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What's new in Mousepad, newest first.

  1. Referrals for every account

    • Every Mousepad account now has a referral link, under Invite friends in the studio.
    • When someone new joins with it and finishes their first build, you each get 50 credits.
    • If they upgrade, their first month of Plus is free, and you get 200 more when their first paid invoice clears.

  2. Try your app as each kind of user

    • When your app has sign-in, Mousepad makes a sample account for each kind of user, like an owner, a staff member, and a customer.
    • Use Sign in as… in the preview to switch between them, and remove them from Cloud → Users when you're done.

  3. Publish status and build video music

    • Each app on your dashboard shows a dot for where publishing stands: green when it's live, yellow while it's publishing, red if it failed, and gray if it's never been published.
    • Build videos now have music, picked to match the feel of your app.

  4. A quick welcome, with videos

    • Sign up from an idea and Mousepad keeps it. A short welcome shows how it works, then Build my app carries straight on to building.
    • You can tell us your type of business in the welcome, so the ideas you see fit it.
    • Short videos show each step happening in the real builder, in English, Spanish, and Chinese.

  5. Mousepad in four languages

    • Choose English, Español, 简体中文, or 繁體中文 from the language menu. Your choice is saved to your account and follows you to every device.
    • Mousepad for Restaurants, Salons, and Gyms & Studios, along with Mousepad 中文版 and Mousepad en español, all carry the Mousepad name now.
    • The studio has moved to studio.mousepad.app. Sign in again there and your apps carry over.

  6. Plans, credits, and site types

    • Choose Free, Plus ($25/month), or Pro ($100/month), or pay yearly for 20% off.
    • Credits cover building and changes: free credits every month on Free, 250 a month on Plus, and 1,250 on Pro, with extra credit packs on paid plans.
    • Pick Basic, Standard, or Enterprise when you first publish a site, and see its usage in the Publish dialog.
    • Custom domains, and hiding the “Built with Mousepad” badge, come with Plus and Pro.
    • Plan changes, including a switch to yearly, are billed right away instead of waiting for the next renewal.

  7. Referral program

    • Plus and Pro workspace owners get a referral link on their workspace page.
    • Anyone new who joins with it gets their first month of Plus free, and you get 200 credits when they start paying.

  8. Background publishing and an earlier preview

    • Publishing now runs in the background. Your first publish gets a congratulations screen, and you can close it and keep working.
    • If a publish fails, Mousepad says why, and you can ask the agent to fix a failed build in one click.
    • During a first build, the preview switches to your real home page as soon as it appears, with progress in a strip at the bottom.

  9. Mousepad gets its own home

    • Mousepad opens at mousepad.app, a builder for small businesses in any industry.
    • Previews of your work in progress now open on mousepads.app, a separate address kept apart from your Mousepad account.

  10. Growth workspace

    • Sites on Pro get a Growth workspace. Save a short brief about your business, then run reviews for site care, discoverability, conversion, or marketing.
    • Turn a review into a site draft, check it in Preview, and publish when you're ready. Growth never publishes on its own.
    • Reviews can run daily or weekly, and each run uses credits.

  11. A celebration for your first build

    • Your first build ends with a celebration and a 14-second build video: your idea, the build, and the finished app.
    • Download or share the video, or open it again later from Build video in the studio menu.
    • First builds now make images for your business first, and the preview shows them while the rest is built.