Blinds Are Up! 5.0.0 - 5.8.0

3 April 2026 by CG Thomas

Version 5.8.0

• The Tournament Players screen now shows the selected player's notes, with a button that takes you to the player's entry on the Player Database screen.
• Tapping a Custom Text sidebar component on the Blinds Display now takes you to its Edit Text screen. (Ensure the following option is enabled: Display > Controls > Tap Sidebar to view Settings.)
• Implemented a fix for cases where casting to a TV results in a display lag, when Chromecast fails to keep up with the blinds display on the phone/tablet.

Version 5.7.9

• Added "Scale display size" option to the Cast Screen tool. Allows you to adjust the casting size of the Blinds Display to match the resolution of a remote display.

Version 5.7.8

• Improved handling of cases where screen casting of the Blinds Display is temporarily interrupted (particularly when using Chromecast).

Version 5.7.7

• Increased the maximum size of the player database for 'Pro' upgrades from 200 to 250 players.
• The Chip Calculator now displays the number of individual chips in a single Starting Stack, and the total number of individual chips required for all chip stacks in a game (see Set Up Tourney > Chip Stacks).
• Fixed: Sidebar labels might hide trailing words on some devices.
• Fixed: Deleting a player from the database who is also in the league causes incorrect league rankings. Missing players are now listed in the league using a default player name.
• Fixed: League points-tiebreaker would sometimes incorrectly order players who have the same league points.

Version 5.7.6

• Improved performance of player lists (especially for larger player databases).
• Stability and memory usage improvements.

Version 5.7.5

• Fixed a table balancing suggestion where it sometimes suggested moving a player to a table that didn't have the fewest players.

Version 5.7.4

Player Database:

• Updated the Player Database screen to show First/Last Name fields above the Nickname field. Moved Player Flags to the top.

Seating:

• When showing the 'Full Screen' seating display before a game starts, you can now tap the Timer/Blinds text at the top of the main display to start the game. (The 'Tap Remaining Level Time to Start/Pause' setting also needs to be enabled. See Display > Controls).
• Fixed: The seating 'Show full-screen before start of game' display option was being ignored when the 'Show recent' option is enabled.

Version 5.7.3

Fixed Prize Amounts: Added support for setting one or more prizes as fixed amounts. When fixed, the prize amount won't change, even when the prize pool, prize percentages, or the number of prizes change.

See: Set Up Tourney > Money & Prizes > Prizes.

Version 5.7.2

• Improved the usability of the Tools > Import Settings tool.
• Improved the usability of the Chip Calculator on the Set Up Tourney > Chip Stacks screen.
• Reduced the memory used by the Player Database and Tourney Players screens.

Version 5.7.1

• Stability updates.

Version 5.7.0

Permanently unlock a No Ads Plus or Pro Tournament upgrade with a one-time purchase. See Tools > Upgrades.

Each subscription level now has an equivalent one-time purchase option with the same level of benefits.

To replace an active subscription, purchase the equivalent one-time upgrade and cancel your subscription. Cancellation instructions will be shown on the Upgrades screen when needed.

When a one-time upgrade is purchased:

• Higher-level upgrades will be available at a discount.
• Subscriptions that offer higher-level benefits will still be available to temporarily unlock extra benefits.

Version 5.6.8

• On the "Knock Out a Player" screen (when tracking players by name) the new "Required" option will automatically prompt you with the "Who knocked out...?" dialog if you try to knock out a player without having selected who knocked them out.
• Fixed: The league stats reports could sometimes show an incorrect number of early birds.
• Some stability fixes.
• This is the last release that will support older devices running Android 5 or 5.1. Future releases will only install on devices running Android 6 or later.

Version 5.6.7

• When the seating feature is active, warning icons now appear on the Run Tourney and Seating screens whenever there are table balancing suggestions available or players waiting to be seated.
• The table balancing warning icons can be disabled on the Config Seating screen.
• Fixed: You can now import previously-exported csv files that have been edited in Google Sheets and re-saved in csv format.

Version 5.6.6

• The maximum length of league points formulas has been increased to 500 characters.
• Alarm sounds now all play through Android's Media sound channel by default, with the volume controlled by Android's Media Volume setting.
• The new "Play sound locally" option allows you to play an alarm sound on your phone/tablet instead of through a TV when casting, with the volume controlled by Android's Ringtone or Notification Volume setting (depending on device).

Version 5.6.5

Money & Prizes screen:

• Table Fees now support Fixed and Percentage amounts.
• Auto-Select Prizes now has an "Include number of rebuys" option.
• Auto-Select Prizes now shows the original percentages for the selected number of prizes, with an option to instead show the exact percentages of the example prize amounts.

Also:

• Added Portuguese translations for the Blinds Display text (see Tools > Device > Blinds Display Language).

Version 5.6.4

• You can now import sound files when selecting an alarm sound. All audio file formats supported by Android can be imported (mp3, ogg, wav, etc.).

• Removed the app's broad access permissions for media files located on internal/external storage (due to a Google Play policy requirement).

Version 5.6.3

• Added Custom sidebar components, allowing you to show your own messages on the sidebars during a game. See Display > Sidebars.
• The Random Selector tool now uses the Blinds Display player name format (see Player Database > Settings), for cases where you want to copy and paste random player names into the new Custom sidebar components.
• Poker TDA Rules updated to October 2024 version. See Tools > Reference > Poker TDA Rules.

Version 5.6.2

• Compatibility updates for Android 15.
• Stability fixes.

Version 5.6.1

• Fixed stability issue when showing blinds notifications.
• Removed unnecessary 'read images' permission requests.

Version 5.6.0

• Added league tiebreaker options for when multiple players have the same number of league points. See Poker League > Manage > Edit season > 'Split league positions when points are tied'.
• On the Tourney Players screen (when using the Player Database tracking mode), multiple players can now be ticked or unticked in one go by pressing and holding a player's name.
• Added an option to automatically add Early Bird chips when adding a player to the game before the timer has started. See Set Up Tourney > Chip Stacks. Requires any upgrade.

Version 5.5.0

• Added a Guaranteed minimum prize pool option to the Money & Prizes screen. The option shows the current Overlay (the amount required to be added by the game host to meet the guarantee) and the number of buy-ins required to cover the guarantee and overlay amounts.
• Added an option to show seating info as outlined text to improve readability when using a background image on the blinds display (see Set Up Tourney > Config Seating > Display).

Version 5.4.0

• Added the Random Selector tool for randomly selecting one or more players or seats. Useful for picking who should receive ad-hoc rewards, bonuses, etc. during a game (see Tools > Random Selector).
• Games run when Player Tracking Mode is set to Numbers Only are now saved to the Game History screen.
• The maximum number of games saved to Game History has been increased to 50 (see Tools > Game History).
• Moved the Player Tracking Mode button to the Set Up Tourney screen.

Version 5.3.1

• The Trouble-Shooting tool now shows full details of any recent errors the app was able to capture and store. The two most recent days when errors were captured are shown. Errors are stored for a maximum of 30 days.
• To allow you to more easily report a problem, the app can now create a ready-to-send email with all the trouble-shooting information attached.
• Alternatively, you can send the captured errors from within the app securely and anonymously via the BlindsAreUp.com website.
• See: Tools > Support & Privacy > Trouble-Shooting.

Version 5.3.0

• Added ''Deal Calculator'' tool to show ICM and Chip-Chop prize allocations based on players' relative stack sizes (Tools > Deal Calculator).
• The ''Auto-Select Prizes'' feature (Money & Prizes screen) now includes the current number of Rebuys in addition to Entries when calculating how many prizes to award.

Version 5.2.1

• Fixed too-small text on some devices when showing Poker League Stats, Poker Dictionary, Poker Quotes, and Poker TDA Rules.

Version 5.2.0

• Fewer ads in free version of app: Ads are no longer shown when the Blinds Display is in Full Screen mode.
• Added a Redtooth Poker schedule to the built-in schedules (Set Up Tourney > Load).
• Compatibility updates for Android 14.

Version 5.1.0

• Added searchable page of rules from the Poker Tournament Directors Association (Tools > Poker TDA Rules).
• Added 'Knocked-out players stay in reserved seats' option (Set Up Tourney > Config Seating).
• Added Czech and Italian to the Blinds Display languages.

Version 5.0.0

Support for Seating Management:

• Automatic random seat assignments
• Automatic table balancing
• Manually assign or change a player's seat at any time
• Set Reserved Seats for player/dealers
• Break tables, add new tables, redraw for final table
• Show players their seat assignments on the blinds display
• View suggestions for keeping tables balanced during a game