Changelog

PitchHighway changelog

Last release: 2026-10-15. Read as Markdown

Updated when a release ships.

This page lists the changes that you can see in PitchHighway, newest first. It covers the web app, the website and the server. The server changes also reach the iPhone and iPad app. Other iPhone and iPad changes arrive with App Store updates and are not all listed here.

2026-10-15

• The Find Your Voice journey now starts with a short spoken introduction in 4 chapters, with subtitles, in 7 languages.
• During a song run, a hint tells you when the low or high notes are out of your reach. Tap it to adjust your range, and the run restarts in the new range.
• On Home, the button to upload a song now sits at the top of the screen.

2026-10-13

• The setup for AI assistants now points to the PitchHighway listing in the Claude directory, with a second tab for other assistants.
• Help screens open once by themselves and no longer show a "don't show again" option.

2026-10-12

• My Covers: tap the heart to mark a cover as a favorite, and switch between all covers and your favorites. Older covers are back behind a collapsed section.
• My Covers shows a spinner and a short time hint while a cover is prepared.
• The Community tab has a new card to join the PitchHighway group on Telegram.
• AI assistant connections are now read-only. An assistant can read your songs and practice results, but it cannot upload songs.

2026-10-11

• Help screens for drills and the Highway now read their text aloud. Tap the speaker button to stop or mute the voice.
• The "Your practice plan" card is removed.

2026-10-10

• A song that is still processing shows a note, and its menu actions stay off until the song is ready.
• In the lyrics lesson, you can skip a line during read-aloud.
• The practice card on Home has a button to view and sing the full song.
• Journey song parts show their opening lyrics before you start.

2026-10-09

• New accounts get an updated starter song, Stand by Me, that shows every note of the vocal line.

2026-10-08

• Exercise help now has several pages with next and back buttons, and an example of how each exercise works.
• Your note recordings keep your best take of each note. Each take shows how far it was from the target pitch, on average.
• When you open help during a Highway run, the run pauses, and it continues when you close help.

2026-10-07

• Cover playback now applies a light, consistent polish to your voice: level, tone and gentle compression. Your raw recording and your score do not change.
• The cover introduction now says clearly that a cover is not posted anywhere unless you share it.

2026-10-06

• The first level of the starter song accepts notes sung 1 octave higher or lower.
• The Highway pause screen has a help page.

2026-10-05

• The screen stays on during a run.
• If a run shows that your audio-delay calibration is wrong, PitchHighway resets the calibration and tells you.

2026-10-02

• The pitch lyrics show partial scores in color, so you can see which parts of a word you hit.

2026-10-01

• The Account screen shows the version of the web app.
• Scored notes in the pitch lyrics stay in full color.

2026-09-30

• My Covers can make an optional AI version of a cover. It recreates your singing voice from the song's melody and lyrics, and you can compare it with your original recording.
• You can play the AI version with or without the instrumental backing, and choose which voice a cover video uses.
• My Covers shows only your latest recording of each song, and the backing is quieter in cover mixes.
• You can set the backing and vocals volume separately, and mute either one.

2026-09-25

• The Dynamic highway theme is now the default. It shows a picture made for each song behind the Highway.
• Song pills show the note and octave.
• Home has a card about singing motivation that you can dismiss.
• The last step of onboarding has a Skip button.

2026-09-24

• New Quick Sing tab: a daily set of short excerpts from your own songs to practice a little each day.

2026-09-17

• If the microphone stops while a run is paused, for example when the browser tab goes to the background, the run now continues when you return.

2026-09-15

• Finish level 1 of the starter song to earn 1 extra song upload.
• A YouTube link to a video that is not available now gives a clear message.
• Opening a lesson no longer starts an exercise automatically. You choose the activity.
• Short pitch ribbons show at their exact pitch.

2026-09-12

• Very short notes still show on the Highway, but they no longer count toward your score.
• The home page of the website has a new demonstration of how PitchHighway works.

2026-09-11

• New lyrics view for full-song runs: the words show on the pitch lane and stay still while you hold a note.
• When you delete a song, it disappears at once. If the delete fails, the song comes back.
• The mobile menu has a new layout.

2026-09-10

• PitchHighway checks an MP3 file before the upload and tells you if the file is not a usable MP3.
• You cannot delete a song while it is still processing.

2026-09-08

• You can delete a cover. Its video is removed.
• You can share a cover to social networks.
• The Songs tab shows your covers, and each song has a menu with a delete option.
• After a run, "Your voice on this run" shows your range, timbre and accuracy for that run.
• Connecting an AI assistant is free after you complete 1 singing exercise.

2026-09-07

• Songs show a difficulty label (Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced) in the Songs tab and on the song page.

2026-09-06

• In the Songs tab, a banner tells you when the Favorites filter hides a song that is still processing.

2026-09-05

• The website has a research hub with a new study on tessitura across 710 song uploads.

2026-09-04

• My Voice cards show which runs each result comes from.

2026-09-02

• New Highway themes with photo backdrops.
• A hint shows how to use the practice loop.

2026-08-30

• The song page has a "Learn the lyrics" step between the warmup and singing. It opens the song's lines as a read-aloud sheet.

2026-08-29

• In the English lyrics lesson, the app listens while you read aloud and marks each line as you finish it.

2026-08-28

• The website has a page for the PitchHighway affiliate program.

2026-08-25

• My Voice shows how steady your held notes are, with a short explanation for each result.

2026-08-24

• The website has a page that explains how to connect an AI assistant to PitchHighway.
• A failed upload now shows a clear reason instead of a technical error.
• The web app refuses files over 50 MB before the upload starts.

2026-08-22

• The quiet-microphone hint has a new level: "we can barely hear you".

2026-08-21

• If you leave a run early, the result screen shows your partial results.
• After a weak run with no audio-delay calibration, PitchHighway suggests that you calibrate.
• The chat is now a support inbox that people from the PitchHighway team answer.
• When a Premium subscription ends, songs above your upload allowance lock again. They unlock when you subscribe again.

2026-08-20

• A forward seek during a run keeps the score that you already have.
• A steady non-vocal tone can no longer set a personal record in My Voice.

2026-08-19

• The upload screen offers the starter song when you have no uploads left.

2026-08-16

• New My Voice tab: your practice recordings become a running profile of your range, timbre, resonance and pitch accuracy.

2026-08-15

• My Takes is now called My Covers.

2026-08-14

• The vocal warm-up has a Finish button.
• The read-aloud step shows a loudness gauge.
• In a song journey, the slow practice of a part comes before the full part run.

2026-08-13

• New A/B loop: mark 2 points in a song and repeat that part.
• A "read louder" hint helps when the app cannot hear you in read-aloud steps.
• The vocal warm-up shows a mouth figure for each exercise.

2026-08-11

• You can edit the lyrics of your own songs.

2026-08-10

• New My Takes tab: a cover video of your full-song run, with a tool to cut a short clip.
• Sign-up no longer resends a code to an email address that rejected it, and it gives a hint for iCloud addresses.

2026-08-03

• New speed control: practice a song at a slower tempo.
• Song journeys show a song map with the parts of the song.

2026-07-31

• You can hide yourself from the community, and the community shows a shorter form of your name.

2026-07-30

• A hint shows during a run when your microphone input is too quiet.

2026-07-28

• New Highway themes that you can choose in your account.
• You can connect your PitchHighway account to an AI assistant, such as Claude or ChatGPT, with a sign-in.

2026-07-27

• Song reference pages on the website are available in more languages.

2026-07-21

• If an upload fails because the song has too little vocal, the app says so in your language.

2026-07-18

• Journey headers show your steps, accuracy and stars.

2026-07-16

• The community shows recent activity from other singers.
• Home shows your day streak.
• The vocal warm-up selects your voice type from your profile.

2026-07-15

• The website has a vocal range chart of famous singers and a press kit.

2026-07-08

• New free tools on the website: a voice type test, a song key finder and a vocal warm-up. The vocal warm-up is also a practice mode in the app.

2026-07-04

• New free vocal timbre test on the website.
• Phones in portrait show a hint to rotate for the Highway.

2026-07-03

• After you buy an extra song, a panel confirms the purchase.

2026-07-02

• You can move a song up or down by an octave to fit your voice, and the app remembers your choice for that song.
• Voice exploration is available as a practice mode.

2026-07-01

• After a run, the app suggests songs to sing next.

2026-06-28

• The Highway shows your measured vocal range.
• The Songs tab remembers your filter.

2026-06-27

• Stars are easier to earn: the cutoffs are now 50%, 75% and 90%.
• A celebration with confetti shows when you complete a song.
• New accounts start with a starter song.

2026-06-26

• Long held warmup steps have a way out after a short time.

2026-06-25

• The singing games have an exit button during a run.
• Journey progress advances more reliably.
• The account screen shows when your subscription renews or ends.

2026-06-23

• You choose a difficulty (Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced) when you upload a song.
• The website has a new Guides section.

2026-06-22

• Songs that are still processing show their progress in the Songs tab.

2026-06-17

• New free Breathe exercise on the website.

2026-06-13

• The upload screen shows the 10-minute limit, and the app refuses longer MP3 files before the upload.

2026-06-12

• The app detects headphones and asks you to connect them before a run, because headphones stop the backing from leaking into the microphone.
• Quiet phone microphones work better.

2026-06-11

• The full web app opens at pitchhighway.com/app. Sign up free at pitchhighway.com/register, with no download.
• The community leaderboard replaces leagues: one global board over a rolling 30-day window.
• You can record and share your take of a song.
• New free Sing Soccer game on the website.
• You can reset a forgotten password on the web.

2026-06-10

• New free Sing & Snack game on the website.

2026-06-03

• New free Sing to Survive game on the website.