Donezo Release Notes

Discover all the important changes, improvements, and bug fixes from recent Donezo versions. We keep you up to date so you can get the most out of your app.

v2.7.0 March 2026

Recipe import, cooking mode & notifications

New Features

  • New assistant for daily insights in notification settings
  • Import recipes and add them to the app
  • Cooking mode for step-by-step cooking with a recipe
  • Home screen widgets refresh once per day in the background
  • Additional notification types and hints
  • Generate recipes with AI—including a fair allowance on the free plan
  • Recipes: choose portions and scale ingredient amounts with one tap

Improvements

  • Dialogs and statistics views redesigned for clarity
  • Shopping list: chosen category is remembered for repeat items
  • Recipe overview: smoother experience when selecting and opening recipes
  • Improved group sync: coordination between members is now more reliable
  • General performance and layout improvements
  • Android: scrolling improved in certain sheets and dialogs

Bug fixes

  • Meal plan: deleting an entry works on the first tap again
  • Calendar: task grouping and display corrected
  • Tasks: reminders update reliably after you change them
  • Notification center: order and read state update immediately when you tap a notification
  • Recipes: ingredient notes (e.g. flour types) stand out more clearly in the display
  • Recipes: saving and preview more reliable
  • Texts and translations load fully again after app launch
  • Recipe creation: stand mixer settings are applied correctly
  • Meal plan: “Add to meal plan” for scanned or generated recipes adjusted where appropriate
v2.6.3 March 2026

Tasks, calendar & notifications

New Features

  • Tasks and meals can now be viewed and edited directly in the calendar
  • New completion animation for tasks and meals in the calendar
  • Updated status section in settings: calendar option "Show tasks and meal plan" is highlighted more clearly

Improvements

  • Tasks: layout, entry animation, and spacing in the tasks modal reworked, especially on smaller screens
  • Tasks: categories reworked – new ordering, multi-line task entries, clearer labels in the project picker
  • Tasks: for shared categories, the delete icon is replaced with a share icon; the default "misc" category is removed when no category is set
  • Tasks: when all tasks in a category are completed, the view automatically switches to "All"
  • Meal plan and recipe preview: spacing refined in the meal plan, list views, and recipe preview
  • Calendar: reminder week view now animates while scrolling, colors in the status display adjusted
  • Group overview: alignment of group image and shared users now matches tasks, calendar, and shopping list

Bug fixes

  • Tasks: categories load reliably after app start, the modal allows adding tasks even on small screens, and spacing in the category list has been corrected
  • Meal plan: deleting an entry now works on the first tap again
  • Notification center: restructured with categories and updated layout
  • Group overview: display and dark mode issues fixed
v2.6.2 March 2026

Gestures, meal plan & shopping list

New Features

  • New swipe gesture on iOS: close modals by swiping from left to right
  • Meal plan: "Add to meal plan" button for recipes is always visible; then choose a day
  • Recipe preview: when adding to the shopping list, first choose the list and then add the recipe
  • New icons and translations for home screen quick actions on iOS and Android

Improvements

  • Meal plan: tapping a recipe opens the edit dialog (view and delete) without noticeable delay
  • Meal plan: tapping a note opens the edit dialog (edit and delete)
  • Shopping list printing: improved template for more readable printouts

Bug fixes

  • Shopping list: recipes can once again be added to the list reliably
v2.6.1 March 2026

Widgets, quick actions & invitations

New Features

  • Widgets for calendar, tasks, and quick actions on iOS
  • Widgets for calendar, tasks, and quick actions on Android
  • Home screen quick actions for iOS and Android

Improvements

  • Group dialogs when inviting to tasks and lists open without noticeable delay
  • Invitations update immediately after sending, without extra loading time

Bug fixes

  • Editing recipes: text area focus adjusted so longer recipes can be edited completely
  • Android: back navigation via the menu bar works reliably again and no longer shows a white screen
v2.6.0 February 2026

Shopping list, meal plan & performance

New Features

  • Share and print shopping lists

Improvements

  • Shopping list: new layout (lists on top, three icons with labels below), faster and smoother
  • Recipes: keyboard stays open when adding ingredients
  • Lists & dialogs: keyboard opens immediately when creating, new layout, all dialogs updated
  • Shopping list: new dialogs and improved handling, tags dialog improved
  • Meal plan: create animation updated, checkmarks and icons show selection correctly, breakfast/lunch/dinner selectable directly
  • Meal plan: edit note with a tap, improved display on tablets
  • Reminders: permission is requested on first tap (setup step removed)
  • Login image with smoother animation
  • Noticeably faster navigation
  • Recipes: improved edit preview, tablet view and overview adjusted
  • Recipes visible immediately after creating, sorting: newest and recently edited first
  • View for group members adjusted
  • Performance for recipes, tasks, and login significantly improved

Bug fixes

  • Recipes: adding ingredients works reliably again
  • Dark mode: white header when scrolling in recipe view fixed
  • Shopping lists and meal plans were incorrectly cleared after navigation – fixed
  • Calendar: import of events loads more reliably
  • Tasks: list clears correctly when all done, delete works more reliably
  • Notifications: tap and close now marks as read
  • Recipe validation corrected
v2.5.0 February 2026

New layout & new features

New Features

  • Visual highlighting of temperatures and units in recipe instructions
  • Kitchen appliance toggle in recipes
  • Completely redesigned recipe modals (ingredients, description, portions, difficulty, time, categories etc.)
  • New app menu bar integrated
  • Each modal view now has a new animation
  • New icons for meal plan and calendar
  • Colors of imported calendars now customizable
  • New animations across the app (e.g. meal plan, recipe, OCR, modals)

Improvements

  • App layout improved for Android and iOS
  • Recipe editor improved: layouts, preview, modal structure
  • Login and OCR texts fixed for dark mode
  • Reminder: Start/end time selection in date modal corrected
  • Calendar: layout, scrolling behavior & month view improved
  • Tasks: improved scrolling and UI fixes
  • "Add to shopping list" from recipe view fixed
  • Due date modal redesigned
  • Shopping history title and navigation updated
  • Settings animation (invitation modal)
  • New icons & small visual refinements
  • Meal plan: new layout

Bug Fixes

  • Android: crash when selecting "Today" in calendar fixed
  • Various modal navigation, status bar, and UI bugs fixed on Android & iOS
  • Various scrolling and navigation issues fixed (e.g. task view)
v2.4.3 January 2026

Performance Update & Bugfixes

Improvements

  • App launch and registration time significantly reduced
  • Login screen visually and functionally improved

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed app launch with invalid token (DB error)
  • Various UI bugs fixed
v2.4.2 January 2026

Calendar, Notifications & Android Fixes

New Features

  • Improved calendar month display while scrolling
  • Automatic reminders now shown visually in calendar
  • Calendar now shows alternating background colors for months
  • New icons added based on user requests

Improvements

  • Meal plan modal adjusted and stabilized
  • Added headline to task list
  • Icon display updated
  • Improved dark mode for search bars in shopping lists and tags
  • Improved header layout in shopping list

Bug Fixes

  • Menu components adjusted for Android 3-button navigation
  • Status bar now consistently displayed on Android and iOS
  • Notification center now clears badges correctly on open
  • Several minor Android-specific UI bugs fixed
v2.4.1 January 2026

Improvements & Bug Fixes

New Features

  • Colors for imported calendars can now be customized

Improvements

  • Automatic calendar reminders can now be set again

Bug Fixes

  • Spacing of the search bar in the recipe list corrected
v2.4.0 January 2026

Calendar Enhancements & UI Improvements

New Features

  • Extended notification options for events (5 min, 15 min, 1 hour, 1 day before)
  • Tasks and meals can now be viewed in detail directly in the calendar
  • Calendar events now support icons
  • Calendar events can now be customized with colors
  • Calendar now shows import option if no import has been completed

Improvements

  • Checkout button in the shopping list is now visually highlighted
  • New animations for tasks, OCR list, and shopping features
  • Optimized parallax effect in recipe preview on Android
  • Modals and buttons have been unified in layout and behavior
  • Layout optimizations applied for tablets
  • Menu and header areas visually and functionally adjusted
  • System notifications redesigned and newly animated
  • UI updated across the app and significantly faster

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed scrolling behavior and header in recipe list
  • Recipe modal layout and structure revised
  • App now starts correctly in the tasks view
  • Notification badges and pulse behavior fixed
  • Improved backdrop, empty list display, and illustrations in OCR area
  • Fixed navigation issue during login
v2.3.0 December 2025

New Recipe View & Tablet Fixes

New Features

  • New recipe view with restructured layout
  • Improved recipe filter: active filter always visible
  • New API endpoints for recipe overview added

Improvements

  • OCR text recognition reworked with updated layout view
  • OCR modal now opens directly with preview
  • Smoother transition when switching OCR modals
  • Recipe overview loads faster with structured DB integration
  • Welcome screen now displays correctly
  • iOS: Notification badges added
  • Notification badges now reset after viewing

Bug Fixes

  • iPad: Responsive loading screen and statistics
  • iPad: Shopping history & recipe image adjusted
  • Startup screen was incorrectly shown behind popups
  • Task reminders did not trigger in certain cases
  • Adjusted spacing in scrollable menus
  • Android: Fixed edge-to-edge layout and updated Gradle version
  • Fixed recipe duplication issue in some cases
v2.2.3 December 2025

Stability & Premium Fixes

Bug Fixes

  • Profile picture was not displayed correctly on app launch
  • Fixed animation issue when displaying groups
  • Notification center briefly displayed “reload”
  • Recipe view optimized for smaller devices
  • Reminders triggered immediately if created near trigger time – fixed
  • Fixed animation glitch when switching between food selection and recipe modals
  • Animation issue in food selection buttons fixed
  • Food selection button was slightly misaligned
  • Scrolling through tasks didn’t work with large task lists
  • Premium purchase didn’t work in some cases
  • Name could not be changed in profile

Improvements

  • Premium handler rewritten natively for better stability
  • Reworked intro popover for sharing content
v2.2.2 November 2025

Stability & Loading Time Improvements

Bug Fixes

  • Duplicate food entries were removed
  • Recipes were not loading correctly in some cases
  • Welcome image now displays correctly
  • Display issue after submitting a support request fixed
  • Email template visually improved
v2.2.1 November 2025

Invitation Fix

Bug Fixes

  • Content was not correctly updated after an invitation
  • Removed invitations caused incorrect content display
v2.2.0 November 2025

Feature Update: Faster Recipes & Visual Enhancements

New Features

  • Improved OCR: portions, total time and category are now recognized accurately

Improvements

  • Recipe scanning now much faster (5–10s instead of 20s)
  • Improved image performance with fade-in and reserved height
  • Statistics visually redesigned
  • Quick ingredient add now shows badges instead of modal
  • Difficulty icon replaced
  • Splashscreen, cards & labels visually updated

Bug Fixes

  • Polling service fixed – no more double modals on errors
  • Toast notifications styled & color-adjusted
  • Recipe images loading too slowly – fixed
  • Untranslated articles and recipes are now hidden
  • Ingredients were sometimes fully removed when adding – fixed
  • iPhone 16+ fix: top input fields now display correctly
  • Minor layout issues (images, parallax, input, dark mode) fixed
v2.1.0 November 2025

UX Improvements, Ingredient Fixes & New Statistics

New Features

  • Additional usage statistics added
  • Quick ingredient can now be added directly

Improvements

  • Navigation elements and buttons enlarged for better accessibility
  • Fixed spacing & padding-bottom across Android views and modals
  • All modals reviewed and optimized for input fields
  • Unified input fields in recipes, support and settings
  • Improved calorie detection in recipes
  • Notifications and recipes now load correctly during sync

Bug Fixes

  • Recipe name was not translated after publishing – fixed
  • Ingredient selection: duplicates and submit issues fixed
  • Resetting calendar wrongly deleted entries of group members
  • Improved support form and onboarding layout/focus
  • Dark mode fix: bar under recipe removed on Android
  • Premium bug on app start (Android only) fixed
v2.0.0 October 2025

Donezo 2.0 – The Big Update

New Features

  • Brand new navigation bar & UI redesigns in calendar, meal plan, recipes and tasks
  • New modals: calendar, meal plan, tasks, images, shopping lists & more
  • Shopping history and offers overview added
  • New sync function & new settings icons
  • Multiple shopping lists & enhanced sharing for tasks, calendar, meal plan and shopping list

Improvements

  • Major performance boost across tasks, calendar, meal plan, shopping list
  • Two new themes added
  • Premium system improved: better trial, clearer modals, more transparency
  • 15-minute reminder in calendar now free
  • New modal structure for creation/editing (better keyboard handling & animations)
  • New support form & updated help section

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed various minor layout issues
  • Fixed scroll and keyboard issues on Android
  • Fixed deletion issues for tasks and recipes immediately after creation
  • Calendar dots and imported events are now displayed correctly
  • Recipes & images could not be deleted – now fixed
  • Premium modals sometimes showed incorrectly or had wrong prices – fixed
v1.4.9 July 2025

Login Fix

Bug Fixes

  • Login works again as expected
v1.4.8 July 2025

Performance Hotfix & Stability

Improvements

  • Dependencies updated
  • Minor layout issues fixed

Bug Fixes

  • Hotfix: High memory usage could lead to app crash
v1.4.7 July 2025

UI Improvements, Animations & Deeplink Enhancements

New Features

  • Notification center – past notifications are now listed
  • Native pull-to-refresh for calendar, recipes, and account view

Improvements

  • Improved deeplinks – reminders now scroll directly to target
  • Fluid container layout added for calendar, meal plan and shopping list
  • New input fields used for recipes and group invites
  • Animations and image loading updated for modern frameworks
  • Build number included in app version display
  • Shopping list menu improved for better UX
  • Refresher reworked for calendar, recipes, and account

Bug Fixes

  • Invitation modal now correctly closes when declined
  • Fixed layout issue in group settings (isLoading handling)
  • Calendar week and header now update correctly
  • Recipe dropdown color fixed (white on white)
  • New input field bug fixed: keyboard reopened after confirming
  • OCR queue now continues correctly after recipe creation
  • Android keyboard issue during notification prompt resolved
  • Fixed various minor layout bugs
v1.4.6 June 2025

Performance Improvements & System Cleanup

New Features

  • Multiple OCR processes now supported – unified status display

Improvements

  • Removed Firebase Storage
  • Improved caching – images and data are refreshed reliably
  • Updated mail template for better Gmail compatibility
  • Notification types now use improved shared content permissions
  • New menu icons for a cleaner modern look

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed image update issues for recipes and meal plan
  • Fixed layout shift on input fields (including calendar)
  • Fixed missing ripple effect when checking off tasks
  • Edit/Delete menus now close when tapping outside
  • Premium toggles in settings now show correct message when feature is locked
v1.4.5 June 2025

Feature Improvements & Bug Fixes

New Features

  • Selective group sharing – tasks, events, meals, and calendar import can be shared with specific members
  • Confetti effect when purchasing Premium 🎉

Improvements

  • Expanded sharing functionality for tasks, meal plans, and calendar
  • New layout for menu buttons (icon above, text below)
  • Profile pictures now show initials with Donezo colors
  • Settings reworked (including analytics consent and cookie handling)
  • Notifications can now be configured (e.g. only Thu/Fri)

Bug Fixes

  • Menu button color in dark mode corrected
  • Sharing for meal plan fixed and stabilized
  • Subscription status no longer incorrectly shown as expired
  • Layout shifts during input typing fixed
v1.4.4 May 2025

Stability and design improvements

New Features

  • New loading screen: enhanced user experience

Improvements

  • Completely revamped dark mode
  • Visual detail enhancements at multiple points
  • Improved responsiveness on small devices
  • Input fields visually adjusted
  • New color scheme for icons
  • UI consistency optimized
  • General performance optimizations
  • Optimized menu navigation in all main areas

Bug Fixes

  • Security vulnerabilities and weaknesses addressed
  • Fixed incorrect icon display in dark mode
v1.4.3 May 2025

Optimizations in meal plans and daily schedules

New Features

  • Completely revised meal plan – including free text, multiple selection, and checkboxes
  • Integrated good morning notification with daily tasks
  • Added daily report via popover

Improvements

  • New icons & UI enhancements
  • Improved job logic for notifications
  • Optimized meal plan editing
  • Improved layout and menu in the calendar as in tasks
  • Revised meal plan features including free text, multiple selection
  • Push notifications now navigate to the correct component
  • Save button in menu replaced with icon

Bug Fixes

  • Recipe and task display in calendar was not shown correctly
  • Fixed bug with time zones and reminders
  • Free text entries in the shopping list were being saved twice or incorrectly – fixed
  • Meal plan now reliably saves all entries
  • Notifications no longer appear twice
v1.4.2 May 2025

Help features and reviews

New Features

  • GIF aids for each component
  • Daily view (Dashboard) for completed entries
  • App reviews integrated for Android and iOS
  • Enhanced feedback mechanism after recipe generation

Improvements

  • Mandatory fields for tasks and calendar removed
  • Dark mode optimizations: improved readability and contrast
  • Improved scrolling behavior in the tasks section
  • Default values set for categories if input field is empty

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed display issues in Dark Mode for shopping tags and premium display
  • Various bug fixes in trial modal, tasks, shopping list, and calendar
  • Correctly positioned refresher when adding a photo in recipe creation
  • Corrected display issue with task inspiration for empty categories
v1.4.1 April 2025

Performance update

Improvements

  • Performance enhanced
  • Adjusted premium pricing for Android
  • Added missing translations
  • Optimization of premium checks

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with displaying the privacy policy
  • Bug in AI translations: removed duplicate entries in terms of service
  • Fix for unacceptable privacy policy
  • Error in backend price calculation corrected
v1.4.0 April 2025

Major Sync & Translation Update

Improvements

  • Improved sync strategy with current timestamps
  • Splash screen integrated for iOS
  • Language is recognized and saved at login
  • New system for translating recipes in all languages
  • Email translations automated
  • Local error log is now created
  • Dark mode optimizations completed
  • OCR text recognition now delivers more precise results

Bug Fixes

  • Calendar sync and performance fix
  • Bugfix: Group was deleted after each subscription refresh
  • Calendar animations fixed
v1.3.3 March 2025

Premium, Tasks

Improvements

  • Apple and Google Subscriptions (Monthly, Yearly) Activated
  • Trial Version and Trial Improved (Modals Adjusted)
  • GPT Token Costs Introduced: e.g., 5 Points per Image
  • Token Limit Increased to 200
  • Sync Logic Revised: Timestamps & Duration Checked
  • Premium Components Adjusted: Dark Mode, Colors, Subscription Status
  • Improved reminder display: Categories & Sorting

Bug Fixes

  • Reminder items no longer disappear on app launch – fixed (Sync Timestamp)
  • Premium status correctly set when sharing/declining
  • Freemium user rights checked for recipes
  • Premium status is maintained on app launch
  • Premium Group allows proper sharing
  • Dark mode fix for premium components (colors)
  • Improved translation module during registration
  • Meal plan UX fixes
  • Reminder layout fixes
v1.3.2 March 2025

Basic functions completed

New Features

  • OCR text recognition for recipes
  • Automatic sorting in the shopping list

Improvements

  • New token system with point consumption for AI features
  • Trial version & subscription models improved
  • Enhanced sync & new validation logic for groups
  • UI redesign for buttons and icons
  • Added favorites, highlighting, and sharing to recipes
  • Optimized scrolling behavior in shopping lists

Bug Fixes

  • Bug fixes in recipes, premium logic, and display on larger devices
  • Improved notifications and dimming of past reminders
  • Privacy policy and terms of service reliably appear after registration
  • Severe bugs in task and sorting logic fixed
  • Add to shopping list (recipes) fixed