July 27, 2026
FriendDiff now feels organized around the actual loop: sync, review a session, compare teammates, and bring the receipt.
Session receipts Adds a last-session summary with record, win rate, most-played champion, and most-present teammate. Groups games played less than two hours apart into a readable session instead of another pile of match rows. Copies a concise, branded session receipt for Discord or the group chat. Useful match history Adds champion, KDA, role, KDA ratio, duration, selected teammates, result, and date to every row. Normalizes Riot queue labels and removes malformed or internal-looking queue names. Adds duration, role, and game patch context to match details. Clearer comparisons Turns Players into a teammate directory with shared record, most-seen champion, last-seen date, and explicit comparison controls. Expands group cards with competitive games, record, win rate, member identity, and the latest shared result. Adds time filtering to Analytics and keeps League-only champion and queue filters readable at normal window sizes. Honest account status Normal Electron builds now say match history is available instead of pretending live Overwolf tracking is active. Linked Account shows local history, cloud history, last cloud update, and a deliberate confirmation before replacing an identity. Public Riot data is described as synced—not verified ownership. July 26, 2026
FriendDiff's installer now carries the app's visual language through the complete setup flow.
Dark setup flow Themes the welcome, install-progress, and finish surfaces with FriendDiff's midnight palette. Adds FriendDiff-colored progress and navigation treatments instead of default white wizard pages. Uses concise product-specific setup and completion copy. Less Windows boilerplate Removes the unnecessary install-mode selection from the normal setup path. Keeps the signed assisted flow while reducing setup to the decisions that matter. Opens FriendDiff directly from a clearly labeled finish screen. Cleaner group identity Removes Group POV beneath the current user's Me label. Removes the redundant Your FriendDiff account caption beneath the current username. Keeps the useful shared-match explanation and friend-specific records. July 26, 2026
A branded setup experience and a clearer group dashboard remove ambiguity before and after installation.
Premium Windows setup Replaces the generic one-click setup with a signed, assisted FriendDiff installer. Adds original FriendDiff sidebar and header artwork, branded icons, install-location choice, and explicit shortcuts. Keeps uninstall data by default so an accidental reinstall does not erase local history. Clear group perspective Renames Group win rate to Shared win rate and states that results use your linked account's point of view. Explains exactly which matches qualify: games containing your account and another accepted group member. Shows direct overlap, shared record, and shared win rate separately for each friend. You are you Labels your own group row as Me instead of reporting that you have no shared games with yourself. Separates cloud-sync health from the actual shared-match comparison. Adds a highlighted visual treatment for the current FriendDiff account. July 26, 2026
Shared-game detection now uses both participant identity and authoritative cloud ownership.
Ownership-aware matching Counts a match's cloud owner as present in the accepted FriendDiff group. Repairs older records where the friend was identified but the uploader's own participant lacked a FriendDiff ID. Uses the same rule for shared matches, full-lineup matches, member records, and group analytics. Verified against real history Diagnosed the stored FriendDiff history rather than relying on estimated sync counts. Found 163 records containing the friend's identity and the owner's cloud ID that were previously reported as zero. Requires no Riot re-import because the necessary ownership data is already stored. Profile comparisons Member-effect calculations recognize the owner even when their participant mapping is absent. Keeps separately synced friend history available for without-you comparisons. Continues reconciling richer participant identity whenever cloud history refreshes. July 26, 2026
Friend and group history now reconciles Riot match identity across every accepted member's cloud sync.
Shared-game identity Treats each uploader's local Riot participant as authoritative for their FriendDiff account. Merges FriendDiff identities from duplicate copies of the same Riot match instead of discarding one player's identity. Restores group shared-game detection when the match was visible by Riot username but not connected to the group member. Cross-player profiles Preserves independently synced matches so friends can inspect games that were not played together. Keeps the viewer's match perspective while merging identity metadata from other synced members. Reconciles updated League links on every cloud refresh without requiring another Riot import. Reliability Uses cloud ownership as a fallback when a League connection lookup is stale or temporarily unavailable. Combines all contributing FriendDiff account IDs on shared records. Applies the same identity-aware match pool to Groups and the Analytics Center. July 26, 2026
A custom FriendDiff desktop shell and a major analytics reliability pass make the alpha feel more like a real product—and stop tiny samples from pretending to be evidence.
Custom desktop experience Replaces the stock Windows and Electron frame with a branded draggable titlebar and custom window controls. Adds rounded windowed corners plus inset, app-styled scrollbars that begin below the titlebar. Keeps maximize, restore, minimize, close, dragging, and Windows Snap behavior intact. Analytics you can defend Adds a universal 10-game minimum for percentage-based friend, champion, item, group, queue, role, and side findings. Adds role-aware LosersQueue burden analysis so supports are measured through vision, participation, survival, and their opposing support. Adds champion-specific full-item cores with time and gold eligibility so short games are not counted as build deviations. Better receipts Evaluates defensive purchases against the full enemy team's recorded damage instead of blaming one champion. Adds queue filters throughout Match History, Players, Groups, and Analytics. Gives friend cards distinct receipt formats backed by each friend's real sample and effect. July 26, 2026
A dedicated Analytics Center turns stored match history into detailed, auditable item, champion, friend, group, and win-rate findings.
Analytics Center Adds full-screen All, Items, Champions, Friends, Groups, and Win rates views. Keeps notable receipts throughout FriendDiff while providing a dedicated place for deeper exploration. Applies the existing game, queue, player, and champion filters to each analysis. Item decision analysis Evaluates anti-heal, anti-shield, anti-crit, armor, magic-resist, anti-auto-attack, and anti-frontline item use cases. Uses enemy champions, enemy final builds, and recorded physical-versus-magic damage composition. Adds item-pair frequency, item win rates, without-item comparisons, suitability counts, and explicit sample sizes. Deeper comparisons Adds per-champion KDA, damage, records, and win rates. Adds competitive-versus-casual duo coverage and repeated champion-pair results. Adds group lineup records plus queue, role, map-side, and recent-form win-rate splits. July 26, 2026
League item-build analytics and clearer filters make every comparison easier to audit.
League item builds Stores all seven final participant item slots returned by Riot Match-v5. Shows complete final builds for both teams inside match details. Adds item images, names, build frequency, games played, and win rate to League Insights. Filters and coverage Adds a Champion filter to Match History whenever League of Legends is selected. Replaces the vague eligible-match label with Normal and Ranked Summoner's Rift coverage. Shows exactly how many casual or non-Summoner's Rift matches were excluded. Comparison clarity Duo rows now distinguish competitive Summoner's Rift games from excluded modes. Removes the decorative circular treatment from insight callouts. Existing matches missing item data are automatically backfilled during the next League refresh. July 26, 2026
A group-sync reliability release that makes cloud counts, upload progress, and shared-game totals agree.
Cloud reconciliation Cloud progress begins from the records already verified online instead of incorrectly resetting to zero. Interrupted uploads recover automatically, and concurrent upload requests are processed safely in order. Every progress update now reflects the confirmed cloud record count rather than an estimated batch position. Resilient group loading A temporary upload failure no longer hides cloud history that is already available. Stale uploading states are detected and retried instead of remaining stuck indefinitely. Group members see clearer syncing, verifying, interrupted, and completed states. Accurate shared matches A shared group match now requires at least two accepted group members on the same team. Group totals, member impact, recent matches, and receipts now use the same shared-match set. Duplicate match records from multiple members remain consolidated into one group result. July 26, 2026
A signed, shareable alpha focused on dependable cross-player syncing and clearer group comparisons.
Distribution and updates Digitally signed and timestamped the Windows installer through Microsoft Artifact Signing. Added a production download that always points players and platform reviewers to the current build. Prepared the desktop app for signed updates after the initial installation. Sync and linked accounts Improved durable cloud-sync verification and automatic retry when match uploads are interrupted. Corrected linked-account and group connection states across players. Made the linked League account the source of truth for personal stats and history. Groups, players, and receipts Expanded group and player comparison views with more useful shared-match context. Improved friend tracking, filtering, and group-specific notable findings. Refined readability and visual treatment throughout the desktop app.