Changelog

New

• Clients can upload their own finished design for the back of their keychains, pick a Classic or Modern font for back designs, and see clearer back choices. A warning shows when an image is too low-resolution to print sharply. Client design v1.90.0
• Every event now needs a date, and you can sort your events list by date. v1.92.0
• You can export all of an event's photos as a zip, emailed to you as a download link that lasts 7 days. You can also archive an event to free up space while keeping its settings, or duplicate an event to reuse its setup. v1.93.0
• On the client design link, clients can now set the border thickness, a Classic or Modern font and the text color. They can also open the full editor from there. Client design v1.94.0

Improved

• On the client design link, every border style now offers the same color choices. Picking "Match the straps" now notes that strap colors are subject to availability. Client design v1.94.0
• Guests who open an archived event now see a clear "photos expired" page. v1.93.0
• When you zoom a photo out to fit the frame, its edges now fade softly into the border colour instead of ending in a hard line. Auto-crop framing v1.91.0

Fixed

• The Preview label on the event form now sits above the layout preview. v1.91.1

New

• Connect Claude as a custom connector: paste your Punchframe link into Claude's Connectors settings, sign in, and choose whether Claude can only view your events or also edit them. Works with ChatGPT connectors too, and you can disconnect any app from your AI assistants page. v1.85.0
• A new AI assistants page explains how to connect Claude Code or Codex to Punchframe, with a live demo, step-by-step setup and ready-to-copy prompts. v1.83.0
• Connect Claude Code or Codex (ChatGPT) to your Punchframe account and set up events by chatting with the AI: list your events, create new ones, or change paper, shape, layout, borders, branding, back piece and the guest portal. Create a key under Account → AI assistants. Available on Pro and Business. v1.78.0
• Send clients a link where they pick their own border style, colors and text, then approve the final design before you print. v1.33.0
• The run screen now lets you set a border color for each photo before printing. v1.33.0
• 24 ready-made wedding and corporate border designs, shown before the full builder — pick one and it keeps your event's own text. v1.32.0
• Clients can now choose from a set of border colors you offer them, instead of always picking their own. v1.34.0
• New border options: small ornaments between the lines, thin inner edge lines, adjustable cap text position, and better fit for repeating-phrase borders. v1.33.0
• Clients can choose no border at all when designing their print. v1.35.0
• Clients can now use a full-photo layout for the back design. v1.35.0
• Clients can pick a back text color that stays readable over the photo. v1.42.0
• Clients can remove an uploaded back image and start over. v1.42.0
• New crescent border style, with the event name curved along a matching arc. v1.43.0
• Photos you add yourself or pull from your booth folder now open already framed on the faces, just like guest uploads. You can turn this off for booth folder photos in your event settings. See automatic framing. v1.45.0
• Crescent borders can now be rotated. Drag to turn them and resize the photo window, and text on the lower half flips so it reads the right way up. v1.46.0
• Clients can reopen an approved design from their link to make changes, then approve it again. See client design approval. v1.47.0
• Feature guides and weekly release notes are now on the Punchframe website. v1.51.0
• You can reset an event to start fresh. A warning shows exactly what will be wiped first. v1.50.0
• When a client approves their design, your events list and the event's client link panel flag it as new. You can also change the border colors yourself after the client approves. v1.52.0
• Duplicate a placed photo straight from the sheet on the run screen when a guest wants a second keychain. Undo is available if you tap by mistake. v1.53.0
• Duplicate a photo from an already-printed sheet in History onto your current sheet. Copies are marked, can be discarded, and History has a "Printed only" filter. v1.53.0
• A Help section inside the app. Step-by-step guides are in the new Help menu, with a search box, and "Help" links on the run page, event settings, Brand and Billing. v1.61.0
• Instruction pages you can send to your clients and guests, showing your logo. Find the links on the client design panel and the guest portal card. See client design approval. v1.61.0
• Ready-made keychain back designs for clients: wedding monograms and corporate logo layouts they can fill in on the back step. v1.56.0
• Corporate clients now see your 12 corporate border designs on their design link, like Boardroom Navy, Gold Foil Gala and Neon After-Party. They can keep each design's own colors or repaint it in a strap color. See client design approval. v1.59.0
• Clients who don't like any ready-made design can pick "Customize my own" to change colors, fonts, size and text in the full border editor. v1.59.0
• The homepage hero is now interactive on desktop: move your cursor over a photo and it punches out of the printed sheet as a keychain, with a burst of confetti. v1.75.0
• Punchframe Helper for Windows: sign in once and pick an event and your booth's output folder. Every new photo then uploads to the run screen automatically, resized to a sharp 2000 px so uploads stay fast. It keeps working through Wi-Fi drops, never locks your booth's files, and runs quietly in the tray. Download it from the run page. v1.73.0
• See and disconnect the computers linked to your account from your account settings. v1.73.0
• A redesigned changelog on the website, and a "What's new" popup in the app that shows the latest changes once. You can also open it from the Help page. v1.74.0
• New "Keepsake" wedding border: one simple band along the bottom of the photo, with the names on top and the date underneath. You and your clients can adjust the band height and text size. See printed borders. v1.79.0
• Square magnet borders: every border style, placement and the client design link now work on square magnets, through to printing. v1.89.0
• Events can have an optional date. It fills the date line on the border and sorts the event list in the Windows helper. v1.89.0
• A new Windows helper feature page explains how to sync your booth folder straight to the print queue. v1.89.0

Improved

• Clients can now always build their own border with "Customize my own". Choosing one fixed strap color no longer turns it off. See client design approval. v1.80.0
• The "Customize my own" tile shows an editor icon instead of a sample photo, so it's easier to spot. Inside the editor, clients can go back to the full list of wedding and corporate designs, and new custom borders start at 4 mm. v1.80.0
• The Help page has a new look: a search bar at the top, an icon for each topic, and guides laid out in two columns. v1.71.0
• Help search now looks inside the guides, not just their titles, and guides are grouped by topic. v1.66.0
• Each help guide has a breadcrumb trail, related guides, and links to contact support or go back. v1.69.0
• Admin panel now shows a client's approved design, with a confirm step to disable or reopen it. v1.34.0
• Print run screen highlights the printing color and shows sheet counts per color. v1.34.0
• Before approving, clients now confirm they have checked the spelling of the names and date, with a focused preview and the option to re-upload a failed back image. v1.34.0
• Border editor preview now shows sample photos for couples, plus a back-side preview for two-sided items. v1.31.0
• The printed ring around your photos is now called a "border" everywhere, instead of "band". v1.34.1
• Billing page hides the plan badge for Business accounts and shows a bold, animated Upgrade button for free accounts. v1.41.0
• Arrow keys now move between options in the client design steps, and the back design step keeps its two-column layout on desktop. v1.42.0
• Smoother open animations for the guest queue, done tile, and menus. v1.30.0
• Client design links are now included in the Business plan and can still be tried on Demo. On Pro, existing links pause and show clients a view-only notice until you move to Business. v1.54.0
• Keychain counts on the run screen, print page and History now agree, and two-sided keychains count once. v1.53.0
• A "Was this page helpful?" button on every help page, so you can tell us what's unclear. v1.61.0
• Crescent borders have a visible handle and snap points for resizing the photo window. Previews and prints follow the window, and you see how many photos a change affects. v1.55.0
• Pricing cards now lead with the feature that sets each plan apart. v1.57.0
• Corporate design links now open on a corporate sample photo and a navy-and-gold border instead of the wedding couple. v1.59.0
• The demo's sample print sheet now looks like a real 6×4 sheet: 8 numbered keychain slots with the cut line across the middle, showing 2 sample photos, your own photo, and matching backs. v1.60.0
• Guest pages for events on the Demo plan now show "Demo · Powered by Punchframe". v1.58.0
• Plan cards on the billing page now list custom backs and borders for Demo and Business, and the refund policy is updated. v1.62.2
• The feature guides on the website load faster, with lighter screenshots and a visible "Updated" date. v1.63.0
• The Contact page now has a message form. Pick a topic, write your message, and we reply by email within 1 business day. v1.65.0
• The pricing page now recommends the Business plan. v1.64.0
• Help search now looks inside the guide text, not just titles, and guides are grouped by category. v1.66.0
• The website's feature guides are more detailed, with real-event walkthroughs and troubleshooting tips, and the photo booth software page now links to every feature. v1.68.0
• The home page recommends the Business plan, and the plan descriptions and pricing FAQ are clearer. v1.67.1
• On phones, the pricing page now lists plans as Business, Pro, then Demo, and adds a guarantee line and a question about cancelling. v1.67.2
• The Help menu lists the consumables guide under Events. v1.68.2
• Short names on the crescent border now print larger to fill the band, and sit centred in it. v1.89.0
• The AI assistants page now covers connecting Claude and ChatGPT with sign-in instead of an API key. v1.89.0

Fixed

• Opening a client's approval from the Windows helper now takes one click instead of asking you to sign in again. v1.77.4
• On iPhones, the curved names and dates on the homepage border examples now line up the same as on a computer. v1.77.5
• Long names on crescent and ring borders now shrink to fit and stay readable. v1.68.1 v1.69.2
• Changing your answer on "Was this page helpful?" now updates your vote instead of adding a second one. v1.68.3
• The demo's sample print sheet now places photos the way a real print does. v1.68.1
• Help page screenshots can be zoomed with the keyboard, and text contrast and button labels are clearer for screen readers. v1.64.0
• The "Customize my own" option on the client design link now shows a border preview like the other styles, instead of an empty circle. v1.59.2
• A custom border a client built for one event type no longer shows up after they switch between wedding and corporate. v1.59.2
• Photos no longer shrink slightly after zooming in on the framing screen. v1.37.1
• Fixed the border live preview overlapping the sticky top bar in the border editor. v1.36.1
• Fixed the plan badge briefly flashing the wrong plan before your billing info loads. v1.41.0
• Fixed browser Back landing you on the sign-in page unexpectedly. v1.34.2
• Back design text now shrinks to fit inside the safe circle instead of overflowing. v1.33.0
• Fixed duplicate checkout being possible when a plan change was already in progress. v1.33.2
• Vendor name is now capitalized correctly on client-facing pages. v1.33.0
• Crescent border name now sits on a tighter arc so it no longer looks oversized. v1.43.0
• The framing screen shows your photo right away instead of waiting for face detection to finish. v1.46.1
• Thin lines on cap and crescent borders no longer touch the lettering, and letter spacing on cap borders is cleaner. v1.47.1
• New accounts no longer get a second verification email right after signing up. v1.52.1
• Folder watch now warns you when it loses access to your booth folder or can't connect. v1.54.1
• Guests get a clear message when a photo upload is rejected. v1.55.0
• Photos are centred correctly on the printed sheet. v1.55.0
• In the demo, removing a photo's background now carries through to the finished keychain. The sample print sheet now shows your photo once alongside sample photos, instead of four copies. v1.59.1
• Signing in from a link now takes you back to the page you were opening, instead of your events list. v1.73.0
• The demo's print sheet now places photos the same way a real print does. v1.68.1
• The crescent border's photo window can't be made too big for the name to stay readable. v1.68.1
• The home page FAQ now describes how the demo actually works. v1.68.1
• On a help page, changing your "Was this helpful?" answer now updates your earlier vote instead of adding a second one. v1.68.3
• The Windows helper now uploads photos reliably. Some uploads were failing with an "Invalid multipart body" error. v1.77.6
• The Windows helper no longer counts a photo twice when Windows copies it into your booth folder. v1.77.6
• Two-line ring borders print both lines at the same size when one has to shrink. v1.89.0
• Text on cap borders now fits the way it prints, and the edge line sits 1.5 mm inside the cut. v1.89.0
• The Keepsake bottom band is now 20% tall, so the text fills it. v1.89.0
• The band preview on the run screen matches the printed band size, and updates when you change bleed or guide offset. v1.89.0
• The demo starts fresh instead of showing an old saved screen, and you can pick up a recent demo from any tab. v1.89.0
• Feature pages no longer show an empty box before the border preview loads. v1.89.0
• The Windows helper sign-in page no longer shows a confusing warning about the code. v1.89.0

New

• Guest photos now open already framed on the faces, filling the keychain circle. Guests just tap Send. v1.28.0
• A new cap border: two short bands at the top and bottom instead of a full ring, so faces print about 1.4× larger. v1.29.0

Fixed

• Guest zoom is kept when removing a photo's background. v1.29.0

New

• Border text stays readable on any border style. Auto picks dark or light text for the top and bottom separately, or set each color yourself, or add an outline. v1.25.0
• Three minimal border styles: a solid ring, a thin keyline, and a soft tint. v1.24.0
• On two-sided keychains, choose whether the border prints on both sides or the front only. v1.26.0
• Pro users can try the full border editor in preview mode before upgrading. v1.24.0
• Duplicate a placed photo from the sheet on the run screen. v1.27.0

Improved

• The run page's sheet grids now show the border on each photo, so you see what will print. v1.26.9
• Billing plan cards now say Upgrade or Downgrade correctly for your current plan, and each button does exactly what it says. v1.23.3
• The event logo button is now called "Upload logo", and new events explain that you save first to add one. v1.23.2
• Smoother border color options and a more accurate crop circle in the photo editor. v1.27.1

Fixed

• Brand links no longer disappear when you save. Empty link rows are flagged instead. v1.25.1
• Two-sided guest photos no longer get the border printed on the wrong side. v1.26.6
• Auto text color now stays readable on see-through border styles over light photos. v1.26.8
• The guest crop circle now matches the printed keychain size exactly. v1.27.0
• Reframing a photo from the event page works again. v1.27.0
• Borders now appear on PDFs you export yourself. v1.26.0
• Printing waits until every photo on the sheet has loaded. v1.27.2

Improved

• Photos load faster across the app. v1.23.0
• Guest uploads are limited in size and rate to keep event pages fast and safe. v1.22.0

Fixed

• A payment update from Stripe is no longer processed twice. v1.22.0

New

• Decorative borders for round keychains: a printed ring with your own curved text on top and bottom. Choose metallic foil, two-tone, confetti, 3D bevel or a repeating stamp, and set the thickness, font and colors. v1.19.0
• Guests who lost their QR code can tap "Find your event" on the website and type their event code to reach the upload page. v1.21.0

Improved

• The border editor now has its own section in event settings. v1.20.0
• With a border on, the framing screen matches the printed keychain exactly. v1.19.1

Fixed

• A confetti dot no longer covers the first letter of the guest page welcome text. v1.19.2

New

• New print layouts: one strip, per strip, or automatic, with a live keychain count on each option. v1.6.1
• Printer cut modes (none, half horizontal, half vertical, quarters) that only show when your paper size supports them. Pick your DNP paper size from a visual grid. v1.6.1
• Remove a photo's background while framing it. v1.6.1
• Add a custom back design, like your logo or a promo, that prints on the back of every two-sided keychain. Guests only upload the front. v1.6.1
• Brand your guest page with your logo, name, colors and welcome text, with per-event overrides. Available on Business. v1.6.1
• Demo events get a warning before they are cleaned up, and the countdown now starts from the event's last activity instead of the day it was created. v1.6.1
• Adjust the guide ring on the print sheet: show or hide it, and set its color and opacity from the run page. v1.11.0
• Delete an event straight from its page. You type the event name to confirm. v1.9.0
• A new account panel slides in from the top bar, with your business info, time zone, password, subscription and account deletion in one place. v1.8.2 v1.12.1
• The Punchframe website now has Pricing, About, Contact, Security and photo booth software pages, plus Terms, Privacy and Refund policies. v1.12.0

Improved

• Guests and operators now use the same photo editor, and guest photos fill the print bleed with real photo instead of flat color. v1.6.1
• The back design setting is clearer: "Add a custom design to the back?", with an ideas card. v1.6.1
• Demo and Pro users see an upgrade prompt when they try the Business-only Brand settings. v1.6.1
• A "Back to events" link on the billing page. v1.6.1
• The Google sign-in button uses Google's full-color logo. v1.6.1
• An Events link in the top menu. v1.14.0
• Thumbnails load faster. v1.6.1
• New events have the guest upload page turned on automatically. v1.15.0

Fixed

• The account panel now slides in instead of only fading. v1.8.3