What's New in RelaxColors 2.0

Version 2.0 is the largest update since launch — and most of it came out of sitting down and going through the whole app, honestly, looking for what was broken or overstated.

Things that were simply broken

Sessions didn’t end. When the timer reached zero, the sound stopped but the colors kept going. If you set a twenty-minute session before bed, the app would still be running in the morning. It now fades out gently — light and sound together — and closes itself.

The screen went dark mid-session. Your phone’s auto-lock would kick in a minute or two in and switch off the very thing you were watching. The screen now stays awake for the whole session and returns to normal afterwards.

Prices were wrong outside the US. The paywall showed prices with a dollar sign regardless of where you were. Prices now come straight from the App Store in your own currency, and the annual discount is calculated from real numbers rather than a figure typed in by hand.

A new look

The interface has been rebuilt around Liquid Glass on iOS 26, with a fallback that keeps everything looking right on earlier versions. The background is now a slow drift of colored light rather than a rotating gradient with a visible seam.

The app icon changed too — a warm lamp glowing in the dark, which is closer to what the app actually is than the old medical cross ever was.

Eleven languages

RelaxColors is now available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, and Simplified Chinese. You can set a language for the app on its own from Settings.

More care in the details

• Reduce Motion is respected: with it on, colors move slowly and nothing

pulses. For an app built on changing light, this isn’t a nicety

• Sound survives interruptions — a call or alarm no longer leaves the rest

of your session silent

• Buttons got proper sized touch targets and VoiceOver labels

Honest descriptions

We rewrote every pattern description. Gone are the claims about brain waves, melatonin production, and healing frequencies — none of which the app does or ever did.

What replaced them is plainer: what the pattern looks like, how fast it moves, and when you might want it. There’s also a section in the app now stating what we don’t claim, and pointing toward a doctor for anything a color app has no business addressing.

We think the app is better described honestly than oversold. Thanks for using it.