Release Notes
Release History
Line Budgeter is under continuous active development.
Browse new features, improvements, and fixes by release.
2026
Version 2026.8.8 (212)
Version 2026.8.8 (212)
August 27, 2026
✓Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that caused ratebooks to display incorrectly while being imported into a budget.
Version 2026.8.7 (211)
Version 2026.8.7 (211)
August 26, 2026
✦New Features
- Import Movie Magic budgets (.mmb) and export budgets to Movie Magic (.mmbx) — Beta
- Studio and Institutional plans are now available
- Workspace and real-time collaboration for teams
- New sharing controls: watermarks, export and download restrictions, department-only access, and access expiration dates
- Manage workspace subscriptions: cancel, reactivate, or transfer ownership. Workspaces with a lapsed payment switch to read-only until billing is resolved
- Duplicate User: invite a new workspace member with the same role and permissions as an existing one
- Hide budget totals in the workspace library for selected members
- Limit a budget to specific departments
- New flat-rate type for fixed-amount lines
- DateRW returns, with improved day and week calculations from start and end dates for per Day hire rates
- Compare Budgets across all libraries, including workspace and shared budgets
- Redesigned batch fringe and incentive tools to show what's applied and replace existing selections rather than stacking
- Recent Budgets list on the dashboard
- Create subfolders in My Files and move folders between workspace and personal libraries
- Page numbers in reports
- VAT number support at checkout
- The Windows installer is now digitally signed
↗Improvements
- Two-factor authentication, with authenticator app support and recovery codes. Workspaces can require it for all members
- Large budgets open, recalculate, and duplicate faster
- Improved overall stability and error handling
- Stronger security, including safer password rules and updated components
- Cleaner report layouts with consistent number formatting
- Restricted features now say so clearly, and permission changes apply immediately
- Rate Entry shows which departments have unsaved changes
- Budgets and projects created offline sync automatically when you reconnect
- Clearer plan and billing screens, with status shown on ratebook subscriptions
- Faster Chart of Accounts, and Print / PDF now available on shared budgets
- Refined window controls and menus on Mac and Windows
✓Bug Fixes
- Fixed tax floor and ceiling calculations across ranges, including when lines move between ranges, and a floor of 0 being ignored
- Fixed removed fringes and incentives reappearing after recalculation
- Fixed batch incentives stacking duplicate credits on a line
- Fixed incentive and location totals not updating after budget changes
- Fixed formula issues with Universals, error highlights, and value recovery after invalid entries
- Fixed copied lines with DateRW formulas not recalculating, and DateRW changing a line's unit unexpectedly
- Fixed Goalpost budgets showing 0.00% or opening blank
- Fixed the right-click menu not opening on line numbers
- Fixed flicker and misaligned headers when opening a budget
- Fixed switching accounts quickly showing the wrong account's data
- Fixed the Associated Lines panel overlapping the grid
- Fixed the Delete key removing rows while Edit Mode was off
- Fixed pasting copied rows on the Topsheet doing nothing
- Fixed autofill triggering while a cell was being edited
- Fixed the Calendar hanging when saving changes
- Fixed duplicate Rate Entry windows opening
- Fixed personal budgets being wrongly blocked by workspace permission rules
- Fixed budgets staying open in a broken state after access was removed — they now close gracefully, even if the change happens while you're offline
- Fixed workspace removal not taking effect until the app was relaunched
- Fixed Institutional workspace members losing their own purchased ratebooks when switching between personal and workspace contexts
- Fixed shared budgets not opening from the library after syncing, and attempting to open while offline instead of showing a clear notice
- Fixed group members missing from the Add People and Groups picker
- Fixed the workspace tour and copy-files prompts appearing twice
- Fixed Compare Budgets being available on budgets where it shouldn't be, and unavailable where it should
- Fixed seat counts and costs in the ownership transfer screen
- Fixed the app crashing when signing up right after logging out
- Fixed hyphenated names being rejected at sign-up
- Fixed the plan-expired message and workspace invitations appearing on top of each other
- Fixed the Update Billing button in the workspace renewal notice doing nothing
- Fixed checkout losing your totals when a VAT number failed to validate
- Fixed plan changes from one device not applying correctly on another
- Fixed ratebook subscription details showing the wrong dates
- Fixed Movie Magic exports missing charges, credits, and fringes
- Fixed issues with importing budgets into workspaces and duplicated budgets not retaining the correct access settings
- Fixed folder deletion not checking all budgets inside first, and empty projects failing to delete
- Fixed trash restore and delete ignoring workspace permissions
- Fixed the My Files submenu misbehaving in the library, and budget renames showing the old name in some windows
- Fixed stuck sync indicators and stale cached data
- Fixed report formatting issues caused by column-width miscalculations
- Fixed DateRW writing raw day counts into non-daily-rate lines
- Fixed paste staying disabled after copying from another grid or the Worksheet, plus a paste crash; whole-row copies pasting into the wrong level
- Fixed Company Unit column showing a number instead of the name
- Fixed Tabbing not advancing from the Unit column
- Fixed Compare mode showing the wrong comparison between levels, hiding the Topsheet header, and making the Account grid vanish
- Fixed Account Manager from showing the Workspaces tab after a cancelled upgrade
- Many smaller fixes to dialogs, spacing, and dark mode
Version 2026.5.1 (156)
Version 2026.5.1 (156)
May 28, 2026
✦New Features
- Expanded the Rate Entry Tool with new functionality, including the ability to apply incentives, apply group or individual fringes and incentives, and an updated visual design
- Added a confirmation step when creating a Goalpost Budget
- Import and export Line Budgeter budget files to support archiving and project delivery requirements
↗Improvements
- Optimized detail line calculations for improved performance
- Added option menu for bulk actions in Element Library
- Import Budget button added to Project Library UI
- Added tooltip hover over on Quick New Line Button
- Increased Project Folder name field length
- Added Batch Fringe and Batch Incentive options to the Tools menu
- Budgets with two or more locations now default to location-based budget line creation
- Select individual or groups of fringes in percentage based incentive groups
✓Bug Fixes
- Fixed Calendar hang when saving changes
- Fixed Incentive Library sync issue after upgrading to Budgeter Pro
- Fixed Budget Builder element reordering display issue
- Fixed disappearing starred budget icon
- Fixed Fringe Account number updates after Minor Account number mask changes
- Fixed incorrect app download links in emails
- Fixed Duplicate Selection behavior in the Edit menu
- Fixed Element Manager display issue when moving Fringes to Groups
- Fixed incentivized tax build issue
- Fixed project folder renaming from the Project Library options menu
- Fixed Budget Filter calculation issue when switching locations
- Fixed an issue where renamed budget files could revert to their original name after leaving the project
- Fixed an issue where Worksheet data was not retained properly
- Fixed Budget Adjustment lines not displaying correctly in Reports
- Fixed cut, copy, and paste keyboard shortcuts on the Element Manager > Tax & Fringes screen
- Fixed the Batch Fringe and Batch Incentive tools to display the full list of fringes and incentives
- Fixed budget issues that could occur after duplicating budget files
Version 2026.3.3 (146)
Version 2026.3.3 (146)
March 30, 2026
✦New Features
- New Reports sidebar
- Student plan is now available
- Shared Budgets now show active users currently viewing the budget
- Goalpost preference setting for displaying Net or Grand Total in Navigation sidebar
↗Improvements
- Draft Budget folder replaced with Drafts in Project Library sidebar
- Budgets are easier to delete for Starter plan users
- Sample Ratebook no longer requires a credit card
- Sample Ratebook can now be canceled
- Cell change indicator improvements
- Keyboard shortcut added to Incentive window (CMD+W)
- Shared Budget performance and stability improvements
- Shared Budget preferences improvements
- Renamed Header Rows to Smart Group
- Renamed Regular to Standard in Phases > Assigned Pay Hours
- Budget Adjustment line now updates dynamically to Chart of Accounts
- Updated UI for BB Import modals
- Ratebook distant toggle now indicates when no distant rates exist
- Ratebook now highlights distant rates when selected
- Sidebar pop-out now shows the correct budget name
- Removed erroneous menu items from Windows > Budget menu
✓Bug Fixes
- Pay hour calculation fix
- Fix for pasting data copied from outside Budgeter
- Ratebook information display bug
- Element Manager Allowance fields display bug
- Mac application menubar deselection bug
- Drag copying on Details level bug
- Goalpost total column consistency bug
- Cell highlighting while using keyboard shortcuts bug
- Sidebar navigation UI glitch
- Builder > Universals dropdown staying open after pressing Enter
- Worksheet data retention bug
- Bug when dragging budgets into separate windows
Version 2026.3.2 (141)
Version 2026.3.2 (141)
March 10, 2026
✦New Features
- About this Budget screen
↗Improvements
- Removed Category column from Element Library > Tax & Fringe Library
- Budget tabs uniform width
- Header Row performance improvements
✓Bug Fixes
- 2FA sign-in screen bug preventing 2FA authentication bug
- Ratebook update badge display bug
- Sample Ratebook no longer requires a credit card
- Budget Setup > New Project Folder keyboard shortcut for Return key
- Compare Budget dark theme bug
- Application locking up while multiple windows are open bug
- Suppress Header Row bug
- Dashboard Resource button links now open the correct links
Version 2026.3.1 (140)
Version 2026.3.1 (140)
March 4, 2026
✦New Features
- Public release of Line Budgeter
Version 2026.2.2 (139)
Version 2026.2.2 (139)
February 27, 2026
✓Bug Fixes
- Tax & Fringe Library Currency tool tip for localized currency values
- Shared with Me - Options Menu - Remove from Budget now removes shared budgets from your library
- Episodic Budget Reports - Previews disabled for this report type notification
- Dashboard - Incentive Library Button fix
Version 2026.2.1 (138)
Version 2026.2.1 (138)
February 20, 2026
✦New Features
- Starter Plan launch and feature implementation
- Export to ProBooks — Revolution Studios partner integration
↗Improvements
- Enhanced Element Manager behavior with Shared Budgets
- Improved Shared Budgets preference settings
✓Bug Fixes
- Fixed CMD/CTRL + L edit mode issue
- Resolved table breakage caused by repeated header row pasting
- Calendar window now visible in Shared Budgets
- Fixed suppressed line synchronization issue
- ViewShift now functions correctly in Shared Budgets
- Resolved conflict between Batch Fringe and Incentive tools