Release notes

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2026.5.15

May 14, 2026

Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed subscription expiry warnings incorrectly appearing for active monthly subscriptions that were still auto-renewing
  • Subscription rows now show clearer status — "Renews [date]" when healthy, "Expires [date]" when cancelled

2026.5.14

May 13, 2026

Improved subscription management

The Subscriptions screen has been redesigned with clearer sections for billing and groups, contextual help, and state-specific actions so you always know what to do next — whether that's upgrading, managing, or fixing a subscription. Unassigned or unmanaged subscriptions now surface clearly with direct actions to resolve them.

Groups that need attention now surface more prominently: blocked groups show a clear alert when you open the app, appear with a red indicator in widgets, and are included in your app badge count so nothing slips through the cracks. Billing managers also get clear warnings before a subscription expires — with a badge, a daily reminder, and a one-tap option to re-subscribe.

2026.5.8

May 7, 2026

Minor Fixes

This release contains minor fixes and improvements

2026.5.1

April 30, 2026

Smarter event bars

Two iPhones side by side. On the left, the August 2026 calendar view showing expanded event bars with time subtitles and colour-coded events filling their rows. On the right, the agenda timeline for Thursday 20 August with events filling their full time slots and showing time range subtitles.
Zoom in for more detail — event bars expand to show times, subtitles, and wrapped titles across the calendar and agenda.

Building on pinch-to-zoom, event bars in the calendar now intelligently expand to show more detail as you zoom. Timed events reveal their time underneath and all-day events wrap longer titles — with busier days staying compact while quieter days get room to breathe.

In the agenda timeline, row heights are now set automatically so even a 30-minute event comfortably fits two lines — showing a time range subtitle underneath the title. Multi-day events display contextual subtitles — "starts 09:30" on the first day, "all-day" on middle days, "ends 17:00" on the last.

Redesigned widgets

Two iPhones showing the redesigned Up Next widget on a blue iOS home screen. The left phone shows the large widget with a multi-day layout displaying events across Sunday and Tuesday. The right phone shows the widget configuration screen with calendar and member filtering options.
Redesigned Up Next widget — multi-day layout with calendar and member filtering.

The Up Next and Lock Screen widgets have been completely refreshed.

Up Next now shows a dynamic multi-day layout that fills the available space across multiple days, with medium and large widgets using a two-column layout. A bold date header shows today's date, with "Tomorrow" and upcoming days flowing below.

The Lock Screen widget now matches the style of the main app — with calendar colour pills, emoji, and member colour indicators.

Both widgets now support calendar and member filtering, so you can choose exactly which calendars and members to show. The filter picker shows colour circles and "Me" for easy identification.

Profile photo improvements

Two iPhones side by side. On the left, the "Move and Scale" square crop screen for framing a profile photo before uploading. On the right, a full-screen view of another member's profile photo.
Crop your photo to perfection — and tap any member's photo to view it full screen.

A new square crop step lets you perfectly frame your profile photo before uploading — move and scale to get it just right. You can also tap any profile photo to view it full screen. And if you don't have a photo yet, tapping your avatar takes you straight to the picker.

Default calendar

Calendars now show a "Default" label in Settings and pickers, and a default is automatically set if you haven't chosen one. To change your default, tap your avatar in the top left of the calendar → Calendars → select the calendar you want → toggle Default Calendar on.

Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed synced calendar events disappearing on Android when the sync was set up from an iPhone
  • Redesigned recurrence field in event creation — now always shows a label like "Daily", "Weekly", or "Repeat" so it's clear how to make an event recurring
  • New edit button in the event details toolbar for quicker access
  • Clearer event action labels — "Edit Event", "Move Event", and "Duplicate Event"
  • Calendar sync picker now includes "Add Account" and "Subscribe to Calendar" options, with guidance on how to set them up
  • Time picker on iOS now uses 5-minute intervals for quicker selection
  • Max zoom is now dynamic — adjusting to your content while always keeping at least two full weeks visible
  • Fixed online status sometimes showing you as active when the app was in the background
  • Fixed messages sometimes being marked as read while the app was in the background
  • "Last active" times are now more accurate and show a clear "Last active" prefix on profile screens
  • Fixed notifications sometimes showing "Open OurCal to view" instead of the actual message
  • Fixed reaction notifications sometimes showing "You have 0 new messages"
  • Fixed the login sheet getting stuck when continuing with a sign-in method that doesn't have an account
  • Fixed a phantom time zone change appearing in chat when editing events across daylight saving transitions
  • Fixed the date picker preventing multi-day events from being shortened to fewer days
  • Fixed toggling all-day off on a multi-day event collapsing the end date
  • Fixed event creation fields incorrectly highlighting as changed when editing recurring events
  • Fixed calendar event bars overlapping when expanded events push spanning events down
  • Fixed the selected day outline rendering behind event bars on macOS
  • Fixed widget event cells not displaying correctly in dark mode
  • Various copy improvements across calendar sync screens

2026.4.24

April 23, 2026

Restore deleted calendars and their events

Two iPhones side by side showing the Wilson Family group chat. On the left, a "deleted calendar" update message for "Mum & Dad" appears in the chat with the calendar name tappable in green. On the right, tapping it shows a confirmation alert asking "Are you sure you want to restore 'Mum & Dad' and all its events?" with a "Restore Calendar & Events" button.
Accidentally deleted a calendar? Tap the name in your group chat to bring it all back.

Accidentally deleted a calendar? No problem. Tap the calendar name in the group chat update message and confirm restore — your calendar and all its events are right back where they were.

Fixes & Improvements

  • Synced calendars list now splits into "This Device" and "Other Devices" so you can see which syncs depend on which device
  • Sync-in-progress indicator shows a spinning icon per row while a sync is running
  • Synced calendars no longer need to be deleted and recreated after reinstalling the app on the same device
  • Fixed recurring events breaking for users with 12-hour time format set on their device when in a 24-hour time format region

2026.4.23

April 22, 2026

Fixes & Improvements

  • New vector-based app icon — looks sharper than ever on iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26 in Liquid Glass
  • Performance and stability improvements

2026.4.17

April 16, 2026

Even clearer month transitions

Month labels grow as they scroll into view — you always know what's coming next.

Building on the refreshed calendar header, the inline month labels in your scrolling calendar now show the full month and year — and grow gracefully as they approach the top of the screen. So you always know not just what month you're in, but what's coming next.

Now on Android too

  • Message editing
  • Cancelled events now show the actual event title instead of "Deleted Event"
  • Widget now updates day-to-day automatically

Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed phone numbers and email links in chat crashing the app
  • Fixed tapping back from a notification deep link going to an empty channel
  • Fixed the paywall button sometimes not working
  • Fixed changing calendar in New Event resetting the emoji to default
  • Fixed the app not warning about unsaved changes when dismissing an event with autofilled details
  • Fixed Android agenda tap gesture not always responding

2026.4.14

April 13, 2026

Quick event creation from the agenda

Two iPhones side by side. On the left, the calendar with the half-height agenda sheet showing a prominent blue + button in the bottom-right corner. On the right, the full-height agenda view with the same + button in easy reach.
Create events without reaching — or backing out. A new + button sits right where your thumb already is.

A new + button now sits at the bottom of the agenda sheet, so you can create an event without reaching to the top of the screen when the agenda is half-height — and without backing out to the calendar when it's full screen.

A refreshed calendar header

A polished new header — translucent, alive, and always anchored to where you are.

The calendar header has had a thoughtful polish. A new translucent blur — white-tinted in light mode, dark in dark mode — lets your events scroll gracefully behind it. On iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, the large month and year title scrolls vertically like a date picker as you move between months, and your avatar picks up the new Liquid Glass effect on its schedule pill and online indicator.

Fixes & Improvements

  • Invite links now self-heal in the rare case they become invalid, with clear progress and a retry option if anything goes wrong
  • Lock screen widget now shows events that are currently in progress, not just upcoming ones
  • Fixed today's events being pushed off the lock screen widget by tomorrow's
  • Multi-day events on the lock screen widget now show "Until {time}" or "All-Day" instead of a confusing "Starts" label
  • Tomorrow's events on the lock screen widget now show a clear "Tomorrow" prefix
  • Fixed the "App Updated" notification not appearing after some updates
  • Fixed the macOS event window showing "Cancelled Event" when opening an event from chat
  • Fixed a missing toolbar background on the agenda sheet and main calendar view on iOS 17

2026.4.10

April 9, 2026

Beautiful new map previews

An iPhone showing an event detail screen for a dentist appointment, with a rich interactive map of the location in San Francisco displayed below the event card, and the chat thread continuing underneath.
See where you're headed — rich map previews now in every event.

See where you're headed at a glance. Event locations now show a rich, detailed map preview right in the event screen — so you can check the spot without ever leaving OurCal.

Cancel events

An iPhone showing a cancelled event titled "Collect Grandma & Grandad" with the title and times crossed out in a pink event card, followed by a chat thread where a family member explains the change of plans.
Delete is now Cancel — plans change, and now everyone stays in the loop.

Delete is now Cancel. When you cancel an event, it's clearly marked throughout the app with its title crossed out, and the chat thread stays put so everyone can see exactly which event was cancelled and keep the conversation going. Previously, deleted events just showed as "Deleted Event" with no way to tell what was actually removed.

Now on Android too

Android catches up with recent iOS, iPadOS, and macOS features:

Fixes & Improvements

  • Performance and stability improvements

2026.4.2

April 5, 2026

Hide synced event details

Two iPhones side by side. On the left, the sync setup screen showing colour, member scheduling, upcoming events only, and a new "Hide event details" toggle. On the right, a synced event appearing simply as "Busy" with no other details visible.
Sync your availability without sharing the details.

A new "Busy only" option lets you sync events as blocked time without sharing any other details. Perfect for when your group needs to see when you're free, but not what you're up to.

Edit messages

Two iPhones side by side. On the left, the long press menu showing Reply, Copy, Info, Edit, and Delete options. On the right, an edited message showing "I will collect" with an "(Edited)" label next to the timestamp.
Long press to edit — your updated message shows an "Edited" label.

Changed your mind? Long press any message you've sent and tap edit to update it. Your group will see the updated message — no need to send a correction.

Fixes & Improvements

  • Synced calendars now default to their actual colour from your device instead of blue
  • You can now set a synced calendar's colour during setup
  • Synced calendars are now more clearly distinguished from regular calendars throughout the app
  • Links in messages now open in-app on tap
  • Reaction quick actions now show labels in the long press menu
  • You can only delete your own messages — other members' messages can no longer be removed by mistake
  • Group name and emoji changes now show as updates in the chat
  • Fixed deep linking to the same event sending a duplicate push notification
  • Fixed deep linking via widget doubling up the navigation stack
  • Fixed update notifications being cleared before you could open them
  • Fixed event creation messages marking the channel as unread for the sender
  • Fixed notifications showing incorrect relative dates for event alerts
  • Fixed online status not working on first sign-up until force restarting
  • Fixed editing a calendar colour created by another member causing it to duplicate
  • Various UI refinements

2026.3.19

March 20, 2026

Quote reply to message

Two iPhones side by side. On the left, an event chat thread showing a quoted reply with the original message indented above the response. On the right, the long press context menu showing reaction, reply, and copy options.
Reply in context — quote any message and keep the conversation on track.

Reply to any message in context. Long press a message and tap reply to quote it in your response — so everyone knows exactly what you're responding to.

Redesigned calendar sync

Two iPhones side by side. On the left, the new sync setup screen showing source calendar, destination group, member scheduling, and an "Upcoming events only" toggle. On the right, the calendar sync overview showing an active sync and supported providers including iCloud, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Aol.
A clearer sync setup — with a new option to sync only upcoming events.

A refreshed sync wizard that's clearer and easier to follow. New in this release: choose to sync only upcoming events, so your shared calendar stays focused on what's ahead.

Fixes & Improvements

  • Improved handling of setup interruptions — no longer shows a full re-setup on minor hiccups
  • "Get more space" now correctly shows an alert for non-billing members instead of redirecting to the App Store
  • You can now enter your own emoji in the autofill input to override the AI suggestion
  • Fixed emoji picker search returning no results when a trailing space was typed
  • Calendar sync set up on another device now displays correctly without requiring local calendar access

2026.3.18

March 19, 2026

Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed an issue with removing group members
  • Fixed issues with restoring subscriptions
  • Fixed issues with OTP code entry