2.0.19
2023-10-23
Changed creating / accessing Chat to simply tapping friends planets, then tap the large purple Chat bubbles. There is still the Chat pull-up from the bottom of Homepage to access multi-friend Chat rooms. Added a demo video to the Walk-through (linked from the rocket boy icon) on Landing page. When tap center planet user enters the system features where BestFriends sends the user CareHeart (instead of their friends).
2.0.18
2023-10-05
Per our beta testing we have replaced many buttons with icons, streamlined the CareHearts 'send' feature with less text, and re-vamped the Landing page for easier and faster navigation inside the app.
2.0.17
2023-09-28
The friendship app where we moved all features to the landing page - less clicks, now easier to get to your favorite features.
2.0.16
2023-09-25
We found additional bugs in the CareHearts in-app notifications which are now fixed. In addition, we added a new CareHeart called [You can do it] that can be used for motivation bringing the total number of CareHearts to nine that users can send to their friends in the app.
2.0.15
2023-09-23
We fixed bugs in the CareHearts feature
2.0.14
2023-09-20
Made messages on pages more concise. Enhanced the landing and main pages with a better look and button placement.
2.0.13
2023-09-14
More consistent look. Now all pages have a planet theme. In addition, we made the app more user friendly by reducing the number of taps to get from start to finish using the features.
2.0.12
2023-08-22
A new 'space theme' look on the CareHearts features with an overall UI upgrade.
2.0.11
2023-06-28
Our teen designers have given BestFriends a new look and feel. Yep, now just tap your planet on homepage and see all the cool features in BestFriends. And, we added a Vibe Journal feature as requested by our users.
We apologize for any technical issues you may encounter. Please let us know - there is a link at the bottom of the Settings Page.
2.0.10
2023-02-21
After feedback from our Harvard launch, Feb 17th, we updated UI on several pages and fixed a couple bugs.
2.0.9
2023-02-14
Launch party Feb 17th at the Harvard WECode 2023 conference. We updated the look of the [Thinking of You] page and continue to fix bugs and glitches.
2.0.8
2023-02-11
We updated the UI (or look) of a couple pages and fixed a bug.
2.0.7
2023-02-02
Upgraded UI/UX through BF app. Also, fixed several bugs.
2.0.6
2022-11-15
Built by TEENS (the zen-masters of social media): A couple of new features helping you build incredible Friendships and more resilient FriendGroups with less DRAMA!
2.0.5
2022-10-12
Performance improvements and easier to use with lots of information pages
2.0.4
2022-09-14
Fixed a bug in PhotoPOP.
2.0.3
2022-09-09
Fixed bug in PhotoPOP.
Added the 'Dream' section to Horizons that contains three short stories about living your dreams.
2.0.2
2022-08-31
We added an exciting new feature called BestFriends World. Every night users get a push notification at 8pm EST asking them if they want to say something nice to a friend in Chat. They can also send them an image that makes their friends smile or address an issue that came up the hurt their feelings. Check it out!
2.0.1
2022-08-14
We added PhotoPop and the ability to favorite SmileNotes. We also added some instructional pages to help explain the main features.
2.0.0
2022-07-28
BestFriends is built by teens for teens. This is 'DIFFERENT' because adults are no longer teens - they've mostly forgotten what it is really like. Our staff of teens live what you live every day after day and are therefore better suited to help solve your problems.
After our initial MVP launch last summer, we took a step back and interviewed over 500 teens worldwide to find out exactly what they wanted in the BestFriends app, what other apps were missing, and how we could improve BestFriends.
We found that on difficult days, over 50% of teens wanted to reach out to only 'one or two' of their closest friends - not broadcast their feelings to hundreds. We made a very, very safe and private Chat Room.
We also found that half of the time on difficult days (we mean a really bad day) teens just wanted to be by themselves for a while. Its after dinner, you are in your room, lights out, lying on your bed with covers over your head on your phone listening to your favorite songs, looking at your favorite photos and remembering nice things that your friends had said to you in the past. We created 'My Room' so you could do exactly that.
In talking with other teens openly it turns out you are not alone. Over 80% of teens did not know what to do after a huge fight with a friend. We built BlueMode to minimize the damage being caused to most cherished friend relationships. We can help you fix this.
Lastly, in this new version we have a section called 'Atmosphere,' where you engage your most trusted and loyal friends to help you in bad times and celebrate your precious joys in good times.
1.1.5
2022-01-06
Small UI changes
1.1.3
2021-11-18
New Login / SignUp UI
1.1.2
2021-10-18
- You are now able to send an image in chat using your camera
- You are able to reach with a "Thumbs Up" or a "Like" to supportive messages from your best friends!
1.1.1
2021-09-20
New Home page!
Separate Hideouts page!
Timestamps on messages!
1.1.0
2021-08-28
This version comes with an updated UI. All the functionality is still the same but we decided to implement the UI we've been testing and had good feedback for.