Celebrating Home4.0 - App Store

Celebrating Home is an art experience designed to express and promote appreciation for life on Earth.

Artworks
. Browse through collections of nature-themed artworks that are #MadeOniPad.
. On iPhone and iPad, view artworks in your space using Augmented Reality.
. On Apple Vision Pro, view artworks at a life-like scale that immerse you in Spatial Audio, transporting you to their unique environments.
. Add artworks to your iPhone, iPad home screen or Mac desktop as widgets.
. View artworks in StandBy when your iPhone is placed on its side while charging.

Create
. Unleash your creativity by drawing on top of the templates in the Create tab.
. Draw with your fingers on iPhone, use the Apple Pencil on iPad, or use your hands to draw across the canvas on Apple Vision Pro.
. Create personalized images, save your doodle, share it with the world.

Stickers
. Peel & paste stickers on images or text bubbles in your Messages conversations.
. Add stickers as effects during a FaceTime call.
. The sticker drawer is in the emoji keyboard, so you can use Celebrating Home stickers in any app where you can access emoji.
. Use Markup to add Celebrating Home stickers to photos, documents, screenshots, and more.

Version History This is a major update with new collections, refreshed interface, updated AR experience, and an assortment of refinements, including:

Experience
• Refreshed look across the app with classic engraved typography, subtle seams, and a new paper texture that flows across all tabs.
• Adopted the new Liquid Glass design across information cards, buttons, and AR overlays for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26.
• Subtle haptics tuned for navigating between collections and capturing AR photos.

Artworks
• Added 20 new artworks across Places, Reflections, Continuum collections.
• Browse artworks two ways with a new view switcher: stay in the familiar Gallery, or jump into the all-new Collections view that presents each series as a stack of cards.
• Each collection now opens with a slideshow and a grid of all artworks inside.

Augmented Reality
• Completely redesigned AR experience. See a live preview of the artwork on your wall before you place it, then tap the checkmark to lock it in.
• Reposition any time with a single tap to choose a new spot.
• Capture the moment with the new in-AR camera button, your photo is saved to your Photos library.

Widgets
• Tapping on “Artwork of the day” widgets on iPhone or iPad now open the respective artwork detail page within the app.
• Improved color rendering with full-color accent support on the latest platforms.
• Widgets are now supported on Apple Vision Pro. You can add widgets to different rooms and spaces, and they will reappear in each space when you put on your Vision Pro or when you re-enter the room where they were placed.

Happy Earth Day! Today is also the release anniversary of Celebrating Home. Thank you, and I am excited about this release. Enjoy the update! 4.0 Apr 23 This update provides important bug fixes and improvements to the app experience. 3.5 12/30/2025 This is a major update that brings many new refinements, including:

Experience
• For seamless integration with the latest platform advancements, Celebrating Home now requires minimum iOS 18, iPadOS 18, visionOS 2.
• The app icon now has custom dark and tinted appearances.
• Refreshed typography and spacing across the entire app with serif text for ease of readability, especially when there are a lot of words.

Artworks
• There are new fluid zoom transitions. Thumbnails now morph into the artwork detail page, creating a continuous browsing experience.
• Artwork detail pages have a stunning new look, featuring background colors that complement the artwork itself, delivering a visually cohesive experience in both light and dark mode.
• Poetic writings now complement each artwork, adding deeper context and storytelling. The “Behind the Artwork” section reveals the creative journey and inspiration behind each piece.

Widgets & StandBy
• Updated typography and spacing with expanded text that makes it easier to read artwork titles, especially in StandBy.
• Widgets now display artworks in enhanced resolution.

Discover
• The Discover section has a reimagined, cleaner, more intuitive layout design.
• A new, consistent icon style enhances visual harmony throughout the section.

Thank you for using Celebrating Home. Enjoy the update! 3.0 03/12/2025 This is update brings an assortment of improvements, including:

Stickers
• Facilitate your conversations with 7 new reimagined stickers: “Time to touch some grass”, “On cloud 9”, and more.

Experience
• This update introduces an all-new icon featuring metallic and glass textures— inspired by the windows of a spaceship. The gradient colors behind the glass are inspired by the hues of Earth’s atmosphere. I hope this icon will invite viewers to open the app and explore Earth's beauty through its artistic experience. The design has been meticulously crafted for iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro homescreens, as well as for its sticker app counterpart.

Happy Earth Day! Today is also the release anniversary of Celebrating Home. Thank you, and I am excited about this release. Enjoy the update! 2.1 04/23/2024 This is a major update that brings support for visionOS, and an assortment of new features and improvements, including:

Experience
• Introducing a spatial experience, designed for Apple Vision Pro.
• Text across the app is now adaptable to the device's Dynamic Type settings for preferred reading size.

Artworks
• On Apple Vision Pro, you can view artworks at a life-like scale, and through a portal window. The Portal window surrounds you with Spatial Audio, bringing you to the artwork's unique environment.
• Improved text legibility on artwork detail pages.

Creator
• Use your hands to draw across the canvas when using Apple Vision Pro.

Discover Section
• Added instructions for adding widgets on Mac desktop.
• Icons now have a consistent shape for a smoother visual experience.

Thank you for using Celebrating Home. Enjoy the update! 2.0 01/31/2024 This update brings an assortment of additions and improvements, including:

Artworks & Widgets
• Added a new artwork to the Places series: The Field of Dreams.

Creator Mode
• Added subtle haptic feedback when opening a template.
• Added prominent haptic feedback for undo, redo, clear, save buttons to indicate actions are completed.

Discover Section
• Reorganized section layout.

Thank you for using Celebrating Home. Enjoy the update! 1.3 11/23/2023 This update brings support for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, including an assortment of new features and improvements, including:

Experience
• Once you’ve upgraded to iOS 17, Celebrating Home widgets are now available in iPhone’s new StandBy mode, which is activated when your iPhone is placed on its side while charging.
• Celebrating Home widgets can now be added to your Mac desktop with macOS Sonoma.
• Celebrating Home is now abbreviated to “CH” on the iOS & iPadOS Home Screen.

Widgets
• Added a new artwork: Midnight Mist.
• Updated instructions to include StandBy.

Stickers
• Stickers information now resides in the Discover tab to simplify app navigation.
• Updated Stickers instructions for iOS 17.

Artworks
• Added a new artwork to the Places series: Midnight Mist.
• Rebranded all artwork images from “lucidstarfield” to “tanrohan”, ensuring a unified and seamless online presence.
• Revisited and corrected minor errors in some artwork descriptions.

Discover Section
• The About page now has an updated layout to include an elaborate description of the app.
• Widgets, Stickers, Privacy Policy pages have a refreshed layout.

Thank you for using Celebrating Home. Enjoy the update! 1.2 11/03/2023 This update brings an assortment of new features and improvements, including:

Experience Expansion
• Introducing an epic iPad experience with a sidebar layout that simplifies app navigation.
• Collapsible sidebar on iPad allows for full-screen viewing.
• Support for portrait and landscape orientations on iPhone & iPad, making your experience truly universal.

Stickers
• Facilitate your conversations with new sticker additions: "Burning in the Heat" and "Celebrating Life".

Creator Mode
• Unleash your creativity with an improved Creator Mode—now features Undo, Redo, Clear All options, and a dedicated Save button so you can share your creations.
• Creator Mode now resides in the tab bar on iPhone and sidebar on iPad.
• Updated symbol for Creator Mode.

Artworks
• Reimagined Gallery interface that puts emphasis on each artwork series for organized viewing.
• Explore new additions to the artworks collection: "Way to Elsewhere," "Cosmic Reflection," "Whispers of Light," and 9 more from the "Environments" series.
• Share your favorite artworks with an added link to the app.
• Optimized file size for all images.
• Updated description for "Sunrise Symphony."
• Refined AR interface for all devices, offering a full-screen view.

Widgets
• Improved widget experience: enjoy 12 new artworks as widgets and clearer instructions.
• Fixed "Of Life" widget.
• Extra Large widget size compatibility for iPadOS.
• Enhancements include added gradient for better title-text readability and fixes in text alignment across all widget sizes, specifically iPad Pro 12.9-inch.

Discover Section
• "Settings" have evolved into the "Discover" section: Learn more about the app, link to an Apple Music playlist, rate on the App Store, and share Celebrating Home with friends.
• The About page now has an elaborate description of the app.
• Icons now adapt to both light & dark modes for a smoother visual experience.

Thank you for using Celebrating Home. Enjoy the update! 1.1 07/15/2023 1.0 04/23/2023