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Updates

From 1.0 to 1.8.

Every Hemiscope update, as published on the App Store, from the first release on September 4, 2026 to the latest. Scroll to follow along.

  1. Version 1.0

    First release

    The first release of Hemiscope on iPhone.

  2. Version 1.1

    • Top 10 is now Ladder: six items instead of ten, so a round takes a couple of minutes.
    • Every game ends on the same result screen, with your stats and a share button.
    • Finish all six and share your whole day as one report card.
    • Sharing now sends a single card with your grid on it.
    • Fixed: zooming the globe while the keyboard was open did nothing.
    • Fixed: the ad banner disappearing when you returned to a finished board.

  3. Version 1.2

    Odd One Out joins the line-up: four countries, three of them share something, tap the one that doesn't.

    Ladder now draws from thirty categories, so a month goes by without repeating one.

    Not in the mood for one of them? Skip it for the day, and it won't count against you. You can also look at the day's report card before you've finished everything.

    Atlas now says what you're actually aiming at: the country's capital.

    Fixed: Pinpoint's five scales fit on one screen, and the home screen makes room for the seventh game.

  4. Version 1.3

    Odd One Out now tells you what it's asking.

    Every round names the category — Language, EU membership, Driving side — so you're working out the answer instead of guessing which question you were being asked. Knowing it's about flags doesn't tell you which flag.

    Also in this update:

    • Bug fix for sharing your daily report card. Now you can share as many times as you want.
    • Ladder and Odd One Out are more forgiving. Both now count as solved at a lower score — Odd One Out no longer needs a perfect round. Streaks are unchanged: those still want a flawless board.

  5. Version 1.4

    Island Rush

    • Eight rounds across an illustrated island course. Correct answers move you two steps; a better answer than your rival builds a golden shortcut and moves you three.
    • New round types: identify a country from its flag, drop a pin on a city, shuffle events into order, and the Vault's dial for questions with a single-digit answer.
    • Four difficulties — Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert — from household names to the capitals of places you've never heard of.
    • Hemibot, a rival who keeps pace with you and is beatable in every mode, for when nobody's free.
    • Pick your explorer, and watch both racers cross the bridges as the steps land.
    • A How to Play walkthrough that shows each round type before you meet it.

    Accounts and friends

    • Sign in with Apple, claim a handle and set a display name. Entirely optional — the daily seven never ask for it.
    • Add friends, challenge them directly, and share an invite link.
    • A leaderboard, and a player card with your record and your biggest rival.

    Questions

    • A much bigger question bank, so far fewer repeats in a run of races.
    • Flag rounds now show the flag and ask which country it is, rather than describing it in words.
    • Answer artwork throughout, and a fix for the handful of questions whose pictures gave the answer away.

  6. Version 1.4.1

    Meet Survival, the new endless course: two countries, one stat, and you call whether the next one is higher or lower. Population, forests, coffee, Big Macs — it gets closer the further you walk, and every flag you reach earns stars. Dress up your player card with new frames, titles you earn by playing, and sticker emotes to send mid-race. The shop is easier to browse, with everything two across. Race rewards now show on the finish screen, your rival's name appears on their pin in map rounds, and the final question of a duel always shows its answer. Plus smoother explorers, tidier layouts, and lots of small fixes.

  7. Version 1.5

    • Find a match is faster: one queue, random difficulty
    • More answers come with pictures
    • Tournaments coming soon. Tap Notify me to hear when
    • Boards and streaks roll over properly at midnight
    • Smoother duels and a leaderboard in the right order
    • A smaller download, about 30 MB lighter
    • Plenty of fixes

  8. Version 1.6

    • Goofy mode in Survival: every question is a silly one. Are there more pandas in China or moose in Canada?
    • Nine new things to compare in Survival
    • Over 100 new Duel questions (trivia, flags and maps)
    • Find a match now shows the difficulty before the race starts.
    • Timeline: 80 new events from films, music, sport and inventions
    • A new Framer medal for collecting frames.
    • Bug fixes and improvements.

  9. Version 1.7

    • New daily game: No Idea. Guess one impossible number a day. The closer you land, the higher you score.
    • Every daily game is now scored out of 100, and your day adds up out of 800.
    • A new finish screen: watch your score count up and see the stars you earned.
    • Survival has lives. Out of lives? Watch an ad or spend stars to keep going.
    • Fresh looks for Pinpoint and Timeline.
    • Left a game half-played at midnight? Finish it the next morning.
    • Three new medals: Good Guesser, Wild Guesser and Bullseye.
    • Bug fixes and improvements.

  10. Version 1.7.1

    • Every game is now scored out of 100.
    • Survival now has lives.
    • New finish screen and report card.
    • Bug fixes and improvements.

  11. Version 1.8

    Latest

    Expedition is here: cross the world one border at a time. Pass a quick border check in every country to stamp your passport, and pick explorers whose perks help you travel.

    Also new:

    • A step-by-step guide to every game
    • A new home screen with a daily chest
    • Race your friends in every game
    • Six guesses in Hemiscope
    • Remove Ads and star packs in the shop

You're up to date.

Version 1.8 is the latest, from October 22, 2026.

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