Gammel Release Notes

Bug fixes:

• Fix for phones in timezones that are behind GMT where the incorrect date would be shown

New features:

• Completely redesigned widgets with 7 new Photo styles and 5 new Dashboard styles, including a retro Terminal style with a CRT aesthetic
• Per-widget theme overrides let each widget use its own theme colour, or automatically match the colours in your photo with Image Theme
• Smart photo handling that detects faces and subjects in your photos so widgets automatically crop and frame them correctly
• Widget Playground, a new in-app screen to preview and explore all widget styles, themes, and sizes with your own data
• Redesigned Settings screen organised into clearer sections

New features:

• All-new detail page with a fresh, modern layout that puts what matters front and centre

New features:

• Add photos from anywhere using the iOS Share Sheet to add photos directly to your items from Photos, Safari, or any app
• Local notifications to get notified on birthdays and anniversaries with configurable scheduling for all items, favourites only, or none
• Dashboard filters allowing you to filter by type (people, pets, events) and show or hide archived items
• Improved search now matches across names, abbreviations, groups, and item types with better accent and case handling
• Apple Watch filters allowing you to filter by type (people, pets, events) and show or hide archived items
• iCloud sync indicator on Apple Watch so you can see when your data is syncing from iCloud

Bug fixes:

• Better widget reliability: The large image widget could fail to load on certain devices
• Apple Watch: The order of who and what you're tracking now matches the iPhone and iPad apps

New features:

• Set your pet as a dog or cat to see their age in animal years
• Choose an anniversary type - selecting Wedding displays traditional anniversary names like Paper, Silver, and Gold
• Crop photos when adding or editing entries
• Archive items to preserve their history and age
• Search to quickly find who you're looking for

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue with smart display showing total months in addition to years when within 2 months of a birthday or anniversary for ages under 3 years
• Fixed issue with smart display showing yrs label when it shouldn't when within 2 months of a birthday or anniversary

New features:

• Added loading indicator when syncing iCloud data for more than a few seconds
• Improved logic around casual age display approaching a birthday
• On the details screen, age in months is also shown for children under 2

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issue with smart display showing months up until 28, rather than switching to years and months at 18

New features:

• New design themes!
• Names now appear on image widgets by default (optionally turn off)
• When a birthday or anniversary is approaching this is now shown in app
• For the first year, weeks will be displayed along with months on smart age display
• Multiple windows are now supported on iPad and macOS
• Added support for iOS 26

Bug fixes:

• Under some circumstances there could be a crash when saving an edited item

Bug fixes

• Fixed: The age may show 1 day off in the mornings of some timezones in the image widget

Welcome to the first release of Gammel. Some of the key features include:

• Gammel app
  • Add people, pets, anniversaries or items to the app
  • Add an image to any entry
  • A few different colour styles are included to customise the look of Gammel
• Widgets
  • Display an image with the current age or time lapsed
  • Display a collection of people, pets, and events on a single widget
  • Add a widget to your Lock Screen or iOS Home Screen
• Watch app
  • Everything you add from you iPhone, iPad, or Mac will sync over to your watch app allowing you to add to complications
• Shortcuts
  • Create Apple Shortcuts, allowing you to get an age for someone you have added either now or in the future or past