The Empty Roll

This update makes The Empty Roll faster and easier to use: - Find food trucks near you on the new Food Trucks map, with a quick link from Discover. - Search right from product and vendor pages. - Your feed now opens on Nearby. - Send us feedback anytime from the Discover screen. - Rate items with a quick tap on the stars. - Smoother sign up, reviews, and menu browsing. Plus a batch of fixes and polish. Thanks for rolling with us!

Food Fight monthly contests. Vote for the best local eats by rating them during the contest, climb the live rankings, and earn the Food Fighter achievement. Winning spots get a gold trophy on their profile. Smarter search. Search is now distance first, so the closest spots show up right away. Faster, simpler, and tuned to find food near you. Meet your Taste Buds. We sharpened how we match people by taste and gave the feature a fresh name. Find the folks who genuinely share your palate from the Discover tab. A better events experience. Rate items during festival events, with support for early voting so you can join in the moment voting opens. Cleaner notification settings. A redesigned screen with clear categories and new controls for reminders. Shared links open the app. Tap a shared review, vendor, or event link and it opens right here instead of the browser. Plus display names everywhere (no more @usernames), and a long list of polish and fixes.

v1.3.0 • Multi-award festival events — sponsored events can now feature multiple winners (e.g., Best Traditional & Best with a Twist), each with their own Bayesian-ranked leaderboard • Refreshed event experience — cleaner event detail screen and a new at-a-glance summary view for ended festivals • Behind-the-scenes improvements — faster vendor edits, more reliable event browsing, and stability fixes throughout Minor UI/UX tweaks and fixes.

v1.2.0 — Bigger, friendlier, more polished NEW • Redesigned welcome experience — a guided 5-step walkthrough helps you set up your profile, find local restaurants and bakeries to follow, and start contributing reviews. • Find Friends by name or username — a brand-new search screen with a dedicated "From your contacts" section so you can connect with friends already on The Empty Roll. • Invite Friends, two ways — pick the right path for each friend: invite from your contacts list, or share an invite link via Messages, WhatsApp, AirDrop, or any app. • First rating, right after sign-up — we'll help you pick your first item to rate so the leaderboards and feed light up faster. IMPROVEMENTS • Leaderboard filters reorganized — dropdowns replace tab strips for a cleaner look. The header now tells you exactly what list you're looking at ("Vendors — Most Popular," "Users — Most Points," etc.). • Contacts list is now alphabetical, with a friendly banner if iOS Contacts permission is set to "Limited" so you can update access in Settings. • Login screen refreshed with the original Empty Roll logo + brand mark. • Smoother iPhone SE layout — three-up filter rows now shrink to fit instead of wrapping. UNDER THE HOOD • Account-friendly: limited-contacts users now get a non-blocking banner instead of an empty screen. • Various reliability fixes — invite link sharing, modal dismissals, navigation across the Friends menu. Thanks for rolling with us. Tell us what you think — every review helps us shape the next update.

Find friends faster, share your favorite spots, and a smoother experience throughout. • Find Friends from Contacts — see which of your contacts are already on The Empty Roll and bulk-invite the rest with one tap. Phone numbers from your contacts are hashed on your device — your address book never leaves your phone in plaintext. • Personal profile fields — add your first name, last name, and phone number to your profile (all optional). Adding your phone lets friends find you when they invite from contacts. • Smarter review cards — every review card now has Share, Check In, and Report actions in one consistent menu. Share your favorite finds with one tap. • Your reviews, front and center — your own reviews now pin to the top of product detail pages, making it easy to revisit or edit them. • Photos restored on the Nearby feed — community item reviews now properly show their uploaded photos in your feed. • Stay logged in — fixed an issue where email/password users were signed out every time the app closed. • Verification recovery — if you ever miss your signup verification email, you can now resend the code without restarting your account. • Cleaner vendor pages — vendors without ratings yet now show a friendly 0.0-stars row instead of a confusing "Leave a rating" link. Plus a bunch of small polish: leaderboard routing, photo strips on About tabs, Referrals tab on the Leaderboard, and more.