• New: Hay Bales! Keep your Daily Challenge streak going strong. Earn them by playing every day, and they'll automatically protect your streak if you miss a day. • The Daily Challenge calendar has arrived — revisit past puzzles and replay them anytime you like. • Hints are now available in Daily Challenges — they recharge over time and add a 20-second penalty when used. • Added “Darken Used Squares” to Theme Settings. • Made a few subtle theme improvements, with more to come. • Squashed more Arena Battle bugs.

• Added a new Advanced Setting to enable multi-touch • Added a new Advanced Setting to enable screen auto-lock • High Contrast themes are now available to everyone by default • Fixed several Battle Arena rating issues where ratings could be miscalculated after matches • Included the usual round of minor fixes, cleanup, and polish

• You can now hide the Battle Arena from Arena Settings if it’s not your style • There’s a new Schedule view in the Battle Arena, making it easier to check upcoming availability • Battle Arena matches should now run more efficiently and consume less battery • Fixed an issue where Hard boards in the Battle Arena appeared smaller than intended • Improved error messages for Arena Matchmaking • Continued improving iCloud sync reliability • Plus the usual round of small fixes, cleanup, and polish

• You can now hide the Battle Arena from Arena Settings if it's not your style • There's a new Schedule view in the Battle Arena, making it easier to check upcoming availability • Battle Arena matches should now run more efficiently and conserve battery • Fixed an issue where Hard boards in the Battle Arena appeared smaller than intended • Enhanced error messages for Arena Matchmaking • Continued to improve iCloud sync reliability • Plus the usual round of small fixes, cleanup, and polish

Fixed an issue that was causing significant ongoing lag at launch for some users --- This is a major update for Bullpen! NEW: Battle Arena Face off in live puzzle battles, climb the rankings, and challenge your friends. Battles are available at selected times throughout the week, so stay alert and dive in when the arena is live. Also included: • New Axes Lock setting in Advanced Gameplay Settings • Performance improvements to reduce battery drain, especially on iPad • More reliable iCloud syncing • Fixed the Daily Challenge timer continuing in the background • Fixed some hint generation issues, mainly in Extreme levels • Numerous smaller bug fixes and enhancements As always, thanks for playing Bullpen!

This is a major update for Bullpen! NEW: Battle Arena Face off in live puzzle battles, climb the rankings, and challenge your friends. Battles are available at specific times during the week, so stay alert and join in when the arena is live. Also included: • New Axes Lock option in Advanced Gameplay Settings • Performance enhancements to reduce battery drain, especially on iPad • More reliable iCloud syncing • Fixed the Daily Challenge timer from running in the background • Resolved some hint generation issues, mainly in Extreme levels • Numerous smaller bug fixes and refinements

• Amélioration de la synchronisation des niveaux iCloud pour les utilisateurs Pro — devrait être plus fiable maintenant • Correction du problème où le bouton Masquer l'indice ne se maintenait pas de manière cohérente entre les niveaux • Le message de partage inclut maintenant votre pourcentage de classement • Correction des placements de taureaux (appui long / simple tap via les Paramètres avancés) qui ne comptaient pas dans les statistiques et réalisations des Taureaux placés • Si les vibrations de placement sont désactivées, le jeu ne déclenchera pas de retour haptique nulle part (y compris les boutons/menus) • Correction de l'icône du profil Game Center qui couvrait le bouton "Envoyer" lors de l'envoi de commentaires via Apple Mail • Les filtres du sélecteur de niveaux affectent maintenant les flèches Suivant/Précédent dans le niveau • Ajout d'un point indicateur sur le bouton de filtre lorsque les filtres sont actifs • Les classements montrent maintenant de meilleurs états de chargement lorsque les résultats prennent du temps • Ajout d'une nouvelle Note du développeur affichée la première fois que vous consultez l'écran de mise à niveau vers Pro Comme toujours, merci de jouer à Bullpen!

The 'Advanced Gameplay Settings' should now be accessible in the Settings menu. --- NEW – Advanced Gameplay Settings • Choose how to place bulls: single tap, double tap, or long press (for all difficulties, or per difficulty) • Set separate volumes for sound effects and background music • Turn off Angry Bull sounds if they’re stressing you out • Hide the Hint button to avoid accidental taps NEW – Look & Feel Upgrades • Theme selector now includes a “Follow system” option for light/dark mode • Level Selector filters: hide solved levels, or only show levels without 2 stars • Unlocked the secret Extreme levels? You’ll now see an Extreme option in Free Play – plus a new “Best Extreme Free Play Time” leaderboard FIXED – A Few Pesky Bugs • Newspaper theme no longer prevents you from using the Share or Email sheets • Overall leaderboard rank now stays in sync with your total stars • Buttons now correctly update when you change themes

NEW – Advanced gameplay settings • Choose how to place bulls: single tap, double tap, or long press (for all difficulties, or per difficulty) • Set separate volumes for sound effects and background music • Turn Angry Bull sounds off if they’re stressing you out • Hide the Hint button to avoid accidentally tapping it NEW – Look & feel upgrades • Theme selector now has a “Follow system” option for light/dark mode • Level Selector filters: hide solved levels, or only show levels without 2 stars • Unlocked the secret Extreme levels? You’ll now see an Extreme option in Free Play – plus a new “Best Extreme Free Play Time” leaderboard FIXED – A few pesky bugs • Newspaper theme no longer blocks you from using the Share or Email sheets • Overall leaderboard rank now stays in sync with your total stars • Buttons now correctly update when you change themes

The option to change the Theme within Settings should now be visible. Oops, that was an embarrassing bug.

• NOUVEAU : Mode sombre, ainsi que quelques autres thèmes • Correction d'un problème où le nom du joueur apparaissait parfois comme "Anonyme" lors de la consultation du classement • Prise en charge d'iOS 26 – y compris une nouvelle icône d'application pour prendre en charge le mode sombre ou clair • Correction de quelques autres problèmes de synchronisation iCloud pour essayer de la rendre plus fiable • Optimisations pour rendre le lancement du jeu un peu plus rapide

• Les niveaux extrêmes secrets se débloquent maintenant après avoir complété 1 000 casse-têtes. • De nouveaux niveaux extrêmes sont ajoutés chaque semaine—êtes-vous prêt à relever le défi?

• Hopefully, the bug that was causing some crashes when 'Sound effects' were enabled is now squashed!! • A few other minor bug fixes

• We've squashed those pesky crash bugs from the last release — puzzles should now run smoothly. • Improved iCloud syncing so your progress follows you more reliably across devices.

• Fixed an issue where some Medium levels accidentally shared the same Puzzle ID — completing one would mark the others as done. Rest assured, any progress you’ve already made is safe. • The app will now stay awake while you’re in the middle of solving a puzzle, even if you don't make a move for a while. • Squashed a few more crashes related to sound effects. If you still experience crashes, please report them or try turning sound effects off. • Added a link to the new Bullpen Subreddit: r/BullpenGame

• Some achievements were acting up, but they should perform better now • New achievement available called 'All-rounder', and we've fixed the logic for the 'Platinum' achievement • Reduced the Daily Challenge 365-day streak Achievement to just 250 days • Fixed some crashes that could occur due to the Sound Effects • Fixed some levels where the Hint System couldn't generate a hint

• Fixed issues in Daily Challenge where pausing mid-game could cause “Remaining Bulls,” undo/redo, or the timer to stop working correctly. • Replaced secret Extreme level 8 so it now functions properly with the Hint system. • Made small improvements to the detailed Graph Views. • Fixed a crash when completing a Random Free Play puzzle. • Fixed an issue where some solved level times were erased, allowing those levels to be completed again.

• You can now change the app's language in Settings — a popular request based on recent feedback. • Fixed a bug where Leaderboard labels incorrectly referred to "global" scores when viewing friends' results. • In the Secret Extreme difficulty, Level 37 and 41 were previously identical — Level 41 has now been updated with a new challenge.

Support de localisation pour plus de 20 nouvelles langues!

This is a pretty beefy update... New • iCloud progress sync for Pro users has been completely rebuilt for greater reliability. • App settings now sync automatically across all devices via iCloud. • Added a “Random” difficulty option in Free Play. • Daily Challenge results now display percentile badges (e.g. “Top 1 %”, “Top 25 %”). • Level resets are now reversible—tap Undo to restore the puzzle progress. • A secret bonus for players who have completed a bunch of levels. Fixed • Stopping a daily challenge during its countdown could crash the app or make the timer start at a couple of minutes • Scrolling in the level selector is noticeably smoother. • Hard-difficulty puzzles now render at a readable size on iPhone SE. • Music from other apps continues playing when Bullpen launches. • Hint arrows clear correctly when starting a new Free Play puzzle. • Hints now generate consistently; the “Well this is awkward…” error should no longer appear — report it as a bug if it does.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where sometimes it wasn't possible to generate a hint for a puzzle — it would say "Well this is awkward..." • Fixed an issue where the Daily challenge countdown and the Game Center Daily challenge leaderboards would overlap by an hour. This was an issue due to daylight savings — yay, Time Zones are fun. • Fixed an issue where tapping "Done" whilst starting the Daily Challenge used to crash the app

• New "Auto-place Dots" setting — if enabled, it will automatically place Dots around placed Bulls, and completed columns, rows and paddocks. It will not be applied in Daily Challenges. • Reduced the amount of Stars required to unlock levels • Fixed a bug where Music or Picture in Picture video would pause when launching the app • Fixed a couple of other little bugs and improvements

• New: For those without the "Pro version", I've increased the amount of levels for each difficulty from 30 to 50. • New: ‘Rocks’ now appear in early levels for some difficulties to help with getting started. • New: Added some 8x8 boards to the first few Hard levels to ease players into the difficulty. • New: ‘Zen Mode’ is now available in settings—hide all timers for a more relaxed experience. • Fixed: A bug where pressing ‘Undo’ sometimes didn’t correctly revert random squares. Plus, a few other optimisations and bug fixes!

Fixed a bug where sometimes the game would freeze after making the bulls angry.