What’s new
Current app: 0.18.0. Dates are when the change shipped.
29 Sep 2026 — 0.18.0
- Search no longer uses a hardcoded Wisconsin city list or a saved GPS pin.
- City for search filled → Yelp searches only that city. Blank → searches Settings → Search areas.
- Here next to City fills City, ST from this device for this restaurant only.
- A city in the name counts only after a comma (Name, City, ST).
- ⋯ no longer has Use my location. Backup and CSV stay in Settings.
29 Sep 2026 — 0.17.15 to 0.17.19
- Lookup areas in Settings — one city per line. Blank City searches those areas (not only Janesville / Madison / Milwaukee).
- Picking a Lookup match closes the result list.
- Public rating is read-only. A Yelp chip opens the listing when Lookup found one.
- Share one place: name, Score, cuisine, Last Visit, Nr Visits, full address. Phone uses the system share sheet; computer copies.
- Share list on a computer downloads a CSV. On a phone it shares compact lines with a blank line between places.
- Print list (and Settings → Print report) is a table you can print or save as PDF.
27 Sep 2026 — 0.17.5
- Favorite (♥) and Want to go (⚑) on each card. A place can be both. Filter the list by those tags.
- Share one restaurant or the list you are looking at (text or email).
- Add a visit now has a page: date, who went, dishes, notes, and cost.
- 0.17.5 — list cards show city (not full address), flags next to the name, Map / Website labels.
27 Sep 2026 — 0.16.5 to 0.17.5
- Sign in with a user ID (an email still works). Duplicate IDs are rejected.
- If a newer app version is on the server, the open app offers to reload.
- If another device saved first, this device reloads instead of overwriting.
- While the app is open it checks every few seconds for a newer list.
26 Sep 2026 — accounts and visits
- Each person has their own login and list.
- Help from the ? button.
- Last visit and visit count on cards; more than one visit date.
- Cuisine filter, Fish Fry, pinned Save / Cancel / Delete.
- One Reservations button (OpenTable, Resy, Tock, TableAgent, website, or call).
25 Sep 2026 — first public site
- mydinelog.com, home-screen app, fork-and-knife logo.
- Yelp lookup for address, cuisine, and public rating.
- Your 1–10 score, notes, maps, and a backup export.
- List saved on the server so phone and computer can match.
Planned work is on the Upcoming page. Fine-grained version numbers stay in the project changelog for the owner.