
January 2025: Small improvements & fixes
January brings an exciting new feature to Helm: the MenuBar App! This mini version of Helm runs in your menu bar, providing quick access to your most recently used apps and keeping your app statuses updated in the background. We have also been focussing a lot polishing the experience by fixing over 30 different bugs!
Here’s everything we shipped in January 2025:
MenuBar App
- NEW FEATURE: Keep Helm running in the background with our new MenuBar App
- Background app status updates
- Quick access to recently used apps
- Easy access to settings
- App switcher integration
- Opt-out by default (you’re in control)
What’s New or Improved?
- Launch Helm at login option
- Added indication when you’ve sent a reply directly
- Set subcategories for apps in the Games category
- TestFlight group tester count indicator on the overview page
- Notifications for upcoming Helm Pro expiration
- Support for O1 and O1 Mini models when using custom API keys
- Direct link to TestFlight’s Feedback Screenshots page
- Completely rewritten setup system with iCloud sync
- Link to expedited review page when app is “In Review”
- Automatic copyright year update reminders and assistance
- Privacy Policy URL field now supports “Apply to all” and “Copy from base language”
- Improved translation clearing process
- Added role difference explanation during onboarding
- Enhanced Launch list validation
What’s Fixed?
- Fixed screenshot group file download issues
- Alphabetical sorting of App Store languages
- Improved “Apply from other platforms” to include all localizations
- Enhanced form icon consistency
- Resolved customer review display issues
- Fixed automatic build selection
- Improved Settings UI
- Template functionality restored
- Added translation skip notifications
- MenuBar app foreground behavior fixed
- More explicit translation prompts (e.g., “French Canadian”)
- Implemented consistent text copying
- Empty state for unselected versions
- UI improvements across the board
- Paginated apps list showing all available apps
- Enhanced app and version refresh mechanisms
- App switcher refresh functionality
- Base language changes in app settings
- Age rating declaration for kids’ apps
- Background functionality restored
- Fixed phased release resume crash
- Textfield UI bug fixes
- Corrected team app display
- Double-click .helm file opening
- Fixed .helm file icons
- Resolved new version creation state issues
- MenuBar app padding fixes
- Fixed app state crashes
- Translation feature improvements
- TestFlight UI bug fixes
- Reduced 409 errors
- Added app switcher to MenuBar app
It’s been a busy start to 2025, and we’re excited to keep improving Helm with your feedback. The new MenuBar App is just the beginning of what we have planned for this year!