App Update — Version 1.5.3

Released January 22, 2026
Merged in PR #203

🚀 Overview

This release delivers two major quality-of-life and community upgrades: a significantly enhanced Smart Collection Search and the first phase of public Vault Collection sharing via Vault Profiles. Together, these changes make it faster to find books, easier to share your collection, and better to showcase what you own—both inside and outside ComicSnap.

🔍 Smart Collection Search Enhancement

Search across your collection is now dramatically more powerful and forgiving:

• Abbreviation recognition
  ASM → Amazing Spider-Man
  FF → Fantastic Four, and more
• Issue number search
  Searching 120 or Spid 120 will return specific matching issues
• Partial word matching
  Spid correctly matches Spider-Man
• Multi-part queries
  Queries like Spid 120 intelligently combine title + issue number
• Expanded search scope
  Search now includes:
  • Series title
  • Publisher
  • Artists & creators
  • Notes
  • Issue number

This makes large collections easier to manage and dramatically speeds up finding specific books.

🆕 Vault Profile Collections Feature

Collectors can now optionally share their collections publicly:

• Public collection sharing (opt-in)
  Enable or disable collection visibility directly from Settings
• Public comic detail pages
  Each shared comic has its own unique, shareable page
• Enhanced Vault Profiles
  Profiles can now display:
  • Collection stats
  • Vault posts
  • Publicly shared collection books
• No authentication required
  Public collections and comic pages are viewable without logging in

This is a big step toward making ComicSnap collections truly shareable across the web.

🔐 Privacy Controls

• Collection sharing is fully optional
• Toggle public visibility on/off at any time
• Default behavior remains unchanged for existing users

You stay in full control of what's visible.

🔮 Why This Matters

For users:

• Faster, smarter search
• Easier sharing
• Better discovery of books and collectors

For the platform:

• Improved UX
• Increased engagement
• Organic social growth
• Stronger foundation for future community and marketplace features

💬 Feedback Welcome

As always, feedback drives ComicSnap forward. If you notice anything off, or have ideas around Smart Search, public collections, or community features, please share them in ⁠general-bugs or the feature channels.

👉 https://discord.gg/bF7PB7kTXj