Changelog
What's New

v5.5.0

15 Apr, 2026

AI Chat Overhaul

New Feature
Improvement
Fix
The AI chat went from a simple Q&A box to something genuinely powerful. Store your API key per-provider — switch between Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini without re-entering credentials. Attach a photo of a receipt or statement and ask the AI about it directly (all three providers support vision). A reasoning effort selector lets you trade speed for thoroughness: Quick for fast answers, Deep when you want the AI to really think it through. Responses now include clickable citations — tap a dollar figure or category name to jump straight to the underlying transactions. When the AI calls for a chart or a suggested action, it renders inline inside the response. A live token and cost meter shows exactly what each conversation costs, with prompt caching cutting the cost of follow-up messages to around 20% on Claude and ChatGPT. A soft daily cap and an anonymise toggle give you full control over how much you share.

v5.4.0

13 Apr, 2026

Trust, Clarity & Completeness

New Feature
Improvement
Fix
A precision pass to make your data feel airtight. Before you import a file, you can now choose the account type and set a nickname — no more reclassifying after the fact. Colour-coded staleness dots tell you at a glance which accounts need a refresh: green is current, amber is getting old, red is overdue. Expand any account card to see a month-by-month coverage timeline, so you know exactly where your data is and isn't. Tap the paperclip on any transaction in Search to see the exact file it came from. Rules now show a preview of affected transactions before you apply them, with an option to apply only to new transactions going forward. Demo data is now visually distinct from real data — reduced opacity and a badge make it clear what's sample and what's yours.

v5.3.0

12 Apr, 2026

Entry Gate

New Feature
Improvement
First impressions matter. Comma now greets you with a proper entry experience — five identity-aware interstitials that set the scene before you dive in. If you arrived via a link from the marketing site, your region is detected automatically and locale setup happens without you lifting a finger. Card glow, view crossfades, and staggered entrance animations make the whole thing feel considered. From sign-in, uploading a CSV takes you straight to the All Accounts tab where it belongs.

v5.2.0

12 Apr, 2026

CSV Upload Overhaul

New Feature
Improvement
Fix
The most-used part of Comma got a full rebuild. Drag a CSV from anywhere in the app — the uploader catches it. Before anything is committed, a preview modal shows you exactly what's new versus what's already in your data. The new All Accounts tab is your command centre: manage imports, undo them, merge accounts that came in under different labels, and spot date gaps the moment they appear. Re-uploading an overlapping statement only adds what's new. PDFs and Excel files are politely rejected with instructions on how to export a proper CSV. UTF-16 and BOM-encoded files now decode correctly. Rows with unparseable dates are surfaced rather than silently dropped.

v5.1.0

09 Apr, 2026

Codebase Audit

Improvement
Fix
A thorough internal audit across 12 sessions, resolving 410+ issues accumulated since launch. Financial figures now format consistently across 200+ display sites in the app. Over 800 hardcoded colour values were replaced with design tokens, bringing the codebase in line with the design system. Typography and spacing were standardised around DM Mono throughout. Cross-browser and mobile rendering issues were corrected across the board.

v5.0.0

07 Apr, 2026

Your Data is Now Encrypted at Rest

Security
New Feature
Even when your data is sitting in your browser's storage, it's now fully encrypted. Walk away from your computer, and your finances are locked behind your password. A new lock screen with an animated Comma Spark greets you when your session expires — enter your password to pick up where you left off. Sign out, and everything is wiped clean.

v4.7.0

Apr, 2026

The Most Intelligent Spending View Ever Built

New Feature
We rebuilt the spending heatmap from scratch with 5 industry firsts. Every day is now a stacked bar showing exactly where your money went by category. Comma predicts the next 14 days based on your patterns. Payday, bill days, and splurge days are labelled automatically. Days you didn't spend anything glow green and chain together to show your discipline streaks. And a heartbeat-style EKG line pulses across the top, showing your spending rhythm over time.

v4.6.0

Apr, 2026

Trend Tab Redesign

Improvement
The Trend tab got a complete visual overhaul. A new income vs spending chart makes your surplus gap immediately obvious. Every key metric now has a sparkline showing direction at a glance — are things getting better or worse? Top spending categories appear as proportional bars so you can see where the money's going without reading a single number.

v4.5.0

Apr, 2026

Help Right Where You Need It

New Feature
Hit the ? button on any screen and a help panel slides in with answers specific to the tab you're on. Screenshots, step-by-step guides, and tier badges so you know what's available on your plan. Need to reach us? A built-in contact form sends straight to our inbox — no hunting for an email address.

v4.4.0

Apr, 2026

Gambling Tracking Gets Serious About Venues

New Feature
Improvement
Online betting is only half the picture. This update adds detection for cash withdrawn at gambling venues — RSL clubs, casinos, pokies venues, TABs, and more. 341 venue patterns across Australia, UK, US, New Zealand, and Canada. The total now includes what you spent online AND what you withdrew at the venue. Because the honest number is the one that matters. You can dismiss any false positive per-venue.

v4.3.0

Apr, 2026

Your Finances Talk to Each Other Now

New Feature
Comma's new Financial Nervous System connects insights across every tab. When your Spark health state changes, a diagnosis chain tells you exactly why — "Your savings rate dropped because groceries spiked 40% this month." A notification bell surfaces the most important changes, and the new "Spark says" block on your dashboard tells you what to pay attention to right now.

v4.2.0

Apr, 2026

Watch Your Money Flow in Real Time

New Feature
An industry first. Your income flows in from the left, splits into spending categories, and merges into a surplus stream on the right — all as a live, animated diagram. Drag a slider to change a number and watch every flow reshape instantly. Scenario cards let you preview changes before you commit. It's the most intuitive way to understand where your money actually goes.

v4.1.0

Apr, 2026

Goals That Tell You the Truth

New Feature
Most apps show a progress bar that says "63% saved." But are you actually going to make it? Comma now calculates the statistical probability you'll reach each goal, based on your income patterns and spending trends. Two rings per goal — one shows progress, one shows confidence. It's the difference between hope and a real answer.

v4.0.0

Apr, 2026

Your Dashboard, Your Way

New Feature
The biggest update in Comma's history. 20 draggable widgets you can arrange however you want. Three presets — Essentials for a quick glance, Full for detail lovers, Power for the data-obsessed. Drag from the panel, resize, snap into place. Plus a new monthly report that gives you a 0-100 financial score with badges, and a full export tab for downloading your data as CSV, spreadsheet, or PDF. All processed on your device.

v3.9.0

Mar, 2026

Subscription Intelligence

New Feature
An orbital view of every recurring payment, auto-matched against 87 brand logos. Comma now detects silent price increases between billing cycles and flags subscriptions that overlap in function — do you really need three streaming services? Cost-per-use ratings show which subscriptions you're actually getting value from, and which are quietly draining your account.

v3.8.0

Mar, 2026

Tax Intelligence Across 5 Countries

New Feature
Five full tax engines — Australia, UK, US, New Zealand, and Canada. See your tax bracket visualised as an animated bar. Use the World Salary Map to compare your income across countries, adjusted for purchasing power. Thinking about relocating? The Relocate solver shows your take-home pay side-by-side in any two countries. Connected deductions track tax-relevant spending from your actual transactions.

v3.7.0

Mar, 2026

Everything Now Talks to Everything

Improvement
A cohesion pass that connected 17 tabs with 44 cross-links. Tap an insight about your spending and it takes you to the category breakdown. Your savings rate links to your goals. Your gambling data links to your health score. Every screen now shows related screens with live data previews, so you're always one tap from the context you need.

v3.6.0

Mar, 2026

Your Net Worth as a Living Landscape

New Feature
Your net worth is no longer just a number — it's a world. A terrain that evolves as your wealth grows, from barren desert through grasslands and forests to snow-capped mountain peaks. Fireflies drift through the forest biome. Snow falls on the peaks. It's a visual metaphor that makes the abstract feel real and gives you something to grow towards.

v3.5.0

Mar, 2026

A Gambling Tracker That Actually Helps

New Feature
Completely rebuilt as a three-act scroll experience. Act one shows your gambling frequency on a calendar heatmap. Act two holds up a mirror — session timelines that flag chasing behaviour, and what that money could have bought instead. Act three shows two futures diverging over 1 to 20 years: your finances with gambling, and without. The entire tracker is free on all plans. Encrypted on your device. No one sees this but you.

v3.4.0

Mar, 2026

Financial Health, Made Visual

New Feature
A heartbeat-style pulse that shows your financial health at a glance — green when things are good, red when they're not. 19 insight templates surface what matters, from your savings velocity to seasonal spending patterns. Country-specific cards adapt to where you live: Medicare levy surcharge in Australia, National Insurance in the UK, HSA eligibility in the US, ACC levies in New Zealand.

v3.3.0

Mar, 2026

Settings That Make Sense

Improvement
A cleaner settings page with a config health bar showing how much of Comma you've set up. Scroll through sections with a sliding indicator. Country selection with real flags. AI connections show at a glance whether Claude, GPT, or Gemini is connected. Gambling helpline numbers adapt to your country. Full keyboard navigation for accessibility.

v3.2.0

Mar, 2026

Know Exactly When You Can Stop Working

New Feature
Four flavours of Financial Independence: Traditional, Lean, Coast, and Barista FIRE — all calculated from your actual bank data, not hypotheticals. Drag a slider to change your retirement age and watch the projections update instantly. 500 simulated scenarios across conservative, balanced, and growth portfolios show you the range of outcomes. Retirement vehicles adapt to your country — Super in Australia, 401k in the US, KiwiSaver in New Zealand.

v3.1.0

Mar, 2026

Smoother Navigation, Fewer Bugs

Improvement
Fix
The mobile navigation got a proper fix — five tabs that work consistently on every device. Empty tabs now show showcase previews of what you'll see once you add data, instead of a blank screen. A new Account Manager keeps your accounts organised. Plus a sweep of 10 bugs that were quietly annoying people.

v3.0.0

Mar, 2026

Multi-Account Support

New Feature
Track up to 8 account types: everyday, savings, credit card, offset, joint, investment, loan, and other. Comma automatically detects transfers between your own accounts so you don't double-count. Credit cards and savings accounts get their own dedicated pages with tailored analytics. See everything together or drill into one account at a time.

v2.5.0

Mar, 2026

A Better Comma Spark

Improvement
The Comma Spark — the animated pulse that reflects your financial health — got smoother, faster, and more expressive. Scrub through time to see how your health changed. The animation snaps back when you release. Subtle gradient improvements make it feel more alive. It's still one glance to know where you stand.

v2.2.0

Mar, 2026

Your Profile, Your Identity

New Feature
Comma now greets you by name. Set your first name and avatar (encrypted like everything else). A new account menu gives you quick access to settings, plan details, and sign-out. Your welcome email arrives via our new email system. The header adapts to your Spark state — green when you're thriving, amber when things are tight.

v2.1.0

Mar, 2026

AI Chat — Bring Your Own Key

New Feature
Ask questions about your finances in plain language. Choose Claude, GPT, or Gemini — bring your own API key, and your browser talks directly to the AI provider. We're never in the middle. Your prompts, your responses, your data — none of it passes through our servers. Plus a Cmd+K command palette for keyboard-first navigation with fuzzy search.

v2.0.0

Feb, 2026

Going Global

New Feature
Comma launched in 5 countries — Australia, United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand, and Canada. 39 bank CSV formats supported. Prices localised per country. Demo mode shows sample data in your currency. Payments handled by Stripe so your card details never touch our servers.

v1.5.0

Jan, 2026

The Pulse That Knows You

New Feature
Introducing Comma Spark — a living indicator that reflects your financial health. Five states from Thriving to Flatline, with the colour, speed, and size changing in real time. The new Home Command Centre puts your key metrics front and centre. One glance, and you know exactly where you stand.

v1.4.0

Jan, 2026

A Better First Experience

Improvement
A new onboarding flow guides you through your first CSV upload, categorisation, and dashboard setup. The navigation was restructured into clear groups — Home, Spending, Planning, and Wellbeing — so everything has a logical home. Mobile got a proper tab bar.

v1.3.0

Jan, 2026

Security Hardening

Security
A thorough security pass. Strict browser policies lock down what can run alongside Comma. Protection against cross-site attacks. Secure session handling. Rate limiting on sign-in to prevent brute-force attempts. Every recommendation from our security audit, implemented.

v1.2.0

Dec, 2025

Pay Once, Own It Forever

New Feature
Payments are live. Choose Free (full dashboard, current month), Pro (12 months of history, trends, goals, AI chat), or Lifetime (everything, forever, including all future features). One payment. No subscriptions. No recurring charges. A celebration animation plays when you upgrade — because you deserve it.

v1.1.0

Dec, 2025

Your Data, Encrypted and Synced

New Feature
Security
Sign up, set a password, and your data is encrypted in your browser before it ever touches our servers. Log in on another device and everything decrypts locally. We store your data — we just can't read it. If you lose your password, we can't recover your data, because that's the whole point.

v1.0.0

Nov, 2025

The First Complete Version

New Feature
Everything that makes Comma what it is — spending categories, income tracking, budgets, savings goals, net worth snapshots, a FIRE calculator, and gambling spend tracking. Drop in a CSV from your bank and watch everything light up. Dark theme. 15 bank formats. Built by one person who needed this to exist.

v0.5.0

Oct, 2025

Net Worth Tracking

New Feature
Track your net worth over time with manual snapshots. Separate your assets from your liabilities. A growth chart shows the trajectory. Simple, honest, yours.

v0.4.0

Oct, 2025

Goals and Smarter Merchants

New Feature
Set savings goals and track your progress. Recategorise a merchant once and Comma remembers it for every future import. The app starts learning your patterns.

v0.3.0

Sep, 2025

CSV Upload and Bank Detection

New Feature
Drag and drop a CSV from your bank. Comma detects the format automatically — no configuration, no column mapping for supported banks. First supported: CommBank, ANZ, NAB, and Westpac.

v0.2.0

Sep, 2025

Demo Mode and the Merchant Engine

New Feature
Try Comma without uploading anything. Demo mode loads sample transactions so you can explore every feature. Behind the scenes, the merchant matching engine powers automatic categorisation — the foundation everything else builds on.

v0.1.0

Aug, 2025

Day One

New Feature
The very beginning. Project scaffolding, basic CSV parsing, category definitions, and the dark theme that would become Comma's signature. Every journey starts somewhere.

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