What's New in the Kepthouse Beta — Every Feature We've Shipped Since Launch

Kepthouse launched into closed beta on 14 March 2026. Since then we've shipped six updates based on real feedback from real testers. This post covers every user-facing feature we've added, in the order it shipped.

If you're a beta tester, update to the latest version to get everything below. If you're not in the beta yet, here's how to join.

v1.1.0 — Assets & Vehicles (15 March)

The Appliances tab became Assets — a broader category that now covers appliances, vehicles, and anything else you own that needs tracking.

Vehicle tracking with MOT, tax, insurance, and mileage

• Vehicle tracking — registration, MOT, tax, insurance, service dates, mileage
• Vehicle dates on the dashboard — MOT, tax, and insurance due dates appear alongside your tasks
• Smart reminders — automatic notifications at 30, 14, 7, and 1 day before vehicle dates are due
• Filter chips — filter the Assets tab by All, Appliances, or Vehicles
• Notification tester — fire a real notification from Settings to check your sound and display
• Apply All — bulk-apply default reminder settings to all items of a type
• Tap to rename — rename photo labels, document labels, and manual link labels with a tap

v1.1.2 — Calendar View (17 March)

See your entire home schedule on one colour-coded calendar. This was the most requested feature in the first week of testing.

Month view with colour-coded dots and day agenda

• Month view — colour-coded dots show what's happening each day. Tap a day to see the full agenda.
• Week view — toggle to a 7-day view with full agendas for every day
• Filter chips — show or hide tasks, warranties, subscriptions, and vehicle dates
• Tap to navigate — tap any item in the agenda to jump to its screen with a highlight flash
• Pinned dashboard — the greeting bar with calendar and search icons now stays fixed at the top when you scroll

v1.1.5 — Contact Usage History & Smart Ratings (22 March)

This one came directly from a beta tester who said: "Saving a tradesperson's number is one thing but knowing when you last used them and whether they were actually any good is the bit that always falls through the cracks."

Usage history with per-visit ratings and the Average/Manual toggle

• Usage history — log every time you use a tradesperson with a date, star rating, and notes about the job
• Smart ratings — the overall star rating is automatically calculated as an average across all your logged visits. 20 visits with one bad day? Still 4.8 stars. Two visits, one disaster? 2.5 stars — the pattern tells the story.
• Manual override — disagree with the average? Override it. Toggle between Average and Manual anytime.
• Personal Review — a dedicated field for your overall opinion of the contact, separate from individual visit notes
• Last used on cards — contact cards in the list now show "Used 2 weeks ago" so you can see at a glance who you haven't called recently
• Better search — searching "plumber" now finds contacts by service type, company name, and contact name — not just the item title
• Swipe controls — swipe threshold doubled to prevent accidental deletes, plus a new toggle in Settings to disable swipe entirely and use long press instead

v1.1.6 — Calendar Import Wizard (25 March)

Another feature that came from a beta tester: "I have a lot of stuff on Google Calendar just now. Is an import from Google Calendar a function you think might make sense?"

Yes. Yes it does.

Import preview with smart type detection — payments auto-detected as subscriptions, work events auto-skipped

• Google Calendar import — sign in and import directly. Select which calendars, set a date range, and go.
• ICS file import — export from Apple Calendar, Outlook, Samsung Calendar, Yahoo, or any app that supports ICS. Pick the file and import.
• Label mapping — if your calendar events have colour labels (e.g. red for finance, blue for home), map each label to a Kepthouse type: Task, Subscription, or Skip.
• Smart type detection — events with "payment", "insurance", "bill" in the title are auto-detected as subscriptions. "Meeting", "gym", "dentist" are auto-skipped. Everything else defaults to Task.
• Text filters — exclude events containing "meeting" or only import events containing "home". Fine-tune what comes in.
• Review each or quick import — review events one by one with full editing, or import everything in one tap.
• Recurring events — imported as recurring tasks or subscriptions, matching the original schedule.

Other improvements across all versions

• Backup version protection (v1.1.1) — backups include version info so you can't accidentally restore a newer backup on an older app version
• Settings reorganised (v1.1.6) — the More screen is now split into clear sections: Data, Backup, Premium, Settings, and About
• Tap-to-navigate (v1.1.2) — tapping items on the dashboard or calendar scrolls to and highlights the card on the target screen
• What's New messages (v1.1.2) — a one-time message when you update, so you know what's changed

What's next?

We're listening. Every major feature in this list came from beta tester feedback — either directly from conversations on r/kepthouse or from patterns we noticed in how people use the app.

The features on our roadmap for upcoming releases:

• Projects — group tasks, contacts, warranties, and assets under a single DIY project
• Vehicle data lookup — auto-fill vehicle details from your registration number

If there's something you want to see, let us know. The beta is where features get shaped.