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New things! That we definitely planned from the beginning and didn't just think of last week.

  1. Food Photos in the Log View

    Food Photos in the Log View

    Aug 03, 2026

    Final touches to the Bearly Fit food UI - food images in the log view, an info button, and a richer barcode scanning screen with Nova, Nutriscore and Ecoscore grades.

    Final touches to the Bearly Fit food UI - food images in the log view, an info button, and a richer barcode scanning screen with Nova, Nutriscore and Ecoscore grades.

    Food Photos in the Log View

    Food Photos in the Log View

    Aug 03, 2026

    Final touches to the Bearly Fit food UI - food images in the log view, an info button, and a richer barcode scanning screen with Nova, Nutriscore and Ecoscore grades.

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  2. Smarter Food Search

    Smarter Food Search

    Jul 28, 2026

    Making it easier to find food in Bearly Fit's growing database with meal-period presets, smart defaults based on the time of day, and Most Recent and All Food filters.

    Making it easier to find food in Bearly Fit's growing database with meal-period presets, smart defaults based on the time of day, and Most Recent and All Food filters.

    Smarter Food Search

    Smarter Food Search

    Jul 28, 2026

    Making it easier to find food in Bearly Fit's growing database with meal-period presets, smart defaults based on the time of day, and Most Recent and All Food filters.

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  3. Revamping the Exercise View

    Revamping the Exercise View

    Jul 27, 2026

    Revamping the Bearly Fit Exercise View - removing the double menu, making core information prominent, naming targeted muscle groups and improving the guides.

    Revamping the Bearly Fit Exercise View - removing the double menu, making core information prominent, naming targeted muscle groups and improving the guides.

    Revamping the Exercise View

    Revamping the Exercise View

    Jul 27, 2026

    Revamping the Bearly Fit Exercise View - removing the double menu, making core information prominent, naming targeted muscle groups and improving the guides.

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  4. Nutriscore, Ecoscore & Nova

    Nutriscore, Ecoscore & Nova

    Jul 02, 2026

    Adding Nutriscore, Ecoscore and Nova classification to Bearly Fit's food section - showing the nutritional and environmental impact of the food you're eating.

    Adding Nutriscore, Ecoscore and Nova classification to Bearly Fit's food section - showing the nutritional and environmental impact of the food you're eating.

    Nutriscore, Ecoscore & Nova

    Nutriscore, Ecoscore & Nova

    Jul 02, 2026

    Adding Nutriscore, Ecoscore and Nova classification to Bearly Fit's food section - showing the nutritional and environmental impact of the food you're eating.

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  5. Building an Offline Food Database

    Building an Offline Food Database

    Jul 01, 2026

    Building Bearly Fit's offline food database - 2300 searchable items with nutrition, dietary flags, Nutriscore and varied portion sizes, all without an internet connection.

    Building Bearly Fit's offline food database - 2300 searchable items with nutrition, dietary flags, Nutriscore and varied portion sizes, all without an internet connection.

    Building an Offline Food Database

    Building an Offline Food Database

    Jul 01, 2026

    Building Bearly Fit's offline food database - 2300 searchable items with nutrition, dietary flags, Nutriscore and varied portion sizes, all without an internet connection.

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  6. Version 2.3 - A Wizard Is Never Late

    Version 2.3 - A Wizard Is Never Late

    May 30, 2026

    The Workout Wizard has arrived! Build a complete workout plan directly in the app with smart filtering by experience, type, and the muscles you want to hit (or avoid).

    The Workout Wizard has arrived! Build a complete workout plan directly in the app with smart filtering by experience, type, and the muscles you want to hit (or avoid).

    Version 2.3 - A Wizard Is Never Late

    Version 2.3 - A Wizard Is Never Late

    May 30, 2026

    The Workout Wizard has arrived! Build a complete workout plan directly in the app with smart filtering by experience, type, and the muscles you want to hit (or avoid).

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  7. Love When a Plan Comes Together

    Love When a Plan Comes Together

    May 10, 2026

    Revamping the workout plan management UI now that the wizard can generate them - plus info buttons, session awareness, and what's coming next.

    Revamping the workout plan management UI now that the wizard can generate them - plus info buttons, session awareness, and what's coming next.

    Love When a Plan Comes Together

    Love When a Plan Comes Together

    May 10, 2026

    Revamping the workout plan management UI now that the wizard can generate them - plus info buttons, session awareness, and what's coming next.

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  8. Playing With Dark Magic

    Playing With Dark Magic

    May 04, 2026

    Calculating sets, reps, weight and time scaling for generated workout plans - with a bit of progressive overload and de-loading thrown in.

    Calculating sets, reps, weight and time scaling for generated workout plans - with a bit of progressive overload and de-loading thrown in.

    Playing With Dark Magic

    Playing With Dark Magic

    May 04, 2026

    Calculating sets, reps, weight and time scaling for generated workout plans - with a bit of progressive overload and de-loading thrown in.

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  9. The Suns Out

    The Suns Out

    Apr 29, 2026

    The workout plan summary screen is almost done - and the next bit is figuring out how to calculate sets and reps from your history.

    The workout plan summary screen is almost done - and the next bit is figuring out how to calculate sets and reps from your history.

    The Suns Out

    The Suns Out

    Apr 29, 2026

    The workout plan summary screen is almost done - and the next bit is figuring out how to calculate sets and reps from your history.

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  10. Working Some Magic

    Working Some Magic

    Apr 01, 2026

    Polishing the Workout Wizard's UX and thinking about how to break the Bearly Fit codebase into self contained modules.

    Polishing the Workout Wizard's UX and thinking about how to break the Bearly Fit codebase into self contained modules.

    Working Some Magic

    Working Some Magic

    Apr 01, 2026

    Polishing the Workout Wizard's UX and thinking about how to break the Bearly Fit codebase into self contained modules.

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  11. Off to See the Wizard

    Off to See the Wizard

    Mar 26, 2026

    Today on James-is-unemployed... I've been mostly working on the Bearly Fit workout plan creator and figuring out how people pick muscles when they don't know muscle names.

    Today on James-is-unemployed... I've been mostly working on the Bearly Fit workout plan creator and figuring out how people pick muscles when they don't know muscle names.

    Off to See the Wizard

    Off to See the Wizard

    Mar 26, 2026

    Today on James-is-unemployed... I've been mostly working on the Bearly Fit workout plan creator and figuring out how people pick muscles when they don't know muscle names.

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  12. The Big One - Version 2.0

    The Big One - Version 2.0

    Feb 20, 2026

    6 months and a whole lot of new features. BearlyFit 2.0 brings Life Logs, enhanced goals, a revamped activity tab, and so much more.

    6 months and a whole lot of new features. BearlyFit 2.0 brings Life Logs, enhanced goals, a revamped activity tab, and so much more.

    The Big One - Version 2.0

    The Big One - Version 2.0

    Feb 20, 2026

    6 months and a whole lot of new features. BearlyFit 2.0 brings Life Logs, enhanced goals, a revamped activity tab, and so much more.

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  13. Natural Language Search

    Natural Language Search

    Jan 24, 2026

    Last night I was just chilling and making improvements - implementing natural language search for exercises and life logs.

    Last night I was just chilling and making improvements - implementing natural language search for exercises and life logs.

    Natural Language Search

    Natural Language Search

    Jan 24, 2026

    Last night I was just chilling and making improvements - implementing natural language search for exercises and life logs.

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  14. Goals UI Improvements

    Goals UI Improvements

    Dec 31, 2025

    Improving the Goals UI with a more intuitive sentence-like structure and better time input selectors.

    Improving the Goals UI with a more intuitive sentence-like structure and better time input selectors.

    Goals UI Improvements

    Goals UI Improvements

    Dec 31, 2025

    Improving the Goals UI with a more intuitive sentence-like structure and better time input selectors.

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  15. Goals on Home Screen

    Goals on Home Screen

    Dec 23, 2025

    Today I continued to improve goals on the home screen - showing the start, current progress, and target goal.

    Today I continued to improve goals on the home screen - showing the start, current progress, and target goal.

    Goals on Home Screen

    Goals on Home Screen

    Dec 23, 2025

    Today I continued to improve goals on the home screen - showing the start, current progress, and target goal.

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  16. Exercise Search Improvements

    Exercise Search Improvements

    Oct 23, 2025

    Tonight on Bearly Fit I have mostly been doing some small search improvements.

    Tonight on Bearly Fit I have mostly been doing some small search improvements.

    Exercise Search Improvements

    Exercise Search Improvements

    Oct 23, 2025

    Tonight on Bearly Fit I have mostly been doing some small search improvements.

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  17. Export Functionality

    Export Functionality

    Oct 12, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been improving the export system - CSV and JSON exports for all your data.

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been improving the export system - CSV and JSON exports for all your data.

    Export Functionality

    Export Functionality

    Oct 12, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been improving the export system - CSV and JSON exports for all your data.

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  18. Quick Menu Customization

    Quick Menu Customization

    Oct 03, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been improving the quick menu - making it fully customizable.

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been improving the quick menu - making it fully customizable.

    Quick Menu Customization

    Quick Menu Customization

    Oct 03, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been improving the quick menu - making it fully customizable.

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  19. Life Logs Reporting

    Life Logs Reporting

    Sep 20, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have been working hard on reports for Life Logs - compare measurements, see injuries, and view charts.

    Today on Bearly Fit I have been working hard on reports for Life Logs - compare measurements, see injuries, and view charts.

    Life Logs Reporting

    Life Logs Reporting

    Sep 20, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have been working hard on reports for Life Logs - compare measurements, see injuries, and view charts.

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  20. Activity Section Improvements

    Activity Section Improvements

    Sep 18, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been improving the Activity section - making it easier to get digest workout, nutrition and life log stats.

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been improving the Activity section - making it easier to get digest workout, nutrition and life log stats.

    Activity Section Improvements

    Activity Section Improvements

    Sep 18, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been improving the Activity section - making it easier to get digest workout, nutrition and life log stats.

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  21. Life Logs UI Improvements

    Life Logs UI Improvements

    Sep 12, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been cleaning up the UI for Life Logs - restructuring into Progress, Injury, and Other logs.

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been cleaning up the UI for Life Logs - restructuring into Progress, Injury, and Other logs.

    Life Logs UI Improvements

    Life Logs UI Improvements

    Sep 12, 2025

    Today on Bearly Fit I have mostly been cleaning up the UI for Life Logs - restructuring into Progress, Injury, and Other logs.

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  22. Bearly a Month - Version 1.3

    Bearly a Month - Version 1.3

    Jul 14, 2025

    Android 1.3 is rolling out with automatic exercise updates, home screen widgets, and a bunch of UI and performance fixes.

    Android 1.3 is rolling out with automatic exercise updates, home screen widgets, and a bunch of UI and performance fixes.

    Bearly a Month - Version 1.3

    Bearly a Month - Version 1.3

    Jul 14, 2025

    Android 1.3 is rolling out with automatic exercise updates, home screen widgets, and a bunch of UI and performance fixes.

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  23. Bearly a Week - Version 1.2

    Bearly a Week - Version 1.2

    Jun 07, 2025

    Version 1.2 is now live! This includes most of the bug fixes, 50 new exercises and a couple new features people asked for.

    Version 1.2 is now live! This includes most of the bug fixes, 50 new exercises and a couple new features people asked for.

    Bearly a Week - Version 1.2

    Bearly a Week - Version 1.2

    Jun 07, 2025

    Version 1.2 is now live! This includes most of the bug fixes, 50 new exercises and a couple new features people asked for.

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  24. Day 1 Patch & What's Next

    Day 1 Patch & What's Next

    May 30, 2025

    Our first patch is live with all the bug fixes from launch day. Plus a sneak peek at upcoming features including new exercise types and iOS development.

    Our first patch is live with all the bug fixes from launch day. Plus a sneak peek at upcoming features including new exercise types and iOS development.

    Day 1 Patch & What's Next

    Day 1 Patch & What's Next

    May 30, 2025

    Our first patch is live with all the bug fixes from launch day. Plus a sneak peek at upcoming features including new exercise types and iOS development.

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