Smarter Pro
September 2, 2026
- New Pro model - Pro in the model selector now uses a newer, smarter model for even better coaching and more capable help. Available on Basic and Premium plans.
Thank you and free trial!
August 21, 2026
- THANKYOU Promo - ChatRPE has been growing quickly over the past few weeks, with many new users coming to the app! As a thank you, here's a code for a free month of any subscription, just enter 'THANKYOU' as your promo code at checkout. (Valid until August 30th!) Your support is what lets me focus on improving the app, and not have to seek investment. Please reach out to support@ChatRPE.com. It goes straight to my inbox, not some AI bot.
More Reliable Chats, Uploads, and Dashboards
August 18, 2026
- Chats Start and Retry Reliably - Fixed rare launches that could remain stuck loading, and retries now keep their original images and audio.
- Faster, Steadier Dashboards - Dashboards open before their data finishes loading, Home Screen widget selections stay attached through edits, and compact chart labels are easier to read.
- More Accurate Access and Food Details - Promotional access now ends consistently everywhere, upload limits are enforced even for interrupted or direct uploads, and food lookups handle missing serving sizes clearly.
Smarter Pro and Multi-Image Chat
August 17, 2026
- Pro Is Getting Smarter - The Pro model is upgrading to Gemini 3.7 Flash for more capable, responsive coaching.
- Compare More in One Message - Basic and Premium members can now attach up to five images at once for progress comparisons, meal analysis, form checks, and more.
Home Screen Widgets and Haptics
August 15, 2026
- Your Dashboards on Your Home Screen - Add an iOS widget for any dashboard and see its charts, key numbers, and latest entries without opening the app.
- Widgets That Keep Themselves Current - Widgets refresh on their own as your dashboards change, so your home screen keeps up without you opening the app.
- Easier to Read at a Glance - Widget charts have been reworked for the small canvas: labels sit clear of the plot and the edges, heatmaps render properly, and dashboards you delete disappear on their own.
- A More Tactile App - Sending a message, moving a widget, and finishing a reply now come with subtle feedback, and Settings › Preferences lets you set how strong it feels or turn it off entirely.
Design and Charting Improvements
August 8, 2026
- A Cleaner Chat Experience - Improved design makes it easier to follow what your coach is doing, alongside clearer and smoother charting.
Movable Menu Button
August 5, 2026
- Move the Menu Button Anywhere - The menu button now defaults to the top right corner, and it can be moved by pressing and holding and dragging it to the desired position. You may also notice various design and performance improvements throughout the app.
Faster App Launch
August 4, 2026
- Get to What Matters Faster - Loading screens shortened before opening the main experience; your session reconnects quietly in parallel.
- Less Time Stuck at Startup - Shorter authentication waits and tighter readiness checks reduce long launches, especially when iOS or the network is slow.
- Ongoing Design Improvements - Work has continued on many pages and components to make them more consistent and user-friendly. Please reach out to support@chatrpe.com if you have any feedback or suggestions.
Page Reading Everywhere
July 30, 2026
- Full Page Reading in Every Chat - When a search snippet is not enough, your coach can now open and read the actual page from ChatRPE browser chat as well as the native app.
- No App Update Required - Page reading no longer waits on an App Store release, so it works on the version of ChatRPE you already have installed.
- Still Fast and Bounded - Pages come back as clean, capped Markdown, and your coach pulls more of a long page only when the answer actually needs it.
Web Search and Sources
July 30, 2026
- Up-to-Date Answers When You Need Them - Your coach can now search the web from both ChatRPE browser and native chat when a question depends on current or unfamiliar information.
- Deeper Reading in the Native App - When a search snippet is not enough, the native app can retrieve selected pages through your device and read their capped, clean Markdown content.
- Clean, Clickable Sources - Search-informed answers use compact numbered citations so you can open the original source without long page names cluttering the reply.
- Chats Still Work Everywhere - Continue the same conversation between the native app and browser without breaking your chat history.
Faster Voice Responses
July 29, 2026
- Starts Speaking Sooner - Voice replies are now rendered in pieces at the same time and start playing as soon as the first one is ready, so you no longer wait for the whole reply to finish before you hear a word.
- You Can See It Working - A status pill shows when audio is being generated and when it is playing, and you can stop it at any point.
- Replay Any Reply - Every coach reply now has a play button. Replies you have already heard replay instantly and don't count against your daily limit.
Premium Voice Responses
July 29, 2026
- Listen When You Want - Premium members can generate a natural, context-aware voice version from the play button under any coach reply.
- Designed Like Your Coach - Voice replies keep the same conversation context, personality, and coaching insight as normal chat while adapting tone and pacing to the response.
- 10 Voice Replies Per Day - Generate up to 10 voice replies each day, while replays of audio already generated in the current session don't use another one.
Faster Responses
July 28, 2026
- Improved Performance - Tool use has been performance optimized, which along with the model improvements and other tweaks should result in much faster response times in chat.
Upgraded Models & Daily Messages
July 23, 2026
- Smarter Flash and Pro - Both the Flash and Pro models have been upgraded to Google's newest Gemini models, so you get faster, sharper replies at the same plan price.
- Limits Now Reset Daily - Message limits refresh every day instead of weekly. Free gives you up to 50 Flash messages a day (25 when signed out).
- Basic: Unlimited Flash - Basic now includes unlimited Flash messages plus 50 Pro messages a day. When your Pro messages run out, you keep going on Flash — no walls.
- Premium: Unlimited Pro - Premium now includes unlimited Flash and Pro messages, plus 25 Max messages a day. When Max runs out, you keep going on Pro.
- Clearer Model Picker - Once a model's daily limit is spent, the picker greys it out with a 'Daily limit reached' note and switches you to the next available model automatically.
Unlimited Flash for Premium
July 22, 2026
- Premium Never Hits a Wall - Once you've used up your daily Pro and Max messages, Premium now automatically keeps you going on the Flash model instead of blocking you until the next day. Your chats, Siri commands, and logging keep working — Premium gets unlimited Flash after your daily limit, plus 2x the Basic plan's Pro allowance.
- Clearer When You've Switched - In the web app, the model picker now greys out Pro and Max with a 'Daily limit reached' note once your quota is spent, so it's obvious you've dropped to unlimited Flash for the rest of the day.
This Week's Highlights
July 20, 2026
- Fresh Look - A redesigned logo, settings menu, new app icons, and favicons that adapt to your chosen theme, plus new splash screens in the iOS app.
- iOS App Matches Your Theme - The native app now syncs with your in-app theme, so launch, loading, and error screens use your colors instead of flashing a default look.
- Interrupted Replies Finish Themselves - If you switch apps or iOS interrupts ChatRPE mid-reply, your coach now finishes the response in the cloud and it's waiting when you come back. Also fixed the iOS app occasionally bouncing you to the landing page mid-chat.
- Smoother Typing on iOS - Reworked keyboard handling: the message box stays pinned above the keyboard, no longer scrolls away while you type, and spacing around the composer is tighter.
- A Much Bigger Guides Library - The guides section grew with new guides on RPE training, hands-free logging with Siri, AI form checks, dashboard analytics, and more — with clearer, search-friendly titles throughout.
Minor Update
July 17, 2026
- Personality Tweaks - ChatRPE should now be more proactive about using its tools, should keep better notes for itself, and should be more helpful when onboarding and generally using the app. If you've been using ChatRPE for a while, you might notice a small difference in how your coach responds to your requests. Most users won't notice a significant change.
This Week's Highlights
July 16, 2026
- Faster App Launch - The iOS app now opens straight into your chat, skipping an extra network check and page load on the way in.
- Downloads Right in the Chat - When your coach exports your data, the file now appears as a download card inside the message with a Save button, instead of a popup covering the chat input.
- Download Fixes on iOS - Data exports and chart CSV downloads now save reliably in the native app. If a download needs a tap to finish, you'll see a 'Your file is ready' prompt.
- Better Heatmaps - Heatmaps now fill the card, jump to your most recent weeks automatically, and show details when you tap a day on touch screens.
- Snappier Landing Page - Trimmed scripts and deferred sign-in code make the landing page load noticeably faster, especially on mobile.
This Week's Highlights
July 9, 2026
- New Max model - Max is the best model for hard vision tasks like barcode scanning and meal logging.
- Updated Model Access - Flash is on the Free tier, Pro is availiable on Basic and above, and Max is a Premium-only model.
- Siri Got Smarter - Siri should read your coach's reply when using 'Siri, Ask ChatRPE', and it shouldn't ask you to have the app open in the background first.
- Smoother Chat Replies - Fixed shifting text colors and the brief flash at the end of streaming responses.
- Partner Program - Coaches can now apply to the ChatRPE Partner Program at chatrpe.com/coaches.
- Steadier App Launches - Less errors when launching the app in unusual conditions.
- Polish Everywhere! - Redesigned landing page features, pricing cards, and more consistent popups throughout the app.