All the updates, new features and improvements we've made to Cazmate.
A dashboard that gets straight to the pointImprovement
The dashboard highlights your current or next stay, and prompts you to book if nothing is planned. Stays and transactions pending approval appear at the top, one tap away. New widgets round it all off:
Practical information: Wi-Fi, access codes and address, ready to copy.
Contacts: the people to reach, emergencies first.
Notes: the three most recently edited notes.
Birthdays: members' upcoming birthdays.
Finances: where you stand, the shared account balance and the latest transaction.
House contactsImprovement
House contacts now live in Practical information. Emergency contacts appear first and are clearly marked. For each contact, choose whether guests can see it.
House photosImprovement
House photos are now grouped in Practical information. You can also delete a photo.
Refreshed sign-in, sign-up and invitationsImprovement
The sign-in, sign-up and forgotten password screens have had a makeover. An invitation now shows the first name of the person inviting you and the house in question, even before you create your account. Joining or creating a house is simpler too.
A new look for notesImprovement
Notebooks and notes get a new design. Each note shows who edited it last.
Guestbook as a feedImprovement
Guestbook memories now scroll like a feed, so you can relive your stays with a simple swipe.
Premium made clearerImprovement
The Premium plan now explains what it brings to your house, and any member can subscribe. Rules not available without Premium stay visible but greyed out, instead of being hidden. The Subscriptions page has been redesigned and shows what you pay for, house by house.
BedsNew
Set up the beds in each room, then pick your bed when you book a stay. Everyone knows where they're sleeping before they arrive.
A richer calendarImprovement
The calendar is now easier to use:
Filter by member to show only the stays you care about.
Quickly pick a period from the calendar title.
Pending stays flagged directly on the calendar tab.
Details of school holidays, public holidays and birthdays.
Notifications reworkedImprovement
Notifications are grouped by feature and by date, and the unread count is always up to date.
Address suggestionsNew
Type your house's address freely: suggestions appear as you type.
Account and preferencesImprovement
Your account, preferences and help are now on a single page. The language can automatically follow your phone's, and notification preferences have been reworked.
A more consistent appImprovement
Stays, events, finances, members and settings now share the same style, for smoother navigation from one screen to the next. When you edit a stay, you're only asked to confirm if the change sends it back to pending approval.
Stays linked to financesNew
Stay fees are now linked to finances. When a paid stay is approved, a contribution is automatically created in your house's finances and split between the participants. Everyone sees what they owe the house account, with no manual re-entry. Also new:
Upcoming movements: a dedicated screen to plan ahead for scheduled expenses and contributions.
Receipts: an indicator shows which transactions have a receipt attached.
Finances reworkedImprovement
The finances module has been completely rebuilt. Your expenses, income and transfers are better organised, with a clear breakdown of who paid and who owes what. Main new features:
Shared account: track the balance of a shared bank account (joint ownership, kitty) with an opening balance and a detailed view of money in and out. Turn it on if you need it.
Flexible splitting: split an expense equally or by shares between the members involved.
Simpler reimbursements: see who owes whom and record a reimbursement in one tap.
Full history: filter your transactions by type, category, amount and period.
New calendar viewsNew
Three views for your calendar: the classic month view, the planning view that lists all your stays and events in chronological order, and the day view with a compact calendar at the top and the selected day's details below.
Calendar coloursImprovement
Each member now has their own colour in the calendar. Stay statuses are shown with icons (confirmed, pending, declined). The legend has been fully restructured for clarity.
RoomsNew
Set up the rooms in your house and assign them to your stays. Specify their capacity, and no more questions about who's in which room: every booking has its own space.
Date of birthNew
Add your date of birth to your profile. It will appear in your house's shared calendar.
Your stay rulesNew
Keep your house's calendar balanced: a limit on how many months ahead stays can be booked, and a maximum stay length in nights. Turn them on as needed. Each member sees the rule when booking.
Member management reworkedImprovement
The Members page has been completely redesigned: separate members and invitations views, a richer member profile, new shareable invitation links and invitations from your contacts.
New dashboardImprovement
A redesigned interface for clearer navigation. Rearrangeable widgets and direct access to your house's key information.
NotebooksImprovement
Improved navigation, photos in note content and a revamped text editor. Preview your PDF, Word and Excel files without leaving the app.
GuestbookNew
Share your memories and best moments with your house's members. Link each memory to a stay, add photos and choose who can see them: all members and guests, or members only.
Customisable modulesNew
As an administrator, choose which tools your members can see. Turn on what you need today, and add the rest when your family is ready.
Stay contributionsNew
Set an amount per night or per night per person. The contribution is estimated automatically when a stay is created.
Essential information pageNew
Keep the address, access codes, Wi-Fi and all the house's useful information in one place. Guests can only access it once they have an approved stay.
Calendar syncNew
Sync the Cazmate calendar with your personal calendar and with Airbnb.
Stay rulesNew
Set the rules for approving, cancelling and changing stays. Visible to all members.
First house freeNew
Your first house is now available free of charge, with no subscription.
Invitations reworkedImprovement
Joining a house is now simpler. The sign-in and onboarding flow has been completely redesigned.
