Changelog · Continuous delivery

What's new.

Every entry here is an improvement that reached production. New features, robustness work, tweaks requested by owners. Ordered newest first.

15 June 2026 Kiosk · Experience 👆

The kiosk welcome screen comes alive: an invitation to tap

When no one is using it, the payment kiosk shows its welcome screen: the laundry logo and the phrase “tap here to start”. Until now it was a still image. Now that screen has come alive — and teaches, on its own, what to do.

Invitation to tap — the phrase is no longer alone: it alternates with an animated finger. First the phrase, then the finger, in a gentle loop that catches the eye of anyone passing by.
Motion that simulates a tap — I gave the logo and the phrase/finger a movement of their own that mimics a tap: the elements press down slightly, with the same feel as when you push something. No one has to touch it first — the animation itself performs the gesture, showing the person visually that they should tap the screen to start.

For the customer, it is immediately clear what to do, even for someone who has never used the kiosk — the screen stops looking static and starts demonstrating the gesture. For the owner, it is a more polished first impression and less hesitation right at the entrance of the shop — and, since the screen never sits on a fixed image, it also helps avoid burn-in and extends the life of the display.

8 June 2026 Back Office · Loyalty 🏷️

Personalised per-customer discount: reward the regulars

Not all customers are the same — and now you can treat them accordingly. SCApp gains a personalised per-customer discount tool, to reward the loyal ones, negotiate with high-volume customers, or simply look after those who deserve it.

In the back office, on each customer’s profile, there is a new Discount tab. Just enable it and choose:

Percentage — for example, 10 % off every wash.
Fixed amount — for example, 0.50 € off per machine.

Disabling it puts everything back to normal, without deleting anything. The discount is per laundry: the same customer can have different terms in different shops.

At checkout, the customer now sees the itemised bill — machine 5.00 €, discount −0.50 €, total to pay 4.50 € — with no surprises and no small print.

And one important detail: the machine always receives full credit and runs the complete cycle, exactly as it does with a voucher. The discount is the owner’s gift — it comes out of the house, never out of wash or dry time.

For the customer, it is the feeling of being recognised. For the owner, it is a simple lever for loyalty and negotiation, entirely under your control.

25 May 2026 App · End user ★

Scores now belong to your account — and two new games arrived

SCApp games now work together. Until now, each game had its own isolated score — playing two different games meant two unrelated scores. From now on, all scores are persistent on your account and add up: every match in every game goes straight to your total.

That single total is what counts when converting score into laundry points, which you then use for discounts or top-ups. The more games you play, the faster it grows — and you can switch between them freely without losing progress.

To celebrate, two new games joined the app this week:

Solitaire — the classic card game, perfect for the 30 minutes of a wash cycle.
Blackjack — play against the dealer, no real money, just for the score that goes to your account.

Find it all in App → Games. Have fun!

24 May 2026 App · End user 🔔

Push notifications: the app tells you when your machine is done

Nothing worse than forgetting your laundry in a full machine. From now on, after the first payment, the app asks the customer if they want to receive phone alerts. If they accept, two notifications are sent:

About 2 minutes before the end — “Your dryer ends in 2 min”, so they can get ready.
When it ends — “Your laundry is ready. You can pick it up.”

Notifications arrive even with the app closed, and on phones where the app is installed as a home-screen icon (PWA), they appear in the system tray like any other app. Customers can manage which devices receive alerts in Profile → Notifications → Devices with alerts and turn them off at any time.

For the customer, less time checking the app and more peace of mind. For the owner, less forgotten laundry in machines mid-morning and happier customers.

22 May 2026 App · End user 🎮

Games section in the app: Sudoku, 2048 and Block Blast, with points that turn into balance

The SCApp app gains a games section designed for the waiting time. Three games available from day one:

Sudoku — classic 9×9 with three levels (Easy, Medium, Hard). Custom numeric keypad so the phone keyboard does not cover the board.
2048 — merge the tiles up to 2048. Native swipe on phone, arrow keys on laptop.
Block Blast — drop pieces onto the 8×8 board; complete a row or column and it explodes for bonus points.

Each finished game awards points. Those points can then be exchanged for real SCApp balance (10 points = 0.01 €), usable at any SCApp laundry. There is also a place where customers can suggest new games they would like to see in the app.

For the customer, a simple way to pass time at the laundry while earning a few cents back. For the owner, one more reason for the customer to open the SCApp app instead of scrolling social media — and to come back.

21 May 2026 App · End user ✦

Refreshed app: redesigned interface, custom avatars and your laundry logo on the home

The main app pages (welcome, sign-up, home, profile, payment, top-up, wash and dry) have been given a new editorial look: translucent glass-effect cards, soft gradient backgrounds in your shop colors, breathier typography and subtle entrance micro-animations. The balance is now front and centre, and Wash, Dry and Café are reachable in a single tap from the home screen.

Custom avatars — each customer can pick an avatar from 122 options grouped by category (Smileys, Animals, Nature, Transport, Sports, Symbols, Fantasy, Flags), or keep the initial of their name. The choice is saved with their account and follows them across any SCApp laundry where they have a session.

Laundry logo on display — your laundry logo now appears next to the shop name at the top of the home screen, alongside "Laundry · name · location". A small detail that reinforces your brand identity every time a customer opens the app.

For the customer, the app gained personality and is more pleasant to use day to day. For the owner, it is one more clear brand signal in every interaction — without losing any existing feature: payment, top-up, voucher and ledger logic remain untouched.

17 May 2026 Back Office · Audit ★

Manual activation history

Every manual activation issued from the back office is now recorded in a dedicated history visible to the owner. The log includes the user who activated it, the exact date and time, the machine involved and — when applicable — the reason.

The goal is simple: the owner now has an auditable history of every free activation. Staff with back office access can still help customers in legitimate situations (a faulty machine, a test after maintenance), but they can no longer do it invisibly.

For anyone running a self-service operation, this closes a door that previously could only be closed by trust. Trust is still welcome — but now with proof.

15 May 2026 App · End user ◆

Ledger of balance movements for app users

Every app user now has a complete ledger of balance movements in their SCApp account. Every credit (cash top-up at the kiosk, card top-up, loyalty bonus, voucher) and every debit (machine payment, refund, adjustment) is recorded with date, value, source and resulting balance.

Under the hood the operation is hardened: the ledger entry is written in the same database transaction that updates the balance, with row locking — the balance cannot drift from the movement history. Every operation carries a unique identifier that lets us audit, reconcile and, if needed, safely reverse it.

For the customer, this means full transparency: every cent has a reason. For the owner, it is another layer of financial robustness for the shop.