Release notes

TradeYoke release notes: from 2024 to today

Every stage of TradeYoke, from the start of development in January 2024 to the latest release, with a link to the article that tells each part in full.

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What has changed in TradeYoke, and when?

TradeYoke began as an idea around 2019, while helping to manage window cleaning rounds, and development started at the beginning of 2024. It was built in this order: customers and jobs for window cleaning, then invoicing, quoting, surveys and inspections, maps and directions, and live monitoring with Google Maps. The most recent work, from late September 2026, is the numbered releases at the foot of this page, up to version 0.3.45 on 19 October 2026.

Each stage below links to the article in the Building TradeYoke series that tells it in full. For a single page listing every part in date order, see the build timeline, or read the whole journey.

Where it stands today: window cleaning and gardening are in pilot, with a first release very soon. Electricians, plumbers and solar installers are in pilot with real businesses. The web app is open now and works on a phone. The Android, iPhone and Windows apps are in pilot and are not yet in the app stores.

2024: customers and jobs for window cleaning (January to September)

The foundations: what a round is, what a customer record needs, how a job repeats, and getting an existing round in.

Invoicing (October 2024 to January 2025)

Billing from the job with nothing retyped, and knowing who owes you.

Quoting, and the document library everywhere (February to April 2025)

Quotes from the same customer record, the page a customer accepts on, and the library reaching every record.

Surveys, inspections and signatures (May to July 2025)

Looking before you quote, checking work with evidence, and one signature pad.

Maps and directions (August to October 2025)

Getting the address right, getting to the door, and one set of maps across the app.

Live monitoring (November 2025 to January 2026)

Where is everybody, with consent first.

The phone, the day and more trades (February to April 2026)

Working with no signal, planning the morning, and one core for several trades.

Looking back (September and October 2026)

Pricing, sign-in and trust, and what building for tradespeople has taught us.

Numbered releases: 0.2.2 to 0.3.45 (26 September to 19 October 2026)

These are the real version numbers and release dates. Releases earlier in the story are told month by month above rather than by version. Newest first.

0.3.45 (19 October 2026): Data first, and safer

Every phone screen puts your data first, lost links land somewhere friendly, and sensitive documents are locked down properly. Release 0.3.44 was not published; its changes arrived in 0.3.45. New: a mistyped or old link shows a friendly page with a way back to where you were, and the website has one too, with a suggestion of the page you probably meant; and when you send a screen recording to report a problem, you get a thank-you and a note when the issues are logged. Better: on a phone, Schedule, Customers, Invoices, Leads, Expenses, Documents, Suppliers, Team, Vehicles and Assets show more data before you scroll; sensitive documents stay locked on the server until the right password is entered, for 30 minutes at a time, with a 15-minute lock after too many wrong tries; messages to a customer's linked people greet each by their own name; shared calendar links expire after six months; and signing out everywhere ends every session straight away. Fixed: opening an old confirmation link no longer says your workspace is ready when nothing was set up.

0.3.43 (18 October 2026): Behind the scenes

A small reliability fix: error-reporting links for connected devices now expire exactly when they should.

0.3.42 (16 October 2026): More room on your phone

Lists show more on a phone, quotes are clearer to write and check, and addresses follow the country you work in. New: choose where to search with chips under the search box; set your business country under Settings, General, Regional so addresses ask for County, State, Bundesland or Region as appropriate, with a filterable list of every UK county; a setup helper that asks one quick question at a time, such as your VAT number or payment terms; and payment terms under Get paid, which invoices from finished work follow. Better: quotes on a phone are clear forms and the last step shows the quote exactly as your customer will see it, with Share link when email is not available; jobs and search fit more on a phone screen; adding a customer keeps the main details on one form and saves a half-filled customer for you; company documents have a slimmer button with an expiry dot and a plus-icon New folder; and the side menu keeps Getting started, Settings and the version in view. Fixed: cancelling a customer edit puts it back as it was, and a new quote no longer carries over the previous customer and lines.

Every list now searches from the box at the top of the screen, with its filters right underneath. On Jobs the box says Jobs and filters as you type; tap the cross to search your whole workspace. The separate search boxes on Jobs, Customers, Invoices, Quotes, Leads, Documents, Suppliers and the other lists have gone. Each list shows its most useful filters as chips, with the rest and the sort order under Filters (a sheet on a phone). Active filters show as chips you can tap to remove, search and filters are kept in the page address so a refresh or a shared link keeps the list, and Ctrl+K jumps to the search box on a computer.

0.3.39 (15 October 2026): Easier on your phone

Continue with Google, Microsoft or email in the app, and a free trial started with Google or Microsoft without leaving it. The confirmation email opens the app. On a phone the Jobs list starts near the top with search and a Filters sheet, the job wizard fills the screen with Skip at the top, addresses can be typed in by hand, the new customer form uses the whole screen, the documents tab is easier to reach with your thumb, and Finish setting up is one slim bar. Android content no longer slides under the clock and status icons.

0.3.36 (14 October 2026): Nothing slips through

Missed visits now ask for a decision instead of being quietly moved on. A job whose day has passed with nothing recorded waits for you to choose Mark done (with the day it really happened), Replan or Skip, on a Missed visits tile on the dashboard, in a Missed section at the top of the planner, and in a banner on the job itself. Repeating jobs no longer roll past today. The documents tab on the edge of the screen now works on a phone and follows the job, customer or vehicle you are on, each in its own colour, and opens full screen. Taking a photo or video clears your phone's buttons, Android makes room for the keyboard, and the app opens with an animated TradeYoke logo. Read more in what to do when a visit gets missed.

0.3.35 (14 October 2026): Built for your phone

A welcome screen when you open the app, simpler sign-in, weather in the top bar, bigger search across the top bar, a phone dashboard that leads with today's jobs and who owes you, a small map preview with Directions on customers and jobs, swipeable customer tabs, and the Android back button closing whatever is open first. The version line now also shows the build.

0.3.34 (13 October 2026): Clearer app install steps

The app download page shows how to install the Android app once it has downloaded, and the sign-in page shows which version you are running.

0.3.33 (13 October 2026): Sign in with a passkey

Sign in with your face, fingerprint or device PIN instead of a password, in the web browser.

0.3.32 (13 October 2026): Tidier wording

Clearer wording on price-book categories, subcontractor skills and credentials, and the footer of the page customers see when they view a quote.

0.3.31 (12 October 2026): A smarter assistant

The assistant opens pages and records more reliably and its messages appear in your language. You can dictate customer notes and message text with the microphone where your plan includes voice.

0.3.29 and 0.3.30 (11 October 2026): Made for tablets

TradeYoke fits iPads and Android tablets properly, in portrait or landscape, with menus, buttons and lists sized for touch. The Windows app keeps you signed in, you can choose what performance data you share, and the Windows app builds for the Microsoft Store more reliably.

0.3.23 to 0.3.28 (8 October 2026): The pilot apps

The Android and Windows pilot apps became direct downloads, the iPhone and iPad app began an invited pilot, and you can delete your account from inside the app. Phone maps, Android position reporting and the mobile web experience were improved.

0.3.20 to 0.3.22 (7 October 2026): Signing in to the pilot apps

The pilot apps can hand off sign-in from the web, switch modules on and off the way the web app does, and cope better when the signal drops. The app shows its real version.

0.3.17 to 0.3.19 (6 October 2026): Pilot readiness

Fixes to customer pay links, sign-up checks for duplicate accounts, the onboarding steps and address search, from running the product with real businesses.

0.3.10 to 0.3.16 (3 and 4 October 2026): More ways to sign in

Microsoft account linking joined Google, with clearer messages when a sign-in method cannot be used, and an optional sign-in link sent by email.

0.3.1 to 0.3.9 (1 and 2 October 2026): Sign in with Google

Account linking for Google sign-in, a plain sign-in page for accounts that cannot connect Google, and sign-up checks that refuse an address that cannot receive email.

0.3.0 (29 September 2026): Quicker messages, faster lists

A Message button on jobs and customers that opens a text or email with the right person already chosen, message templates that fill in the visit day, time and job reference, finished one-off jobs archived once their month is over, and quicker job and customer lists.

0.2.2 to 0.2.8 (26 to 28 September 2026): A smoother first sign-up

Sign-up checks each step as you go, asks for your trade, and shows a plain screen to anyone who has signed in but has no workspace yet.

Questions about TradeYoke releases

When did TradeYoke development start?

At the beginning of 2024, after an idea from around 2019 while helping to manage window cleaning rounds. The first working customers and jobs for window cleaning came in July 2024.

What is the latest version of TradeYoke?

Version 0.3.45, released on 19 October 2026. Every phone screen puts your data first, lost links land somewhere friendly, and sensitive documents are locked down properly.

In what order was TradeYoke built?

Customers and jobs for window cleaning, then invoicing, quoting, surveys and inspections, maps and directions, and live monitoring with Google Maps, followed by offline-first working, Plan my day and more trades.

Where can I read how each part was built?

In the Building TradeYoke series on the TradeYoke blog, which tells the build month by month from January 2024.

Are the TradeYoke apps in the app stores?

Not yet. The web app is open now and works on a phone. The Windows, Android and iPhone apps are coming to the Microsoft Store, Google Play and the App Store.

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