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What's New

Product updates, new features, and improvements to CaveFinder

April 1, 2026
New Feature Account & billing — dedicated page at /account to view your plan, usage, and open Stripe's secure portal for payment method, invoices, and cancellation
Improvement Sign in on the account page with email and password — no need to open the app first just to manage billing
Improvement In-app Account modal: clearer Pro / Business badges, billing hints, and a link to the full account page
March 31, 2026
New Feature Ridgewalk plan HTML — optional self-contained HTML in your export ZIP (maps and branding inlined as base64) for offline viewing; the app may also render the screen PDF via WeasyPrint or Chrome when available, with ReportLab as fallback
March 29, 2026
Improvement Faster analysis — up to 40% faster on large areas
Improvement Smoother progress bar — real-time animation instead of jumpy updates
March 28, 2026
New Feature Enhanced security — Content Security Policy hardening across all pages
Improvement Smarter progress tracking with smooth frontend animation
March 27, 2026
New Feature Ridgewalk Planner overhaul — three route modes (shortest, loop, one-way) and improved terrain-aware pathfinding
New Feature Ridgewalk Planner frontend — interactive route planning UI with drag-to-reorder waypoints
March 26, 2026
New Feature Expanded geology support — better results in a wider range of terrain types (Pro feature)
Improvement Improved detection accuracy across different terrain types
March 25, 2026
New Feature Stripe payment integration — Pro tier with monthly and annual billing
New Feature Early access founding rate — $49.99/yr locked in for early subscribers
Fix Fixed tile cache performance for repeat analyses in the same area
Earlier
New Feature Initial public release with cave entrance detection, interactive map, and free tier
New Feature Export to CSV, KML, and GPX formats
New Feature Known Caves layer from OpenStreetMap
New Feature Field verification — mark candidates as Cave, Not Cave, or Unsure after visiting