What's new
Updates and improvements to Spark.
v4.5
21 August 2026
A plan that keeps up with you
- Your notes rework the plan: add a note to an idea that already has a plan and Spark quietly folds it in for you, adjusting the steps and the context in the background. No more hitting refresh. Your existing steps stay put and your note stays in the thread.
- It tells you why: the one thing at the top of Actions now says why it's the one to do right now, whether that's a deadline creeping up, a quick win for a bit of momentum, the last step before something's finished, or something that has been waiting too long.
- Deadlines that plan backwards: give an idea a deadline and Spark spaces a couple of soft "aim for" checkpoints across the steps, so a goal a month away doesn't quietly turn into a last minute panic.
- The checkpoints are weighted by how big each step is, and kept gentle on purpose. Only a couple, never one on every step, so the dates stay worth listening to.
v4.4
17 August 2026
One tidy up
- Ideas that sort themselves into goals: Tools → "Tidy up" looks at everything sitting loose and spots the ideas that belong together. They go into the right goal, or become a brand new goal named after what you're actually trying to do.
- It'll move things too: an idea sitting in a goal that doesn't really suit it gets offered a better home, and the card tells you where it's moving from.
- Tidies your goals as well: spots two goals that are really the same goal written twice and offers to merge them, and flags the ones with nothing in them or long since finished.
- Goals can finally be deleted: there's a bin on every goal card. Ideas and routines inside it are kept, just unlinked.
- Emptying a goal by moving its last idea out now offers to delete it there and then, instead of waiting for you to notice and run Tidy up again.
- It now looks across far more of your ideas in one pass, so it catches groups it used to miss when your list was long.
- Nothing moves until you say so. Every group is shown first, you can drop any idea out of it, and you can rename a new goal before it's created.
- Ideas still missing a category get one in the same pass.
- Replaces Auto-organise, which did the same job one idea at a time. The whole tidy is now a single AI call instead of up to ten.
- Checking older notes for several ideas crammed into one is now a follow-up button, so it only runs when you ask for it.
v4.3
10 August 2026
Dates that set themselves
- Say when, and Spark knows when: mention a date anywhere — a brain dump, a note, a new idea — and it becomes a deadline. "Book train tickets on wednesday for my trip on the 28th" gives you two ideas with two different dates on them.
- Understands the way people actually write dates: "wednesday", "next friday", "the 28th", "this weekend", "in two weeks", "end of the month", "12/09".
- Also reads times of day ("this morning", "tonight", "tomorrow", "in an hour"), the awkward ones ("a week today", "Tuesday week"), the vague ones ("asap", "first thing", "mid August"), and holidays — Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, Easter, Halloween, Bonfire Night, Mother's and Father's Day, and the next bank holiday.
- AI-generated actions pick up their own dates too, so "book it this Saturday" turns up in your timeline on Saturday.
- Every date Spark sets shows you the words it read, with an Undo button.
- Changed your mind? Say so and the date moves: "the trip is now on the 18th", "pushed the dentist to next week". A date you already have only changes when you say it's changing — mentioning another day in passing leaves it alone.
- Older ideas: Settings → "Scan my ideas for dates" checks everything you captured before this existed. It shows you what it found and changes nothing until you say go.
- Auto-set dates sync to Google Calendar like any other deadline.
v4.2
8 July 2026
Voice, goals & focus
- Voice input: tap the mic on a brain dump and just talk. Spark types it out for you.
- Goals at a glance: every collapsed goal now shows its next step, so you always know what's next without opening it.
- Ongoing stage: a new stage for the things you keep doing rather than tick off and finish.
- Smarter brain dump: new ideas can auto-sort themselves into a category and the right goal.
- Menus and dropdowns now close when you scroll, instead of getting stuck open
- Notifications are more reliable and no longer drop off after a few days
- Generating actions now takes you straight to the actions it just made, not the top of the tab
- Clearer guidance when microphone access is blocked
v4.1
6 July 2026
A cleaner Spark
- A crisper look: custom icons replace emoji across the app for a calmer, more consistent feel
- Faster loads: fonts are now served with the app, so it looks right even offline
- Settings menu: account and preferences tucked into a tidy gear menu
- A clearer indicator when an action has lost the context of its idea
- Fixed a flicker when a goal roadmap auto-sorts, and an onboarding walkthrough that could skip a step
v4.0
3 July 2026
Jump straight in
- Guest mode: start capturing ideas the moment you open Spark, no sign-up needed
- Your ideas follow you: sign up later and everything you captured as a guest comes with you
- Brain dump capture: pour out everything on your mind in one go and let Spark sort it into ideas
v3.1
30 May 2026
Smarter action plans
- Sharper AI actions: steps are now concrete and do-it-now, naming the app, the shop, or the person to text, instead of vague "research" or "plan" filler
- Gentler onboarding: the walkthrough is split into bite-size steps that are easier to follow
- Faster, steadier syncing and a batch of stability fixes under the hood
v3.0
12 May 2026
Routines, roadmaps & a glow-up
- Routines tab: build habits and track streaks alongside your ideas and actions
- Goal roadmaps: ideas inside goals now live in Now / Next / Later stages for a clear sprint view
- AI Auto-sort: one tap to have AI prioritise your goal ideas into a focused roadmap
- Action groups: the Actions tab shows all actions grouped by idea, with collapsible sections
- AI Goal Overview: one-tap AI analysis of everything inside a goal, with regeneration in-header
- Idea notes thread: jot evolving thoughts on any idea, separate from actions
- Idea hub: expanded idea cards now show actions, AI context, and notes in one place
- Generate actions button: orange-tinted and centred so it's impossible to miss
- Action deadlines: tap the date directly to change or remove it, no separate button needed
- Light mode polish: icon contrast, toggle off-state, and goal header icons all sharper on white
- Upgrade modal: close button added
- Get insights no longer jumps the page to the top
- Tapping an action in the idea hub now reliably navigates to it in Actions
- Upcoming deadlines navigation no longer shows a false "filtered out" message
- Calendar sync now confirms with a toast when a deadline is added or removed
- Many bug fixes, copy improvements, and UX tweaks
v2.4
5 May 2026
Action groups & idea evolution
- Action groups: actions are now grouped by idea in the Actions tab, with collapsible sections and progress indicators
- Idea evolution log: every AI insight update is tracked; view your idea's full journey from first thought to action plan
- Per-idea notes: add a running thread of thoughts and second guesses to any idea
- Inline editing: edit ideas directly from the Actions tab without leaving your workflow
- Fixed link navigation from Actions tab back to Ideas
- Bold/italic text editor improvements: better toggle detection, nested formatting fixed
v2.3
28 April 2026
Goals get smarter
- Now / Next / Later staging: organise ideas within a goal into a three-stage roadmap
- Collapsible stages: collapse Next and Later to keep focus on what matters now
- Goal completion: mark goals as done with a satisfying animation; reopen anytime
- Deadline timeline: upcoming deadlines across all ideas and goals in one place
- Light mode separator line fixes
- Actions tab project filter pills
- Feedback and progress tracking moved into a floating FAB button
v2.2
21 April 2026
Routines & habits
- Routines tab: create daily and weekly habits with streak tracking
- Routine streaks: 🔥 streak counter with milestone toasts
- Weekly dot view: visual history of completions for the last 7 days
- Routines appear in the daily focus alongside your actions
- Auto-sort flicker fix in Goals tab
v2.1
7 April 2026
Polish & performance
- Autosort: AI auto-sorts ideas into a roadmap within any goal
- Edit & delete notes: manage per-idea and per-action notes after adding them
- Idea capture orange highlight fix
- Done button added to goal ideas with confetti + ding
- Scroll-position preserved on idea re-renders
- Merge now preserves history and notes
- Numerous small bug fixes and performance improvements
v2.0
15 March 2026
Focus, celebrate, repeat
- Focus mode: one action at a time across all your ideas, Tinder-style. Do it or skip it.
- Auto-generated actions: AI creates a prioritised action plan from any idea, sorted by deadline urgency
- Celebrations: confetti, encouragements, and milestone toasts when you complete actions and ideas
- Rich text editor: bold, italic, strikethrough, bullet lists, and checklists with auto-continue on Enter
- Done today / this week: positive progress tracking that focuses on what you've achieved, not what's left
- "Why this matters": AI context on each action so you know why it's important
- Per-action notes: add your own thoughts to any action
- Onboarding walkthrough: interactive guide for new users
- New landing page: dark, bold, matches the app
- Improved project overview with collapsible sections
- Auto-organise, merge ideas, and find duplicates in the Tools menu
- Numerous bug fixes and polish
v1.0
26 February 2026
Launch
- Capture ideas with title, details, and categories
- Organise ideas into projects with deadlines
- AI Expand: turn rough thoughts into next steps, challenges, and creative angles
- AI Project Overview: full analysis across all ideas in a project
- Smart Split Detection: AI spots when one idea contains multiple concepts
- Collapsible projects to keep things tidy
- Inline editing for ideas and project titles
- Complete and reopen ideas within projects
- Auto-save drafts: your work is saved as you type
- Dark and light mode
- Bullet point formatting
- Installable as an app on phone and desktop
- Google sign-in and email/password authentication
- Syncs across all your devices