Changelog
Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.
RSS
fixed
Hotfix for v12.0.0
We just released the following fixes:
- Android: The new photo gallery now takes the full screen space.
- iOS: The "More like this" section is no longer sometimes missing.
- Web: The next photo button now correctly links to the next page.
- Multi-photo posts are now limited to 20 photos each to prevent issues loading the feed. Groups larger than 20 photos will be displayed in separate posts.
- Photo social buttons are now visible again.
Please report any additional findings to the Patina Project Discord.
Enjoy!
-Ted
Major platforms like Instagram are notorious for losing the quality of your photos. We believe Patina Project can do better and be the best place for both sharing
and
storing boot photos—that's why we preserve your photos in their original, uncompressed resolution
.
For just $4.99/month,
download your full-resolution photos anytime
while supporting our mission to organize and share footwear knowledge with the world.Store and download as many photos as you want—no limits, ever!
Quick note #1: We always store full-resolution versions of your photos—whether you’re a subscriber or not. And if you decide to subscribe later, you can download every original, full-resolution photo you’ve ever uploaded, including those from before you subscribed.
Quick note #2: The images you see in-app and on our website are downscaled for a smooth experience, but your originals are safe and sound in our secure storage.
Please update Patina Project to v12.0.0 to receive the latest features.
Enjoy!
-Ted
new
improved
fixed
New photo gallery
I'm excited to introduce the new photo gallery experience in Patina Project.
Please update Patina Project to v12.0.0 to enjoy the latest features.
The problem
From the beginning, I envisioned a photo-viewing experience in Patina Project that allows you both to cycle through photos and scroll down to learn more about the pair that's pictured. Until today, this has been broken up into two separate experiences:
- Feed photo: Open a photo and scroll down for more details—but you couldn’t swipe left/right to see additional photos.
- Album photo: Open a photo and swipe left/right to browse the album—but to read more about a photo, you had to exit the gallery and switch to the Specs tab. Furthermore, taller photos were sort of cramped to fit into the screen space.
Combining both horizontal swiping with vertical scrolling has historically been a challenge to get right. Recently, I discovered the right solution and immediately went to work.
Multi-photo posts on the feed
After opening a multi-photo post on the feed, you can conveniently swipe through the remaining photos.
A page counter will be displayed on top to show you how many photos are left to see.
Album browsing
You can now quickly access specs below each photo. Scroll further down to access store recommendations and similar photos.
New menu for premium photo features
To tidy things up, we moved the photo tools for Supporters into a dedicated menu.
For only $4.99/mo, you can unlock more photo features while supporting our mission to organize and share footwear knowledge with the world!
Web browsing
We also added arrow buttons to cycle through previous/next photos when browsing on web:
Improved and fixed
- Deleting a photo now properly exits the edit screen. Shout-out to patinatimes for reporting this!
- The five latest changelog posts are now included in notifications. Note that older posts may need to be re-dismissed.
- Switches are once again the correct tan color.
Conclusion
We’d love to hear your thoughts, so don’t hesitate to reach out or drop feedback in the Patina Project Discord.
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new
improved
fixed
Banner ads & updated roadmap
We’ve recently introduced banner ads to help sustain our work on Patina Project. While ads aren’t our primary long-term revenue strategy, they will help cover our ongoing costs and allow us to afford more help.
Go ad-free
For only $4.99 a month, you can
enjoy an ad-free experience
and directly support the ongoing development of Patina Project. Every subscription means you’re not just hiding ads—you’re fueling our mission to organize and share footwear knowledge with the world.Thank you for being part of this journey!
We moved some things around
The Thunderdome schedule is now under the
Contests
tab.
Regular photo/review tasks can now be found in the
Post (+)
tab.
The roadmap
Over the next few months, we’ll be working on a major content platform upgrade. The new content platform will feature an admin dashboard that will allow us (and contributors) to grow Patina Project's database and support more use cases with zero additional code. This tool will make it easier to:
- Grow our database of brands, models, leathers, lasts, and more.
- Support new filter categories such as tannery, style, color, and origin.
- Further support specific interests, such as vintage and raw denim.
The new content platform will power these upcoming features:
- Search photos & reviews
- Sort posts by top
- More filter options
- Smarter product recommendations
- Shop now button
Improved
- Redesigned the Home tabs to look nicer.
- Added a prompt to make it easier to share after posting.
Fixed
- Android: Fixed sharing links.
- Version update alert is no longer stuck on the screen.
- Theme now has the correct colors again.
- Web: Searching no longer crashes the page.
- Web: Link previews should now appear again.
Conclusion
We’d love to hear your thoughts, so don’t hesitate to reach out or drop feedback in the Patina Project Discord.
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improved
fixed
Photo color accuracy & more fixes
We had a productive weekend squashing some bugs!
Photo colors are more accurate
All photos on the app should reflect their original colors more accurately. We fixed an issue that was causing color loss to some photos after being resized for display within Patina Project.
Original
Before fix
After fix
Shout-out to PatinaTechnodrome and their programmer friend for helping me solve the issue!
Improvements
- Made badges more self-explanatory and compact.
- Removed the "Complete Your Sizing Profile" task on the home screen.
- Removed the social buttons from reviews in boards.
Fixes
- Signing in no longer goes back to the sign in screen.
- Comment input is no longer blocked when entering the comments screen from the photo gallery.
- Exiting the add, edit, or comment screens now goes back to the correct screen.
- iOS: Letters no longer slide upwards when typing into text boxes.
- iOS: Prevent vertical movement when scrolling through some horizontal lists.
- Android: Downloading a photo no longer creates a duplicate in the Camera album.
- Fixed an error preventing comments on older photos from sending notifications.
- Fixed the alignment of some icons in the Specs section.
- The heel name is now correctly displayed in reviews.
- Loading more products no longer makes the Browse Sales button disappear.
Enjoy!
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fixed
Recent changes, new stores
Improved
- Contest submissions are now labeled with "February submission" when viewing in fullscreen mode.
Fixed
- Prevented issues where photos would not appear after posting, and an app restart is required to view them.
- The save and reaction buttons now open their respective modals when in the photo gallery view. This required trading out the down swipe gesture that previously closed the gallery, but this usually conflicted with the horizontal swipe to view next photo anyway. Let me know in Discord if you have any feedback on how the new gallery feels to use.
- Temporarily removed product links from search results due to large numbers of product links overwhelming the community-worn pairs for some brands. We will re-introduce products here when we build a sensible way to balance the product and community results. If you are interested in searching for products, please select the Shoptab.
New stores
Product recommendations will now include new stores. Please welcome:
- HappyPatina
- Brooklyn Clothing Co.
- Russell Moccasin
- Craft & Glory
Enjoy!
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fixed
improved
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Here are the recent fixes & improvements to Patina Project:
Mobile App
- Navigating to "More Like This" recommendations now correctly resets the scroll position to the top.
- Previous screen is correctly remembered after navigating to "More Like This" recommendations.
- Profiles with more than 60 items now load older items correctly.
- Profiles no longer show duplicates of an item.
- Android push notifications are now working again.
- Improved scroll position when pressing "Reply" on a comment.
- Opening comment notifications no longer occasionally makes the photo appear smaller.
Website
- Web pages no longer show stale data when navigating between pages.
- Improved loading times by sending less code to the web browser.
- Reduced layout shift caused by web sidebar appearing after page load.
Howdy! I hope everyone’s having a great start to 2025. I just wrapped up a huge project to roll out the new Patina Project website at patinaproject.com. This is our first big step towards supporting web browsers as a first-class platform. A key improvement to the new website is that it is now discoverable by search engines, so Patina Project will now be able to help answer your questions in Google Search and Images.
✨ Simpler domain name
app.patinaproject.com has been moved to patinaproject.com.
✨ Descriptive Photo, Review, and Item links
Fun fact
: The "viberg-service-boot-gallun-moose-viking-calf" segment actually doesn't matter—it's just there to help you know what the link is for. This also ensures links don’t break if you update your specs. The ID at the end is what uniquely identifies the item. See this in action here: https://www.patinaproject.com/photos/whatever/igeiLuuAlso, all existing app.patinaproject.com links will continue to function and redirect to their patinaproject.com counterparts.
✨ Pretty Profile URLs
We’ve overhauled profile links to be shorter and more descriptive. No more gnarly slug strings—your profile now lives at patinaproject.com/your-username. For a peek at how it looks, here's my own profile at patinaproject.com/tlmader.
Want to show off your collection? Here are some great places to feature your new and improved profile link:
Instagram Bio
Discord About Me
Reddit Social Links
✨ Improved browser navigation
We’ve enhanced the browser navigation experience, making it more desktop-friendly with a sidebar and search bar:
✨ More improvements
- Redesigned tabs and filters and made them more visually consistent.
- Background section is now collapsed by default when viewing photos.
- Added explanations for how photos and camera permissions are used.
🛠️ Bug fixes
- Temporarily disabled Size Guides due to crashes, but they’ll be back soon.
- Special characters are now handled correctly in URLs.
- Save counts on items are now correctly shown when not signed in.
- Removed the incorrect "Finisher" badges being displayed on Thunderdome 1 pairs.
- Pinning photos no longer breaks the order of photos when viewing in full-screen mode.
- Owned for X is now calculated correctly.
- Photos downloaded from WhatsApp now have their dates defaulted correctly.
🚀 What's next?
We’re starting a major project to create dedicated pages for makers, models, leathers, and lasts on Patina Project. Read more about it here.
We’d love to hear your thoughts, so don’t hesitate to reach out or drop feedback in the Patina Project Discord. Thank you for being part of this journey—we’re just getting started!
-Ted
We’ve resolved an issue in our backend that was causing errors when uploading multiple photos at once. Thanks to everyone who flagged this—it’s your input that helps keep this community thriving.
If you notice this issue again (or spot something else), please don’t hesitate to reach out. Your feedback is invaluable in making the Patina Project better for everyone. We appreciate your support!
Cheers,
Ted
I'm a bit late sharing this update since these features have been live for a few months now, but hey—better late than never! 😄
I'm thrilled to announce limited-time rewards for our early contributors as we continue to roll out support for more apparel categories to support denim, leather jackets, wallets, and any other clothing you'd like to document and showcase.
Try out the new Patina Project support for denim, leather jackets, and accessories by
downloading the app
.
👉 How to Add Clothing or Accessories
When creating an item, you can select from the
Clothing
and Accessories
categories.
For jackets or wallets, choose
Leather
, or choose the new Fabric
spec to track denim or other fade-worthy fabrics!
With
Clothing
selected, you'll unlock the new Tag Size
and Measurements
specs—perfect for logging detailed measurements of your jackets or trousers.
Plus, you can record multiple measurements over time to keep track of shrinkage or stretch.
Please note, building our database of denim makers, models, and fabrics is an ongoing process that will take time. Thanks for being an early adopter and sticking with us!
🏅 Limited-Time Rewards
To celebrate our earliest contributors of denim, leather jackets, and accessories, we’ve introduced a couple of limited-edition badges just for you! Get yours while they last!
Add all of your denim, leather jackets, and accessories before
January 1, 2026
to start earning these exclusive badges for each of your items:
Heads up! If you've previously added non-footwear items, don't forget to update their specs. This way, they’ll be eligible for our new badges!
❗️ Don't Forget to Choose Your Interests!
With the launch of more apparel categories, we get it—some of you might want to keep things focused on footwear. Your
For Me
channel lets you personalize your feed to match your specific interests:
🏆 New Badges for Detailed Submissions
The Scholar and Aging badges are here! These badges highlight items with in-depth information and regular photo updates. To earn gold, provide as much information as possible about your items and share monthly updates showcasing their aging journey.
📝 We Need Your Feedback
New features can be tricky! Share your thoughts in our Patina Project Discord and help us make the app even better. Your input helps shape Patina Project into the ultimate companion for your footwear and leather journey.
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