ed.rnThe print series

Release notes.

A vertical series of dated plates. Each release is one impression — pulled, dated, and filed. Read top to bottom, newest first.

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pl.09v1.3.0July 2026Latest impression
Home at a glance

Your balance, on the home screen.

  • 01

    Home-screen widgets for iOS and Android — per-currency balance and biggest open groups at a glance, without opening the app.

  • 02

    Tap a group on the widget to jump straight in, or use the shortcut to add an expense.

  • 03

    Smarter receipt splitting: assign scanned items to people, and “split the rest” evenly handles deposits (pant), rounding, and anything left over.

  • 04

    A cleaner, calmer items screen when splitting a scanned receipt.

ōban · July 2026v1.3.0
pl.08v1.2.0 – 1.2.1July 2026
Set it and forget it

The bills that come back, come back on their own.

  • 01

    Recurring expenses — mark an expense to repeat automatically.

  • 02

    Saved default splits — remember how a group usually divides things.

  • 03

    Settle-up reminders — a gentle nudge when balances are outstanding.

ōban · July 2026v1.2.0 – 1.2.1
pl.07v1.1.0July 2026

Smaller frictions, quietly filed off.

  • 01

    Edit an expense’s date after the fact.

  • 02

    Simplified sign-in — removed the security-code app lock.

ōban · July 2026v1.1.0
pl.06v1.0.13July 2026

Categories that know your group.

  • 01

    Group-scoped expense categories.

  • 02

    AI and offline category suggestions.

ōban · July 2026v1.0.13
pl.05v1.0.9 – 1.0.12June – July 2026
Notifications & control

The app tells you. You decide.

  • 01

    Push notifications for group activity.

  • 02

    Payer picker, spending stats, expense filtering, and draft expenses.

  • 03

    Currency-conversion and receipt-scanning fixes.

ōban · June – July 2026v1.0.9 – 1.0.12
pl.04v1.0.8June 2026

Old groups, out of the way.

  • 01

    Archive groups — excluded from totals, with a dedicated Archived groups screen.

ōban · June 2026v1.0.8
pl.03v1.0.4 – 1.0.7June 2026

Stay signed in. Stay safe.

  • 01

    Long-lived sessions with silent, secure token refresh.

  • 02

    Sturdier hosted-server handling.

  • 03

    OS-aware invite links.

ōban · June 2026v1.0.4 – 1.0.7
pl.02v1.0.0 – 1.0.3May – June 2026
Chara launches

The first impression.

  • 01

    Sign in with Apple & Google.

  • 02

    Group expenses with the guided expense wizard.

  • 03

    Multi-currency with locked-in FX snapshots.

  • 04

    AI receipt scanning (OCR).

  • 05

    Swish settle-up, avatars, and an activity feed.

  • 06

    Account deletion and full App Store / Play Store readiness.

ōban · May – June 2026v1.0.0 – 1.0.3
Chara · Stockholm
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