Changelog
What we shipped, what we fixed
Dated receipts. No marketing fluff. Things break and get fixed openly.
Newest first. We update this when something meaningful changes — not on a schedule.
2026-05-10
- Remove Background — new AI engine (Desktop only). Replaced RMBG-1.4 with BiRefNet_lite on capable desktop devices. Same architecture family as the state-of-the-art RMBG-2.0, but publicly accessible. Edge accuracy jumps from ~74% to 90%+. Inference is noticeably faster — most images complete in 5–10 seconds. Mobile devices will continue to use the lighter legacy engine for stability. Also fixes the intermittent "washed out mask" issue caused by an upstream ONNX Runtime bug we were silently hitting.
- PixVoice — Neon Pulse caption style redesigned. Active word now has a bright white core with intense neon glow and a subtle scale-bounce animation. Past words are solid orange, future words are crisp white. Much more legible on busy backgrounds.
- PixVoice — premium background presets. Flat 2-color gradients replaced with a new volumetric mesh gradient system — layered radial light orbs over dark bases. All 6 presets (Carbon, Obsidian, Hermès, Ocean, Sunset, Aurora) now look studio-grade.
- PixVoice — video background uploads. You can now upload MP4/WebM video files as custom backgrounds for video export. Live-looping preview swatch in the UI.
- PixVoice — generation stability. Fixed a race condition where starting a new session while the WASM engine was still running could deadlock the UI. Controls are now disabled during active generation.
- Mobile download compliance. Replaced a fragile programmatic download script that was causing mobile browsers (iOS/Android Safari & Chrome) to silently block downloads across all 23 tools. All tools now require a manual, explicit click on the orange "Download" button to save files, strictly adhering to browser security models.
2026-05-03
- Comparison pages live — `/compare/pixthisapp-vs-ilovepdf`, `/compare/pixthisapp-vs-iloveimg`, `/compare/pixthisapp-vs-camscanner`. Honest side-by-side, including where the competitor wins.
- Hero copy refreshed on the homepage — leans on what's verifiable in DevTools, not adjectives.
- CLS fix — homepage hero text no longer pushes the tools grid down during load.
- Tier-aware performance notice on landing — mid/low-end mobile users get an honest heads-up that AI tools may be slow.
- "New" badges removed from 8 tools (Photo to PDF, Sign PDF, Delete Pages, Compress PDF, PDF to Text, Image to Text, Unlock PDF, QR Generator). They weren't new anymore. Going forward: "New" only on tools shipped in the last ~30 days.
2026-05-02
- Image build corruption resolved. Some AI image tools were failing for a stretch of about two weeks. Workers + WASM bundles rebuilt; AI tools (Remove Background, Upscale) verified working end-to-end. If you visited during the broken window, sorry — it's fixed.
2026-04-13
- Tools parked to legacy: Bento Collage, Asset Engine, Rename, Color Palette. Low usage; revival pending if real demand returns. We don't quietly delete tools — they live in legacy with a path back.
Earlier
- Coming back when fixed: Object Remover (LaMa model upstream removal — pending replacement), Protect PDF (pdf-lib v1.17 doesn't support encryption), Remove Watermark (DeepFillV2 ONNX WASM error). We don't pretend they exist while they don't.
- Beta capability: PDF to CSV is labeled "Beta" because table extraction quality varies by document. Honest disclosure on the tool itself.
How we work
PixThisApp is built and improved by a small team. Updates ship when they're ready, not on a marketing calendar. Sometimes things break — when they do, we fix them openly and document it here.
If a tool you rely on stops working, refresh the next day or check this page. Most issues are resolved within 48 hours.
We document changes here because "trust us, we improve" is a claim. A dated changelog is evidence.