Update log

A chronological record of the features, improvements and fixes added to IOSArena.

54 published updates

July 2026

Jul 23Latest

Feature3 changes

Studio undo, recolouring and reliability

Studio editing is now safer during long sessions, with broader undo support, more accurate recolouring and stronger resource cleanup.

Made exact asset recolouring the default so selected colours are reproduced more faithfully.
Improved long-session reliability by cleaning up unused previews, images, masks, textures and generated resources more consistently.
Expanded undo and redo across movement, resizing, cropping, distortion, styling, grouping, placement and other Studio actions.

Open update

Jul 22

Improvement5 changes

Editor performance and distortion accuracy

A broad Kit Editor quality pass improved coordinate accuracy, tiled distortion, rendering performance and recolouring responsiveness.

Unified coordinate handling across movement, masks, frames, distortion, previews and exports for more consistent positioning.
Preserved tiled-asset repeat spacing and phase when distortion is applied.
Added extensive geometry reliability checks for movement, resizing, cropping, rotation, flipping and distortion edge cases.
Optimized expensive editor operations and added performance safeguards for large assets, masks, layer collections and exports.
Moved eligible asset recolouring work away from the main interface thread to keep editing more responsive.

Open update

Jul 21

Improvement5 changes

Kit Editor interaction and preview upgrades

Kit editing became smoother and more predictable through major interaction, preview, asset preparation and distortion improvements.

Reworked the Kit Editor controls for more dependable selection, placement, interaction, history, persistence and viewport behaviour.
Improved distortion quality dynamically during editing and removed visible seams from distorted assets.
Introduced a shared asset-preparation system and corrected canvas resizing across previews, rendering and export.
Added smoother live gesture previews and fixed stale or incorrectly reused asset previews.
Rebuilt the preview update system so active edits reach the correct shapes without unnecessary full-editor refreshes.

Open update

Jul 20

Feature2 changes

Studio project recovery and crop-distort fixes

Studio projects became more resilient, while crop and distortion now work together without changing the intended image area.

Added local project persistence and recovery, alongside improved autosaving, protected asset handling, previews, zoom, export and 3D updates.
Corrected crop behaviour on distorted assets so cropping preserves the expected distorted result.

Open update

Jul 19

Feature1 change

Colour picker and live previews

Colour editing is now faster and clearer with reusable controls and more immediate visual feedback throughout Studio.

Introduced improved colour-picker controls, reusable colour utilities and live preview updates across kit colours, fonts, patterns and assets.

Open update

Jul 18

Feature5 changes

Minigames, 3D materials and outline tools

This update refreshed minigames and added several Studio improvements for project limits, 3D kits, outlines and vector accuracy.

Corrected Studio project-limit calculations so each editor type receives the proper quota.
Refreshed the minigames page and improved its loading experience.
Improved 3D kit cloth material handling for more consistent fabric appearance.
Added a component outline tool with editable curved paths.
Improved vector-path bounds for more accurate selection, positioning, resizing and precision editing.

Open update

Jul 17

Feature4 changes

Player history and site management

Player profiles gained richer match, team and tournament history, while site-management screens became clearer and more dependable.

Redesigned player match history with clearer match cards, navigation and loading states.
Expanded player match statistics and introduced a richer chronological team-history view.
Added a complete tournament-history view with improved competition records and results.
Refreshed site-management screens with improved navigation, filters, pagination, loading states, forms and reliability fixes.

Open update

Jul 16

Feature4 changes

Update log and player-profile improvements

IOSArena gained a complete historical update log alongside clearer, more trustworthy player profile and tournament information.

Added the historical update log and redesigned its listing and detail pages.
Added verified tournament-title handling and improved filtering of tournament records on player profiles.
Standardized player overview layouts for more consistent profile presentation.
Simplified the player statistics area by removing unclear advanced metrics and peer-comparison sections.

Open update

Jul 15

Feature7 changes

Live matches, team statistics and directory

A broad match-day update with richer live information, clearer team statistics and a redesigned way to browse teams.

Expanded live match information and controls.
Added improved team statistics to match pages.
Improved match-stat formatting and presentation.
Added more flexible Kit Editor controls.
Improved Kit Editor error recovery.
Added the redesigned team directory with search, sorting and team-status controls.
Made general interface and reliability improvements.

Open update

Jul 14

Improvement5 changes

Match events and live pages

Match timelines and live pages now present important events more accurately and with better context.

Improved match event handling.
Improved scorer, own-goal and penalty presentation.
Expanded live match pages with additional tabs.
Updated the live match header and team presentation.
Made general match-page fixes.

Open update

Jul 13

Feature4 changes

Match pages and Studio assets

Match details received a substantial refresh while Studio asset access became safer and more reliable.

Redesigned match detail pages.
Added new match tabs and information panels.
Introduced the secured Studio asset catalogue.
Improved asset access and management.

Open update

Jul 12

Improvement4 changes

Navigation and reliability improvements

Navigation now gives clearer progress feedback, with broader reliability work across data-powered pages.

Improved landing-page consistency.
Added navigation progress indicators.
Improved API reliability and page transitions.
Made general application optimizations.

Open update

Jul 10

Improvement3 changes

Landing page refresh

The public IOSArena pages now reflect the current product more accurately.

Updated the landing page with current IOSArena features.
Improved the FAQ and community testimonials.
Refreshed public product information.

Open update

Jul 7

Feature3 changes

Elo ratings arrive

IOSArena now tracks competitive player ratings, rating history and rankings.

Introduced the complete IOSArena Elo rating system.
Added rating histories, rankings and processing tools.
Added support for maintaining and correcting rating data.

Open update

Jul 1

Feature4 changes

Site announcements and update log

Important IOSArena news and product changes can now be published directly across the site.

Added the site-wide announcements system.
Introduced banners, popups and update-log publishing.
Added announcement management.
Made important notices easier to find.

Open update

June 2026

Jun 30

Feature2 changes

Quick Find search

A faster search experience makes it easier to jump directly to players, teams and other IOSArena pages.

Added Quick Find search.
Improved team search preferences and hidden-team handling.

Open update

Jun 29

Feature3 changes

POTM tracking and profile themes

Player profiles gained more personality while Player of the Match performances became fully trackable.

Added Player of the Match tracking and leaderboards.
Introduced player-profile themes and customization.
Improved automatic match-data processing.

Open update

Jun 27

Feature2 changes

Player identity linking

IOSArena can now identify and connect game identities to user accounts more reliably.

Added automatic IOSoccer player-identity detection.
Improved account linking and player-profile synchronisation.

Open update

Jun 26

Feature3 changes

Two new transfer minigames

Deadline Day and The Chairman Is Insane joined the growing IOSArena minigame collection.

Added the complete Deadline Day transfer minigame.
Added The Chairman Is Insane minigame.
Expanded the IOSArena minigame collection.

Open update

Jun 25

Feature5 changes

Studio previews and Perfect Run rankings

Studio projects became easier to recognise and share, while Perfect Run gained competitive tracking.

Added better names and previews for Studio asset packages.
Improved link previews and sharing imagery throughout the site.
Introduced the Perfect Run leaderboard.
Added Studio project limits.
Improved database reliability and account-related data.

Open update

Jun 24

Feature4 changes

Players area and unlisted teams

Player browsing received a full visual update alongside broader support for teams outside the main listings.

Redesigned the players area.
Improved player browsing and presentation.
Added support for unlisted teams.
Introduced new team pages and automatic team-data updates.

Open update

Jun 22

Feature6 changes

News publishing and asset tiling

IOSArena news became a complete reading and sharing experience, and the Kit Editor gained tiled assets.

Added asset tiling to the Kit Editor.
Introduced complete news article pages.
Added article sharing and featured media.
Added the IOSArena news feed.
Introduced automatic news sharing to Discord.
Improved news-system permissions and security.

Open update

Jun 21

Feature5 changes

New minigames and layer workflows

Two identity minigames arrived alongside faster Kit Editor layer and asset workflows.

Added Career Path and Played For minigames.
Introduced reusable kit-placement presets.
Added improved layer actions, including duplicate and rename.
Added multi-part and part-specific assets.
Improved Kit Editor layer management.

Open update

Jun 20

Feature6 changes

Precision tools, cropping and patterns

A large Studio update introduced more exact editing, cropping and procedural pattern creation.

Added precision editing tools.
Introduced a dedicated rectangle tool and grid snapping.
Improved resizing, rotation and selection controls.
Added asset cropping.
Introduced procedural pattern creation and editing.
Consolidated rendering behaviour and made general optimizations.

Open update

Jun 19

Feature6 changes

Image distortion and project assets

Studio gained a corner-pin distortion tool and more durable storage for project-specific assets.

Improved asset colouring in the Kit Editor.
Added support for additional graphic types.
Introduced the image distortion tool.
Added external project-asset storage support.
Improved export identification and reliability.
Added more automated visual checks.

Open update

Jun 18

Feature8 changes

Match pages, live stats and kit controls

Match browsing became more complete while the Kit Editor gained tinting, organization and visibility controls.

Redesigned match pages and live-score browsing.
Added pagination and reusable match information.
Improved tournament-page loading.
Added live match statistics.
Added kit tinting.
Introduced organised Kit Editor component folders.
Added text visibility controls.
Improved exported asset handling.

Open update

Jun 17

Improvement4 changes

Tournament pages and community workflow

Tournament details became fully browsable, with improvements to community submissions, accounts and general reliability.

Added complete tournament detail pages.
Improved community submission handling.
Improved account controls.
Fixed transfer handling and general reliability issues.

Open update

Jun 15

Feature6 changes

Kit font previews and gradient text

The Kit Editor gained in-context font previews, shirt numbering and richer text styling.

Added kit font previews.
Added support for front shirt numbers.
Introduced gradient text.
Moved more Studio assets to the content delivery system.
Improved editor performance.
Fixed shape ordering and gradient behaviour.

Open update

Jun 14

Fix4 changes

Gradient and data-update fixes

This maintenance update corrected editor gradients and strengthened scheduled player-data updates.

Corrected gradient direction in the Kit Editor.
Improved scheduled data-update tools.
Expanded player-account linking support.
Made general background-service fixes.

Open update

Jun 13

Feature3 changes

Kit Editor 3D preview

Kits can now be inspected on a 3D model without leaving the editing workflow.

Added the Kit Editor's 3D preview.
Introduced new frame and placement tools.
Improved the connection between the 2D editor and 3D kit preview.

Open update

Jun 12

Improvement3 changes

Perfect Run balance update

Formation choices and positional strength now affect squads more realistically.

Improved squad ratings and formation effects.
Added more realistic positional-strength calculations.
Made general Perfect Run balancing improvements.

Open update

Jun 11

Feature3 changes

Perfect Run ratings and match stats

Perfect Run now gives a clearer picture of squad quality and simulated match performance.

Expanded Perfect Run player-position data.
Added squad overall ratings.
Introduced player statistics, assists and match-stat breakdowns.

Open update

Jun 10

Feature4 changes

Match-performance accolades

Finished matches can now award performance accolades while account and data updates became more reliable.

Added automatic match-performance accolades.
Improved account and authentication behaviour.
Improved scheduled data updates and background processing.
Made general reliability and infrastructure improvements.

Open update

Jun 9

Feature6 changes

World Cup drafts and league simulation

Squad Draft expanded with tournament squads, league tables, more formations and broader position support.

Added World Cup squad drafting.
Introduced league simulation and standings.
Added more formations and position support.
Improved squad compatibility rules.
Refined the landing page and application controls.
Corrected tournament data issues.

Open update

Jun 8

Feature6 changes

Perfect Run and the Minigames library

IOSArena's first complete squad-building minigame launched with ratings, rerolls and live match playback.

Introduced the Perfect Run squad-building minigame.
Added player ratings, rerolls and squad compatibility.
Introduced live goal playback.
Added the Minigames library.
Improved squad data and game progression.
Made general minigame and interface fixes.

Open update

Jun 7

Feature6 changes

IOSArena landing page and settings

IOSArena received its full public landing page, account settings and a stronger visual identity.

Launched the complete IOSArena landing page.
Added new team imagery and brand presentation.
Introduced account and appearance settings.
Added player-account linking improvements.
Updated the news presentation.
Refined navigation and application branding.

Open update

Jun 4

Improvement5 changes

Editor rendering and app shell

The Kit Editor's rendering became more dependable and IOSArena's public shell began taking shape.

Improved the Kit Editor's visual rendering.
Added support for system overlay layers.
Improved rotated and flipped shape editing.
Updated the application shell and landing-page foundation.
Made general editor refinements.

Open update

Jun 3

Feature6 changes

Multi-select, gradients and vertex editing

A major editing update added bulk workflows and direct control over custom polygon shapes.

Added multi-selection and bulk editing.
Introduced advanced gradients.
Added direct polygon point editing.
Improved selection outlines.
Added new ways to modify custom shapes.
Fixed duplicated players in match information.

Open update

Jun 2

Feature3 changes

VS Leaders leaderboard

Historical performances against leading teams can now be explored through a dedicated leaderboard.

Added the VS Leaders player leaderboard.
Improved data synchronisation and API reliability.
Added supporting data tools for historical leader records.

Open update

Jun 1

Feature7 changes

Editing shortcuts, text and shape styling

The Kit Editor gained a full set of everyday editing shortcuts and much deeper shape and text controls.

Added undo, redo, copy, paste, duplicate and cut tools.
Introduced text editing and styling.
Added shape flipping and context menus.
Added shape outlines and individual border controls.
Improved layer ordering and editor accuracy.
Introduced the new colour picker.
Made general Kit Editor fixes.

Open update

May 2026

May 31

Feature6 changes

Targeted placement and complete kit export

Studio reached a major milestone with accurate part targeting, live previews and complete kit exports.

Added accurate kit-area masking and targeted placement.
Introduced complete kit export support.
Added live colour and shape previews.
Added polygon shape support.
Improved selection, zoom and editor controls.
Added a standalone export workflow.

Open update

May 30

Feature6 changes

Complete Kit Editor and asset library

The main Kit Editor workflow came together with cloud-backed assets and more dependable shape editing.

Completed the main Kit Editor experience.
Added rotated shape editing and improved resizing.
Introduced the Studio asset library.
Added cloud asset synchronisation.
Improved asset placement and rendering.
Made general Kit Editor fixes.

Open update

May 29

Feature6 changes

Kit Studio, live matches and country flags

The first complete Kit Studio workflow arrived alongside richer match pages and broader player presentation.

Added improved player ranking filters.
Introduced country flags throughout the application.
Expanded live match details.
Added the first complete Kit Studio creation flow.
Introduced kit layers, shapes, colour controls, saving and autosaving.
Improved editor performance and rendering.

Open update

May 28

Feature5 changes

Complete player profiles and match pages

Player profiles became full career records, with complete match and team pages added across the Hub.

Expanded player profiles with statistics, match history, team history and tournament history.
Added complete match and team detail pages.
Improved loading states throughout the Hub.
Added recent matches and leading teams to the dashboard.
Made general navigation and interface fixes.

Open update

May 27

Feature6 changes