Releases
A history of new features, improvements, and bug fixes shipped to Movie Night Polls.
May 7, 2026
Movie Awards Hubs, Themed Nights & Shareable Winners
New
- New Movie Awards Hubs — Cannes 2026's full lineup is live ahead of the festival, alongside Oscars 2026, AFI's 100 Greatest American Films, Sight & Sound's Greatest of All Time, and Letterboxd's Top 50 for 2024 and 2025
- Themed movie-night pages for Halloween, Christmas, Date Night, Family Night, Graduation, Classroom, 80s Throwback, and Sleepover — each with curated polls you can launch in one tap
- Closed polls now generate a stunning shareable winner card — drop it back in your group chat to make the result official
- One-tap 'Create a Similar Poll' on every closed poll — keep the conversation going next week with the same candidates
- Trending sort on Browse — surfaces what's catching fire right now
- Editorial Picks at the top of Browse — hand-curated highlights from the community
Improved
- Bigger, richer poll cards everywhere — voter count, movie count, and how long ago each poll was created, all at a glance
- Closed-poll share copy now reads 'We chose X for movie night 🍿' instead of inviting a vote
- Long author names truncate gracefully so timestamps stay readable
- Refreshed typography across Browse — capitalized titles, cleaner hierarchy, more breathing room
May 5, 2026
List Layouts & Polish
New
- Choose between four list layouts (Cards, Posters, Compact, Mosaic) on Browse and author pages
- Your layout preference is remembered across visits
Improved
- Six polls per page for a more balanced grid
- Author name links highlight on hover
- Movie count indicator added to Posters and Mosaic layouts
- Long titles and author names clip cleanly within poll cards
April 29, 2026
Draft Polls
New
- Save polls as drafts before publishing
- Continue editing drafts and launch when ready
- Filter My Polls by status (drafts, open, closed)
- New Drafts tile in My Polls stats
Improved
- Sort controls preserve the active filter on My Polls
April 28, 2026
Follow Polls & Password Reset
New
- Follow a poll to get notified when voting closes
- Reset password via email
Improved
- Sign-in and email-auth flow polish
- New email templates
March 23, 2026
New Pricing Plans
New
- New monthly and annual pricing tiers
March 17–20, 2026
Oscars Winners & Poll Management
New
- Oscars 2026 winners and results
- Edit polls after publishing
- Support and help pages
- Poll results display improvements
Improved
- Browse page improvements
- Mobile button layout
- Poll controls update
- Sitemap update
February 19, 2026
Performance Improvements
February 11–13, 2026
Pro Features & Email Notifications
New
- Dark mode for polls
- Pro plan features page
- Pro email notifications for new polls and voting closed
- Welcome email for new users
- New email templates
Fixed
- Various bug fixes and email delivery improvements
February 7–10, 2026
Stripe & Pro Plan
New
- Payment integration
- Monthly subscription plans
- Poll and movie limits for free tier
Fixed
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
February 5–6, 2026
Drag & Drop
New
- Drag-and-drop reordering for poll movie options
- Mobile drag-and-drop support
January 30–31, 2026
Oscars 2026
New
- Oscars 2026 pages and nominee lists
- Oscars banner across the site
- Movie ratings on poll items
- Improved add-movie search flow
Fixed
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements
January 6–9, 2026
Auth Improvements
Improved
- Updated sign-in page copy
December 7, 2025
Framework Update
Improved
- Upgraded to latest framework version
September 19–21, 2025
Speed Insights & iOS Fixes
New
- Speed insights and performance monitoring
September 4–12, 2025
Error Handling & Sharing
New
- Graceful error handling for invalid poll links
Improved
- Updated dynamic share links for polls
August 13–30, 2025
Dynamic Templates & Error Pages
New
- Dynamic poll templates (animation, comedy, horror, popular, top-rated)
- Curator feature and dedicated page
- Custom error pages (404, 500)
Improved
- Curator sitemap and metadata
- OG image movie limit
February 4–5, 2025
Curator & Styling Updates
Improved
- Updated curator page design
- Styling refinements across the app
- Code cleanup
January 28, 2025
Oscars & Curator Launch
New
- Oscars poll template
- AI Curator feature for generating poll suggestions
Improved
- Sitemap updates
- Suspense loading improvements
January 16–18, 2025
Dark Mode & Mobile Polish
New
- Dark mode styling improvements
Improved
- Mobile layout improvements
- Typography and heading styles
- Viewport height and spacing tweaks
- Favicon updates
January 12–15, 2025
Launch Polish
New
- Sitemap for SEO
- Toast notifications
Improved
- Loading spinner and skeleton updates
- Share button improvements
- Embed code updates
- Button style refinements
- Letter spacing adjustments
Fixed
- Bug fixes and dark mode consistency
January 9–11, 2025
Core Features & OG Images
New
- OG image generation for social sharing
- Google Analytics integration
- Account management form
- Poll creator component
Improved
- Mobile styles and favicons
- Suspense boundaries for better loading
- Hook cleanup and client-side fixes
January 3–6, 2025
Foundation & Database Schema
New
- Core poll creation and voting system
- Database schema and type definitions
- My Polls dashboard
December 16, 2024
Initial Release
New
- Migrated to a new platform with a rebuilt frontend and backend
