amator.app

6.0.0

What’s new

Everything we change in amator.app — new features, fixes and what we’re working on right now.

  1. 6.0.0coming soon

    6.0.0 — Amator Pay

    Book and pay for a pitch inside the app, the wallet, a panel for pitch owners — and dozens of fixes you reported.

    This is the largest update in the app's history: Amator has stopped being only the place where you arrange a game and become the place where you book and pay for the pitch. Along with it comes an entirely new section for pitch owners.

    Some of what follows is already live and some arrives over the coming weeks. We describe it together so the whole picture is visible — we are not labelling each item "now" or "soon", because this is one coherent release.

    New features

    Renting pitches and paying for them

    • A pitch can be booked and paid for inside the app — from the Amator wallet, with no transfers and no screenshots.
    • Book while creating a game. You choose the pitch and a free slot in the same wizard where you create the game, and the game is created with the pitch already attached.
    • You can rent part of a pitch — a half, a third, a quarter. It is clear which part you are taking: the full name, and a small diagram with your slice highlighted.
    • The time grid matches your game. A 90-minute game shows 90-minute slots, not hours you have to add up in your head.
    • The price is shown before you book: the rent, the fee, and exactly what will be held on your wallet.
    • Pricing by headcount. Some pitches sell this way: a base price covers N players, and each one after that adds a rate. The app now shows and calculates it before you pay.
    • Every booking has a code you can simply read out at the desk.
    • Cancelling the game releases the pitch too — no need to remember two cancellations.
    • A booking request can be withdrawn while the venue has not answered it.
    • A venue can confirm bookings by hand — you then see "awaiting confirmation" rather than assuming everything is settled.
    • The venue's house rules are shown and accepted before the booking, not after.
    • The pitch catalogue shows a "from" price — and the length of rental it is calculated from.

    Wallet and fees

    • The Amator wallet: balance, history of movements, top-ups by card and BLIK.
    • History is split into tabs, and held money is shown separately from available — you can see exactly what is reserved and for what.
    • Every row in the history names the game or booking it belongs to.
    • An unfinished top-up can be resumed or abandoned — it no longer hangs with no explanation.
    • You can see how long the payment page stays valid.
    • Receipts for top-ups and payments arrive in the app and by e-mail.
    • One commission instead of three. The platform used to charge for joining a game, for topping up, and for booking. Now it is 5% on renting a pitch and nothing else, and that figure is named in the breakdown itself. Amator charges nothing for a wallet top-up or for joining a game.
    • The payment provider's markup is labelled as theirs, not ours.

    Games and squads

    • A game has a name you can say out loud, and a short code you can read out.
    • Recruiting by position: you can ask for a goalkeeper and two defenders rather than "3 more people" — with a skill level per position where that matters.
    • The squad is visible, and players pick their own seat in it.
    • The organizer can play for free, spreading their share across the others — and everyone sees the honest price.
    • Several ways to pay in one game, including ones we do not stock — the organizer names their own.
    • "I'll answer later" on an invitation is now a real answer rather than silence: a reminder arrives daily until the person decides.
    • Reactions to an invitation reply, and a reason for declining, so the organizer understands what happened.
    • A queue when the game is full — you can see how many are ahead of you.
    • The organizer is offered their own previous notes for a game.
    • The organizer's comment can be written in several languages.
    • Organizers can publish house rules of their own for their games.
    • A late cancellation is now the organizer's decision. The share used to be forfeited on the spot. It is now held, and the organizer can return it or keep it — with a reason the player sees. If the organizer never answers, it is kept when the game is settled, which is what the player is warned of when they withdraw.

    Search and navigation

    • Search no longer depends on Polish letters. "lodz" finds "Łódź", "zolta" finds "Żółta". This covers cities, addresses and the district list, which was the most frequent complaint.
    • The city list is ordered by population rather than alphabetically — the city you want is at the top.
    • The pitch catalogue gained filters: by location, and by whether the pitch can be booked at all.
    • On a wide screen (tablet, desktop) there is now a side panel with the sections.
    • The home screen now opens with the wallet.

    Notifications

    • A full set of notifications about money: top-up, payment, refund, game settlement.
    • Notifications about late cancellations — to the organizer about the request, to the player about the decision.
    • Daily reminders for anyone who postponed an invitation.
    • The notification settings screen no longer shows technical names — every entry reads as a sentence.

    Everything else

    • The app has moved entirely to Roboto and ships the font itself — it looks the same on every device.
    • An update no longer takes the page away without warning — it asks first.
    • Reporting a bug now opens your mail app in one tap.
    • Fixed the keyboard shortcut bar sticking on Mac.

    Fixes

    The things you reported — and what happens now.

    • Search could not find cities and districts written with Polish letters (Ł, ó, ż)Finds them however you type — with the accents or without
    • An organizer with more than 100 followers could not invite anyone past the first hundredAnyone on the list can be invited
    • When creating a game the date duplicated or disappearedA new game starts with no date, and only the wizard sets it
    • Empty payment-method badges appeared, along with methods that did not existOnly real options are shown; a free game offers no payment at all
    • A lost connection said "something went wrong" and nothing moreThe screen explains that the server could not be reached, and lists what to check: mobile data for the app, roaming, VPN, hotel Wi-Fi
    • The house-rules box was ticked in advanceYou tick it yourself, on every booking
    • Cancelling a paid request did not say what it costIt names the amount and what becomes of it — and says honestly when the organizer decides
    • An organizer could no longer appoint an admin for their gameThey can
    • Accepting a venue's rules was not recordedIt is
    • A 90-minute game saw an hourly pitch as fully bookedIt sees the free time correctly
    • The day and city filters in search were never appliedThey are
    • With the server unreachable the app looped on the city listIt stops and says so
    • Sign-up could fail to finish — the name never reached the form, the button stayed inactive, the agreements list was emptySign-up completes
    • The "Add game" button would not openIt opens
    • Logging out broke an open game pageIt does not
    • A late invitation acceptance overfilled the gameIt joins the queue
    • On a tied vote in ratings the place went to one playerThe place is shared
    • An unfinished top-up could attach to someone else's account on a shared deviceIt belongs to whoever started it
    • The app could show an old version for weeks because of cachingIt updates as it should
    • Joining without enough funds explained nothingIt says how much is missing and offers a top-up

    For pitch owners and their staff

    This part is new. A venue used to be manageable only through us — now the owner has a panel of their own.

    • Enter your venue straight from the app, beside your personal and business profiles. A badge shows how many requests are waiting for a decision.
    • Roles: owner, manager, desk staff, viewer. Each sees exactly what they need and nothing beyond it.
    • A panel with tabs: requests · pitches · house rules · people · venue details.

    The pitch

    • The pitch page answers the main question first: is it ready to take bookings. Three lines — a price, opening hours, online booking — each with a link to whatever is missing.
    • A calendar for the pitch — a week or a day: what is free, what is booked, what is waiting for your answer, what is waiting to be paid, what is blocked. From a free slot you can create a reservation or block the time right away.
    • Prices per length — an hour, ninety minutes, two hours, separately. Plus pricing by headcount if that is how you sell.
    • A weekly schedule, with several windows in one day, and separate closures — holidays, cleaning, an outside rental. Before saving you see how many days it opens or closes, and whether it touches existing bookings.
    • If you are not ready to publish a whole schedule, you can publish individual slots instead. Then only what you published can be booked.
    • Manual blocks — one-off ranges taken off the market, with a reason only your own people see.
    • Manual reservations — the ones taken at the desk: no payment, paid on site, or a payment request from the customer's wallet (they are notified, have 2 hours, and you decide in advance what happens if nobody answers).
    • Dividing a pitch into parts that rent separately, each with its own prices and formats.
    • Formats — a pitch can host several game sizes, and all of them are visible to people searching.

    The venue

    • House rules separately for renters and for players, in several languages, with versions.
    • People: add someone, change a role, remove access.
    • A queue of booking requests, if you confirm by hand.
    • Venue details: address, contacts, hours, amenities, photos.

    What we are planning

    Amator is already in the App Store and on Google Play — here is what we are working on next.

    • Chat in the app — conversations for a game and for a venue, with notifications in real time.
    • Payments in EUR and multi-currency wallets — so fields can be rented outside Poland too.
    • A premium account — a longer booking horizon and other benefits. The basic account stays free: everything you can do in the app today will stay free.
    • The lowest price of the last 30 days — if discounts appear or prices start to move, the honest price history will be shown next to the price.
    • Tournaments and mini-leagues — tables, brackets, statistics.
    • Entry by QR code.
    • A player rating — no details promised yet: first we want it to be fair.

    Later (v7)

    • A player’s schedule — when you want to play: days of the week and times of day.
    • Deposits — who owes whom, and who is in the black.

    Questions, or something not working — write to us straight from the app: Settings → Report a problem.

  2. 5.0.0Released 7 August 2026

    5.0.0 — Onboarding and members

    The app finds your city itself, the choice stops resetting, and member lists gained sorting, filters and bulk actions.

    What changed

    • Onboarding — the app suggests your city itself, and asks which one you mean when two places share a name.
    • A welcome after sign-up — a short screen explaining what to do first.
    • Country and city stay chosen — the selection survives a restart instead of resetting.
    • Member lists — sorting, filtering, and actions on several people at once.
    • Moderation in member management — for organisers of larger groups.
    • A faster start — less waiting on the first screen.
  3. 4.0.0Released 1 August 2026

    4.0.0 — Fields and venues

    Fields and venues arrive as a searchable catalogue with photos, alongside private games and smarter copying.

    What changed

    • Fields and venues — a search of their own, with a page for every venue.
    • Photos — galleries for venues and fields, with uploading.
    • Private games — closed with a password.
    • Copying a game — the date moves to the nearest coming day of that week instead of staying in the past.
    • Contacts — phone and e-mail on a venue, tap to call or write.
  4. 3.15.0Released 10 July 2026

    3.15.0 — E-mail and the game wizard

    E-mail joins push as a notification channel, and the game wizard gets a new look.

    What changed

    • E-mail notifications — a second channel beside push, with a switch in settings.
    • Sign in with Apple — fixed.
    • The game wizard — a new look and a shorter path to a created game.
    • Editing and copying a game — opens on the right step instead of the first one.
    • Live Activity on iOS — starts reliably.
  5. 3.14.0Released 7 July 2026

    3.14.0 — Teams and phone

    Team management, joining a team from its page, and phone confirmation through Telegram.

    What changed

    • Teams — cancel an invitation, and balance the sides in one tap.
    • Joining a team — straight from its page.
    • Phone confirmation through Telegram — where an SMS does not arrive.
    • Copy to clipboard — a game link, a phone number, an address.
    • Notifications about changes to a game — when the organiser moves or edits it.
  6. 3.10.0Released 6 June 2026

    3.10.0 — Live Activity and phone

    The game on the lock screen, a proper phone number field, and a way to report a problem without leaving the app.

    What changed

    • Live Activity on iOS — the game on the lock screen: who is going, and how long until kick-off.
    • Entering a phone number — a field of its own, with validation.
    • Report a problem — straight from the app, with the error attached.
    • The game card — no longer the wrong width on the home screen.
  7. 3.9.0Released 28 May 2026

    3.9.0 — Statuses in the squad

    Who has confirmed and who has paid, visible on the card instead of inside the list.

    What changed

    • Badges on the game card — who has confirmed, and who has paid.
    • Inviting somebody already in the game — the list says so instead of inviting them twice.
    • Changing the attendance of somebody who paid — asks first.
  8. 3.6.0Released 26 May 2026

    3.6.0 — Onboarding

    The first run stopped being an empty screen.

    What changed

    • A step-by-step introduction on first run — instead of being left on an empty screen to work it out.
  9. 3.5.0Released 25 May 2026

    3.5.0 — Profile and business

    The profile settings rebuilt, and a business profile you can create yourself.

    What changed

    • Profile settings, rebuilt — grouped into rows instead of one long screen.
    • A badge for the phone — showing whether it is confirmed.
    • A business profile — created from the profile section.
    • When a purchase fails — it says what went wrong instead of just failing.
  10. 3.4.0Released 18 March 2026

    3.4.0 — Filters and Telegram

    Filtering by level and by language, and a Telegram account you can connect.

    What changed

    • Filtering by level — with an "Any" option for organizers who do not mind.
    • Player languages — a filter of its own.
    • Telegram — connecting an account and confirming it.
    • Partner offers — with pictures, and archiving for the ones that are over.
  11. 3.3.0Released 8 March 2026

    3.3.0 — Photos and awards

    An avatar and a team logo you can upload yourself, and calling somebody straight from their profile.

    What changed

    • Photos — an avatar and a team logo, uploaded and replaced in the app.
    • Call or write — straight from a phone number, and copy it in one tap.
    • Awards — their own pages, and the silver coin.
  12. 3.2.0Released 4 March 2026

    3.2.0 — Coins and partners

    A coin balance with the history behind it, and partners running their own offers.

    What changed

    • Coins — a balance, the history of every transaction, and an FAQ on how they work.
    • Partners — business settings, offer statuses, and offers marked sold out.
    • A purchased code — its own page, showing how long is left on it.
  13. 3.1.0Released 25 January 2026

    3.1.0 — Squads and invitations

    Finding people, inviting them, and balancing the sides before the game rather than on the pitch.

    What changed

    • Searching for people — by name, loading more as you go.
    • Balancing the squads — with a preview before it is applied.
    • Invitations to a game — sending them and keeping track.
    • The member list — sorted by team colour.
  14. 2.0.0Released 25 November 2025

    2.0.0 — Teams and notifications

    Teams got a page of their own, and notifications got a switch.

    What changed

    • A teams page — with search and filters.
    • Notification settings — in the profile.
    • Messages — marking everything read at once.
    • Creating a game — clearer navigation, and a duration that behaves.
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