iOS 2026.05.1

Photo challenge screens now make it clearer where photos can be submitted while keeping browsing separate from the submit flow, and the submission flow itself is shorter, more legible, and easier to back out of. This release also fixes a number of bugs.

Improved

Photo challenge Details, Locations, Categories, and Photos tabs now follow a cleaner flow before and after joining.
Browsing Locations and Categories stays informational until you explicitly choose to submit a photo.
Photo challenge submission now uses one guided flow with consistent progress, clear back behavior, and visible selected category/location context.
Submitting a photo is now a direct three-step flow — pick a category, pick a location, then write your post — and the Submit button stays disabled until you've attached a photo.
Photo challenge category cards drop the small status pill in favor of clearer "N of M submitted" copy, and tapping a category in the picker now advances the flow immediately instead of asking you to confirm with a separate NEXT button.
Photo challenge categories that allow multiple submissions per person now stay open for new submissions until you actually reach the per-person limit, instead of locking after the first one.
Removed an extra summary card from photo challenge submission screens so each step has more room for the actual content.
Photo challenge primary action buttons (SUBMIT, POST, SELECT A LOCATION, JOIN CHALLENGE, NEXT) now use a higher-contrast label color so the button text stays readable in both their active and disabled states.
Removed the rolled-up "Submitted N" pill from photo challenge location rows so the Locations tab is easier to scan; per-category submission state still shows on the category cards.
The photo challenge category detail sheet now renders longer descriptions in full, with formatting and scrolling, instead of clipping after a few lines.
The selected photo challenge category now appears as a pill next to the challenge name on the Create Post step, instead of floating above the photo and text editor.
Tapping a photo challenge category you can still submit to now jumps you straight to the submit flow instead of stopping on a read-only detail sheet first, and the submission progress bar only appears when there are multiple steps to walk through.
Another round of polish across photo challenge category, location, and post-creation screens for tighter spacing, copy, and behavior.
Sharing a photo challenge submission now shares the post you just created (with its image and caption) instead of only the raw photo, so the link recipient lands on the actual post.
Cleaned up button and title casing across challenge screens: "JOIN CHALLENGE", "SUBMIT PHOTO", "CONTINUE", "SHARE", and similar all-caps labels now read as "Join Challenge", "Submit Photo", "Continue", "Share", and so on, matching the rest of the app.
Fixed the missing divider line under the navigation bar on the standalone Social screen.
Tightened photo challenge submission screens for visual consistency, with cleaner sheet styling, restored uppercase action buttons where appropriate, and a My Submissions–specific empty state.
Hardened the photo challenge questionnaire flow so unsupported legacy questions are skipped, going Back from the post step preserves the answers you already entered, and step counts include each question.
Tightened the photo challenge submission flow so the Create Post step has a real Back button to your previous step, and the flow handles cases where the location has no eligible category or you aren't enrolled in the challenge more clearly.

Fixed

Photo challenge categories with prior submissions stay visible until you reach the per-person limit; previously they could disappear from To-Do and the Categories list after the first submission even when more were allowed.
Submitted photos now appear in the Photos gallery and My Submissions without requiring a manual refresh.
Photo challenge Locations and Categories no longer fully reload just because you joined the challenge.
You can no longer favorite your own submitted photo.
The participant count now uses the correct singular/plural wording.
Fixed a crash that could happen when opening the Me > Challenges tab while a refresh was in flight.
Fixed survey challenge tasks completed while offline disappearing from the To-Do folder but never showing up in Completed after the next sync.
Fixed the sponsored badge on community cards in the More Communities carousel drifting away from the community name when the name was short.