This update brings business accounts to Skene — gyms and venues can claim their place, keep its hours and profile current, and post to the feed — along with map decluttering, feed and chat filters, and a batch of fixes.

Businesses

• Added business accounts — claim your gym or venue, manage its profile, opening hours and members, and post to the feed as the venue.
• Added venue identity to the map and place sheets — logo, an open-now dot, and Info and Posts tabs.
• Added seasonal opening hours for venues whose schedule changes through the year.
• Added venue-claim disputes — report a claim that looks wrong and an admin reviews it.
• Business onboarding starts at skene.life/business; billing begins from the first claimed venue.

Map

• Improved overlapping markers — nearby pins spread out instead of stacking, and tapping a cluster lists everything under it.
• Added sub-locations and venue logo backdrops to place panels on web.

Feed

• Added venue posts to the feed, with filters to show or hide them.
• Improved the empty state — it now says which filter is hiding posts and offers a way back.

Chat

• Added filtering to People & Messages — all, messages only, or notifications only.

Notifications

• Added a separate setting for posts from people you follow, so you can keep their activities and mute their posts, or the other way round.

General

• Added Apple sign-in to the web app.
• Improved sign-in — Enter now submits the email and the verification code.
• Improved the emoji picker — it opens on Recently used once you have picked a few.

Fixes

• Fixed notification toggles being invisible against card backgrounds.
• Fixed notification settings silently turning pushes back on for people who had muted them.
• Fixed display-name changes reverting after a rename.
• Fixed invites that were silently dropped.
• Fixed sheet buttons hidden behind the keyboard, and scrolling inside sheets on Android.
• Fixed a blank app after visiting Explore in a narrow web window.
• Fixed links that could land you on business registration instead of the screen you asked for.
• Fixed sidebar navigation bouncing back on business screens.
• Updated dependencies and hardened the app against a batch of security findings.

This update adds polls to chat and lets you turn a feed post into an activity, plus a faster app start and a batch of fixes.

Feed

• Added “Create activity” to a post’s menu — the creation flow opens pre-filled with the post’s category, place, tags, and people. The post shows a card linking to the activity, and the activity links back to the post.
• Added multiple places to a post — a plan can float between spots until it firms up.
• Moved the composer’s Post button into the form and made the category picker full width.
• Improved feed loading — location updates no longer blank out the feed while it refreshes.

Chat

• Added polls — type /poll in any chat to vote on options or times. Supports multiple choice; the poll creator can close and reopen it.

Activities

• Added an editable title field to activity creation and editing — leave it empty to keep the auto-generated name.
• Replaced the icon-only join button with a labeled Join button in lists.
• Fixed vertical scrolling in the activity creation steps on small screens.

General

• Improved cold start speed — the app renders instantly from cached settings while auth loads in the background.
• Updated the logo and all app icons to sharp vector versions.
• Added reporting for discussion comments via a three-dot menu (feed, activity, place, and What’s new discussions).
• Comment authors’ names and avatars now open their profile.
• Updated the privacy policy and terms of service.

Fixes

• Fixed the keyboard hiding the name input during onboarding.
• Fixed opening directions — Apple Maps now routes correctly, and you get a message if no maps app is available.
• Deleting your account now also removes your discussion comments.
• Deleting a post now removes the linked activity’s “created from a post” chip.
• Removed loading spinners that only flashed on fast-loading screens.

Skene 1.1 turns the app social — a Feed replaces LFG, profiles get a home, and per-place chat becomes a discussion.

General

• Added a Feed — a social home for posts, comments, and lightning reactions (replaces LFG).
• Added a menu tab that gathers navigation, settings, and What’s new in one place.
• Moved notifications into People & Messages and added conversation pinning.
• Added a What’s new screen so you can follow updates, like them, and comment.
• Updated onboarding with a single Feed-focused intro.

Profiles

• Redesigned profiles with a posts section, activity categories, and upcoming activities shown as cards.
• Added a followers list you can open from any profile.
• Enlarged and centered the name in the profile header.

Activities & Places

• Replaced per-place and per-activity chat with feed-style discussions — comments and reactions.
• Decluttered activity and place detail bars into labeled actions with an overflow menu.

Privacy

• Hid your email from other users.
• Added a confirmed display name at sign-up.
• Added profile sharing.

Sign-in

• Made password the primary sign-in, with an email code as the secondary path.
• Clearer split between signing in and signing up with email.

Fixes

• Fixed hidden and followers-only activities leaking to viewers who shouldn’t see them.
• Fixed place deletion being blocked.
• Fixed the activity menu staying open after reporting a post.
• Made the discussion composer stay above the keyboard.
• Fixed chat back-navigation when returning from a cross-tab conversation.

Skene is officially out — on iOS and Android. Here’s what’s in the first release:

General

• See a live map of what’s happening — who’s going, and join with one tap.
• Looking for group? Post an LFG and get notified when something’s brewing.
• Create an activity, time, and place in as few as four taps — invite friends or leave it open.
• Broadcast a status from People & Messages so your followers can tag along.