2024.4.17
2024-04-17
Add fridge and cooler items to the library
2024.2.26
2024-02-26
Bug fix that could occur when saving RSVP category.
Fix crash that could occur when seating a guest with drag and drop.
Fix crash that could occur when rotating device.
Fix crash that could occur when using app intents to add a guest.
2023.11.8
2023-11-09
- Attempt to fix PDF file export on some versions
- Improvements to error handling when exporting PDF to a file
- Fix occasional app hang on attendance editor when guest lists are large
2023.10.23
2023-10-23
- All new preview when drag and dropping guests between seats to show what
will happen.
- Fix when swapping guests and unable to cancel the move by leaving at the
same seat.
- Fix when dragging guests from the guest list sometimes the floor plan would
move around automatically.
- Fix bug where rotating a device wouldn't resize the editor correctly
- Fix rare crash that could occur when reinstalling the app
2023.10.12
2023-10-12
Fix issue where guest names wouldn't show up on tables unless they were in a party
2023.10.8
2023-10-09
- Minor bug fixes
2023.9.30
2023-10-03
- Allow surfaces to be round. Polish the colors.
- Customize the font size of your floor plan!
- Show information about the current seat on the guest seat picker.
- Add toggle to change grouping on guest seat picker between table or party or flat.
- Guest import page shows example of file format and help links.
- Minor widget polish to modernize configuration.
- Tweak tolerance on resizing an item by accident.
- When viewing tables, we now attempt to name unnamed guests based on who they are coming with.
- Fix crash when opening and closing larger guests.
- Fix bug that could prevent meal names from being changed.
- Fix bug that prevented the close button from appearing on some popup sheets.
2023.9
2023-09-16
- New items: We‘ve added customizable doors. Change the text, color, or add a bathroom icon. We also added a coat rack, bamboo, and drinking fountains!
- Refreshed our home screen widgets to countdown to your event.
- Tables now display meals under guest names along with other tags.
- Our new accessibility tag lets you mark guests requiring extra consideration.
- Fix an issue that could occur when opening and closing the guest list.
- Add educational tips to explain advanced features like guest bulk editing.
2023.8.29
2023-08-29
- Fix crash that could occur when editing a party with a very large guest list.
- Fix an that could occur on larger displays on launch.
- Fix an issue that could cause larger displays to show a black screen on launch.
- Fix an issue that could prevent navigation buttons from registering taps.
2023.8.20
2023-08-20
- Accessibility guest tags
- PDF page title can now be customized!
2023.8.7
2023-08-08
- Fix import guest list file permissions on older devices
2023.7.24
2023-07-23
- Join our new mailing list for updates and future promotions.
- Fix background color of puzzle in dark mode.
- Fix copy and delete event alerts on bigger screens.
- Fix undo / redo when seating a guest.
- Fix animation glitch when moving a rotated item.
2023.7.16
2023-07-17
- Join our new mailing list for updates and future promotions.
- Fix bug that caused repeated prompts for ratings. Sorry!
- Fix crash that could occur when launching app right after purchase.
- Fix navigation bar buttons on membership page.
- Fix navigation title updating after event title change.
- Fix crash that could occur when event preview image wasn’t found.
- Fix toggle off of editing item to library on larger screen devices.
2023.7.11
2023-07-11
- New umbrella item!
- More bulk guest actions. Quickly select multiple guests mark them as VIP,
child, attending, not attending.
- More actions available from the toolbar on larger displays.
- Photo customization available on larger displays.
- Edit event name from the titlebar on newer devices.
- Use a border to indicate hover / focus state instead of changing the item
background.
- Remember which library and guest list sections have been closed across
launches.
- Add various polish and animation to guest list and other places.
- Add swipe actions on event task list to quickly delete or change the status.
- Update UI for adding new custom items and the feedback form.
- Fix bug stack position move forward or backwards wouldn't work after copying
an item or in rare other cases.
- Fix rotation field to open an alert to edit text on smaller displays.
- Fix bug where referral code may not appear for some users.
- Fix some UI glitches when quickly viewing membership options.
- Fix custom item image wasn't updated on floor plan immediately after
changing image.
2023.6.28
2023-06-27
- Settings moved to tab bar
- Fixed bug with rendering seats
- Fixed memory issue with loading multiple floor plans in the same session
- Improve toolbar buttons on larger screens
- Better subscription check to fix false positives
2023.6.19
2023-06-19
- Stack positioning is here! Take control of which items are on top of which
other items by moving items backwards and forward
- Select multiple guests at the same time when seating guests at a table from
the seat picker
- Add a dessert table and fix rendering of other tables with decorations
(food, drink, etc)
- Show descriptions of table styles in the menu to explain each style
- Fix onboarding issue where welcome popover would sometimes automatically dismiss
2023.6.11
2023-06-12
- Fix crash that could occur on larger displays when editing an item
- Fix performance issue that could occur when adding or editing a guest with a large guest list
2023.6.7
2023-06-06
- Add grill items in two designs
- New preference to hide table and item names
- Show preview of photo export and allow customization before sharing
- Add the SUMMER2023 promo code
2023.5.20
2023-05-18
- Tweak guest names on seats to improve readability. Add guest party color as
inline icon instead of coloring the entire seat.
- Preference to show full guest names on seats instead of initials or first
names.
- Localize to Dutch, Danish, Italian, and Hindi.
- Support image quality parameter during PDF export.
- Use longer names for table style menu and rename "Custom" style as "Fixed".
- Substantial improvements to image export performance, especially on larger
floor plans and with PDF exports.
- Fix launch crash on some larger screen devices.
2023.5.6
2023-05-06
- Guest group colors are here! Color code your guest parties to tell them apart in your seating chart at a glance.
- Dismiss banner before sharing pdf or screenshot
- Fix some text clipping
2023.4.26
2023-04-26
- Improvements to content size of editor for localizations with longer text.
- Welcome page links to subpanels of editor with explainers.
- Improvements to photo export to performance.
- Tweak default color of shapes.
- Use alert text field to size fields on smaller devices so keyboard doesn't cover.
- Visual improvements to the item editor.
- Fix bug relating to Across and One-sided tables. These are available again.
2023.4.13
2023-04-13
- Add balloon arch item.
- Add picnic table item.
- Add centerpiece option to tables: flowers, plates, candles.
- Add generic shapes with text to library. Support rectangles, circles, and arrows.
- Localize widget parameter strings.
- Fix bug where surfaces might be layered above other items like tables.
- Fix bug where item that is resized doesn‘t stay inside the floor plan bounds.
2023.4.4
2023-04-04
- Bulk editing is here!
- Move groups of items together
- Add another fence style to the library
2023.3.21
2023-03-21
- New: A fence item is here! Customize the color, spacing, and width of posts on each fence.
- New: Customize table color of the gift table, food, drink, and bar tables, and guestbook.
- New: Show guest tags on attendance editor, on guest form.
- Fix: Show correct default color on item editor instead of black.
- Fix: Don't show "1 seat" on top of a chair that can only have 1 guest seated on it.
2023.3.13
2023-03-13
- New: Show distances between the editing item and surrounding items and walls
- Surfaces to show the grid on top of them, colors to blend into the background a little more
- Fix crash when entering negative number into bulk guest creator
- Fix issue where view resets during event creation after a successful purchase instead of finishing creating an event
- Polish alerts when feature requires a premium membership
2023.3.3
2023-03-04
- PDF Customization. Change how guests are grouped and sorted!
- Quick +1 option on guest form to save a lot of time adding unnamed guests.
- New option for guest list to quickly add a bunch of guests at once.
- More languages! We now support French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean.
- Fix text editing on text item.
2023.2.24
2023-02-23
- Fix item name and text editing on older versions
2022.11
2022-11-08
Seating changes
- Guests can now be seated at standalone chair and highboy items in addition to regular tables. A new standalone theater-style chair is added as well.
- Guests can be dragged from seats to other items that accept guests.
- Standalone chairs have the option to change their color.
Guest changes
- Guests can now be grouped into any size of party, and you can name guest groups.
- Guests can have any number of unnamed guests paired with them.
- Guest plus-ones can be independently marked attending or seated at different tables than the primary guest.
Guestlist changes
- Display the guestlist by table, party, or no grouping.
- Bulk actions let you modify multiple guests at once with attendance, seating or unseating, and deleting.
Other changes
- Add option to bottom of library to add custom item to library.
- Zoom in and out buttons positioned next to the sidebar, instead of on top of it.
- Drag and drop guests from guest list works on all platforms.
2022.10.5
2022-10-05
Fix: Occasional crashes during startup on a new device
2022.9.15
2022-09-18
New: All new lockscreen widgets to countdown to your event.
New: A new attendance editor in the Guest Report to quickly manage RSVPs for the entire guest list.
Other: Tables without seats will remove the seat area to allow it to placed up against a wall.
Other: Improve animation when changing between tabs on floor plan.
2022.9.8
2022-09-07
Fix: Issue with weekly membership subscription.
Fix: Crash that could sometimes occur when seating a guest.
2022.9.1
2022-08-30
New: Add freeform rotation option to floor item.
Fix: Crash that could occur when seating guests one after the other.
2022.9
2022-08-24
New: Guest list sections can be collapsed.
Fix: Crash on larger devices when sharing a PDF.
Other: Major performance improvements to guest list and other editing.
Other: Add spreadsheet as top-level export option.
Other: Library panel makes room for placing floor item after selecting an item.
Other: Guests can be tapped when editing an item to open the guest form.
Other: UI polish on floor plan panel. Moved edit event as separate tab into panel.
Other: Add weekly subscription option.
2022.8.15
2022-08-13
- New: PDF Export! Create a PDF file of your floor plan and guest list all in one.
- New: Show full Guest names on seats
- New: Guest VIPs and Children flags
- New: Add a note to any Guest
- New: Will automatically create a default menu for every event instead of needing to create from scratch.
- New: Inline tutorials in various panels to explain what you can do there.
- Other: Survey on change log page
- Other: Arrow keys can now be used to scroll the floor plan.
2022.8
2022-07-31
- New: Adds a suite of items to the catalog for lawn games, computer equipment, and a bathroom.
- New: Share event includes text snippet.
- New: Add surveys for product feedback.
- Fix: Crash when upgrading one device but not another and using new catalog items.
- Fix: Crash launching the app in some circumstances.
- Other: Proactively show limits of trial in demo mode.
- Other: Add haptic feedback to various features such as rotating a floor item.
- Other: Improve editing on venue layout page.
2022.7.14
2022-07-14
- Venue backgrounds. Set an image or a color as your venue background.
- Move edit event details to panel and add share and help buttons to the navigation bar.
- Remove venue details from event onboarding flow.
2022.6.19
2022-06-20
- Library additions: a Piano, guest book, and a suite of fitness items including treadmills, bikes, yoga, and weights.
- Refreshed the look of some items like the wedding cake and enable changing more item colors.
- Better distinguish seats with guests from empty seats
- Hide title popover when name is removed from an item
2022.5.20
2022-05-21
* Refresh the FAQ.
* Don‘t display an offer every launch.
* New Membership page shows expiration dates and status.
* Fix bugs related to renewing an expired subscription.
* Fix table background color of initial table.
2022.5
2022-05-10
* Added new items: Stairs and barrels.
* A new help center with how-tos and answers to common questions.
* Now you can cahnge the color of your tables!
* Save the scroll position of your library when opening and closing the drawer.
* Allow tapping “library” tap to open library when its closed.
* Rounds size field values to 2 decimal places.
* Text items should always be on top of table items.
2022.4.23
2022-04-24
* Add a welcome popup for new customers.
* Round sizes to 2 decimal places instead of 1.
* Better tap and pan gesture detection for rotated items.
* Button to add a new guest when picking a guest for seat.
* Select size text value when starting to edit.
* Tapping "library" tab when panel is closed will open the panel.
* Fix text placement so it's always above other items.
* Minor tweaks to onboarding copy.
2022.4
2022-03-28
* Add new items: Food truck, Band, Fountain, and Pillar
* Improvements to editing item size, such as sizes not changing when switching between different items and enabled done button or enter key to save.
* Address spacing issues with editing panels so that they take up the max height when needed.
* More reliable rotation when rotating an item multiple times in a row.
2022.3
2022-03-02
* Refreshed UI on guest and task lists, guest form, floor item editor.
* Easier to find and add meals from the guest form.
* Check off tasks inline from the task list.
* Bulk mode when adding a floor item to place multiple.
* Fix bugs with covering form content when the keyboard is open.
2022.2
2022-01-31
Happy New Year!
- New: Widgets. Add a countdown widget, event summary, or event list to your homescreen.
- Bug: Fix guest counts on event list homepage to include anonymous guests.
2022.1
2022-01-03
Happy New Year!
- New: Rooms added to the library. Rooms let you separate your space into different areas. Change the background color and title of each room.
- New: Photo booth item added to the library.
- New: Zoom out a bit when editing items to fit them in view.
- New: Display how many lines were read from a loaded guest CSV file.
- New: Guest reports, show how many guests fall into each category.
- New: Logo has been updated.
- Bug: Fix scrollable area after changing the venue size.
- Other: Changed how scrolling behaves when zoomed out vs in. When zoomed out, smaller items won't be accidentally moved around, and when zoomed in, larger items won't be accidentally moved around.
- Other: Duplicating a table will increment the table number if the default format is used.
- Other: Minor text copy adjustments.
2021.9
2021-09-18
This update improves the guest seating experience with new features and bug fixes:
- New: Allow seating a single guest and removing a single guest from a table, even when paired with another guest.
- New: Show seat numbers on empty seats.
- Fix: Always sort chairs in the same order around a table.
- Fix: Sort guests in the guest seat-selection picker by name.
- Fix: Potential crash around deleting multiple chairs on a table.
- Fix: Crash when adding a plus one to an existing guest.
- Other: Increase maximum possible length of tables.
- Other: Increase maximum possible length of floor tiles.
- Other: Increase maximum possible length of the aisle item.
2020.11.28
2020-11-30
- Bugfix for a crash that could occur for users updating from an older verison of Seat Puzzle
2020.7
2020-07-03
This update fixes a bug that occasionally caused a crash when adding or deleting tables.
2020.5
2020-05-05
Seat Puzzle introduces ceremony items.
This update adds aisles, flower petals, an arch alter, columns, benches, and pews.
Get started today!
2020.4
2020-03-31
This update brings two major additions to Seat Puzzle:
1. Seat Puzzle for Mac is here!
Your events will automatically sync over iCloud and take advantage of all the same great Seat Puzzle features on your Mac.
2. New events homepage
Redesigned the app with a brand new homepage for your events. View a preview of your events in order of recency. Access app-wide settings from the homepage and event-specific settings available from the floor plan.
And plenty of other changes:
• Redesigned how importing a guest list looks with a modern interface.
• Redesigned the meals editor to make it easier to take common actions.
• Redesigned the item editor's seat list so it's easier to take actions on specific seats.
• Visual tweaks to guest form. Delete buttons are now red, more consistent spacing.
• Now you can tap a seat to quickly seat a guest at that seat.
• Ask for confirmation when deleting and resetting events.
• Enable the iOS and Mac handoff feature so now you can easily open the same event across your devices.
• Better subscription handling. Attempt to renew less often and more elegantly handle subscription renewal and expiration. Adds a grace period.
• Fix transition after updating an event's venue size in settings.
• Fix bug where items would sometimes appear squished after being rotated.
• Fix bug that caused the control panels to appear on different sides of the screen after moving one around.
• Fixed bugs that would have resulted in using more memory than necessary and leading to crashes.
• Fixed bug that might result in Seat Puzzle losing track of which subscription a user is on.
2020.1
2020-01-31
This update brings a ton of changes to Seat Puzzle:
New floor plan control panel
• A brand new floor plan control panel so there's one place to access the library and guest list.
• When in landscape, the control panel will be docked to the side instead of taking up the full width. You can also move it side to side to get it out of the way.
• Much better on iPad!
New guest list and guest form
• Redesigned the guest list and guest form. Seat a guest a directly in the form.
• Seat guests from the table editor directly by tapping on a seat.
• Access the guest dashboard right from the guest list.
• Shows the full guest count on the guest report.
• Confirmation dialog when deleting a guest group from the guest list.
A bunch of small improvements
• Standalone chairs are now available in the library.
• New design for highboy tables.
• Added some extra tolerance when grabbing smaller items so it's harder to accidentally move an item next to it.
• Tweaked colors of several library items including surfaces.
• Standardize on more colors in darkmode so things look consistent.
• Add event name to the top navigation bar.
• Add a minor delay when dragging an item out of the library to reduce unintentional drags.
• Fix resizing behavior on some items so that width is maintained correctly when changing height.
• Fix some choppy transitions when switching between two events.
• Fix minor flicker that would occur when first adding an item to the floor plan.
2019.12.16
2019-12-16
What's new in Seat Puzzle:
- A new way to control floor item sizes, because the old slider was imprecise. Now use a stepper to quickly add and subtract units, or use the keyboard to enter an exact size.
- Displays the minimum and maximum range of valid sizes for each item in the placeholder.
- A brand new iCloud sync that should be more reliable syncing between devices.
- Fix: crash when skipping contact selection.
2019.12
2019-12-03
What's new in Seat Puzzle 2019.12:
· Introducing outdoors floor items. Add a garden, a tree, bushes, and more. More to come here.
· Introducing flooring surfaces. Flooring such as grass, wood, and stone are always positioned behind other items.
· New versioning scheme. Versions will be based on the date released.
· Added a link to the guest report from settings.
· Updated the floor item tray and guest list with consistent styling.
· New change log page.
· Minor changes to onboarding / creating a new event.
· Fix: Crash when viewing FAQ and tapping back button.
A lot of this was based on customer feedback, so keep it coming!
2.3.4
2019-11-06
What's new in Seat Puzzle 2.3.4:
· Fix: Crash when resetting an event on iPad.
· Fix: Crash when deleting an event on iPad.
· Fix: Crash occasionally when iCloud syncs a delete across devices.
· Attempted Fix: Crash when sharing a photo of the floor plan. Unclear if this 100% fixed.
2.3.3
2019-11-01
What's new in Seat Puzzle 2.3.3:
· Fix: Some views break when running the latest version of iOS.
2.3.2
2019-10-23
What's new in Seat Puzzle 2.3.2:
· Dark Mode!
· Redesigned the floor item editor (again) to provide a better user experience.
· Add iOS 13-style menu interactions to quickly action floor items and guests.
· Display the current event name in the title bar.
· iCloud sync now enabled by default.
· Fix: Across-style tables now balance seats evenly on either side.
· Fix: Reduce frequency of prompting for App Store credentials when refreshing payment details.
· Fix: Windows, walls, and screen items were not resizing appropriately. They should only change in the width direction.
· Fix: Provide a default name to new events when skipping name.
· Fix: Performance gains by removing unnecessary rerenders of the floor plan.
2.3.1
2019-10-23
What's new in Seat Puzzle 2.3.1:
· Dark Mode!
· Redesigned the floor item editor (again) to provide a better user experience.
· Add iOS 13-style menu interactions to quickly action floor items and guests.
· Display the current event name in the title bar.
· iCloud sync now enabled by default.
· Fix: Across-style tables now balance seats evenly on either side.
· Fix: Reduce frequency of prompting for App Store credentials when refreshing payment details.
· Fix: Windows, walls, and screen items were not resizing appropriately. They should only change in the width direction.
· Fix: Provide a default name to new events when skipping name.
· Fix: Performance gains by removing unnecessary rerenders of the floor plan.
2.3
2019-10-10
What's new in Seat Puzzle 2.3:
· Dark Mode!
· Redesigned the floor item editor (again) to provide a better user experience.
· Add iOS 13-style menu interactions to quickly action floor items and guests.
· Display the current event name in the title bar.
· iCloud sync now enabled by default.
· Fix: Across-style tables now balance seats evenly on either side.
· Fix: Reduce frequency of prompting for App Store credentials when refreshing payment details.
· Fix: Windows, walls, and screen items were not resizing appropriately. They should only change in the width direction.
· Fix: Provide a default name to new events when skipping name.
· Fix: Performance gains by removing unnecessary rerenders of the floor plan.
2.2
2019-06-24
What's new in Seat Puzzle 2.2:
· New logo!
· New floor item editor so that controls are easier to reach and use regardless of zoom level.
· Allow adding and removing new chairs from the new floor item editor.
· A bunch of polish for the iPad. Larger floor items in the tray, better rotation support in a number of places such as settings, onboarding screens.
· Display expires date in the product page if an active subscription has expired or will expire.
· Allow the cake to be rotated.
· Fix bug where reset button displayed before any changes were made on the settings venue space view.
· Fix editing venue size when preferred units are meters.
· Fix a number of zooming issues, especially after device rotation. Zooming to the extremes (all the way out and all the way in) should be consistent and reliable.
2.1
2019-05-16
What's new in Seat Puzzle 2.1:
· Show total dimensions of the floor plan.
· More reliable sync backend. Syncing should happen more often now.
· Fix bug: position of floor plan after device rotation was off-center.
· Fix bug: Seating a guest at a table would occasionally not be reflected on table until the table was moved.
· Fix bug: rotating a table with chairs would render table at skewed / wrong size.
· Under-the-hood improvements to keep Seat Puzzle current on iOS. Upgrade to Swift 5.
2.0
2016-02-06
Seat Puzzle 2.0 is a major update to support more of your events.
What's new:
· Audio / Video features including a projector, screen, camera, and speakers.
· A new (and bigger!) floor item tray to organize items by category.
· Improved cloud sync performance, especially when changing a floor item's position and size.
· Various UI polish to improve the overall app experience.
· Fix a bug that would cause scrolling to an incorrect position when tapping on a floor item.
· Fix a bug that prevented chairs from syncing in some circumstances.
· Under-the-hood improvements to keep Seat Puzzle current on iOS.
Seat Puzzle is designed for both iPhone and iPad.