The JobWatch App for iOS has been updated to 6.25 and is available now from the Apple App Store.

Please note that to download and use 6.25, you will need to be running iOS 15 or later.

This release focuses on stability and reliability. We've fixed the most common crashes that happened when opening tasks, navigating between screens, and viewing photos - the app now runs much smoother. Network handling is greatly improved too, so the app no longer incorrectly reports being offline when you have a good connection. Photos you take for worksheet questions now automatically include location data, helping you accurately log where work was completed. You'll also see helpful alerts when new versions are available, making it easier to stay up-to-date with the latest improvements.

🚀 New

• Photo Location Data - Photos you take when answering worksheet questions now automatically include location information (GPS coordinates). This helps accurately log where work was completed, even if you have a poor network connection at the time.

• Update Notifications - The app now shows you when new versions are available. You'll see alerts letting you know about updates so you can keep the app current with the latest features and fixes.

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed signatures not showing up when captured from client site.

• Fixed worksheet answers appearing multiple times on jobs.

• Fixed photos on repeatable tasks not showing in back office.

• Fixed jobs not being received on devices.

• Fixed app reporting offline status despite active internet connection.

• Fixed crashes when opening tasks or viewing worksheets.

• Fixed crashes when navigating to site assets.

• Fixed "Add Account" button not working.

• Fixed contacts editing sending users back to login screen.

• Fixed app crashes when viewing photos in tasks.

25.12.02 will be deployed to customers from 16th December 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🚀 New

API

• Invoice endpoints are now available in the REST API. (347795)

🔄 Changed

Export Blueprint

• The definition of the Job Type column has been updated so that it now reflects only the single job type. In addition, a new classification column has been introduced, which clearly indicates whether the entity is a single job or a group job. (340665)

Developers Portal

• The Developer Portal has been updated to allow customers to view and manage their webhook subscriptions. (346394)

• The Developer Portal now shows monthly API usage at the top of the Applications page. This gives integrators clear visibility of their usage, helping them monitor limits and plan upgrades proactively before reaching request caps. (346232)

🐞 Fixed

• The Invoice Due Dashboard now correctly supports filtering by Created date and Sent date when reviewing unpaid invoices. (345713)

• Customer Name keyword will now correctly display the line item’s customer name if specified, or fall back to the contract’s customer name where not provided on Contracts, (345993)

• The ordering of worksheets within tasks has been updated, and the worksheet name and header labels have been removed. (346351)

• Resolved an issue where uploading Purchase Invoices could fail due to a permission error. (347947)

• Improved the Selling and Cost Price keyword behaviour to correctly reflect line item amounts from a Rating Table. When using the Predefined invoicing item price keyword in an invoice description, any multipliers applied on the rating table are now accurately included. (347320)

• The Predefined Invoice items export now includes all items, including those with special characters that were previously excluded. (346537)

25.12.01 will be deployed to customers from 2nd December 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🔄 Changed

API

• The system now sends a note webhook message whenever a note’s progress is updated. This allows integrators to be immediately informed of changes to notes. (346475)

• The system now sends a job webhook message whenever a job’s status is updated via the mobile app. This enhancement allows integrators to be immediately notified when a resource interacts with a job. (346481)

Assets

• Agreement sites now support multiple categories and a new empty state has also been introduced, for when no categories or site details are available. (344843)

🐞 Fixed

• New Stripe customers now automatically have the Online Payment Link keyword included in their templates.(347034)

• Contracts now automatically generate invoices from job generated line items, following the defined schedule. (344232)

• Driving cost calculations now correctly include Travel line items when travel time overlaps with other rates. (344290)

• Non Sales Opportunity prefixed keywords now correctly populate information from Sales Opportunities when a Web user adds a flag that triggers an Alert. (346071)

• The financial documents job export now correctly includes data for all selected child contacts. (346251)

• Worksheets that previously shared a name with a note workflow can now be edited without issues. (345837)

• Jobs within a linked group now retain their assigned job categories even when the Unallocated setting is applied in the administration section. (341816)

25.11.02 will be deployed to customers from 18th November 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🚀 New

BigChange Payments

• You can now accept payments via popular Digital Wallets (e.g., Apple Pay, Google Pay) when using BigChange Payments. (346691)

🔄 Changed

Login Screen

• We’ve refreshed our login screen with our updated branding to deliver a cleaner, more modern experience.

🐞 Fixed

Import/Exports

• Long worksheet answers in the Import Data Table in Blueprints will now automatically show an ellipsis (…) (336531)

Finance

• In rating tables, the Keyword will now automatically use the selling price from the contact or parent contact’s price list. (345071)

Scheduling

• Job recurrences will now update correctly even if the start date is in the past. (339927)

25.11.01 will be deployed to customers from 4th November 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🚀 New

BigChange Payments

• Getting paid just got a whole lot simpler! With BigChange Payments powered by Stripe, you can access cash faster, enjoy more payment options, and streamline your collections all in one seamless experience. (345068)

🔄 Changed

Scheduling

• We’ve enhanced the way repeated tasks are displayed on standard jobcards. Task numbers are now clearly shown, making it easier to identify which questions relate to each specific task. (345224)

🐞 Fixed

scheduling

• Resolved an issue where service and task information did not display correctly on custom jobcards. Details now appear accurately. (345305)

• The Financially Completed filter in the jobs List View now correctly includes jobs that are part of a financially completed group. (344285)

Templates

• The icon size on the Online Editor sub-templates now displays correctly when added to Word templates. (329591)

25.10.02 will be deployed to customers from 21st October 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🔄 Changed

Finance

• Job Financial List is now sorted by completed date in descending order by default. This change ensures the most recently completed jobs are listed first. (345333)

🐞 Fixed

Finance

• Improved sync with Xero to ensure secondary contact details are retained when updating contacts. (344900)

• Email alerts for financial document statuses now display the correct subject line, making them easier to identify. (341522)

• VAT is now correctly included on consolidated invoices. (343953)

• The ‘Select All’ option now works as expected within Financial Documents in the CRM. (345091)

Dashboards

• Now, if a Web user is re-added in BigChange after being deleted, they’ll automatically regain their previously assigned dashboards. (340641)

Stock

• You can now search for serial numbers containing special characters like & without any issues. (339216)

Blueprints

• A Job type filter is now present when creating job related blueprints for custom field columns. (341505)

25.10.01 will be deployed to customers from 7th October 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🚀 New

Standard Reports

• Vehicle Defect with Worksheets Report enhances the tracking and management of reported vehicle defects. (343190)

• Vehicle Check with Worksheets Report provides an overview of all vehicle checks and defects logged by your resources through vehicle worksheets. (310034)

• Vehicle Check Summary Report delivers a clear summary of all completed vehicle checks. (342165)

Finance

• The new Job Finance List (BETA) offers a centralised, detailed view of all financial information linked to your jobs. This feature is fully configurable, enabling you to choose, filter, display, and export the data most relevant to your needs. (344008)

🐞 Fixed

• Cancelled Group Jobs no longer appear on the Job Finance Dashboard, providing a more accurate snapshot of active job finances (343475).

• Fixed an issue preventing searches for contacts with an ampersand (&) in their reference. (339452)

• The Save button is now responsive when applying a discount/markup on a financial line item of an ad-hoc contract. (341440)

• Eliminated duplicate job arrival alerts for the Send alert when resource is X miles away setting. (312693)

• Improved system performance when retrieving unallocated jobs in the Schedule List View. (341075)

• Corrected an error in the Timesheet Summary Report where multiple absences in one day caused an incorrect 'working' hour calculation. (341120)

• Resolved an issue relating to Job Group Contact VAT Profile keyword not displaying correctly. (343798)

• Templates locked by a deleted web user are now automatically unlocked upon user deletion. (334631)

• Fixed an issue with stock item line item behaviour to prevent problems with the Sage Integration sync related to deleted stock items. (315789)

25.09.02 will be deployed to customers from 23rd September 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🚀 New

Asset Management (Beta)

• You can now create jobs directly from the Asset Service within Asset Management (Beta). Multiple services can be grouped into a single job, making scheduling easier, reducing visits. (344001)

Finance (Beta)

• We’re excited to introduce the Purchase Invoicing with Intelligent Matching (Beta) feature. This AI-powered tool automatically matches purchase invoices with supplier invoices, drastically reducing manual work and minimizing errors. (344007)

🐞 Fixed

Finance

• The Financial Jobs list now runs smoothly when filtering large parent contacts with thousands of children. Dropdowns for selecting multiple child contacts are faster and more reliable. (338535)

• Invoice level tracking categories are now transferred to Xero correctly. (343619)

• Resolved an issue where documents linked to large numbers of contacts could not synchronise. Processing now works smoothly within Xero’s limits. (343630)

• We’ve strengthened search controls so web users can now only search for invoices within their permitted contact groups. (341800)

Jobs

• Recurring jobs now create smoothly and without errors. Decimal values are no longer accepted in recurrence settings. (341603)

Fleet

• Improved the way vehicle defects are checked so that alerts are no longer duplicated. (340448)

Dashboard

• Vehicles view on the Dashboard now displays correctly, even when no recent data is available. (325938)

Templates

• Seamlessly add person names as conditions in the template expression formula, giving you more flexibility and control when creating templates. (339853)

• The Actual Duration keyword now displays correctly for jobs lasting more than 24 hours, giving you accurate reporting on all job durations. (340226)

25.09.01 will be deployed to customers from 9th September 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🚀 New

Asset Management (Beta)

• We’re excited to announce the launch of the Asset Management feature in Beta, designed to deliver a functional Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) system. This initial release is focused on gathering valuable customer feedback to shape the future development of asset management in BigChange.

🐞 Fixed

Finance

• Quote acceptance link in a PDF linked to a quote, the accepted quote PDF is now automatically attached to the receipt email. (340078).

• When the setting Users can only add predefined items from a contact’s price list is active, a clear warning message now appears if a predefined item is added before linking a contact (340204).

• Exports of financial documents now fully apply user restrictions (341798).

Jobs

• System-wide change that improves the performance and reliability of the Schedule All functionality, leading to a smoother user experience (339606).

• Weekly view has been enhanced so that job flags appear consistently across all job segments when a job spans multiple days (341497).

Web Services

• Web service calls have been enhanced to ensure the correct permission checks are always applied (336588).