App update for December 3, 2025
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Mystic Dawn
So great that we can now develop apps for our own community! One little feedback feature suggestion: it would be great to be able to comment directly from the main feed. In other words, in the rotor options, we could select comment and not actually have to go to all of the comments first just like we can now react from the main feed.
Jo Billard
I agree. We need limits.
Dedicated Wildcat Man
Alex Chapman
I agree, not even just that, it’s also the type of audio file, like if we are storing them as wave files that’s going to be huge in terms of storage.
Alex Williams
I completely agree. The thing that not everyone realises is all these audio files need to be stored somewhere, and the bigger the storage, the more money it costs to keep them.
Estelle
tbh some rambles are so long on here already, it just takes up more space. Personally I'm not in favour of extending times but that's just me.
Puppy
I have a request Josh this is Rocky or Puppy by the way. My request is, could you make it where Rams can be a little longer because there’s times that I record stuff from different places and I wanna post them but I’ll go on it it’s just too long and I can’t post it. Just kind of curious if you could fix that because I would like to be able to share places, I go as a blind person and things that we end up doing because me and my friends get up to call con mischief. It’s the fact that sometimes and I’d like to share that, but I can’t always share them because they’re too long. Anyways, hope you’re doing well my friend and keep making this app. What it is. I love it. I’m obsessed with it. I used it a lot.
Alex Williams
Thanks so much for the Android update! It's much appreciated!
Jo Billard
Great work, Josh! Thanks for all you do. And finally, I agree that you should keep the 15-minute rule permanent. If people want to do another ramble, they can listen to others while they wait for their 15 minutes to be up. Believe me, that makes it go pretty quickly.
Estelle
same, for what it's worth.
Daisy
I also agree about the 15 minute rule remaining in place.
Estelle
Not a problem, mostly asking so I know whether to mention it in the description when I make a hangout again, it worked well last time I did so. Thank you for looking into it though. :-)
Josh S
Hey, I actually recorded this Ramble pretty late while people were sleeping, so it might have been on the quieter side; thanks @unexplained_entity for putting those here. The Android update has now been released to the test group. A lot of the feature requests here are lined up for the next major version, but I'm having to make a lot of internal updates before that can happen. @estrella I will take a look at that over the next couple days; it completely slipped my mind and I forgot to add it to my list, so sorry about that.
Allie Turner
Yeah I agree about the 15 minute rule. And sorry about what I said before. I don't always think before I say stuff. I apologize again. I understand that some people can't hear as well. But I wasn't trying to be rude though. I should work on how I word things.
Alex Chapman
Cool update, I’ve actually been on the Testflite and it’s been going good, I have been busy with other stuff so not been checking up on things all the time but have popped online here and there and I am loving it.
Gordon
I personally think it might be a good idea to keep the 15 minute rule in place permanently. There are a lot of people out here and the 15 minute rule is going to keep people from just saturating the feed back to back. And 15 minutes really isn't all that long. 
Keri-Marie Kelly
could you please make it so that you can see who is in a hangout before you join? That would be awesome thank you 
James M
So it’s worth noting that you can find the changes on the App Store. Version 1.3, 7h ago, Improvements: • The feed now keeps its position when moving between screens • Improved reconnect behavior in hangouts during connection drops • Streamlined the hangout screen by removing clutter and unnecessary text • Added an 18+ notice on the login screen • Cooldown errors now show correctly when publishing a Ramble • Added a Tip Jar (Ko-Fi) link in the More tab
Estelle
Hey, Josh. Just a queery, have you been able to fix the bug that breaks audio for the host when someone raises their hand in a hangout? Totally fine if you haven't been able to get to it, I just thought I'd ask, as there weren't any bug fixes mentioned in the ramble. :-)
Nikki
Thank you so much Josh. You are a star!!!
Sabrina mckiernan
Thank you I will buy you a cup of tea smiley great work well done as always 
LordLundin
Lauren
Allie, if it doesn’t bother you, that’s great but as a fellow disabled person, I hope you wouldn’t shame someone for asking for an accommodation
Lauren
Thanks 😁
Gina
and yes. Please do keep up the excellent work. 
Gina
Could we have the option to remove comments if we so desire? and could we have rambles only go to our followers? Other than that. Still loving the app so very much.
Jayson Tyler
It sounds way better on my PC
James M
Hey man, great update. Thanks for fixing the feed, hugely appreciated 
Brice Belcher
King Tripple Whopper
Be nice Allie some folks may not hear all that well. He does speak a bit softly.
Allie Turner
Hey user375146, I think the way he's speaking is just fine. Maybe just listen to it a few more times and you'll understand. He can't help the way his accent is lol. And yeah, I don't have any issues with the audio quality either. I think it's as clear as it can be.
Lemuria
Keep up the great work and I just got the update.
Tom the transplanted southerner and BE vendors
Melissa Dawn
I personally am not finding any issues with the sound quality. Thank you Josh for this update. Keep up the good work!
Jayson Tyler
Now in regards to rambles and the audio quality and rambles are you planning on improving the sound quality of the audio?
Marissa C
Thanks so much! Appreciate you! 
Ken
What about the android app, sir? Are there updates as well? 😊
user375146
Hey, I'm glad to hear that there's updates but I could barely hear them. I'm sorry, but could you speak up a little bit and maybe talk a little slower. Your accent is very hard for me to understand and you're kind of talking low. I just discovered the app a few days ago and I love it. So I'm excited to hear that there may be some updates. I would like to take advantage of the benefit of these updates that I can't really understand what you're saying. Would you be able to post these updates in text instead of audio? Thank you I'll go back and try to listen again but if you could perhaps just speak up and speak slower that would be appreciated thank you
AttyRose
Is the, by a T, on the website too? I couldn't find it. 
Dedicated Wildcat Man
maderradio
Erica Cole
One thing I've noticed is that when you're looking at notifications and listening to comments, there's no way to get back to the ramble they refer to. If that is in the works I will be very relieved. I don't use the app every day but taking breaks means I can't remember which comment is attached to which ramble. If you need beta testers, I'm game :) thnks for all your hard work, both here and on TweeseCake. I'll update now and buy you that coffee :)
Moonwalker
Thanks for the update. Will the Android beta version get a update also?
Jayson Tyler
Thank you for the update and keep up the good work Josh. We are proud of you and we are looking forward to what’s to come in the future
Allie Turner
Thanks for the update. Keep up the great work.
Matthew Jon Moran
Keep up the great work! 
Daisy
Thank you so much for fixing the feed focus issue! That's been my biggest complaint about the app for a while and I'm really glad to see that it works as it should now.
King Tripple Whopper
I did test the new app update regarding leaving off on the feed and it does work. Meaning, once you comment on a post, and you back out of that after you have submitted your comment, it will land you back on that last thread, which is really cool! 
King Tripple Whopper
Thank you for this Josh! Great update! Love the new feature where we can now be saved in the last message we left off on the main feed! 
Josh S
To get the latest update from the Apple App Store, navigate to the account button at the top of the today tab and use 3 fingers to refresh; the update should then show under the updates heading. I really hope you enjoy the new version! While the Ko-Fi link can be found in the new update, its not yet listed everywhere; so if you like my work and wish to support me, here is my link: https://ko-fi.com/joshms