What's new
Beta changelog
What landed in the app, version by version.
v1.23.0
- 🎉 Picking a pack now loads its caption ready to edit
- ✋ Pack icons can now be moved and resized with your fingers (like stickers)
v1.22.0
- 🔎 Higher quality when saving edited photos (more detail)
v1.21.0
- 💬 More inclusive wording across the app and website
- 💧 Watermark tab: clearer order and labels (no repetition)
v1.20.0
- ↩️ Undo in the editor: step back the last change (crop, background, rotate...)
- 🖼️ A new profile photo now shows instantly
- 🧹 Simpler, more focused profile
v1.19.0
- 🖼️ Tap your pet's avatar to see it full-size
- 🔄 Fixed the profile photo that sometimes appeared rotated
- 🎨 Borderless text no longer leaves a box, and the watermark looks consistent
- 🧹 Simpler profile: we kept the essentials
v1.18.0
- 💧 The watermark now has its own tab in the editor
- ✨ More consistent editor: tabs ordered by use and matching styles across Filter and Background
- ✏️ The text box border now updates instantly
v1.17.0
- 🪞 Mirror the photo (great for front-camera pet selfies)
- ✨ Cleaner, clearer editor: easy-to-read drawing and sticker tools, watermark in its own menu, and a reset button that works
- 🐾 Choosing the photo's pet now shows each pet's profile picture
v1.16.0
- ✏️ Tidier editor: the drawing and sticker tools (undo, clear, eraser, eyes) now look consistent
- 🔔 Notifications are only requested when you add a birthday or adoption date
v0.77.0
- 📣 Share Hijopet with anyone, in one tap
- ♿ Better accessibility for screen readers
v0.74.0
- 🐾 Cleaner pet cutouts: the edge follows the real fur better
v0.71.0
- 🕊️ Memorial mode: soft music in the tribute video, pick the keepsake photos and share it with your family in one tap
v0.68.0
- 🎙️ Sound capture: the photo is taken automatically on a loud sound (clap, whistle)
v0.67.0
- ✂️ Free crop rectangle: drag the corners and crop exactly what you want
v0.66.0
- 🐶 Better pet detection when changing the background
v0.64.0
- 🌇 Five new backgrounds: sunset, gradient, lights, autumn and snow
v0.63.0
- 🧩 Free collage: any number of photos, move and rotate them, choose the shape (1:1, 4:5, 9:16)
- 🖼️ Frame and background with your own image
v0.61.0
- 📱 Compatibility with Android 15 and newer devices
v0.56.0
- ✂️ Free crop: pinch to zoom and crop exactly what you want
- 🖼️ Frame in any color you like
v0.55.0
- ✏️ Edit your pet's profile any time (name, species, breed, birthday)
- 🌅 Custom background: put your pet on any photo of yours
- 🐾 Stickers: pinch with your fingers to resize
- 🎚️ Editor ordered by what's used most — easier to find everything
v0.53.0
- 🔍 Zoom while editing to inspect detail
- 🗑️ Delete several photos at once: long-press one and select
v0.51.0
- 🐛 Important fix: the gallery opens your photos without closing the app (newer Android phones)
v0.48.0
- 🎬 Watch your videos from the app gallery
- 🗑️ Delete photos and videos by long-pressing them
- 📷 Zoom indicator on the camera; double-tap returns to 1x
v0.38.0
- 🖼️ Pet frames: Paw prints, Jungle, Pet birthday, Golden hour, Vet
- 🎉 Pet packs: Pet birthday, Adoption day, Pet Halloween, Pet Christmas
- 💬 Caption suggestions in the editor — one tap to drop the perfect phrase
- 🐾 More animal emojis in Stickers: 🐶🐱🐰🦜🐠🐢🦎🦊🦁🐯🐨🐼 and more
- 🌳 New Park backdrop — sky, trees, path and grass drawn on-device, no connection needed
v0.37.0
- ✏️ Editor: collapsible bottom panel — tap the arrow to see more of the photo
- 🌍 In-app language selector — choose Español or English from My pets
- 🌐 Web: bilingual metadata and changelog (ES + EN by locale)
- ✍️ Copy: replaced 'disparo' with 'toma la foto sola' in hero subtitle
- 🐾 Foundations: only Fundación Animal Safe Colombia shown on donations page
v0.36
- 🐾 Our cause — direct link to Fundación Animal Safe Colombia (direct donation, Hijopet doesn't handle money)
- ✨ Hijopet Pro coming soon — notify-me button, one-time payment, free version stays complete
- 💜 Donation prompt — gentle, frequency-controlled reminder after key photos
- 🔒 Cause/Pro status stored locally in EncryptedSharedPreferences
v0.35
- Attention animation tuned by species: dogs/cats → blue+yellow · birds/reptiles → blue+red · rabbits → blue+green · rodents → blue+white (maximum contrast)
v0.34
- Encrypted data: pet profiles are stored with AES-256-GCM on your phone (EncryptedSharedPreferences)
- Refreshed landing: pricing section, stats, store-arrival notice and structured data for search engines
- More secure web: COOP, CORP headers and reinforced permissions; changelog in the footer
v0.33
- TalkBack accessibility: descriptive labels on every camera, gallery, and editor control
- Full privacy policy and terms of service at hijopet.com/privacy and hijopet.com/terms
v0.32
- ProGuard in release: optimized APK dropped from 38 MB to 28 MB (−26%)
- Play Store ready: signing, ProGuard rules, and metadata configured
v0.27
- Memory video 🎞: Memorial mode creates an MP4 with smooth transitions between their photos
- Step-by-step installation video tutorial on the home page
- Hijopet now lives at hijopet.com
v0.26
- Short video 🎥: clips up to 15 seconds with audio, straight to your gallery
- Eye shine remover 🩹: tap the reflection glare and AI removes it
- APK signed with RSA-4096 release key (verifiable at /verify)
v0.25
- Sticker library: your AI cutouts are saved and you can paste them onto any other photo
- Birthday reminder 🎂: a local notification, no servers
- Faster on your device: AI uses all cores and the neural accelerator if your phone has one
v0.24
- 31 attention sounds: now including rabbits 🐰, rodents 🐹, and reptiles 🦎 + volume control
- Attention animation ✨: blue/yellow shapes (the colors they see best) dancing by the lens
- Burst mode automatically marks the sharpest photo ⭐ for you
- Optional breed in the profile and companion resources in Memorial mode
v0.23
- Duo portrait 🫂: you and your pet sharp, background blurred
- Manual sharpness, vignette, and grain on top of any filter
- Save your looks ⭐: favorite combinations at a single tap
- Security boost: no data copied to the cloud and web hardening
v0.22
- 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 9:16 crop and rotation
- Filter intensity adjustable from 0 to 100%
- 4 fur-correction filters (golden, black, white, spotted) — 30 filters total
- Pencil, Comic, and Pop art styles
- 6 new packs: Father's Day, Mother's Day, First Day of School, Vet, New Family Member
v0.21
- Collage of 2 to 4 photos: columns, rows, grid, or auto
- Home screen widget: your pet, their photo, and the countdown to their birthday
v0.20
- AI artistic filters: your pet painted in the style of Van Gogh, Hokusai, Munch, and Kandinsky (public domain works, all on your phone)
- 5 cinematic filters with professional 3D LUTs: Cinema, Seventies, Golden, Nordic, and Noir
v0.19.1
- Pilot-ready: version visible, feedback button, and local error log (private — you choose to share it)
v0.19
- Emoji stickers and freehand drawing over the photo
- AI studio backdrops: stadium, confetti, hearts, space, beach
- Color pop: your pet in color, background in black and white
- One-tap auto-enhance + color temperature control
- Your pet on the home screen: shortcut with their photo
- +11 frames and +11 packs (more picks, beach, gamer, graduation…)
v0.18
- Manual adjustments: brightness, contrast, and saturation over any filter
- Dog vision 🐶 and cat vision 🐱 filters: see the world like your pet
- Scan a PetStyle QR from a saved image
- Favorite sound ⭐ per pet, one tap from the camera
- Reordered and more compact camera controls
v0.17
- Record your own voice as an attention sound (up to 5 s)
- Profile photo for each pet
- Choose the app icon: orange, purple, or fresh
v0.16
- Composition grid and exposure control in the camera
- PDF memory for Memorial Mode
- Companion quotes, refreshed daily
v0.15
- 6 Pro filters with tone curves, vignette, grain, and sharpness (19 total)
- AI Portrait mode: sharp pet, blurred background
- Copy photo to clipboard · optional watermark
v0.14
- Fan packs 🇨🇴🇦🇷🇧🇷🇲🇽🇪🇸 + Pitch and Cup filters
- Per-pet album in the gallery
- PetStyle: share your look with a code and QR
v0.13
- Animated GIF from burst
- Pet birthday with celebration message 🎂
- Restore a memorial triggered by mistake
v0.12
- AI sticker with transparent background
- 3/5/10 s timer with attention whistle
- Share and custom text in the editor
v0.10
- Auto mode: AI spots your pet and snaps the photo on its own
v0.2–0.9
- Camera, burst, gallery, profiles, attention sounds by species
- Editor with filters, frames, and packs · Memorial Mode 🌈