Home now matches the look of this website: soft ivory with a fine tartan weave, navy and gold, and crisp gold lines around the top bar and cards.
The new look is on the standard Hearth theme. If you picked another theme, Home stays just the way you set it.
Sαréal618 Mach8A01
New
Daily Passage on Home, under To do: one short reading a day from a tradition you pick, such as sacred scriptures, ancient mythology and lore, philosophy and ethics, or poetry and literature. Swipe or use the arrows for another one.
Improved
Daily Passage starts hidden. Tap Show to open it, and Hide to tuck it away again. Your choice stays on your device.
Sαréal618 Mach7A01
New
A Thanksgiving theme, with warm autumn colors, gently falling leaves and a little pumpkin pie. It's here from November 1 through the day after Thanksgiving.
Improved
If you picked the Halloween theme, your house switches to Thanksgiving on its own. After the holiday, it goes back to the usual look until next fall.
The falling leaves stay still if your device is set to reduce motion.
Sαréal618 Mach6A01
New
Music: a new Drums button adds a soft, laid-back beat while you play.
Improved
Music sounds lower and warmer, like a mellow saxophone, and is easier on the ears.
Music has a wobblier, wonkier tone underneath for a more playful sound.
Sαréal618 Mach5A01
Privacy & safety
If a child's profile isn't used for 12 months, we email the parent, and the profile is deleted 30 days later unless the child opens Sαréal618 again.
Old home-screen widget connections are now cleared out automatically.
When a parent removes a child, the record of their consent is removed too.
Sαréal618 Mach4A01
Improved
Parents can remove one child's profile without changing anything else in the family.
Clearer, friendlier wording in voice features.
Privacy & safety
A privacy page is now built into the app, so you can read how your information is handled without leaving it.
Sαréal618 now clears out old data on a regular schedule, automatically.
Consent choices are recorded so they are easier to review later.
The Android app is for ages 13 and up.
Security improvements, including stronger checks on payments.
Sαréal618 Mach3A01
New
The bell now opens a Notices panel that stays on screen, with Clear and Clear all.
Improved
Contact us now opens a simple email to our support team.
Teens can connect Google Calendar and bring in calendar files (.ics) on their own.
Grown-ups can open email and outside links from inside the app.
Wording across the app now says it's made for ages 13 and up.
Privacy & safety
Security improvements and updated software components.
Fixes
Fixed outside links being blocked for grown-ups.
Sαréal618 Mach2A01
Privacy & safety
Stronger age checks when setting up an account.
Grown-up areas stay with grown-ups, and teens see only content made for them.
Security improvements throughout the app.
Fixes
General stability fixes.
Sαréal618 Mach1A01
New
Music: a music room where you play along by waving a hand in front of the screen.
The app now lives at its own home, the app.
Privacy & safety
Music uses the front camera only to follow your hand. Nothing is recorded or uploaded, and the camera stops when you press Stop, leave the screen, or after two minutes.
Parents decide in Settings whether a child can use the camera.
Sαréal618 Mach9
Improved
Better protection against crashes, so one problem doesn't take down the whole screen.
Privacy & safety
Security improvements on our servers.
Sαréal618 Mach8
New
Plan my week: turn a pile of due dates into a clear plan with one tap.
See what's past, and hide past-due items when you don't need them.
Improved
Plan my week settings save and show what you chose.
Easier menus and calendar controls on phones.
More reliable voice commands.
Fixes
Fixed items showing at the wrong times and counts.
Fixed duplicate events from subscribed calendars.
Sαréal618 Mach7
New
A redesigned Month view on computers and phones.
Choose which day your week starts on.
Improved
Due items are grouped by day and easier to read.
Drag an event to move it, or long-press on a phone.
The app opens faster the first time.
Fixes
Fixed assignments showing the wrong due time.
Sαréal618 Mach6
New
One account, with the same calendar and journal on your phone and on the web.
Classic, a plain white theme, plus a matching Dark mode.
Improved
Smoother guided tour with voice.
Sαréal618 Mach5
New
Due This Week: one view of everything due, for students and busy families.
Subscribe to other calendars by link, such as Google, Outlook, iCloud and school calendars.
A short in-app tutorial for calendars, and a settings gear beside the calendar.
Sαréal618 Mach4
New
A quick tour that shows where things are, if you want one.
An Agenda and to-do list on Home.
Add events to Google or Outlook, or bring in a calendar file.
Improved
New journal theme styles.
Fixes
Fixed an error that could appear when opening the journal.
Sαréal618 Mach3
New
Themes: pick a look for your house.
Improved
A fresh batch of dad jokes.
Warmer, friendlier names and wording throughout.
Sαréal618 Mach2
New
The Porch: a calm corner with gentle ideas to explore.
A calendar shortcut at the top of the screen.
Improved
Kinder, plainer wording across the app.
Fine print moved to the bottom of each page.
Fixes
Fixed the app sometimes getting stuck while opening.
Sαréal618 Mach1
New
The first version of Sαréal618.
A weekly family check-in and a short midweek check-in.
Private journal notes for the good moments.
Laugh: a corner for jokes and funny family moments.
Release names run Mach1 through Mach9, then Mach1A01 through Mach9A01, then Mach1B01, and so on. Questions about an update? Email support.