Patch Notes
See what's new in Pick5
v2.1.1
Sunday, July 19, 2026
Show chat gets social — reply and react to messages, take direct messages to the web, and a cleaner profile everywhere.
Mobile
- •Reply in Show Chat — long-press any message to reply. Replies quote the original, and a message you get replied to lights up so you never miss it.
- •Emoji reactions — double-tap a message for a quick reaction, or pick any emoji, then tap a reaction to pile on with everyone else.
- •A cleaner profile — one consistent profile everywhere, with a big "Send a Message" button for friends and shared mutual friends shown when you view someone new.
- •Unread chat badge — the Chat tab now shows how many messages you’ve missed, and jumps you to the newest one when you open it.
- •Support Pick5 — enjoying the app? There’s now an optional "Buy Me a Coffee" link on your profile to chip in. Always free to play.
- •Fixed — hitting return on the keyboard now sends your chat and DMs in one step.
Web
- •Direct Messages, now on the web — the full messaging experience, in sync with the app: inbox, conversations, unread badges, and report/block.
- •Reply and react in Show Chat — hover any message to reply or drop an emoji reaction, just like on mobile.
- •A cleaner profile — "Send a Message" for friends and shared mutual friends when you view someone new.
- •Support Pick5 — an optional "Buy Me a Coffee" link on the landing page and your profile.
v2.1.0
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Pick5 gets social — and goes big. Chat and message friends on every show, chain your picks into Jam Parlays, follow the tour on a live map, invite your crew, and play the whole game on the web.
Mobile
- •Show Chat — every show you’ve picked now has its own live chat room. Talk it out with other players from 1 hour before showtime to the end of the show.
- •Direct Messages — start a private conversation with any friend, with unread badges so you never miss a reply. Report or block anyone, anytime.
- •Jam Parlay — hold a pick and drag it to another to chain them together and earn big bonus points when the band plays them back-to-back, in order.
- •Tour Tracker — follow the whole tour on an interactive map with a synced monthly calendar.
- •Invite your friends — share your referral code or link, climb the referral leaderboard, and unlock rewards as your crew joins.
- •New badges — a fresh set to earn and show off on your profile, including a few secret ones.
- •Suggestion Box — send us your ideas or issues straight from the home screen.
Web
- •Now on the web — play the full new Pick5 experience from any browser, too.
v2.0.0
June 25, 2026
Our biggest update yet — a top-to-bottom redesign of Pick5, plus a stack of new ways to play, follow along, and make the app your own.
Mobile
- •A total redesign — every screen rebuilt from the ground up: cleaner, faster, and easier to get around. The pick page in particular is a completely new experience for building your five.
- •More ways to sort songs — browse a band’s whole catalog album-by-album in real track order, or filter to just covers or just originals, and covers now show the original artist.
- •A new News tab — “Did You Know?” jam facts and “On This Day…” history, refreshed throughout the day, with more coming soon.
- •Follow the action, no picks required — open any live show and watch the leaderboard and setlist update in real time, even on shows you didn’t play.
- •Stats everywhere — full recaps and stats on every individual show, plus stats across your whole account.
- •Badges — earn badges as you play and show them off on your profile.
- •Make your profile yours — customize your calling card with profile banners and a profile picture.
- •Venue artwork — show cards now feature real photos of the actual venue you’re picking.
v1.5.0
April 14, 2026
- •Improved show time accuracy — fewer shows defaulting to 8 PM
- •Cleaned up duplicate songs in the catalog (Bowlegged Woman, Get Up Sex Machine, Give Up the Funk)
Mobile
- •New: "See All" button next to the song search opens a full-screen song browser with filters for Rank, Originals, Covers, A-Z, and Gap sorting
- •Sort direction toggle: tap the arrow button to switch between ascending and descending order on any filter
- •Gap sort: see which songs haven't been played in the longest time and sort by how many shows ago each song was last played
- •Song cards now show how many shows ago each song was last played, so you can spot songs that are due
- •Songs played in the current venue run or the previous show are highlighted in red to help you avoid likely repeats
- •Fixed red same-run highlight incorrectly showing on songs played 3+ shows ago
- •Show leaderboard "Show All" now displays the true player count
v1.4.1
April 9, 2026
- •Rules page refresh: clearer "How Points Are Calculated" section that walks through the three things that drive a song’s point value — how long it’s been since the band last played it, how often it’s been showing up in recent shows, and where it sits in the band’s all-time play count. Renamed "Total Plays" to "Rank" for consistency, simplified the points gradient, and added the Pick5 logo to the page header.
Mobile
- •Fixed a bug for existing accounts: tapping "Verify now" to add a phone number to your existing account sent you straight back to the home screen instead of opening the phone-verification form. New phone signups were not affected.
v1.4.0
April 8, 2026
- •Fixed a critical bug that was preventing new email signups. If you tried to create an account in the last couple of days and got an error, please try again — it should work now.
- •Rescored the 4/8 Tampa Billy Strings show — Meet Me at the Creek was the real closer (they played it into Thunder and back into Meet Me at the Creek to close). Picks for that show have been corrected.
- •New: Sign in with your phone number — we text you a 6-digit code, no password needed
- •New band: Goose! Full song catalog, upcoming shows, leaderboards, and picks
- •New: Wild Card wager — an optional pre-show bet that pays +80 points if the band drops a brand-new song, or costs 50 if they don’t. Totally optional; leave it off to play it safe.
- •Missed picks now show the greyed-out point value you would’ve earned instead of just "miss", so you can see what each pick was worth
- •Show pool and show leaderboard now show the top 10 with "Show All" to expand, plus your rank below if you’re outside the top 10
- •Tap any rank card on your profile to jump straight to that band’s leaderboard
- •Add your phone number from the profile screen if you signed up with email
Mobile
- •Notification settings: 1-hour and 5-minute lock warnings can now be toggled separately
- •Notification settings: "Favorite Only" option now works reliably
Web
- •Friends system — search by username, send and accept friend requests, and see a friends leaderboard
- •User profiles — click any username to see their rankings, favorite band, and completed shows
- •Leaderboard redesigned with band filter tabs — quickly switch between All, Phish, Billy Strings, Widespread Panic, and Goose
- •Shows page now groups upcoming shows by band with colored section headers, pinned band first
- •Show history page — browse all your completed shows with band filter tabs
- •Edit/Preview toggle — after submitting picks, see a clean preview with an option to edit
- •Friend badges — see which leaderboard entries are your friends
- •Clickable usernames everywhere — tap any name to visit their profile
- •Founder badge on profiles for early Pick5 members
- •Fixed profile page showing the wrong total points — it now matches the leaderboard
- •Fixed a profile rank that was showing one spot too low
- •Favorite band color now correctly highlights on your profile
- •Nav bar no longer gets cramped on tablet / half-screen laptop widths
- •Request a username change from your profile settings
- •Delete account option added to profile settings
v1.3.3
March 19, 2026
Mobile
- •Profile now shows top 3 completed shows with "See More" to open a dedicated Show History screen
- •New Show History screen — browse all your completed shows with band filter bubbles and swipeable pages
- •Full show scoring breakdown with points by category
- •Request Username Change — new option in profile settings opens a pre-filled email to support
- •Leaderboard now shows top 10 with your rank card below, separated by a "YOUR RANK" divider
- •Removed redundant favorite band selector from notification settings (use Profile tab instead)
- •Push notification delivery improvements — notifications should now arrive reliably
- •Fixed a bug where new signups could get the wrong username — your chosen username now sticks
Web
- •Refined leaderboard sorting and search performance
- •Improved song scoring — points are now based on how many shows it's been since a song was last played, so dormant deep cuts are worth more points and staples are worth less
- •Fixed a bug where new signups could get the wrong username
- •Fixed closer multiplier — the 2x bonus for correctly predicting the closer was not being applied for some shows. All future shows will now correctly award the closer bonus.
v1.3.0
March 10, 2026
Mobile
- •Your rank shown at top of leaderboards — highlighted banner with rank and points
- •Leaderboards show top 20 with "Show All" to expand full list
- •Friends leaderboard added to Friends tab — split by All, Billy Strings, Widespread Panic, Phish
- •Pending and sent friend requests collapsed by default (tap to expand)
- •"Show More" for completed shows on profile
- •Smarter song scoring — songs are now weighted on a 30-show sliding window with linear decay, so songs played recently are worth fewer points and songs that haven't been played in a while are worth more
- •Scoring weights unified to 70% recency / 30% all-time across the board
- •New songs now start at 100 points (midrange) instead of 200
- •Removed redundant "0 upcoming shows" count when a band has no shows
Web
- •Your rank shown at top of leaderboards with "(You)" highlighting
- •Friends leaderboard section added to leaderboard page
- •"Show More" for completed shows on profile
- •Patch notes page redesigned — all updates on one page organized by version
- •Smarter song scoring — 30-show decay window with 70/30 recency/all-time weighting
v1.2.0
March 4, 2026
Mobile
- •"What's New" popup after app updates with link to patch notes
v1.1.0
February 4, 2026
Mobile
- •Highlight your row in leaderboards (purple border + "(You)" label)
- •Friends labeled in leaderboards with "(friend)" tag
- •Friend request badge on tab bar
- •Push notifications for show reminders and scoring
- •FAQ/Rules screen added to mobile app
- •Various bug fixes and performance improvements
Web
- •Patch notes page added to the website
- •Email confirmation links now use the correct domain