What's new in WayPal

Vehicle Editing & Tools

Added

• Edit your vehicle details from the vehicle screen — update the name, make, model, year, and odometer without leaving the app.
• Delete a vehicle with a confirmation step to prevent accidental removal.

Changed

• Gas Calculator moved to the Tools tab for easier access.

Bug Fixes

Fixed

• A stray "0" appearing on every expense row.
• The repeat toggle on expenses visually sliding out of bounds.
• Manual trips showing a map with incorrect location pins — map is now only shown when real GPS data is available.
• The weekly summary email preference not saving reliably.

Notifications, Account & Offline Mode

Added

• Shift reminders — get notified if no trip has been logged within 2 hours of an active shift.
• Weekly summary notification — every Monday, a recap of last week's trips and distance.
• Broadcast alerts — important messages from the team appear as notifications on launch.
• Change your email and password from Settings → Account.
• Weekly summary email — opt in to receive your driving stats by email each week.
• Offline mode — failed saves are queued and retried automatically when you're back online.
• Offline banner — shows clearly when you're offline, with a pending count and manual retry option.

Changed

• Connection errors and server errors are now handled separately so nothing is silently queued by mistake.
• App checks your connection in the background every 30 seconds to know when you're back online.

Reports Redesign & Export

Added

• Period comparison — each stat card now shows the percentage change vs the previous equivalent period.
• 6-month distance trend chart — always visible regardless of the period you're viewing.
• Category drill-down — tap any expense category to see the individual transactions behind the total.
• Trips export — download a spreadsheet of all trips for the selected period.
• Expenses export — download a spreadsheet of all expenses for the selected period.
• PDF report — generate and share a formatted summary covering trips, expenses, and totals.

Changed

• Reports section fully rebuilt with a cleaner layout, tighter stat cards, and an improved period selector.
• Business use percentage chart now only appears in the yearly view where it's most useful.

Expense Receipts & Recurring Expenses

Added

• Receipt photos — attach a photo from your camera or photo library to any expense.
• Receipt viewer — tap an expense to view the attached receipt image full-screen.
• Receipt cloud storage — photos are stored securely on a separate cloud disk.
• Recurring expenses — mark any expense to repeat weekly, monthly, or yearly and it generates automatically on schedule.
• Recurring badge — a label on expense rows that have a repeat schedule set.

Changed

• Old receipt photos are automatically cleaned up to prevent unnecessary storage use.

Trip Management Tools

Added

• Map view for manual trips — addresses are looked up so trips you enter by hand can show a route on the map.
• Bulk trip actions — long-press any trip to select multiple, then delete, retype, or merge in one tap.
• Trip merging — combine multiple trips in the same direction into a single consolidated record.
• Stale shift recovery — if a shift is left open for more than 12 hours, the app detects it on next launch and offers to recover or discard it.
• Default trip purpose — set a default in Settings so the Add Trip form is always pre-filled.

Fixed

• Swipe-to-delete no longer triggers while scrolling up or down the trips list.
• Trip list not refreshing correctly after making changes.

Tracking Stability

Fixed

• Trips occasionally not saving when the app returned to the foreground after a long background session.
• Trip count and parking status falling out of sync with the tracking state.
• Duplicate trip entries appearing in rare cases when resuming from the background.
• Incorrect addresses appearing on some trips due to a coordinate lookup error.

Changed

• Smoother pull-to-refresh and improved loading states across all sections.

Tracking & Driver Mode Fixes

Fixed

• Auto-tracking failed to end a trip if the app was closed mid-journey — the trip is now safely recovered on next launch.
• Addresses showing as raw coordinates instead of street names in certain regions.
• Driver Mode controls unresponsive immediately after granting location permission.
• Location permissions not being requested correctly on iOS.

Changed

• Driver Mode layout refined for easier one-handed use.
• Status messages during tracking updated for clarity.

Automatic Trip Tracking

Added

• Background GPS tracking — trips are recorded automatically, even with the screen off.
• Shift management — start and end a work session to group your auto-tracked trips with a total distance and time.
• Driver Mode — a large-button focused screen for hands-free shift and trip control while driving.
• Live tracking banner — shows your current shift state (tracking, stationary, idle) across the top of the app.
• Trip map view — auto-tracked trips show their route on an interactive map.
• Address lookup — trip start and end points are automatically converted to readable street addresses.
• Shift summary — shown at the end of each session with total distance, trip count, and duration.

Changed

• In-progress trips are saved locally and synced when the app reopens after being closed.

Fixed

• App now handles gracefully when "Always" location permission is denied.
• Trip addresses showing as raw coordinates instead of place names.

Auth & Session Fixes

Fixed

• Login session not persisting — no longer need to sign in again after closing the app.
• Face ID not prompting on the second launch after first granting permission.
• Password reset email delivery issues and code verification edge cases.
• Crash when triggering Face ID due to a missing permission entry on iOS.
• Biometric login not working correctly on iOS 17.

Changed

• Welcome screen animation timing corrected.
• Text sizing on the landing page corrected after an over-eager resize.

Authentication & Security

Added

• Onboarding — a guided first-run flow to set up your vehicle, mileage rate, and currency before reaching the main app.
• Password reset via email — receive a code to securely reset your password without needing to be logged in.
• Face ID / Touch ID — biometric login for fast, secure access on supported devices.
• Account deletion — permanently remove your account and all associated data from Settings.

Changed

• Registration is now rate-limited to prevent abuse.
• Login state now survives app restarts correctly.

Fixed

• Server errors on login under certain account configurations.
• Face ID not prompting after initial permission grant.
• Password reset email and code verification issues in some cases.

UI & Data Fixes

Fixed

• Swipe-to-delete triggering while scrolling the trips list.
• Trip list not updating after quick back-to-back changes.
• Login session expiring unexpectedly, requiring re-login on every app open.
• Stuttering transition on first open of the Tools section.
• Build error preventing a clean production release.

Changed

• Privacy policy updated to cover photo and receipt data handling.

Core App & UI Overhaul

Added

• Dark mode — full dark theme that follows your system preference.
• Dashboard — at-a-glance overview of trips, distance, expenses, and mileage value for the current period.
• Trips section — full list with swipe-to-delete and trip type tagging.
• Expenses section — categorised log with subtotal, tax, and total tracking.
• Reports section — daily distance chart, business use percentage, and expense category breakdown.
• Route Templates — save frequent trips for quick one-tap re-entry.
• Tools section — Gas Calculator and Message Generator for drivers.
• Haptic feedback throughout the app for a native iOS feel.
• Appearance settings — choose between light, dark, or system theme; adjust text size.

Changed

• Complete app redesign — native-style bottom tab bar, card-based layout, and updated typography.

Connectivity Fixes

Fixed

• API calls being blocked when running on an iOS device.
• iOS security settings preventing connections to the backend in development.
• Network configuration corrected for reliable communication between the app and server.

Initial Release

Added

• Project launched — trip and expense tracking with a cloud backend.
• Core data — vehicles, trips, expenses, and user preferences.
• Full trip and expense management via API.
• Account registration, login, and logout.
• Marketing site and landing page live.