarot, Purple Star Life Periods, Journal Refresh & Tagged Reminders

  • Voice Audio & Rich Tarot Readings: Listen to Tarot card readings aloud with synthesized voice audio and access deeper, comprehensive interpretations for every card.
  • Purple Star Astrology Life Periods: Explore major life periods (Đại Hạn) and complete fate charts in Zi Wei Dou Shu, providing clearer insights into upcoming life cycles.
  • Journal Refresh & Appearance Packs: A modernized visual design for your daily journal alongside fresh app theme packs across the entire interface.
  • Tagged Reminders: Group and organize your reminders with custom labels, making it effortless to filter and stay on top of important touchpoints.

v1.14.4

2026-08-06

Voice Audio for Divination Readings, Lockscreen Audio Controls & Timezone-Independent Birth Details

  • Voice Audio Playback for Divination: Ultra subscribers can now listen to synthesized voice readings for Tarot and divination charts, complete with 10-second skip controls and background audio support on lockscreens.
  • Timezone-Independent Birth Details: Birth date and time entries now preserve exact local time values without shifting across timezones when viewing charts in different locations.
  • AI Utility Organization Polish: Cleaner full-screen layout when customizing AI utility shortcuts and organizing home widgets.

v1.14.1

2026-08-02

Liquid Glass Visual Effects, BaZi & Human Design Content Engines, and Star Descriptions

  • Liquid Glass Appearance: Native Apple Liquid Glass blur and refraction across card components, sliding tab indicators, and distinct theme color tints.
  • Pre-Authored BaZi & Human Design Engines: Structured interpretation databases for BaZi and Human Design, with Keeper AI synthesizing personalized readings.
  • Interactive Zi Wei Dou Shu & 23-Language Stars: Scrollable palace details for Zi Wei Dou Shu birth charts, featuring complete star descriptions translated across 23 languages.

v1.13.1

2026-07-29

Divination Light & Dark Visual Packs, Image Cache Optimization & App Store Refresh

  • Divination Visual Packs: Enjoy newly designed light and dark visual themes across all Tarot and divination screens.
  • Artwork & Image Cache Polish: Instant image loading with zero flicker when switching themes or viewing history.
  • Enhanced Store & Global Positioning: Refreshed store listing and localization across 23 languages.

v1.13.0

2026-07-28

Custom Screen Wallpapers, Shared Bulk Selection & Direct Tarot Save

  • Custom Screen Wallpapers & Account Sync: Set distinct wallpaper themes per screen with seamless account backup.
  • Shared Bulk Selection: Multi-select contacts, Keeper entries, and Tarot readings seamlessly.
  • Direct Tarot Poster Save: Save Tarot posters directly from reading results with aligned captions and artwork glow.
  • Multilingual AI Precision: Enhanced language detection to ensure AI divination responses always match your app language.

v1.12.0

2026-07-26

Server-Side AI Analysis Queue, Result Notifications & Instant Tarot History

  • Server-Side AI Analysis Queue: Divination and Tarot readings now run on a dedicated server queue — navigate anywhere or close the app without losing your progress.
  • Result Notifications: Receive instant in-app alerts as soon as your analysis is ready, with one tap to open results.
  • Instant Tarot History: Tap reading to enter the history view immediately without waiting on-screen, plus re-analyze options for pending readings.

v1.11.0

2026-07-25

AI Hub, Floating Keeper Follow-up, Story Tarot & Custom Spreads

  • AI Tab Hub: Nine cards open every AI feature at a glance.
  • Ask AI on any chart: Floating button opens a Keeper chat that already knows your reading.
  • Story Tarot & Custom Spreads: Narrative reading in clear sections, image saving, and custom card count.
  • Ember Points Extra: Referral bonuses for both inviter and friend.
  • Quick Home Bubble: One-tap draggable button to return to Home from anywhere.

v1.9.1

2026-07-22

Astrology & Compatibility Redesign, Today's Sky, and Daily Transits

  • Today's Sky & Daily Score: Discover your daily energy score calculated directly on-device, along with moon phases and favorable hours for meaningful conversations.
  • Friendship & Compatibility Analysis: Redesigned compatibility test flow with structured relationship scores and personalized personality insights.
  • Redesigned Astrology Screens: Sleek new design for birth chart and transit screens with improved visual hierarchy and touch target polish.

v1.7.0

2026-07-17

Group reminders, day activity log, Quote topics, and security watchdog

  • Group-Linked Reminders: Set reminders for contact groups (e.g. family, friends) rather than just individual contacts, integrated across Keeper AI, voice, and assistant flows.
  • Group Activity & Mentions: View day activity directly in the people list row, view group logs in your history, and use @group mentions to log updates for multiple contacts at once.
  • Quote Customization: Customize daily summary quotes with selected topics and configure them in the Customize settings section.
  • Security Watchdog: Added vault-lock-aware bootstrap watchdog and refined notification delivery diagnostics.

v1.6.0

2026-07-14

Upcoming section rules, daily summary updates, and light theme improvements

  • Daily Summary & Point Usage: Today summary is limited to 10 items (with a 'View all' action if exceeded) and grants 3 free daily views per 24 hours, costing 1 Ember Point thereafter.
  • Upcoming Section Rules: Renamed to 'Upcoming' and limited to 10 items, with the 'View all' action button shown only when the count exceeds 10.
  • Visual & Transition Polish: Added automatic Dark/Light theme switching based on local time, improved text and border contrast on Light Theme, and smoothed bottom sheet scrolling.
  • Profile & Account Fixes: Rebalanced quick action layout on self profile, updated the 'Notes' label, and resolved OAuth signup country detection issues.

v1.5.1

2026-07-12

AI-Powered Daily Summary, Home Widgets, and Daily Astrology Forecasts

  • AI-Powered Daily Summary: introduced Today summary featuring AI-powered daily insights, dayparts, and customizable photo backgrounds.
  • Home Screen Widgets: added new widgets for Keeper AI and daily quotes on iOS and Android home screens.
  • Daily Astrology Forecasts: launched daily astrology forecasts, birth chart timezone support, and action-focused activity history.
  • Scenic Appearance & Navigation Improvements: added Scenic image-led theme option and stabilized full-screen swipe-back navigation.

v1.4.0

2026-07-04

3D Appearance Synchronization, Deep Linking, and Web Redemption updates

  • 3D Appearance Synchronization: synchronized 3D raised and flat components across iOS and Android. Added 8 new style packs (20 total) and 22 neutral background ramps.
  • Deep Link Bridge: introduced marketing CTA bridge allowing direct routing from `go/<slug>` links to specific screens or the home dashboard.
  • Web Redemption: added support for redeeming email-locked promotional and campaign codes directly on the web interface.

v1.3.0

2026-07-01

Multi-tasking Voice Notes, Timezone fixes, and Notification stability

  • Multi-tasking Voice Notes: now retains all valid updates and clearly notifies you of any discarded entries. Fixed Siri commands in Vietnamese and resolved app launching when tapping Spotlight search results.
  • Timezone Alignment: resolved offset bugs affecting scheduled reminders and astrology compatibility calculations across different regions.
  • Notification Settings: added self-healing mechanism and reminders to re-enable permissions when system alerts are disabled. Polished screens with clearer loading, error, empty, and offline indicators.
  • Security & Reliability: enhanced data import and backup mechanisms, improved Keeper AI response stability, and resolved rare iOS app crashes.

v1.2.0

2026-07-01

Native Siri & Google Assistant voice commands, AI Assistant Connector, and Voice Log improvements

  • Hands-free voice commands: added native Siri integration (App Intents) on iOS and Google Assistant (App Functions) on Android across all 23 supported languages.
  • AI Assistant Connector: securely connect external AI agents to your offline notes via the new Apps SDK widgets and MCP tool integration, guarded by explicit user consent.
  • Multi-category Voice Logs: talk freely about multiple updates in a single voice note; Keeper AI now intelligently parses and updates multiple contact lists at once.
  • Settings convenience: tap to copy your account email row directly from the Settings screen.

v1.1.1

2026-06-20

Language bug fixes and app store optimization

  • Language bug fixes.

v1.1.0

2026-06-20

Home screen widgets v2, System settings shortcuts, and Form bug fixes

  • Refreshed home screen widgets with 4 quick actions, upcoming reminders, and ask AI; fixed Android layout clumping and distorted avatar images.
  • Fixed the reminder form so the contact picker displays correctly on top of the modal sheet instead of being obscured.
  • Added in-app links to open device System Settings directly when camera, photo library, microphone, or notification access is disabled.
  • Introduced a personal promo code screen for activating exclusive subscription offers.
  • Fully localized authentication and validation error messages to eliminate raw English text fallbacks.

v1.0.0

2026-06-20

Official Release 1.0, Android notification fixes, and Support Chat upgrades

  • Fixed Android local notification delivery; upcoming reminders and test notification buttons now trigger correctly.
  • Resolved time calculation bugs with voice-suggested reminders (e.g. "remind me in X minutes") setting incorrect dates.
  • Enabled Android-specific display of the 14-day free trial on the subscription paywall.
  • Added automatic status sync for notification permissions when resuming the application from device Settings.
  • Prompt users to complete missing contact details and optimized support chat backend response speeds.

v0.2.0

2026-06-19

Encryption timeouts, Transaction backups, and Widget styling fixes

  • Added timeout limits and a retry action button to prevent the "Securing your data" loading screen from hanging during sign-in.
  • Automatically trigger incremental data syncs immediately when network connectivity is restored.
  • Enhanced database backups to include all localized transaction ledger entries (debts, loans, and payments) linked to contacts.
  • Fixed reminder timing offsets and 1970 UNIX epoch date errors by computing notifications strictly against local device timezones.
  • Prevented Keeper AI from auto-creating reminders without consent, fixed white Android widget cards, and optimized subscription ownership tracking.

v0.1.51

2026-06-18

OTP account security, Leap year birthday fixes, and Keeper AI reports

  • Verify secure account deletions and end-to-end encryption key resets using email OTP verification.
  • Send detailed AI activity logs when reporting Keeper AI errors for faster issue resolution.
  • Improved birthday handling for leap years, ensuring February 29th birth dates do not overflow into March.
  • Fixed layout issues with the AI activation popup and corrected guide scrolling behavior for custom fields.

v0.1.50

2026-06-15

Astrology mismatches, UI standardized colors, and deep-link routing fixes

  • Added warning alerts when a contact’s birth date differs from their calculated birth-chart details.
  • Standardized theme colors for input fields and dropdown menus across all screens.
  • Resolved an issue on iOS causing a temporary "not found" screen during initial deep-link routing.
  • Optimized background avatar downloading by gating it until after the initial directory sync finishes.

v0.1.49

2026-06-14

Telegram CSKH integration, share contact fixes, and AI consent toggle

  • Integrated Telegram CSKH support bot with email alerts and live status tracking.
  • Fixed contact sharing edge cases including infinite loading and QR scan loops.
  • Resolved AI toggle switch reactivity, introduction popup display, and Android layout issues.
  • Refactored support screen codebase for improved performance and cleaner UI rendering.

v0.1.48

2026-06-13

In-app support chat, DeepSeek v4 Flash birth-charts, and voice fixes

  • Send and receive image attachments directly inside the in-app support chat.
  • Birth-chart analysis upgraded to DeepSeek v4 Flash for faster and more calibrated readings.
  • Improved voice recording recovery, preventing double-charging of Ember Points.
  • Smarter Google sign-in recovery to gracefully handle already-registered accounts.
  • Support chat enhancements including keyboard avoidance on Android and real-time live message syncing.
  • Automatic cleanup of astrology reports and compatibility analyses when deleting a contact.

v0.1.46

2026-06-12

Weather settings, Ember Points history, and stability improvements

  • Dedicated weather settings page with direct shortcuts in contact details.
  • Ember Points usage history with pagination support.
  • Accidental contact email and phone call prevention (requires long press).
  • Automatic background-abort recovery during birth-chart and compatibility analyses.
  • Remote force/recommend update gate to ensure you are always running the latest version.