Every release,
on the record.

A server-side update, no app download: small bug fixes and tweaks.

• ◦Fixes
  Bug fixes

  Small bug fixes and tweaks.

A server-side update, no app download: stronger privacy and permission checks, and automatic weather for properties you draw.

• ↑Improved
  Weather for properties you draw

  Draw a property boundary and Ember now adds a weather location for it automatically.

• ◦Fixes
  Privacy and permissions

  Tightened who can see and change club data: public harvests and sightings stay within your clubs, edits can't move a record into another club, and only admins and owners can make someone an admin or owner.

An over-the-air update that adds Redacted mode for sharing map screenshots and fixes switching between weather locations.

• ✦New
  Redacted mode for map screenshots

  Turn on Redacted mode in Map Appearance to hide names, stand and place names, road labels and coordinates on the map before you take a screenshot. A striped banner shows while it's on, and the rest of the app keeps showing your club as normal.

• ◦Fixes
  Switching weather locations

  Fixed the Weather page losing your property forecast after you add a location. You can now swipe between your property and every saved spot, and the page remembers which one you were on.

An over-the-air update that speeds up stand scoring and fixes onX imports, harvest and sighting locations, free weather, saving with no signal, and several Breakdown rules.

• ↑Improved
  Faster stand scoring

  Stand scores load faster. Dragging a stand updates its score almost instantly, Scout this spot returns sooner, and the Breakdown page asks the server once for all your stands instead of once per stand.

• ↑Improved
  Instant saves for harvests and sightings

  Saving a harvest or sighting now closes right away while your photos upload in the background, and journal lists and photos load faster.

• ↑Improved
  Date and time on harvests and sightings

  New and edited harvests and sightings now have a Date & time field, so the journal puts each entry at the moment it happened. Editing no longer shifts the time unless you change it.

• ↑Improved
  Groups open instantly

  Your groups now show as soon as you open the app and refresh quietly in the background.

• ↑Improved
  Who reserved each stand

  The reservation board now shows who has reserved each stand, next to the people checked in right now, and only for that stand's own property.

• ◦Fixes
  onX import

  Fixed an onX import that could quietly import nothing if you picked your file the moment the import sheet opened.

• ◦Fixes
  Harvest and sighting locations

  Moving a harvest or sighting to another property now moves its pin to that property instead of keeping the old spot.

• ◦Fixes
  Weather for free accounts

  Free accounts see current conditions on the weather page again, instead of a blank screen.

• ◦Fixes
  Saving with no signal

  Saving a marker or other item with no signal now saves on your phone right away, instead of waiting up to 15 seconds first.

• ◦Fixes
  Breakdown rules

  Fresh-intel statements now use your club's recent sightings and harvests. Scouting sign now counts game trails and newer marker types like tracks, roost trees and strutting spots. Rules that could never fire have been removed.

A big reliability update: Ember now starts and runs offline, private markers stay private, and a long list of fixes across maps, forms and clubs.

• ✦New
  Share cards

  Sharing a harvest or sighting now creates a designed card: your photo next to the species, its top stat and the conditions, with no property or location shown.

• ↑Improved
  Works offline

  Ember now starts and works with no signal: your session, clubs, properties and saved map imagery load offline, and a failed download no longer wipes your markers or zones.

• ↑Improved
  Breakdown offline

  Offline, Breakdown says "available when online" instead of guessing at a score, and scores come back as soon as you reconnect.

• ↑Improved
  Private markers stay private

  Tightened privacy for private markers: only you can see, edit or delete your private markers.

• ◦Fixes
  Photo scores and target animal photos

  Fixed photo antler scores not saving and target animal photo galleries not loading.

• ◦Fixes
  Maps and markers

  Map pins always show their type's icon, switching base maps keeps your layers, and onX trail pins import as Game Trails.

• ◦Fixes
  Forms

  Forms show errors as you leave a field, and Save stays disabled while a required field is empty.

• ◦Fixes
  Clubs and emails

  "Join with Code" looks like a button, zone creators can edit their own zones, completed tasks can't be changed, and invitation and payment emails show the right details.

• ◦Fixes
  Weather, sharing and polish

  Pressure shows exact values and hides instead of reading 0.00 inHg, shared photos include the Ember logo again, and the iOS keyboard matches the dark theme.

An over-the-air update to Breakdown: scores now come from the exact spot you scout, with better terrain reads, time and weather that move through the day, and a long list of rule fixes.

• ✦New
  Steep ground and safety

  Scout Spot scores steep faces honestly, suggests a nearby bench or point, and shows a safety banner on dangerous terrain.

• ↑Improved
  Scored where you scout

  Breakdown now scores the exact spot you scout: weather, sun, moon, rut timing and state rules come from that spot, and the rut phase counts even when no season is open.

• ↑Improved
  Better terrain reads

  Ridges, benches and draws are judged by height relative to the land around them, slopes report the direction they face, and terrain is read from up to 17 points around each spot.

• ↑Improved
  Time and weather

  Time and weather scores move through the day, use sea-level pressure and forecast trends from your first visit, and a category with no data shows "—" instead of a misleading 50.

• ◦Fixes
  Turkey and deer rules

  Fixed turkey and deer rules that fired at the wrong time or not at all, like daytime weather cards after dark, and category bars that pinned to 0 or 100.

• ◦Fixes
  Land cover and buildings

  The land-cover chip only shows what's really there, and building, road and water checks use the exact crosshair spot.

A small update that makes Ember more reliable and fixes a rare startup issue.

• ↑Improved
  Reliability

  Improved app reliability: if something goes wrong after an update, Ember now recovers on its own.

• ◦Fixes
  Grey screen on startup

  Fixed a rare grey screen that could appear when the app reloaded in the background.

A small update: new clubs can invite members right away, Android pricing is fixed, and a few rough edges are smoothed out.

• ◦Fixes
  Inviting to a new club

  Fixed new clubs having no way to invite members: a club’s creator can now invite people from the Members page right away.

• ◦Fixes
  Club pricing on Android

  Fixed Club plans showing “Price unavailable” on Android.

• ◦Fixes
  Searching for a place

  Fixed map searches like “Cullman, Alabama” showing a coordinate error instead of finding the place.

• ◦Fixes
  Logging in with autofill

  Fixed a crash that could stop you from logging in when your email or password was filled in automatically.

Scout Spot, onX import, offline maps, and a big battery fix.

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Scout Spot — preview a score anywhere

The walkthrough

See v1.1 in the app.

Every headline feature in this release, on a real phone. Step through it, or let it run.

Real screens · no sound needed

• ✦New
  Scout Spot

  Aim the crosshair anywhere on the map to preview a Breakdown score before you drop a pin.

• ✦New
  onX import

  Import your onX Hunt markers and boundaries straight into Ember.

  See how the import works →
• ✦New
  Trails

  Draw and manage named trails on the map, with photos and privacy controls.

• ✦New
  Offline maps

  Download map regions so they work offline in the field.

  How offline maps work →
• ✦New
  Photo scoring

  Automatic photo scoring for harvest, sighting, and target-animal photos.

• ↑Improved
  The dashboard

  Dashboard rebuilt with your personal stats, today's conditions, and Best Days Ahead.

• ↑Improved
  Redesigned SOS

  An always-available one-tap 911 call, plus hold-to-send emergency alerts.

• ◦Fixes
  Battery drain on the map

  Fixed a bug that could make the app run hot and drain your battery while using the map.

• ◦Fixes
  Scores outside your boundary

  Fixed stands and markers outside your property boundary incorrectly counting toward your Breakdown score.

• ◦Fixes
  Flat terrain colors

  Fixed terrain elevation bands rendering as a flat green wash instead of true colors.

The first public build. Everything we set out to prove: that a stand score can show its work, and that a whole club can run out of one app instead of forty group texts.

• ◐Scout
  Faster Breakdown

  Stand scores now recompute the moment the forecast shifts, instead of waiting for your next open. Walk out to current numbers.

• ◐Scout
  The Breakdown engine

  The reason we built this. Every stand scored from wind, weather, terrain, water, and road pressure. Unlike everything else out there, it shows you exactly why.

• +Group
  Shared maps & calendar

  One map and one hunt calendar for the whole crew, so everybody's working off the same ground and the same plan.

• +Group
  Members, dues & harvest

  Roles, dues, and a harvest log the whole club can see. The back-office of a lease, finally out of the spreadsheet.

• ▲Safety
  Check-in escalation

  Miss your crew's checkout time and Ember works the list: a push, then a text and a call to you, then a voice call to your emergency contacts.

• ▲Safety
  Reconnect alerts

  Lose signal down in a hollow? The instant your phone finds a bar again, your check-in fires and your people get the ping. No news travels the moment there's news.

• ◦Fixes
  Under the hood

  Fixed a map tile that could go blank on older iPhones. Journal entries now keep their photos when you edit them offline.

• …More
  And a lot more

  This is the initial release, so listing every last feature here would take all day. The short version: it's everything you need to scout, plan, and run a lease. The best way to see it is to load it up yourself.

  Download Ember →

The first one. Thanks for being here early.