🐾 WalkieDog — Release Notes

Your digital dog walking companion

📋 Version History

Release date: October 6, 2026

This update polishes the everyday experience, rewards your walking streaks, and lets you take your routes anywhere.

Swipe left or right on walks and dogs in lists to quickly edit or delete them.
Subtle haptic feedback when you start or finish a walk, reach a milestone, or delete something.
Your dog's age is now shown in years and months on their profile.
Pull down the walk list to refresh it.
The app may ask for a review after your 5th walk or a 7-day streak.
Sharing your walks is now easier with clearer call-to-actions.

You can now pause a walk anytime you need to stop — whether it’s a quick chat, a traffic light, or letting your dog explore.
The timer and distance stop counting while paused, so your walk stats stay accurate.
Resume with a single tap and continue right where you left off.
No need to finish the walk and start a new one for short breaks.

Premium users can now export any walk as a GPX file.
Open your routes in Strava, Wikiloc, Komoot, Google Earth, or keep them as a backup.
The export button appears inside walk details when the route has at least two points.
Free users see a Premium badge; tapping it shows the subscription options.

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Release date: March 30, 2026

Welcome to WalkieDog! This is the first public release of the app. Here's everything you can do from day one:

Track your walks in real time with an interactive map (OpenStreetMap).
Live distance counter (km), duration timer, and GPS quality indicator.
Step counter using your device's pedometer.
Background tracking — GPS stays active when you minimize the app or lock the screen.
Smart GPS filtering with Kalman filter, jump detection, and automatic recovery on signal loss.
Route colored by GPS quality (green = good, orange = fair, red = poor).
Confetti celebration when you finish a walk 🎉.
Share your walk summary as an image with map, stats, and participants.

Create detailed profiles for your dogs: name, breed, sex, birthday, size, and more.
Catalog of over 100 breeds with localized names.
Custom photo per dog, stored on the device.
Individual walk history per pet.

Light / dark theme (follows system preference on first launch).
Language: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Dutch, and Korean.
Floating, draggable Quick Walk button to start walks instantly.

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