Changelog
All notable changes to Authorlytica are documented here.
Beta 0.14.7 — 2026-02-22
Version 0.15 will be a banger.
Fixed
- Notification message when adding words was gone, sorry. It's back now.
- Pinning projects didn't work.
Beta 0.14.6 — 2026-02-12
Sidebar redesign, comment interactions, and a round of visual fixes.
Added
- Hearts on individual comments and per-comment action menus
- Avatar uploads now save as WebP for smaller file sizes
Improved
- Sidebar redesigned with a more compact profile section, horizontal streak layout, and simplified footer
- Activity heart interactions simplified to a single toggle
Fixed
- Avatar images in comments now display correctly
- Various styling and spacing fixes across sidebar, comments, and notifications
Beta 0.14.5 — 2026-02-04
Weekly streaks take center stage, a new notification bell keeps you in the loop, and you can now challenge your friends.
Added
- Weekly streak system — your sidebar now shows a calendar-week progress bar and streak count as your primary writing goal
- Notification bell in the sidebar with an unread badge for friend requests, nudges, comments, and reactions
Improved
- Weekly goal promoted to primary in Settings; daily streaks become opt-in via a toggle
- Streak freeze feature removed in favor of weekly streaks
- Default goals for new accounts lowered to more approachable numbers (daily 300, weekly 2000)
Fixed
- Activity feed displays all activity types correctly
- Nudge notifications now only show your own unread nudges
- Welcome modal no longer falsely triggers for existing users
Beta 0.14.4 — 2026-02-03
Rebuilt payment system under the hood.
Added
- Rebuilt payment backend for faster and more reliable checkout, subscription management, and gift code redemption
Improved
- All payment modals (gift purchase, gift overview, redeem code, premium) updated for the new system
Fixed
Beta 0.14.3 — 2026-02-02
Better error visibility and a fallback screen when things go wrong.
Added
- Server down screen — a clear full-screen message with a retry button if the backend is unreachable
Fixed
- Registration error handling — username collision retry no longer hides other validation errors
Beta 0.14.2 — 2026-02-01
Version bump and promo banner update. Changes from v0.14.1 deployed under this version.
Improved
- Security hardened across login, registration, and social features
Beta 0.14.1 — 2026-01-31 — "Hardening"
Security audit, automated deployments, and behind-the-scenes reliability improvements.
Improved
- Sessions stay active longer before requiring re-login
- More resilient connection handling when the server is briefly unavailable
Fixed
- Date labels on the progress graph displaying incorrectly
- Production connection issues resolved
- Cleaned up noisy console output across the app
Beta 0.14 — 2026-01-31
The infrastructure update. A new backend API, full TypeScript migration, skeleton loading, and a mountain of reliability improvements.
Added
- Skeleton loading screens with shimmer placeholders across all major views: home, profile, projects, sidebar, sessions log, and charts
- Route-level data prefetching for faster page navigation
- Connected to a new dedicated backend API, replacing direct database calls for better performance
Improved
- Content Security Policy headers for improved security
- Stat calculations now happen server-side, so the app loads faster
- Better API error handling throughout the app
- Theme color parsing for dynamic themes
- Profiles are now private-only for better privacy
Fixed
- Mobile header layout fixes
- Mood graph rendering fixes
- Scrollbar behavior fixes
- Sessions log minor fixes
Under the Hood
- Full TypeScript and SASS modules migration across every component, hook, and utility
- Package upgrades for more reliable data fetching and caching
- Centralized app congifuration into a single file
- Simplified of convoluted components
- Extracted shared hooks and moved calculations into dedicated modules
- Comprehensive test suite: Lambda function tests, E2E test overhaul, accessibility tests, and unit tests for the leveling system and API integration
Beta 0.13 — 2026-01-20
The social update. Connect with other writers, see what your friends are accomplishing, and stay motivated together.
Added
- Friends system: search for writers by username, send requests, and build your writing circle
- Activity feed showing writing milestones and achievements from your friends
- Hearts/kudos to show appreciation for friends' accomplishments
- Weekly leaderboards with global and friends-only views
- "Wrote Today" badges showing which friends have written today (timezone-aware)
- Nudge system to encourage friends to write (rate-limited to prevent spam)
- Public profiles
- Comprehensive privacy controls: toggle visibility for profile, activity, leaderboards, friend requests, wrote-today status, and nudges
Improved
- Major responsiveness improvements for smaller laptop screens
- Automatic timezone detection on first login
- Default profile image has your initials instead of being empty
Fixed
Beta 0.12 — 2026-01-09
Subscription improvements, gift codes, and a smoother onboarding experience.
Added
- New accounts start with an auto-generated project to help you get started immediately
- Promo codes: redeem codes for free months of Authorlytica Premium
- Gift codes: purchase premium time for yourself or others
- Seasonal promotions in premium modal with themed banners, countdown timers, and discounted pricing
- Free 2-week trial of premium version
- New achievement for completing 100% of your account
- More payment options at checkout
Improved
- Account section now includes birthday, gender, writer type, experience level, and country (all editable)
- Import and export refreshed for compatibility with last update
- Password reset now shows a clear in-app message instead of a browser alert
- Subscription success screen has better loading animations
- Feedback can now be submitted with just a rating (message optional)
- Unverified accounts limited to 5 entries. Verify your email guys :(
Fixed
- New achievements from previous update can now be shared properly
- Settings page no longer incorrectly shows "click to save" message, still does on first time though
- Minor visual fixes throughout the app
Beta 0.11 — 2026-01-03
Content update with streak freezes and
Added
- Streak freeze system to protect your streak when life gets in the way (premium users get an extra freeze)
- Birthday setting: add your birthday in settings to receive a special reward
- New achievements for sending feedback, changing themes, setting a profile picture, finding the easter egg, and sharing content
- New personal records for editing projects
- Links support in sidebar promotional cards
- Maintenance mode screen for scheduled downtime
Improved
- Achievement data now syncs across devices (no more repeat notifications on new logins)
- Pin project action moved to overflow dropdown menu for cleaner UI
- Locked panels now require writing sessions spread across multiple days (not just total count)
- Monthly Authorlytica Rewind requires minimum 7 days of activity for meaningful insights
- Loading screen visual polish
- Added promotional opt-in checkbox in feedback form
- Cybersecurity measures
Fixed
- Word form input now properly clears after adding a session
- Premium ad display and theme change events firing correctly
- Fixed potential data leakage where previous user's stats could persist after logout
- Fixed username input vulnerability that could bypass database checks
- Fixed tooltip rendering to use safer content handling
- Fixed writing drafts not being cleared on logout
- Fixed rolling averages being slightly inaccurate due to decimal truncation
- Fixed writing speed averages being rounded down instead of to nearest whole number
- Fixed stats not updating when changing a project's unit settings (words/pages/lines)
- Fixed ResizeObserver behaving incorrectly on component re-render
- Replaced disruptive browser alerts with in-app notifications when importing CSV files
- Made registration error message generic to protect user privacy
- Fixed days remaining calculation showing incorrect value for invalid dates
- Fixed strict equality checks in payment validation
- Removed redundant condition in export premium check
Beta 0.10.1 — 2025-12-31
A quick patch.
Fixed
- Error for users with no writing entries
- Improved app stability after updates (auto-reload on stale cache)
Beta 0.10 — 2025-12-30
The versatility update. You can now choose to write in pages and lines, not only words. Completely redesigned project forms, flexible measurement units, editing session support, and major UI polish across the board.
Added
- Per-project measurement unit selection (words, pages, or lines)
- Starting offset for projects when you've already written content
- Editing project type for editing novels instead of only writing them.
- Word/character/page counter tool to calculate metrics by your definition
- Project linking feature for connecting editing projects to writing projects
- Three-dot overflow menu to declutter action panels
- Project status badges on project page and homepage
- Downloadable user guide PDF in the about section
- Licensing page with all package licenses
- Custom 404 page with app promotion
Improved
- Completely redesigned project overview on homepage
- New project and edit project modals rebuilt with sectioned forms
- Settings page split into two columns with better layout
- Homepage and profile graphs can now convert between words and pages
- Theme colors refined (lighter/darker balance fixed)
- Sidebar width stabilized during page load
- Date picker now follows dark/light mode
- Placeholder text styling improved on hover in modals
- Progress graph treats editing sessions as separate data
- Archived projects removed from homepage session display
Fixed
- Error when deleting sessions from archived projects
- Sessions can no longer be assigned to archived projects
- Completed/archived projects can no longer be pinned
- Projects can now be unarchived or uncompleted from project screen
- Countdown message in Authorlytica Rewind was showing when rewind already available
- Hover states on progress graph now lighter instead of darker
- Feedback textarea follows theme colors
- Project titles always showing ellipses even when short enough
- Rewind period dropdown simplified (removed verbose date strings)
Beta 0.9.2 — 2025-12-20
Performance and reliability improvements with smarter data handling and better validation.
Added
- Input validation to prevent unrealistic data entry
Improved
- Added a fallback login background for slower and mobile devices
- Reduced redundant database fetches even more
- Panel height responsiveness for writer profile and wrapped sections
Fixed
- Timezone issue causing incorrect session aggregation
- Premium modal unable to switch to monthly plan after creating a Stripe session
- Date export now uses ISO format to prevent import compatibility issues
- Locked panel data can no longer be exported
Beta 0.9.1 — 2025-12-19
A polish release focused on performance, responsiveness, and squashing bugs from the big 0.9 update.
Added
- Project pinning to keep favorite projects at the top of the overview
- Error logging to database for better debugging
Improved
- Project edit button made more visible and clear
- Removed tablet-specific layout in favor of responsive mobile/laptop design
- Project title in edit mode fits size of title in normal mode
- Panel content overflow handling improved
- Performance optimizations for low-powered devices and browsers
- Achievement panel gets a share button
Fixed
- Soft focus outline applies also to description text areas
- Achievement panel horizontal scroll issues
- Maximum word count validation discrepancy
- Word form on project page now properly triggers achievement checks
- Dramatic performance issues when resizing graphs on smaller screens
- Streak ignite animation now matches your selected theme colors
- Critical infinite loop bug
Beta 0.9 — 2025-12-10
The profile update. A complete writer profile dashboard with achievements, personal records, Authorlytica Rewind, and shareable graphics.
Added
- A new full profile dashboard with comprehensive writing analytics
- Personal records tracking with shareable graphics
- Achievement system with shareable graphics
- A weekly, monthly, and yearly "wrapped"-style Authorlytica Rewind
- Radar chart visualization for profile statistics with previous period comparison
- Writer personality categorization ("What kind of writer are you?")
- Night owl/early bird writing time analysis in profile section
- Custom date ranges for graphs (premium feature)
- Generalized share modal that previews graphics before download
- Rate limiting for security
Improved
- Project word stats use new card styling design
- Moods are now displayed in higher resolution of wording
- More appropriate emails from the server
- Registration process streamlined for easier time joining the app
- Share button removed from settings page (redundant)
- Honeypot field in registration to prevent bot signups
- Greater password strength required during registration
- Added import data suggestion in welcome popup for new users
- Added 5-second safety delay on project delete buttons
- Home dashboard graph given slightly more vertical space
- Slight light theme improvements
Fixed
- Progress graph error when loading projects with no data
- Login and registration input fields now don't reset after errors
- Small date selector issue on new project form
- Select category styling fixed (no longer turns black when not hovered)
Beta 0.8 — 2025-11-29
All sharing and generating of graphics now happens in a single share hub. Premium subscriptions arrive alongside major performance improvements and a smoother onboarding experience
Added
- Premium subscription plans with secure Stripe payment processing
- Subscription management in Account settings (renamed from Profile)
- Customizable export time ranges
- Welcome popup for new users to get started quickly
- Info button next to streak counter explaining leveling system and streaks
- Sort options for project overview on home dashboard
- Premium tier unlocks all themes with full controls
- Writing speed analysis graphing options
- Project creation popup for easier workflow
Improved
- Performance optimizations boost stats calculations by 60-80%
- Significantly faster loading times through code splitting and component optimization
- Session log sorting is now instantaneous
- Smoother theme transition animations
- All modals now properly appear above sidebar elements
- Escape key now closes modals for quicker navigation
- Clear messaging when no project exists to guide new users
- Modals automatically close when switching between dashboards
- Updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
- Marketing website performance improvements
Fixed
- Session log no longer bugs out when adding many entries at once
- Profile picture now displays correctly after logging back in
- History graph properly handles dropdown options when no data is available
- Secondary grid lines on graphs now display consistently
- Button glow effects now respect your selected theme
- SVG rendering errors eliminated
- Text link animations are no longer jittery
- Wordform dropdown now properly responds to theme changes
- Settings tooltips display correctly
- Critical bug fixed where daylight savings time caused incorrect cumulative graph data
- Payment flow thoroughly tested and refined
- Subscription cancellation status displays accurately
Beta 0.7 — 2025-11-23
Data import, a festive Christmas theme, and direct feedback channels to shape the future of Authorlytica.
Added
- Import writing sessions from CSV files
- Christmas theme for the holiday season
- Error notifications to help identify and understand issues
- Custom notifications based on writing session input
- Special easter egg celebrations when reaching milestone word counts
- New graph variants for session duration
- Feedback form that goes directly to developers
Improved
- Profile picture optimization for faster loading times
- Enhanced 404 error page design
- Cleaner project overview on home with smaller action buttons
- Consistent dropdown styling that responds to your theme
- Tweaks to dashboard design
- Updated sidebar promotional cards
- Updated sidebar promo cards
- New SVG logos for crisp scaling and fast laoding at any size
Fixed
- Tablet view of settings too short
- Restored missing load more button in sessions log
- Login redirect issues
- Loading state appearance on login page
- Performance optimizations through dependency updates
- Theme fallback now correctly shows dark theme when metadata theme is unknown
- Default number format now uses comma-dot notation
- Progress graph display issues
- Projects overview showing zero words written for every project
- Softer input field focus styling for better accessibility
- Removed debug console messages
Beta 0.6 — 2025-11-17
A fully responsive mobile experience, complete with animated sidebar and cross-device polish.
Added
- Mobile version of the app fully renovated and responsive
- New sidebar header for mobile
- Notifications for various user actions
Improved
- Panel headers now have text and element wrapping
- Sidebar now has slide in and out animations
- Word form on project dashboard now shows active project
- Overall responsiveness on smaller screens and tablets
- Grid layout panel sizes across different screen sizes
- Copyright message display on mobile
- Full logo is now dark and light mode responsive
Fixed
- Mood graph overflow and display issues on smaller screens
- Project word stats bubbles sizing on smaller screens
- Panels randomly changing size
- Projects can no longer be reactivated when at active project limit
- Scrollbar behavior on session log
- Project deletion not working properly
- History graph timezone issues causing inaccurate dates
- Entry delete modal not closing when pressing delete
- Progress graph not updating when deleting project word log
- Word add notification playing before words are actually added
- Progress graph unnecessarily refreshing when notifications disappear
Beta 0.5 — 2025-11-02
Quality-of-life improvements including number formatting options and better empty states.
Added
- Setting for decimal and thousand notation options
Improved
- Correct limit on number of active projects
- More unique messages when no data is available
- Performance optimisation for particle effects
- News panel in sidebar can now be closed
- When no projects exists, the new project button gets a highlight
Fixed
- Links on authentication forms now work correctly
- Date format on sessions log now strips year correctly
Beta 0.4 — 2025-10-12
Download your graphs as images, add notes to sessions, and enjoy the new Cyberpunk '84 theme.
Added
- Progress and mood graph can now be downloaded as PNG image
- Sidebar info card carousel
- User can now delete all their data from settings actions panel
- Support for adding optional notes to sessions
- Cyberpunk '84 theme
Improved
- Tooltips for every icon and statistic
- Projects stats panel layout and styling
- Sessions log pagination
- Projects overview icons
- Dashboard projects list content, layout, styling, and sorting
- Allow deletion of project on home dashboard overview
Fixed
- Loading spinners layout and styling
Beta 0.3 — 2025-09-30
Settings get a makeover with date/time preferences, data export, and a proper notification system.
Added
- Notification system, notifications for adding words
- Setting to select your preferred date format
- Setting to select your preferred time format
- Export your data as CSV
- About section on settings page with legal links
- Copyright message
- Share button in settings
- Secret easter egg :)
Improved
- History graph uses same tooltip as other panels
- Authorlytica logo is responsive to theme
- Settings page is pretty and filled out now
- Experience is calculated locally, not updated in database
- Better leveling curve
- Streak in sidebar responds to daily situation and has animations
Fixed
- Tooltip overlaps everything, no longer overshadowed by sidebar
- Progress log edit updates stats
- Home button in sidebar not selected on first load
- All themes have all required colors now
Beta 0.2 — 2025-09-22
Visual overhaul with the GitHub-style history graph, tooltips everywhere, and refined panel designs.
Added
- GitHub-style history graph on dashboard for mood and word count
- Tooltips to every panel
- Custom scrollbar element
Improved
- Only prominently showing streak in sidebar
- Sidebar button sizing and margins
- Converted mood icons into SVGs that respond to theming
- Using Font Awesome icons instead of local SVGs
- Five moods instead of three
- Sizing of content in panels
- Looks of most panels
Fixed
- You can't add words without selecting a project anymore
- Edges of last bars of progress graph not visible
- X-axis of progress graph makes more sense
Beta 0.1 — 2025-09-05
The first public beta. Core word tracking, streaks, and a minimalist dashboard to get writers started.
- Track word counts and streaks
- Minimalist dashboard with charts
- Export data as CSV