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LightWatch 2025.3.0 (129)

Fixes

  • ArtStation posts now show every image and animation video
  • Fixed channels that were missing posts from certain feeds. Thanks for the bug report, Chris!
  • LightWatch shows up in the iOS share sheet again

Improvements

  • Old posts are now removed automatically — bookmarks always stay

LightWatch 2025.3.0 (126)

New

  • Restore Purchases button on premium screens
  • Deleted feeds containing bookmarks now appear in a Deleted section where you can restore or fully remove them

Improvements

  • Reworked onboarding to focus on what you follow
  • Adding feeds is now a more visual experience
  • Sharing a URL to LightWatch jumps straight to feed search, or to the feed's gallery if you already subscribe
  • Save and Upgrade buttons now sit in a consistent bottom toolbar
  • Video controls now match the native style with time labels and a larger scrubber
  • Faster image loading in the focus gallery with less memory use
  • Library credits now reveal full license text on tap
  • Added ways to join the product newsletter
  • App launches faster
  • Editing a searched feed now autofocuses the URL field
  • Settings now shows the sync activity indicator in its toolbar
  • Dramatically faster first iCloud sync after a fresh install
  • Completing onboarding on one device skips it on your other signed-in devices
  • Animations now respect the system Reduce Motion setting across onboarding, sheets, galleries, playback controls, and FAQ
  • VoiceOver and Voice Control now announce a verb for every icon-only button
  • VoiceOver reads status, bookmark, search-result, settings, and gallery rows as one combined item
  • Galleries and Settings show a "Restoring from iCloud" indicator on first launch
  • Cleaned up the video controls and post title content

Fixes

  • Fixed images appearing blurry in the focus gallery and large feed tiles
  • Fixed a launch crash on devices with a large iCloud sync queue
  • Fixed a crash when syncing large amounts of data
  • Reinstalling the app no longer overwrites your iCloud data
  • Bookmarks that arrive via iCloud sync now appear correctly in the Bookmarks tab
  • The post picker now opens scrolled to the item you were viewing in the focus gallery
  • Tapping a media item in a single-post gallery now reliably opens the item you tapped
  • Focus gallery scrubber and metadata no longer flicker on rotate
  • Zoom gestures no longer respond while focus gallery content is still loading
  • Preview galleries no longer show subscription-locked content
  • Shopify store collection pages can now be added as feeds
  • Fixed some WordPress feeds showing no images
  • Transparent images no longer vanish against light backgrounds
  • Clearer error messages when images fail to load
  • Fixed a few issues related to scroll restoration
  • Fixed navigation while checking for updates
  • Icons in Settings now render at the leading edge inside their consistent circle

Removed

  • Saving bookmarks via the share sheet from external apps is no longer supported
  • The form to report missing feeds has been removed

LightWatch 2025.3.0 (105)

Improvements

  • Added full YouTube video support
  • Preview feeds before adding them
  • Channel names are now editable
  • OPML export is now free for everyone
  • The bookmarks channel has been removed

Fixes

  • YouTube feeds now work with @username URLs
  • Reddit user feeds now show the subreddit each post was submitted to
  • Reddit gallery posts from user feeds now load full-resolution images
  • Add Feed button is now always available at the bottom of feed lists in settings
  • Potentially resolved a hang when launching the app and checking for updates

LightWatch 2025.3.0 (101)

New

  • Kid Mode lets parents control what content can be added

Improvements

  • Behance now pulls in all post images
  • Reddit now suggests Redditor Submitted as the primary feed because it contains more content

Fixes

  • Fixed a flicker in galleries when changing lock state

LightWatch 2025.3.0 (99)

New

  • Curated topics that promote new feeds to follow
  • Subscribe directly to user feeds on supported platforms
  • Preview feeds and modify settings before adding
  • Construct feed URLs directly in the app
  • Feeds automatically filter out duplicate images and unrelated content
  • Feeds update automatically in the background
  • ArtStation is now a supported platform

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug causing duplicate entries
  • Fixed an issue displaying Reddit videos

Improvements

  • Improved the performance of all galleries
  • Tapping a masonry post item count navigates to the gallery rather than opening a post picker
  • Reduced flicker during image loading
  • Masonry items are no longer clipped
  • Single-frame GIFs no longer show playback controls
  • Galleries have been optimized for large screen devices
  • Feeds now pull in enclosure content
  • HTTP requests are automatically upgraded to HTTPS
  • Dates are automatically determined when bookmarking arbitrary web content

LightWatch 2025.3.0 (85)

New

  • Everything