Changelog

- View similar games: New option on the game detail to view games that IGDB considers similar
- Other minor tweaks

Minor tweaks and improvements for the recently added stuff

Fixes and tweaks for previous update

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3.2.0: New big update is here!

## New ways to discover games
- Best Games: All the "Mighty" games from OpenCritic since 2016
- Browse by Game modes and Genres (sorted by newest first)
- View games in a franchise
- View DLC and bundled games on detail screen
- Details about developer/publisher + ability to view their games

## Favorites improvements
- Ability to filter visible games by platforms
- Icons to see which games are upcoming
- "Activity" screen to track your game progress (days since started playing etc..)
- Easier way to move games between categories on detail

## Improved release dates info
The app now also supports other statuses like "Early Access", "Beta" etc. The detail shows releases for your platforms and you can open new detail view to view all release information.

And as always other minor improvements and fixes.

New big update is here!

## New ways to discover games
- Best Games: All the "Mighty" games from OpenCritic since 2016
- Browse by Game modes and Genres (sorted by newest first)
- View games in a franchise
- View DLC and bundled games on detail screen
- Details about developer/publisher + ability to view their games

## Favorites improvements
- Ability to filter visible games by platforms
- Icons to see which games are upcoming
- "Activity" screen to track your game progress (days since started playing etc..)
- Easier way to move games between categories on detail

## Improved release dates info
The app now also supports other statuses like "Early Access", "Beta" etc. The detail shows releases for your platforms and you can open new detail view to view all release information.

And as always other minor improvements and fixes.

Fix for the "Up Next" in Favorites sometimes not scrolling

Small design tweaks and fixes

Only minor under-the-hood fixes this time

### Better Calendar widgets
The calendar widgets now show "rolling four weeks" instead of a current month so they are more useful and always show which games you can look forward to. Thanks Chad for the push to finally change this :-)

### Minor improvements
- Favorites list layout now also shows platform
- Better reviews grouping

Also minor fixes and tweaks.

Support for Dark and Tinted app icons
Support for tinted widgets
Control Center integration with "Search Games" shortcut
IGDB PopScore is now also available from Games tab
Better Reviews section reload
Bug fixes and design tweaks

Fixed the Featured widgets. Sorry for the issues! And thanks Cesar for reporting!

Other minor fixes and tweaks.

Bug fixes and tweaks

## GamingBuddy Levels Up

### Full IGDB integration
Keep track of your entire gaming library with complete IGDB integration. The new Search works directly with IGDB to open access to all games from the database.

### Categorize your games
You can now assign favorited games into categories, like Backlog, Wishlist, Playing & more.

### IGBD PopScore
Discover even more games with PopScore lists! See which games are currently being played, what's most wishlisted and more.

### Design improvements
The new design isn't just for the design's sake. The app should be easier to navigate, the lists show more relevant information...

Fixes for the Featured widgets not showing games and properly updating. Thanks Maxime for reporting!

This is a smaller update with design tweaks and fixes.

- Ability to view age ratings for games
- Added info about developer and publisher to game detail

Other minor tweaks and fixes.

Better Reviews tab (reviews for same game are grouped if directly following each other)

Improved the Gaming Event screen to show more information about announced games

Other small tweaks and fixes

### Improved first launch experience
There is now short onboarding explaining the features and the platforms configuration.

- Made it easier to find platforms settings - it is now also in "About".
- Better experience when viewing entire storyline for games
- Other tweaks and fixes

- If you have selected platforms, they are shown first when favoriting games
- Ability to change platform for favorited games - you no longer need to unfavorite the game first
- Better platforms settings screen

- Games tab + lists now show small indicators for favorited games (thanks William for the idea!)

- The free version limit for favorited games wasn't working. I fixed it and increased the number of free games from 3 to 10.
- Up Next widget now always shows number of remaining days until release

Smaller with update mostly visual tweaks

Better logic to open games from widgets or links
Upcoming events show the soonest event first to make sure you don't miss anything
Bug fixes and other tweaks

## Improved Platforms filtering

Brand new platforms filter with easier UI and the ability to filter Featured games and Upcoming / New releases lists also on the main Games tab.

Unfortunately you will need to setup the platforms again, I am sorry about that.

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Bug fixes and other tweaks.

Minor tweaks and improvements

UI improvements & tweaks

Better gaming events reload and other small tweaks/fixes

## Customize favorites
View your favorites as list or grid and change sorting

## Better release dates notifications
GamingBuddy will let you know when favorited game is delayed (or will release sooner)

UI tweaks, better errors when something goes wrong, bug fixes

More app icons inspired by themes.

Smaller tweaks and fixes.

- Free trial is now available for Monthly and Yearly plans
- Bug fixes and smaller UI tweaks

# Favorite all the games!
This update makes it possible to favorite just announced games, that don't yet have platforms announced. You will be able to select platform once they become available on the detail page.

# New reveals list
Easily discover games that were just announced.

# More icons!
Three more new icons available with more coming soon.

- Gaming events notifications improvements
- Game detail page shows categories like "Remake", "DLC" and similar if applicable

- Smaller fixes and tweaks

- Improved Featured list: Games without exact release dates are now also featured. (Hello GTA VI!)
- Events improvements
- New Widget: Featured Calendar. Requires Unlimited.

-> Introducing Events
Follow gaming events (like showcases, previews, awards) directly in GamingBuddy. Easily discover newly announced games or trailers and more!

This update also contains minor fixes and tweaks (for example issues after switching themes have been resolved)

Just minor tweaks this time

- Contrast tweaks for the "Epic Gray" theme
- Enabled "Live Text" for image gallery so you can easily create stickers from game artworks (needs iOS 17)
- Added "What's new?" to About so you can see update history

# Version 2.0 is here!

- Favorites on separate tab with "Up Next" queue to make sure you don't miss releases :-)

- Brand new Reviews tab featuring recent reviews from the biggest names in gaming like IGN, GameSpot and others.

- Featured Up Next widget for GamingBuddy Unlimited. This one shows the soonest games from "Featured" list

Smaller UI tweaks and bug fixes

Compatibility update for for new iOS release
Under the hood fixes and tweaks

# Easily share games with friends
Did you find awesome new game? You can now send link to your friends straight from GamingBuddy and they can view details without having the app.

That's it :-) "Small" feature that unlocks new ways for game discovery

## OpenCritic Integration

Games now display OpenCritic rating summary (if available) and list of all reviews for GamingBuddy Unlimited.

You can now quickly see how new games were rated by the critics and even read detailed reviews.

There are also other small tweaks and fixes.

Thanks for your support!

Minor tweaks and fixes
Added more Unlimited options (monthly, one-time)

# New Releases
- Easily view (and filter) newly released games in a new list

# Lock Screen widgets
The Up Next and Release Countdown widgets are now also available on your Lock Screen

Various small fixes and tweaks

Minor bug fixes

Improved Up Next widget
Other minor tweaks and fixes

Small tweaks & improvements

# Notifications
You can now set up notifications for game releases. And thats not all, you will also get a notification when your favorite game gets a release date

# Themes
Purple might not be for everyone. That's ok! You can now personalize the app and widgets with themes like "Green X", "BlueStation", sunset and more.

## Themable countdown widgets
The countdown widgets now have configurable background. So instead of the previous blurry background, you can choose the app theme or just "plain".

## Add to calendar
Easily create calendar events for your favorite games

Minor design tweaks and improvements, bug fixes

Mostly minor design tweaks and fixes
Added "FAQ" page to About screen

- Platforms filter should no longer reset - sorry about that
- Design tweaks and similar
- Fixed widgets not removing unfavorited games
- Fixed pull to refresh on "Upcoming" screen

Thanks everyone for your support!

- Landscape support for images & videos for better viewing experience
- Smaller variant for "Up Next" widget that shows single game
- Bug fixes and similar tweaks

If you enjoy the app, please consider rating it in the App Store. It really helps me out!

Small tweaks for the first release