Changelog

What's new in InduWatch: updates, improvements, and fixes.

  • new

    14-day Pro trial automatically activated for all new signups. New users get full Pro access (daily digests, 15 competitors, unlimited pages) with no credit card required.

  • new

    Trial countdown banner on the dashboard shows days remaining and links to upgrade.

  • new

    Trial-to-paid email sequence: automated emails at Day 7 (personalized stats + soft ask), Day 11 (loss framing — 3 days left), and Day 14 (expired — reactivation CTA). Stops automatically on upgrade.

  • new

    Scraper failure email template added: notifies users when a tracked page has failed 3+ consecutive days, with specific guidance on which URL types to use instead.

  • improved

    Competitor detail page now shows actionable guidance when a page fails repeatedly: explains which URL types work (public pages) vs. which don't (login-required, bot-protected).

  • fixed

    Prompt injection vulnerability: user-controlled strings (competitor name, page type, product description) are now sanitized before entering Claude prompts.

  • improved

    Pricing page Pro card now prominently shows the 7-day free trial badge with a clock icon and updated CTAs.

  • improved

    Daily digest option in settings is now a direct upgrade link for free users instead of a disabled radio button.

  • improved

    Plan limits throughout the app now respect active trials: trial users unlock Pro competitor and page limits.

  • improved

    Diff engine upgraded to LCS-based algorithm with contextual line clusters, position-aware grouping, and high-signal keyword prioritisation. Claude now sees cleaner, more focused diffs.

  • improved

    Noise filter applied to all page analysis: relative timestamps, tracking parameters, and navigation separators are stripped before AI analysis.

  • improved

    Claude model upgraded to claude-sonnet-4-6 for sharper competitive intelligence analysis.

  • improved

    When a scraper fails on competitor add, dashboard now shows a contextual "First Look pending" card instead of a blank state.

  • improved

    Dashboard quiet-competitors state updated: shows a "Your competitors held steady" card with a link to industry signals below.

  • new

    Slack and Zapier/webhook alerts added to features section and pricing comparison table. Fire an alert to any Slack channel or webhook when a high-significance change is detected.

  • new

    Free tools section added to the marketing footer with links to Competitor Snapshot, CI Template, and the free Playbook.

  • new

    Free Snapshot tool added to marketing navigation for direct discoverability.

  • improved

    Competitive intelligence template updated with realistic examples (Asana, Linear, ClickUp) instead of placeholder "Competitor A/B/C" data.

  • improved

    Playbook email course added to footer navigation.

  • fixed

    JSON-LD structured data on homepage listed EUR instead of USD as the plan currency.

  • fixed

    Briefings page title had an em dash instead of a pipe separator.

  • improved

    Product screenshots on homepage cropped to remove sidebar and show only content area, displaying more useful detail and removing all PII.

  • improved

    Top Intel card moved to the top of the dashboard for immediate visibility on most important competitor move.

  • fixed

    Em dash characters removed from all user-facing text across the marketing site, dashboard, and changelog.

  • new

    Changelog page. You're reading it.

  • new

    Interactive competitive intelligence template at /template: competitor overview, pricing matrix, battle cards, messaging tracker, and a clickable monthly checklist.

  • new

    Blog added to navigation header.

  • new

    FAQ structured data (JSON-LD) on homepage and blog posts for Google rich results.

  • improved

    Upgrade button in sidebar is now styled distinctly and hidden for Pro users.

  • improved

    Billing section in settings now shows a real Stripe portal link for Pro users instead of "coming soon".

  • improved

    Welcome email now correctly states that First Look analysis runs immediately on signup, not the next morning.

  • improved

    Signup headline updated to "Know the same day they change anything".

  • fixed

    Blog posts were excluded from Google indexing. Fixed robots meta tag.

  • fixed

    Template download button was a dead link. Replaced with interactive in-browser template.

  • fixed

    "Pro: coming soon" label removed from sidebar. Pro is live.

  • fixed

    Billing portal now handles stale Stripe customer IDs gracefully instead of crashing.

  • new

    Password reset flow: forgot password page and email link.

  • new

    Unsubscribe tokens are now HMAC-signed to prevent tampering.

  • new

    11 SEO-focused blog posts covering competitor monitoring, pricing intelligence, and AI analysis.

  • new

    Content Security Policy headers added for improved security.

  • improved

    Upgrade page replaced placeholder with real Stripe checkout (monthly and annual).

  • improved

    "Medium+" filter button on changes timeline. Hides low-significance changes with one click.

  • improved

    Competitor form shows animated progress steps during First Look analysis.

  • improved

    Settings page now shows a delivery time preview: "Your briefing arrives every Monday at 07:00 (Brussels time)".

  • new

    Industry signals feed: AI-analysed RSS sources categorised by funding, launch, acquisition, hiring, trend, and regulation.

  • new

    Custom RSS source management. Add your own feeds to the industry intelligence page.

  • new

    Monthly landscape report for Pro users. Sent on the 1st of each month.

  • new

    All-quiet email: a graceful "no changes this week" digest with industry signals instead.

  • new

    Scrape health page. See the status of every tracked page across all competitors.

  • improved

    Digest emails now include an AI-generated landscape summary at the top.

  • new

    InduWatch launched. Nightly scraping, AI-powered change analysis, weekly email digests.

  • new

    Free competitor snapshot tool: instant AI analysis of any public URL, no account required.

  • new

    Free plan: 3 competitors, 3 pages each, weekly digest.

  • new

    Pro plan: 15 competitors, unlimited pages, daily digest, monthly report.