What's new.

v2.1.1 2026-06-07

Sign-in polish.

Changed

• Account screen. Added a short helper note below the "Sign in with Google" button explaining the brief supabase.co address you see during the OAuth round-trip — and that data is stored in the EU (Frankfurt).

Fixed

• Google sign-in attaches to your existing in-app identity instead of creating a duplicate account on first sign-in. Users who first signed in during v2.0.0 or v2.1.0 are handled by a fallback that signs them in as their existing account.

v2.1.0 2026-06-05

Foundation for an upcoming community-photo feature. Wired but not yet exposed in the UI.

Added

• Photo upload pipeline. The full path is in place under the hood: photos get EXIF metadata stripped on your device before they leave your phone, are resized to a thumbnail (~50 KB) and a mobile-sized version (~500 KB), and stored in the EU (Frankfurt) with a moderation gate. Per-account limits are 5 uploads per 24 hours and 50 total. No UI consumes this in v2.1 — the upload surface lands in a later release. The privacy policy already covers the full behaviour.

Changed

• Privacy policy bumped to v4.0 covering the new photo pipeline (EXIF stripping, two-size storage, quotas, moderation, cascade-delete on account deletion, explicit "no AI / no face recognition / no third-party sharing" clauses).

v2.0.0 2026-06-03

Optional Google sign-in lands. Foundation for upcoming community features.

Added

• Account sign-in (Settings → Account). Optional sign-in with Google. Every existing feature continues to work without an account — signing in is opt-in and reserved for upcoming community features like a monthly palette competition. Apple Sign-In code is included for the future iOS build but the Android v2.0 build only shows the Google button.
• Account → Delete account. Hard-deletes your account, profile, and all local data on the device, satisfying GDPR right-to-erasure. Two-step confirmation: open the modal, type DELETE, then confirm. A dedicated Account deletion page describes the flow in detail.

Changed

• Privacy policy bumped to v3.0 covering OAuth data (display name, email, avatar URL) and the new account-deletion path.
• Existing users continue using all v1.x features unchanged. If you never open Settings → Account, you see zero behaviour change.

v1.9.3 2026-06-03

Internal build and CI hardening. No user-visible behaviour change.

v1.9.2 2026-05-29

Removed

• Stripped a stray Android "draw over other apps" permission that was leaking from a debug-only manifest into the production build. Result: a shorter permissions list on the Play Store install screen and one less sensitive-permissions surface.

v1.9.1 2026-05-26

Changed

• Palette Browser filter chips now show a cumulative match count (e.g. Cold (12)). The count updates as you tap chips so it's clear which selections widen vs. narrow the result set. Chips that would yield zero matches stay disabled and show (0).

v1.9.0 2026-05-22

The big one. We're out of closed beta — The Mini Colorbench is now live on Google Play for everyone.

Added

• Your Stats screen, expanded. The single stats card is now split into two: a Collection card (most-owned brand, total paints owned, distinct brands, palettes saved across projects, most-saved palette) and an Activity card (most-viewed palette, palette views this month, current streak — consecutive days you opened a palette — and a "closest to complete" mini-list of the three palettes nearest to having every paint owned).
• One new palette, bringing the catalogue total to 106.

Changed

• Production launch. No more closed test — anyone can install The Mini Colorbench directly from Google Play.
• Upgraded the underlying app framework to its newest stable release. You shouldn't notice anything except faster cold-start and fewer crashes.

v1.8.0 2026-05-19

Plumbing for a future share-and-jump-to-palette feature.

Added

• Foundation for deep links — opening a palette URL (from a future share sheet) will jump straight to that palette inside the app. Not user-visible yet; ground-laying for the next share feature.

v1.7.0 2026-05-10

Added

• New palette set: "Hanseong" (Korean palettes).

Changed

• Cleaner Android install screen. Removed two stale permissions (overlay / draw-over-other-apps and external-storage read/write) that the app didn't actually use. Means banking and password-manager apps no longer refuse to coexist, and the Play Store install screen shows a shorter permissions list.
• Internal architecture cleanup — no visible difference, but several screens got faster and smaller behind the scenes.

Removed

• Two unused feature stubs (mix-recipe and project-photo scaffolding) that never shipped. If either lands in a future release, they'll come back with a proper changelog entry.

v1.6.2 2026-05-10

Polish on top of v1.6.1.

Added

• Animated splash screen. The launch screen now plays a subtle three-chip cycle in the brand colours instead of the static stack. Honours your "reduce motion" system setting.

Changed

• Long palette names now wrap to two lines on Browse cards instead of being cut off mid-word.
• App launcher icon label corrected to "The Mini Colorbench". Existing installs keep the old label until cleared; fresh installs see the corrected one.
• Trimmed the About screen copy to match what actually ships — removed a couple of bullet points that promised features the app doesn't have.

Fixed

• Feedback submissions now record the correct device model. Prior versions accidentally stored the app version string in the device-model field, making bug triage harder.

v1.6.1 2026-05-09

A new About screen, a way to share the app, and one important fix to the feedback form.

Added

• About screen. Settings → tap "The Mini Colorbench" to open a dedicated About page: studio identity, the mission behind the app, key features, the current version's changelog, and a link to the full changelog.
• Settings → Support → Spread the word. Opens the system share sheet with a one-line pitch and the Play Store link.
• Telemetry consent re-prompt. If you opted out, the consent screen reappears every seven days so you can change your mind without digging through Settings.
• One new palette: "Strohwicht's Tea Towel Terror No. 69."
• Refreshed reference images and a few corrected hex values across palettes 226–242.

Changed

• Settings → "Your stats" relabelled "Your stats (local only)" so it's obvious at the entry point that nothing about that card leaves your phone.
• Settings ABOUT row reorganised — tapping the project name now leads into the new About screen; the separate "Built by Pixel Paladin" row is folded in.

Fixed

• Feedback form submissions failed silently in v1.6.0. The form said "thanks" but the message never reached us. v1.6.1 restores the path. If you sent feedback on v1.6.0 and got no reply, please try again.

v1.6.0 2026-05-08

A bigger one. Two new Home cards and the first features that talk to the internet — both opt-in.

Added

• "Your stats" card on Home. A quick personal snapshot — most-owned brand, most-viewed palette, palette views this month. Computed on your phone; nothing leaves the device.
• "Community" card on Home. Opt-in. If you tap "Opt in" on the consent screen, the app shares anonymous, counts-only data once a day so we can show the top community paints. Default is off; turn it on or off any time from Settings → Share anonymous stats.
• In-app feedback form. Settings → Send feedback. Pick Bug / Idea / Other, type a note, hit Submit. Faster than a mailto.

Changed

• Privacy policy v2.0 covering both new opt-in features. Default behaviour is unchanged: nothing leaves your phone unless you explicitly opt in.

v1.5.6 2026-05-08

Plumbing release. No visible changes — but paints now have permanent IDs so future updates can never break the paints you've marked owned.

v1.5.5 2026-05-08

Added

• Citadel and Vallejo catalogues expanded with previously missing paints.

Changed

• Settings tab header now sits at the same height as every other tab — small but it bothered us.
• Bottom sheets are now properly announced as dialogs to screen readers.

v1.5.4 2026-05-07

Added

• 20 new palettes (251–270) filling underrepresented mood and genre combinations.
• Swipe between palettes on Palette Detail — left/right swipe walks the current filtered list.
• Pinch-to-zoom on the hero image with double-tap to reset.

Changed

• Refreshed reference photos for palettes 205 (Goff Black), 245 (Sigil & Ash), and 249 (Smasha Forge).

v1.5.3 2026-05-07

Added

• Save-to-project confirmation toast. A small "Saved" pill so you know the tap actually did something.

Fixed

• "No projects yet" empty state now lines up correctly.

v1.5.2 2026-05-05

Fixed

• Palette Detail no longer crashes on cold start when opened from Palette of the Day.
• Paint suggestions no longer hide the best matches when one of your owned paints is a poor match.
• Palette ownership badge (X/5) now matches what you see in detail view.
• Project Detail recovers gracefully if a project's data is malformed.

v1.5.1 2026-05-04

Fixed

• Cold-start crash on release builds.
• Tip jar showed "Couldn't load tip options" on Play-installed builds.

v1.5.0 2026-05-03

Added

• In-app tip jar. If the app is useful and you'd like to support it, you now can. Optional, never nags.

v1.4.1 2026-05-03

Fixed

• The soft keyboard no longer floats in front of the text field you're typing in.
• The Projects tab now always opens to the project list.

v1.4.0 2026-05-02

Added

• 8 new palettes (243–250).
• Pro Acryl and The Army Painter — Warpaints Fanatic ranges added to the catalogue.

Removed

• Citadel "Dry" range removed (the line was discontinued by GW).

v1.3.0 2026-04-27

Added

• Help button with onboarding tips for first-time users.

Changed

• Browse palettes now sort alphabetically by name (was: catalogue order).
• Home screen header redesigned to a brand mark.
• Palette browser cards now show the reference image.
• Palette reference images converted from PNG to WebP — smaller download, same quality.
• Palettes screen now respects the device's top safe area.

Removed

• "Painting style" filter dimension (it overlapped too heavily with mood and genre).

Fixed

• Help button no longer crashes the app on Android.

v1.2.0 2026-04-27

Added

• Palette of the Day. One curated palette surfaced on Home each day.
• Paint Detail cross-brand matches. See the closest paint in every other supported brand.
• Hero reference image on Palette of the Day.
• Tappable saved palettes in Project Detail — jump straight to the palette.
• Haptic feedback on key actions.
• Mood pill on Browse cards for at-a-glance scanning.
• 8 new VIP palettes (235–242).
• Square colour chips and a more consistent main-screen header across tabs.

v1.1.0 2026-04-24

Added

• Palette reference photos on every palette card.
• Paint catalogue expanded to 7 brands (added Reaper MSP/HD/Pro, Formula P3, Coat d'Arms, Two Thin Coats).
• Paint Collection screen — mark which paints you actually own.
• Project Detail screen.
• Credits screen.
• "Contribute palette images" entry in Settings.

Removed

• Metal-colour palette entries (didn't reproduce well in print or on screen).

Fixed

• Palette Browser brand filter chips behave correctly.
• Palette Detail now reflects owned paints reliably.

v1.0.0 2026-04-22

First public release. Closed beta on Google Play (Android).

Added

• Palette browser — 65 curated palettes at launch.
• Palette detail with colour breakdown and metadata.
• Paint collection with three founding brands (Citadel, Vallejo, Scale75).
• CIEDE2000 match engine finding the closest paint you own to a target colour.
• Projects for grouping palettes and paints.
• Random Draw for the indecisive.
• Settings screen, splash screen, bottom-tab navigation, and signed Android release build.
• Local-first persistence — everything stays on your phone.
• Initial privacy policy.