trace - Travel Sharing

Trips & planning Destination days that stick — Nights and days for each city in a multi-stop trip now save and reload correctly across the planner, trip hub, and timeline. Smoother route edits — Adding, reordering, or appending destinations keeps the timeline and country flags in sync without losing your layout. Badge details with source trips — Tap an earned badge to see more about it, including the trips that helped you unlock it when available. Clearer country flags on destinations — Trip stops and wishlist items pick up country codes more reliably so destination flags show the right place. Easier wishlist cleanup — Remove places from your wishlist with a clear confirmation and feedback. Stability polish — Safer screen dismissals, timeline parsing fixes from recent crash reports, and map-stack cleanup for a leaner app. Bottom line: Multi-destination day counts that stick, richer badge details, clearer flags, and smoother route edits.

Home feed Smarter home feed — Better ranking for trips from people you follow and fresh posts in Discover, with more variety so one destination doesn’t dominate your feed. Richer feed cards — Destination hero images on trip cards load faster and look sharper on multi-city trips. Trips & planning Destination day counts stick — Changing nights on a destination in the trip viewer Days tab now saves reliably, and your profile trip dates and length update to match. Notifications Faster notifications — The notifications screen loads and refreshes more smoothly, with clearer follow-request handling. Performance Snappier trips & maps — Quicker transitions when opening itineraries, scrolling home, and panning the Explore map. Bottom line: A sharper feed, reliable day-count edits, smoother notifications, and a snappier app throughout.

Trips & planning Steady destination day stepper — Tapping +/− on nights in the trip viewer updates the counter instantly without the destination card disappearing and reappearing. Faster night-count saves — Background saves skip unnecessary session and profile round-trips, and only refresh the itinerary instead of reloading polls, expenses, and people. Edits survive a quick exit — Serialized save queues and an app-background flush help ensure your day-count changes reach the server even if you navigate away or close the app right after tapping. Safer stop updates — Itinerary stop writes now use an atomic server-side replace when available, reducing the risk of partial saves during rapid edits. Bottom line: Smooth day-count edits without flicker, faster saves, and changes that stick even when you leave quickly.

Itinerary & trips Itinerary viewer redesign — Trip Days now lead with destinations first: clearer headers, transport between stops, and a dedicated details view for each leg. Itinerary viewing is consolidated into one screen with smoother navigation from the trip hub. Trip day fixes — Day numbers stay consistent across the timeline, photo import, and planning flows so multi-day trips don't get scrambled. Feed cover images — Trip cards on the home feed respect each cover photo's aspect ratio so heroes look natural instead of forced into one crop. Explore & wishlist Add to wishlist from the map — Tap a place on the Explore map and save it straight to your wishlist from the pin card. Explore pin card — Spot details are grouped into clear sections: about, saved by, from friends, and actions. Explore map — Mapbox tiles load more reliably when you first open the map tab and recover gracefully if the initial load stalls. City guide cards — Spots in My Guide are visually separated so stacked cards no longer look glued together. Place search & photo import Smarter place search — Search is faster and more reliable in the planner, onboarding, and anywhere you pick a destination. Results are cached on device so repeat searches feel instant. Paid providers wait for free results first, keeping everyday picks fast. Past-trip photo import — EXIF dates are read more accurately, photos match venues more reliably, and trips no longer stretch across a full year when capture dates are missing. A dedicated review step after picking photos shows a "finding places" banner while venues are matched in the background. Welcome & performance Welcome & onboarding refresh — Cleaner sign-in and onboarding with updated chrome and layout. Sign in on multiple devices — Sessions no longer kick you off when you open Trace on a second phone or tablet. Faster profile & home — Cached profile and home data show immediately on return visits, then refresh quietly in the background. Dark mode polish — Better text contrast on trip hub days, bookings, expenses, settings, and profile category chips so night mode is easier to read. Bottom line: Trace is easier to browse on trips, faster on repeat visits, smarter at finding places, and better at importing past-trip photos — with a refreshed itinerary experience, map-to-wishlist saving, and smoother multi-device sign-in.

Your profile Wishlist — The old Recommendations tab is now a proper Wishlist. Save places you want to visit, group them by country, tag them by mood, and choose whether other travelers can see your list. My Guide — A new home for cities you really know: where you’ve lived, your regular spots, your travel style, and quick links into per-city guides. Travel style now sits below your regular places so the page reads more naturally. Your map — The big profile map has a cleaner hero layout and a coverage badge so you can see how much of the world you’ve mapped. Wishlist-only pins stay off your visited map; guide spots show up where they belong. Visited countries — Editing your countries is easier, with search and simple All / Visited / Dream filters that actually narrow the list. Badges — Achievement cards look more at home on your profile, and if you’ve earned more than the target (say 7 out of 5), it shows your real total instead of a confusing fraction. Planning & trips Copy a trip — Copying someone’s itinerary into your own planning is more reliable, especially for longer trips with lots of stops. Use where you are — When you’re adding an activity or a place to stay, you can drop a pin from your current location instead of searching every time. Photos — Trip and cover photos are handled more smartly on upload, so they’re quicker to add and look better on the feed. Comments — Trip authors can remove comments on their own itineraries when needed. While you’re traveling (live trips) On an active trip, you can add an activity or add a stay straight from the live itinerary — handy when plans change on the road. Maps & Explore The Explore map reloads tiles more reliably when you pan and zoom, and there’s a Recenter button to jump back to your location. Friends & discovery Friend discovery in Settings has a cleaner layout that matches the rest of the app. If you save your phone number for discovery, it now stays in sync across your devices — set it once on your phone and see it on your tablet too. Safer, clearer community tools Reporting a trip, comment, or profile is clearer: you pick a reason (harassment, spam, hate speech, and so on) and can add a short note. That helps us review reports faster. Notifications & updates Notification taps should take you to the right trip, profile, or comment thread more often. The notification icon on Android has been refreshed. If you’re on a very old version, Trace may show a friendly “time to update” screen that sends you straight to the App Store or Play Store — so you’re never stuck on a build we can’t support. Look & feel Trace’s accent color is now a consistent navy blue — the same shade as the countries on your profile map — across buttons, links, and highlights throughout the app. Miscellaneous polish: like counts stay readable on the home feed after you’ve liked a trip, Settings is easier to scan, and small layout fixes across profile and trip screens. Bottom line: v1.1 is a profile-and-planning release at heart — Wishlist, My Guide, and a sharper map — plus better maps while exploring, easier planning from your GPS, live-trip additions, cross-device friend discovery, and a fresher visual identity.