Grids Changelog

What's new in Grids 8.5.8

May 31, 2023
  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 8.5.7 (May 29, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 8.5.6 (May 10, 2023)

  • UI fixes

New in Grids 8.5.5 (May 2, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 8.5.4 (Apr 25, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 8.5.3 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Grids 8.5.1 (Mar 29, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Grids 8.5 (Mar 20, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Grids 8.4.1 (Feb 1, 2023)

  • Option to share a comment
  • A few bug fixes

New in Grids 8.3.1 (Jan 17, 2023)

  • Fixed issue that deleting comment option was not shown

New in Grids 8.3 (Jan 10, 2023)

  • Added video and audio controls for Reels
  • Fixed issue that some DM items not showing
  • Performance improvement

New in Grids 8.2.4 (Dec 7, 2022)

  • Fixed issue that story likes did not update
  • Fixed a crash issue with DM

New in Grids 8.2.3 (Nov 7, 2022)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Grids 8.2.2 (Nov 4, 2022)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 8.2 (Oct 25, 2022)

  • Added support for link sticker in Story
  • Fixed search issues

New in Grids 8.1.3 (Oct 10, 2022)

  • Fixed a menu display glitch

New in Grids 8.1.2 (Oct 10, 2022)

  • Fixed startup issue for M1 Macs running macOS 11 (Big Sur)
  • Fixed occasional connectivity issue when loading feed

New in Grids 8.1.1 (Jul 28, 2022)

  • Added back missing options to delete comments and bookmarks

New in Grids 8.1 (Jul 25, 2022)

  • Native support for M1/M2 Macs (universal binary)
  • Can like a story
  • Can pin a post to profile
  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Grids 8.0.6 (Jul 1, 2022)

  • Slightly larger text font for easy reading

New in Grids 8.0.5 (May 31, 2022)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Grids 8.0.4 (May 31, 2022)

  • Fixed a login issue

New in Grids 8.0.3 (May 23, 2022)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Grids 8.0 (May 15, 2022)

  • Option to view feed as following or favorites (in chronological order!) and keep it as default
  • Edit favorites
  • See posts in larger format
  • See tagged users in video postss
  • Many bugfixes and improvements

New in Grids 7.0.10 (May 15, 2022)

  • Fixed video playing crash issue

New in Grids 7.0.9 (May 15, 2022)

  • Fixed logout issue
  • Bug fixes and improvements

New in Grids 7.0.8 (May 15, 2022)

  • Fixed feed loading issue
  • Performance improvement

New in Grids 7.0.7 (May 15, 2022)

  • Fixed feed loading issue

New in Grids 7.0.6 (May 15, 2022)

  • Fixed a crash issue at start up

New in Grids 7.0.5 (May 15, 2022)

  • Fixed the link to the app store to rate the app

New in Grids 7.0.4 (May 15, 2022)

  • Fixed issue that stories playing sometimes gets stuck and does not move to the next one automatically

New in Grids 7.0.3 (May 15, 2022)

  • Fixed a video playing issue
  • Fixed issue that some layout setting was not preserved

New in Grids 7.0.2 (Sep 20, 2021)

  • Fixed a login issue

New in Grids 7.0.1 (Sep 17, 2021)

  • Fixed receipt verification issue

New in Grids 7.0 (Sep 17, 2021)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 5.2 (Dec 3, 2018)

  • Support questions in Story
  • Better Gif support in DM
  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 5.1 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Support filter in DM
  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 5.0.1 (Oct 10, 2018)

  • Fixed an image rotation bug and a crash issue

New in Grids 4.11.2 (Aug 27, 2018)

  • Fixed issue that login session sometimes cannot be saved.

New in Grids 4.11 (Aug 9, 2018)

  • View disappearing photos and videos in Direct
  • Support poll slider in Stories
  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 4.10.4 (Jun 21, 2018)

  • Fixed a login issue.

New in Grids 4.10.3 (Jun 10, 2018)

  • Fixed issue that some images are not showing in messages.

New in Grids 4.10.1 (May 22, 2018)

  • Bug fix and performance improvement.

New in Grids 4.10 (May 19, 2018)

  • Can view shared post-live videos
  • Fixed issue that could not show more comments
  • Fixed issue that stories do not load sometimes

New in Grids 4.9.2 (Apr 19, 2018)

  • Fixed startup crash for some users.

New in Grids 4.9.1 (Apr 15, 2018)

  • Fixed restoring purchase issue.

New in Grids 4.9 (Apr 11, 2018)

  • Fixed crash issue
  • View highlights
  • Search followers and followings
  • Option to hide story bar
  • Improved view loading speed

New in Grids 4.8 (Feb 10, 2018)

  • Fixed login issue
  • Follow/unfollow hashtags
  • See hashtag/location stories
  • Performance improvement

New in Grids 4.7.2 (Dec 12, 2017)

  • Fixed accounts mixing up when switching too fast.

New in Grids 4.7 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • Fixed looping hashtag feed
  • Fixed login could not sustain for some users
  • Performance improvement

New in Grids 4.6.1 (Nov 23, 2017)

  • Bug fix on stability.

New in Grids 4.6 (Nov 20, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Support Collections for saved posts
  • Support album style posts
  • View archived posts
  • Support poll in stories
  • Share stories
  • Bug fix and performance improvement
  • NOTE: you may need to re-login all the logged-in accounts after this update.

New in Grids 4.5.13 (Oct 27, 2017)

  • Support comment threads
  • Fixed logout issue
  • Fixed issue that accounts sometimes do not stick

New in Grids 4.5.12 (Oct 10, 2017)

  • Fixed connection issue at start up.

New in Grids 4.5.11 (Aug 23, 2017)

  • Fixed a crash issue while scrolling through feed

New in Grids 4.5.10 (Jul 24, 2017)

  • Fixed issue that can't input emoji in comments and messages.

New in Grids 4.5.9 (Jul 17, 2017)

  • Fixed cut-off message issue.

New in Grids 4.5.8 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • Minimum OS requirement is 10.11 now!
  • Fixed Direct Message issue
  • Support sending link with DM
  • Support hashtags in Stories
  • Mute/Unmute Story
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Grids 4.5.7 (May 18, 2017)

  • Bug fix and performance improvement

New in Grids 4.5.6 (May 10, 2017)

  • Fixed login issue

New in Grids 4.5.6 (May 10, 2017)

  • Fixed login issue

New in Grids 4.5.5 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Fixed retina display issue when double-clicking to like
  • A few minor fixes

New in Grids 4.5.4 (Apr 8, 2017)

  • Fixed login issue
  • Sort multiple accounts in alphabetical order
  • Handles long single line hashtags for better display

New in Grids 4.5.3 (Mar 17, 2017)

  • Minor bug fix

New in Grids 4.5.2 (Mar 12, 2017)

  • Bug fix on GUI

New in Grids 4.5.1 (Mar 9, 2017)

  • See tags correctly on individual album post

New in Grids 4.5 (Mar 5, 2017)

  • View post with multiple photos/videos
  • Edit profile
  • Bug fixes and performance improvement

New in Grids 4.4 (Feb 5, 2017)

  • Like/Unlike a comment, enable/disable commenting
  • Select a frame as cover photo for video uploading
  • Support location stickers in Stories
  • Save/Bookmark post in native Instagram. From now on, Grids will use Instagram save feature to bookmark photo/videos. You can migrate your existing bookmarks to Instagram with "Migrate" function in Bookmark section
  • Show "Saved" (bookmarked) feed.
  • Moved "Liked" feed to Profile section
  • Window caption shows current section name
  • Support 2-factor authentication and facebook login
  • Option to show detailed post info in large view. No need to switch back to normal view to see it.
  • Fixed various News and DM bugs

New in Grids 4.3.1 (Dec 1, 2016)

  • Fixed sign out issue
  • Fixed pending direct message issue
  • Automatically skip to the next unseen story

New in Grids 4.3 (Nov 24, 2016)

  • All new "Search and Explore" section. Removed old Popular and Search sections.
  • Allow sending non-square photos via Direct Message
  • Support mentions in Stories
  • Option to show icon on menu bar
  • Bug fix and performance improvement

New in Grids 4.2.2 (Nov 13, 2016)

  • Fixed login issue

New in Grids 4.2.1 (Nov 2, 2016)

  • Fixed two-factor login issue

New in Grids 4.2 (Nov 1, 2016)

  • Support two-factor authentication login
  • Can view bigger sized image in grid view (best for large screen)
  • Fixed login/logout/switch account issue
  • More bug fixes

New in Grids 4.1 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • Added translation option for profiles and captions.
  • Added Suggestions for users to follow.
  • More bug fixes.

New in Grids 4.0.1 (Oct 8, 2016)

  • Handles private accounts more gracefully.
  • A few bug fixes.

New in Grids 4.0 (Oct 4, 2016)

  • Post photos and videos directly from desktop (pro)
  • Repost any public post (pro)
  • Edit a post (pro)
  • View and post stories (pro)
  • Direct message (Pro)
  • Sharing many things via message
  • Enlarged view for photos or videos (Want full screen image viewing and video playing? Just go to full screen and enable enlarged view)
  • Added progress slider for video playing
  • Show tagged photos of a user
  • Automatically loop when playing video
  • Many bug fixes

New in Grids 3.2.4 (Jul 9, 2016)

  • New back-end for Video playing. More stable now.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Grids 3.2.1 (May 26, 2016)

  • Fixed login issue for some users
  • Many under-the-hood changes and bug fixes. Be sure to update to this version for Grids to continue to work in the future. If you are experiencing download error after the update, please sign out and re-sign in.

New in Grids 3.2 (May 22, 2016)

  • Many under-the-hood changes and bug fixes. Be sure to update to this version for Grids to continue to work in the future. If you are experiencing download error after the update, please sign out and re-sign in.

New in Grids 3.1.3 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • Fixed commenting issue.

New in Grids 3.1.2 (Feb 24, 2016)

  • Fixed issue that sometimes repeating posts might appear
  • Fixed the glitch that switching user accounts sometimes did not work fully

New in Grids 3.1.1 (Jan 11, 2016)

  • Fixed popular feed and news notification issue
  • Performance improvement

New in Grids 3.0.6 (Dec 13, 2015)

  • Fixed commenting issue

New in Grids 3.0 (Dec 7, 2015)

  • Please note you will need to re-authorize Grids to use it for this update.
  • Full high-resolution image support. Instagram photos never looked this stunning on retina screen!
  • Support non-square images and auto-trimming whitespace. No more ugly white space in picture view. This feature is optional and on by default. Press Cmd+T to toggle it.
  • All new popular photos. Popular photos are selected based on your interest. No more weird and totally random popular photos.
  • Support non-english hashtag now
  • Automatically search keywords when you switch search categories
  • Fixed issue when network drops and reconnects, feed stops refreshing
  • Fixed commenting and Following/News issue
  • Other improvement and bug fixes

New in Grids 2.4.4 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • Fixed app startup and receipt validation issue.

New in Grids 2.4.3 (Oct 7, 2015)

  • Fixed the bug that app logs out when clicking on private user
  • Fixed occasional memory leak bug

New in Grids 2.4.2 (Sep 29, 2015)

  • Use secure calls through-out. You might need to re-authorize the app.
  • Search places
  • No longer show "Users in Photo" button on the pictures for aesthetics reason. Simply cmd + mouse click to show users in photo.

New in Grids 2.4 (Sep 25, 2015)

  • Use secure calls through-out
  • Search places

New in Grids 2.3 (Jul 6, 2015)

  • Fixed commenting issue
  • More resource efficient, lighter on battery consumption
  • Automatically loads more to fill up the view
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvement