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Ripe Planner is in beta and ships in small pieces as issues come up, not on a version schedule. This page tracks what changed, newest first.

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October 11, 2026
  • NewDiscover has two new filters, Hide nutrition facts and Hide brands and stores. They start on, and they take out searches like "calories in chicken thighs", "daisy cottage cheese" and "near me". A brand inside a recipe search, like "pillsbury crescent roll recipes", stays. Your exact seed is never hidden, and unticking a filter brings the rows back
  • NewA cooking method in your seed, like slow cooker, instant pot or air fryer, no longer makes unrelated results look like a close match. For "slow cooker broth", slow cooker chicken recipes now sit below the broth results
  • FixCheckboxes and radio buttons are easy to see in dark mode, and they now show when they are checked
October 9, 2026
  • NewMessages now pop up out of a toaster. Longer messages get a taller box, and the "new version available" message uses the toaster too. On phones you still get the plain message
  • NewRipe's SERP verdict now looks at how many links the ranking pages have and how many of them are within reach of your site. Big recipe sites like Allrecipes and Food Network count as real competition, so far fewer keywords come back Easy. Re-run a check to see the new verdict
  • NewSwitching Compare against on the SERP tab updates the verdict right away with the same rule, and costs no credits
  • NewMy keywords has two new bulk buttons. Select keywords, then use Bulk check essentials or Bulk check essentials + deep dive. Hover a button to see the most it can cost, and the message at the end shows the exact credits used
  • FixOpportunities now shows the keyword that gets added to your library, with the plan title underneath, so renaming a title no longer looks like renaming the keyword
  • FixIf you close the keyword flyout while a SERP check is running, the result is now saved to the keyword instead of being lost
  • FixThe SERP stat tiles no longer overlap on phones, and very large gaps show as a short number like -14.1k
October 7, 2026
  • NewDiscover has a new Fit column next to each keyword. A magnifier means a gap on your site, because you have no recipes for that dish or ingredient yet. A house means it builds authority, because you already have a lot of recipes there. Hover either icon to see your numbers. It shows once you mark one of your reference sites as your own
  • NewDiscover picks its related searches more carefully. It skips fragments that only return nutrition facts and brand names, keeps flavors like "peanut butter" together, and tries combinations like "lemon muffins" for "lemon blueberry muffins"
  • FixSearches in your Discover tabs that passed the 14-day limit no longer stay on screen until the next refresh
  • NewDiscover now shows everything it finds. Results your minimum volume or maximum difficulty would cut appear grayed out under "Below your filters" instead of disappearing, and the search costs the same
  • NewDiscover puts the best matches for your seed first, so results that contain all of your seed words lead the list
  • NewA new Hide questions filter removes "how", "what" and "can" searches from Discover. It starts on, and your exact seed is never hidden
  • NewInformational only now starts on in Discover, which clears out most store, brand and local results
  • NewCategory guesses are better for martinis, rice, lamb, sausage, ham, tofu, cabbage rolls and vegetable sides, and asparagus, carrots and peas now get auto-tags
  • NewRemix handles soup, cheesy dishes and cuisine seeds like "Italian food" with smarter suggestions
October 4, 2026
  • NewDark mode is here. Pick Light, Dark or System in Settings, and every color scheme has its own dark palette
  • NewNew color schemes available in the Settings or by clicking the logo to cycle through the themes.
  • NewA new lime logo, and emoji icons across the app were replaced with a matching set of custom icons
  • NewThe keyword flyout was rebuilt with tabs down the left side (Essentials, SERP, Cat & Tags, Related, Recipes and Notes). Scrolling the mouse wheel moves between tabs. Scrolling the mouse wheel over the SERP results scrolls the results page
  • NewClicking a category or tag in My Keywords, Discover, the Dashboard or Content Gaps opens the flyout straight to the Cat & Tags tab
  • NewThe Schedule button in the flyout opens the planner on Month view. On mobile, tap a day to schedule and a banner lets you cancel. If the keyword is already on the calendar, you choose between rescheduling and creating a new recipe
  • NewThe SERP tab was rebuilt around one check button that fits your plan, with a four-part verdict you can edit yourself. The deep dive shows Google's AI Overview text with its sources, the recipe results in a table, and what people are saying in forums and social if applicable. People Also Ask questions are sent straight to your FAQs
  • NewDiscover, Remix and Trends have a Next Peak column that shows when each keyword's searches peak next. Year-round keywords show "Evergreen", and you can sort by it
  • NewDiscover and Essentials now use several years of search history, so seasonality and Next Peak are right the first time. A search on a long phrase also runs related searches on the shorter phrases inside it, so you see more ideas
  • NewDiscover search history now keeps 14 days of searches with no cap on how many
  • NewYou can add a fourth reference site in Content Gaps. Slot 1 is your own site by default, with room for up to 3 competitors
  • NewBulk refresh now costs 1 credit per 250 stale keywords, and the total shows before you confirm. If you can't afford all of it, you can run part of it
  • NewMenu clusters show exact dates, spread keywords across different days, and add each keyword to the calendar. Settings has a new Menu cluster scheduling section for the days you want and a daily maximum
  • New"Bundle" is now "cluster" everywhere, and Intent Clusters are now Keyword Clusters. Concept clusters have simpler filters, and the format filter in Content Gaps moved into the left nav
  • NewRemix remembers whether you last used Automatic or Cherry-pick, always shows 1 credit, and draws on a much larger set of vetted formats and flavor pairings
  • NewRecipe Planner headers follow one layout across Month, Week, Day and Schedule, Schedule always opens on today
  • NewContent Gaps has a due month filter, and its filters respond faster with a progress bar while the table updates
  • NewMy Keywords: new accounts start with a shorter set of columns (Keyword, Score, Volume, Difficulty, Category, Go Live By, Actions) and every other column is still in the column picker. The filter panel collapses down to icons
  • NewOn mobile, the left nav is a bar across the top, every page opens its navigation from the hamburger menu, the keyword flyout tabs are a row of icons, and Discover keeps the search box and Remix and Discover buttons together in the main column. On wider screens, extra tabs collapse into a menu when the window is narrow
  • NewThe guided tour includes a Content Gaps stop and finishes on the Dashboard
  • FixKeywords added from Discover, Remix, Trends or a refresh now keep their real 12-month search chart in the flyout instead of an estimated curve
  • FixTrailing post ID numbers on competitor gaps reference site titles have been removed
  • FixTags you add in the keyword flyout no longer disappear from view after you have used Bulk tag
  • FixAuto-tagging now only adds tags and never removes ones you already have
  • FixRemoving a filter pill in My Keywords now clears that filter in the filter panel too. Volume and difficulty ranges show as pills as well
  • FixThe My Keywords column picker now closes when you click anywhere outside it
  • FixClicking a keyword in the Dashboard's To Schedule and Ready lists opens it reliably, and info tooltips no longer run off the edge of the screen
  • FixRecipe Planner fixes. The unscheduled recipes filter works, today's column in Week view has an outline, synced events fill the column width, the keyword list scrolls, the first and last hour labels are no longer cut off, and the calendar sync popup closes properly on phones
  • FixFlavor pairings and rules have received more updates
  • FixMenu cluster fixes for Edit, evergreen display, the review step and the order of saved cards
  • FixThe Region tooltip in Trends and the coverage bars in Content Gaps are no longer clipped, the Hide status menu in Authority Planner is no longer see-through, and its left nav rows are the same height
  • FixNavigation fixes. It no longer flashes on refresh, and on mobile the hamburger sits in the top corner.
September 21, 2026
  • FixAuto-check SERP verdict now costs 3 credits (was 20)
September 16, 2026
  • NewVote on feature requests at the public roadmap (/roadmap.html) — anyone can see vote counts, and logged-in users can cast a vote (one per person, un-vote anytime)
  • NewEach roadmap item now has its own private "Send feedback" button for logged-in users, separate from public votes
  • FixThe "Not doing this" status label on the roadmap is now "Declined"
September 15, 2026
  • FixKeyword and recipe name text in the Recipe Planner (Month view, Week view, and the hour-by-hour Day/Week calendar) now wraps to show the full text when there's room, instead of cutting off after one line
  • FixThe survey reminder bubble no longer reappears over the keyword flyout's save button while the flyout is open
September 13, 2026
  • NewBilling: subscription management is live under Settings → Billing — see your current plan, switch tiers or billing interval, view recent charges, and manage payment info
  • FixOn mobile, the Recent Charges list no longer runs off the edge of the screen
  • FixOn mobile, Settings now shows a compact dropdown to jump between sections instead of a long list of section names stacked above the page content
September 12, 2026
  • FixRecipe fields in the keyword flyout (Recipe name, Status, Scheduled, Published/Updated date, Client, pricing, etc.) now stack on mobile instead of squeezing several columns side by side, which forced the whole flyout to scroll sideways
  • FixSynced calendar events no longer get fully hidden behind a keyword scheduled at the same time in Week/Day view — they now show on top, narrowed to one side, and wrap instead of cutting off text
  • The Recipe Planner's left "To Schedule/Upcoming" list is drag-only, which doesn't work on mobile — it's now hidden there, and tapping an empty spot on the calendar opens a picker of the same list instead, so you can still tap a keyword straight onto that day (or time)
  • FixThe "what's new" tour popup no longer runs off narrow phone screens, its step count now reads correctly on mobile, and the Schedule-view step no longer loses track of what it's pointing at
  • FixThe seasonality chart: Mild now always renders in green only regardless of the underlying data shape, and manually clicking a peak month correctly redraws the chart around your picks instead of leaving it stuck on whatever auto-fill originally found
  • NewPlanner notes now keep line breaks — write one as a short list and it displays that way instead of collapsing onto one line
September 11, 2026
  • The documentation page now has the same top navigation as the rest of the site, and shows "Back to app" instead of "Join the beta" once you're signed in
  • FixThe seasonality chart in the keyword flyout: Mild now always renders in green tones only, Major's orange "hottest month" flame only shows for real detected data (not an estimate), and clicking a peak month by hand now correctly redraws the chart around your picks
  • FixRemoved "Mostly evergreen" from the My Keywords table's seasonality dropdown — it was already retired from the keyword flyout but the table's own dropdown had been missed
  • Temporarily hid the blog's email signup form while the mailing list is still being set up
September 10, 2026
  • NewNational holidays and your Out-of-office dates now show directly on the planner (Month/Week/Day/Schedule) as a light tint, informational only — never blocks scheduling
  • NewA one-time guided tour points out everything new in the rebuilt Recipe Planner the first time you open it — replay it anytime via the bell next to "Recipe Planner" in the header
September 9, 2026
  • FixSubmitting a beta survey ("Submit and lock") was silently failing for everyone due to a database policy bug. If you hit "Something went wrong submitting" before now, it's fixed — try again
  • FixGuide and reminder links that should jump straight to a specific settings section, survey, or dashboard stat were silently landing on a plain page instead, with the link's destination stripped before it could be read
  • New signups now default to the Pro tier during beta, as intended (was defaulting to Free by mistake). An account that completes the required end-of-beta survey but doesn't convert to a paid plan now moves to a normal Free account instead of being locked out
  • FixThe help (?) icon in the topbar now opens the full documentation instead of just the quickstart guide
September 7, 2026
  • FixCSV export now includes every recipe/listing record on a keyword, with recipe name, URL, dates, rank, and traffic. Previously only the keyword-level fields exported, so any keyword with more than one record silently lost that detail
  • FixRe-importing a Ripe export with multiple records per keyword now rebuilds those records correctly instead of creating a duplicate keyword entry for each one
  • FixExternal calendar feeds now expand recurring events into every occurrence. A weekly or monthly recurring event previously only showed its first occurrence on the planner
  • FixRemix flavor pairings reclassified for words that read as both sweet and savory (bagel, cottage cheese, pretzel, sourdough, dark chocolate) — each now only pairs with its real companion flavors instead of defaulting to sweet across the board
September 3, 2026
  • NewAdded a Search data region setting (Settings → General): choose United States, United Kingdom, Canada, or Australia for where Auto-fill, Discover, Remix, and SERP check pull their data from. Changing it re-checks your library against the new region, cached lookups apply free, anything new costs a credit
  • NewRedesigned the SERP check breakdown: favicons on every result, the verdict banner front and center, and each backlink gap now shows the raw number it's measured against, not just the delta
  • FixSERP results now stay open by default once a keyword has a check on file, instead of collapsing every time you reopen it
  • FixA rubric factor set to 0% weight no longer dashes a keyword's score ring just for being left blank — if you've told Ripe that factor doesn't count, leaving it empty doesn't count against you either
  • NewSettings → Rubric & scoring: "Apply & recalculate" now turns green the moment you actually change a weight, so it's never mistaken for having auto-applied
September 2, 2026
  • NewAdded a support chat, the 💬 bubble in the bottom-left corner once you're signed in. Ask it anything about how Ripe Planner works and it answers instantly, with links straight to the feature or docs section it's talking about
  • NewAdded a "Like Search Trends in Keysearch" line under Seasonality in the keyword flyout, for anyone coming from that tool
  • NewPeak months on the seasonality chart can now be set by hand, on every tier — click a bar or month name to mark or unmark it as a peak
  • FixArchived keywords were showing up in the dashboard's Go Live Soon box, the overdue-for-review banner, and the duplicate-keywords banner. They now only appear in the archived list, where they belong
September 1, 2026
  • NewContent Gaps is live for everyone. Compares your keyword library against up to 3 reference sites to find recipes they've covered that you haven't, or ones you have that they don't
  • NewContent Gaps also has a My Site view, showing how your own reference site's posts break down by dish format, so a thin category is as visible as a strong one
  • NewThe feedback tab now has a "Suggest a feature" mode, alongside regular feedback
  • NewAdded a public Roadmap page showing what's planned, in progress, shipped, or passed on, based on real suggestions. Signed-in users can also submit a suggestion right from the page
August 31, 2026
  • NewAdded a "Your unique angle" field to the keyword editor. It's a place to jot down why you're the right person to develop a recipe, before you start, not an AI-generated suggestion
August 28, 2026
  • FixRecipe planner now always opens to today, in whichever view you last used. It used to reopen wherever you'd last navigated to, even a past or future week or day
  • NewRight-click any recipe card in the planner (month, week, or day view) to change its status right from a small popup, no need to open the full editor
August 27, 2026
  • NewRemix now invents flavor variations too, not just style and format, so a seed like "crepes" can turn into "banana crepes" or "savory crepes"
  • NewAdded a Cherry-pick mode to Remix. It shows every invented variation up front, organized by type, and lets you choose exactly which ones to check before anything is spent
August 26, 2026
  • NewAdjusted UI of Reference Point settings
August 24, 2026
  • NewBlog added — recipe SEO, content planning, and what we're learning building Ripe, at ripeplanner.com/blog
  • NewUpdated date field added next to Published date on recipes — tracks when a live post was last refreshed (manual, not automatic)
August 16, 2026
  • NewDifficulty score now shows on mobile for Discover and Remix results (previously desktop-only)
  • NewGetting-started video linked near the top of the quickstart guide and docs
  • Fix"Weeknight meals" auto-tag was firing on desserts and cookies — a few of its trigger words ("3 ingredient", "dump", etc.) were format-agnostic, not actually dinner-specific
  • FixSERP verdict could show a different result on the button than in the results banner, for one reference-point type
  • FixPro-tier users had lost the cheaper "View top 10" SERP option, only saw Auto-check
  • NewSERP check buttons reordered — View top 10 (cheaper) now shows first, Auto-check second
  • Fix"Credits left" badge could show a negative number after a tier downgrade
August 12, 2026
  • Fix"View top 10" button was missing from SERP check
  • FixNovice-tier recipe fields bug
August 11, 2026
  • NewKeywords added from a trend batch now get auto-tagged with their batch month (e.g. "Aug 2026 Trend"), so you can filter or search My Keywords for anything that was trending when you added it
August 10, 2026
  • NewPrev, Next, and Today buttons on every Recipe Planner view (Month, Week, Day)
  • NewCollapse the Recipe Planner's left sidebar to give the calendar full width
  • NewMobile: Week view becomes a 3-day view, wide enough to actually read, scroll left or right between days
  • FixUpdated Recipe Planner colors for clarity, easier to tell today, the 1st of the month, and regular days apart at a glance
  • FixAuto-filled SERP check results now show with a dashed border so it's clear it's an estimate, not a real check. Existing keywords with a solid (already-checked) SERP choice keep showing solid until auto-fill is run again on them
  • NewDashboard cards show your custom status name as a subtitle when Live or To Schedule is mapped to something other than the default
  • NewAdded the My Keywords tab to the onboarding tour
  • NewThe keyword flyout's Auto-fill button now guesses category and tags too, not just when adding from Discover
  • NewAdded a note on how Ripe's guesses work to the docs
  • FixSERP verdict bug
August 9, 2026
  • NewExpanded and reorganized the Discover tab's trending-keyword feed into a single monthly batch with real search data, and removed the old "Need some ideas?" starter box, which surfaced generic ideas rather than genuinely trending ones
  • New"🔍 Related" button on trend keywords runs a real Discover search around that keyword
  • FixSimilar-keyword suggestions in the flyout weren't showing for short keywords whose only real word overlapped a category name (e.g. "chili recipe" vs "Soups & Chilis")
  • NewRight-click a keyword in My Keywords to open it in Discover
  • NewSchedule button on an Intent bundle now opens the date picker on just the best-scoring keyword, instead of marking every keyword in the bundle at once
  • FixReworked the Authority Planner's flavor-pairing logic so shared ingredient/format tags (cheese, dip, brie) no longer outweigh genuine complementary flavor matches when suggesting menu items
  • FixMobile: Go Live Soon dashboard table showed heavily truncated keywords, now drops the Category column and shrinks Score/Due to give the keyword more room
  • FixMobile: My Keywords toolbar could overflow the screen, forcing a sideways scroll just to reach the Filters button
  • FixMobile: long keywords in My Keywords now wrap to a second line instead of shrinking the font
  • FixMobile: Recipe Planner's Week view could get stuck in a loop and snap back over Day/Month view after switching away from it
August 8, 2026
  • FixRenamed "All keywords" to "My keywords" for clarity
  • FixFixed search field results
  • FixFixed a bug with the login timer/timeout
  • FixFixed status customization bugs, added a "restore all defaults" option
  • FixImproved import choices and fixed bugs
  • NewAdded "Pasta" as a default category. This only shows up in new accounts. Add it to your own account and map it to the new "Pasta" category so Ripe knows how to auto-categorize
  • NewImproved time settings when scheduling keywords, type something like "7am" or "2:30pm" instead of using a picker
  • NewQuick-add a new category right from the keyword flyout
  • FixRecipe Planner bug fixes
  • NewKeywords added from Discover now get an estimated SERP difficulty verdict automatically, the same guess auto-fill already uses, no need to auto-fill separately just for that
August 7, 2026
  • NewCategories IS NOT filter
  • NewDashboard & Planner status mapping
  • NewSettings → Data & backup: one click to remove the 10 default sample keywords without touching your own
  • NewAdded "Tested" as a default status, right after "Written," for the recipe-testing step
  • NewCategory mapping: link a custom category to Ripe's default categories so auto-categorize keeps working after renaming or restructuring
  • FixClearer Linked keywords box, separating what's actually linked from what's just similar
  • NewKeyword flyout: a monthly search volume chart showing peak months and seasonality
  • FixRemoved Google rank/traffic fields from recipes, added a Client field for tracking exclusive sales
  • FixFixed UI issues
August 6, 2026
  • Recipe Planner day view: drag to reorder your shoot day, and set a time per item to schedule around calendar appointments
  • Discover: a "Need some ideas?" starter list for when you don't have a seed keyword yet
  • Discover: revisit your last 10 searches without spending credits again
  • The browser Back button no longer kicks you out of the app
  • CSV import: clearer column mapping, and real choices (upgrade, trim, or take the first batch) when a file's too big for your plan
  • Bulk auto-categorize for keywords imported without a category column
Earlier
  • Reference Points for SERP Auto-check: benchmark your DA, or up to 3 real sites (Pro), and compare any already-checked keyword against them instantly
  • Onboarding tour, self-service password/email changes, and a full documentation site
  • Smoother scrolling in Recipe Planner's week view
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