Jouvert Central: Carnival1.5.0 - App Store

Jouvert Central helps carnival lovers plan the full experience in one app.

Browse upcoming carnivals and events, save favorites to your personal itinerary, and see what’s happening on each carnival day. Connect with friends, invite contacts you already know, join groups, and coordinate meetup spots for your band or crew.

Discover carnival merchants, explore the feed for news and updates, manage your tickets with QR codes, and get notified about friend requests, group invites, and itinerary changes.

Whether you’re heading to Miami Carnival, Trinidad, or your local jouvert, Jouvert Central keeps your plans organized so you can focus on the road.

Features:
. Carnival and event discovery with calendars and countdowns
. Personal itinerary for events you care about
. Friends, contact matching, and group coordination
. Merchant discovery and registration
. Ticket storage with QR check-in support (where enabled)
. In-app notifications for social and group activity
. Profile, roles, and account management

Sign in with email or Google to get started. Some features require an account and internet connection.

Version History Feed & social

Like, comment, share on friend posts and carnival/system feed articles (web + mobile).
Share links to jouvertcentral.com/feed?post= / ?article= with Open Graph on the web for rich previews (Messages, WhatsApp).
Article summaries capped at four lines in the list.
Feed video: direct uploads, inline autoplay, posters, upload stability, visibility rules so videos don’t start/stop incorrectly on load (post–1.5.0 commits).
Friend posts styled closer to system feed cards (recent UI work).
Contest

Member contest entry (photo/video), voting, prize banner, entry requirements.
Admin: contest carnivals, entry queue/approval, visibility, lifecycle (past list, auto-winners, extended voting window).
Eligibility rules and mobile/web parity improvements.
Calendar & destinations

More 2026–2027 carnival dates (Carnival Vibez alignment, Oct–Dec 2027).
Past dates visible in calendar year view again.
API window=calendar and related metadata.
“Plan your trip” moved to the bottom of festival detail pages.
Mobile calendar tab scroll improvements.
Admin & platform

Site traffic reporting and session tracking.
Feed sponsored ads settings (web admin + API; SQL migration in repo).
Storage/bucket tooling, larger album limits, Android API 36 / Play package jouvert.central.
Ops / content

Carnival news ingest changes (NewsData.io, cron fixes) — affects feed content, not just the app shell.
QA test plan doc added. 1.5.0 3d ago • Informal Events — add and browse community fêtes on carnival and festive pages
• Official Events now show clearer date, time, and location
• Plan your trip section moved below Festive Calendar on carnival pages
• Friends and Groups UI improvements 1.4.0 Sep 17 Mobile / iOS-relevant changes
Feed
Feed performance optimizations (mobile rendering)
New FeedPostRow component and feed section refactor
Shared clock for relative timestamps
Admin posts auto-publish back to the system feed
Connections / messaging (largest mobile update)

Group messaging with join approval workflow
Meetup location editor for groups (map picker, 50 mi buffer)
Open friend DMs from group message senders
Improved messaging layout: compact thread UX, scrollable lists/avatar strips
Clearer Friends vs Groups labels in thread headers
New GroupsSocialSection, FriendsSubNav, SocialScopeNav
Calendar & destinations

Feed performance and friends/groups navigation polish
Group members panel, group detail updates
Notification bell tweaks
TypeScript fixes for exactOptionalPropertyTypes
Backend / web-only (affects app via API, not in last iOS binary)
Group messages API, join-request endpoints, member approve/reject/kick
Promotable posts admin queue
2027 carnival date research/seed updates 1.3.1 Sep 6 • Personal schedule calendar on your User page — week, month, and agenda views
• Add your own activities and import or export .ics calendar files
• Schedule shows your carnival and festive itinerary events alongside imported events
• Itinerary and Schedule are now separate tabs for clearer planning
• Faster loading when browsing carnivals, events, and destinations
• Bug fixes and performance improvements 1.2 Aug 20 • Festive events calendar — browse editions worldwide with maps and detail pages
• Destinations & Travel — discover carnival events and book hotels or activities nearby
• Itinerary improvements — tap festive events for inline details, same as carnival days
• Photos — see images from your feed posts alongside album uploads
• Faster user home page — All, Photos, Friends, Itinerary, and ToDos load when you open each tab
• Feed updates — smoother scrolling, relative post times, and faster loading after sign-in
• You can browse the feed before finishing profile setup
• Bug fixes and performance improvements 1.1 Aug 14 1.0 Aug 3