Tattoo Release Forms App Version 3.0+ Release Notes

This page provides a chronological list of Tattoo Release Forms app's updates, new features, and important announcements.



April 14 2025

Update: TRF v 3.0.6

•⁠ ⁠We added a field to store Apple ID/Google, which is used for sign-up in the Studio Settings. This will help if you ever need TRF app support.

•⁠ ⁠Countdown alert dialogs when forms are reaching 0. This will alert management that it’s time to purchase more forms.

•⁠ ⁠Minor UI changes.

•⁠ ⁠Minor fixes.

• We are talking to Google Cloud in the background, looks like a problem on their end, waiting for a call back! So sorry!

•⁠ ⁠Automatic Emailer option

(This is a subscription feature only)

Configure TRF to automatically email your clients in two ways.

1. Enable TRF to automatically email clients a PDF copy of the waiver they submit for each session.

2. Enable TRF to automatically email your clients PDFs (stored on your cloud or iPad).

April 2 2025

Update: TRF v 3.0.5

⁠TRF BUNDLES ARE BACK!

Do we owe you forms from previous versions of TRF? PAYBACK TIME.

Thanks for upgrading your TRF experience and sticking with us through our transition. If you bought forms by the Bundle in the old version of TRF, we want to credit those to you for use in this new version. Read on for fast and reliable payback.

Claiming your previously purchased TRF Release Forms

The forms you purchased in the previous version of TRF will be transferred to the new TRFv3.0+. Send us proof of purchase, and we will credit your account. The REMAINING FORMS counter, shown on the PURCHASES screen of TRF, will balance within 24 hours.

Please follow these five easy steps, which should take five minutes or less.

  1. Update TRF to version 3.0.5 on your iPad/s.

  2. Find the Apple receipt for your most recent Bundles purchase, easily found by searching ‘Apple’ in the email account associated with your Apple ID. You can also find it another way, if needed, explained below.

  3. Screenshot the receipt to ensure we can see your Apple ID, purchase description with cost, and the order number. Read that again, please.

  4. Send us that screenshot. You can do so by sending a support request here, or inside TRF app (tap KNOWLEDGE BASE AND SUPPORT), or through our website at TRFapp.com>Support and tapping the Support Widget at the bottom right of the screen.

  5. Your new TRF account will be credited, and the REMAINING FORMS counter on the PURCHASES screen will show your updated form count.

To find your Apple Purchase History, you can also:

On your iPhone or iPad:

  1. Open the App Store app.

  2. Tap your profile picture or the sign-in button at the top of the screen.  

  3. Tap "Purchase History." You might be asked to sign in.  

  4. Here, you'll see a list of your purchases. You can filter them by date range.

  5. Find the most recent Bundles purchase receipt, which we will use to reconcile your old and new TRF forms account.

March 23 2025

Update: TRF v 3.0.4

•⁠ ⁠OneDrive and BoxCloud connections are fully functional! Enjoy their FREE basic memberships to store more than 500k TRF-made waivers.

• Yes, we are all still waiting for Google to open their arms to us. Confirmed for security, just waiting for them to allow cloud access.

•⁠ ⁠Minor UI fixes

March 19 2025

Update: TRF v 3.0.3

  • Implemented the functionality to turn on/off the Gender, Pronouns, and Health section questions, directly from Settings.

  • Added the ability to share waivers directly from the Return Client Flow.

  • ⁠Minor UI changes.

March 18 2025

Delayed connection for some users of Google Cloud service.

We are waiting for a blessing from Google Cloud Service. They like us, approve us, and say that we are data-secure. However, until they say so, they have limited the number of connections our app can make to their cloud. Your iPads are those connections. This is common for freshly coded software requesting a connection to their clouds, and since we all want Google to safeguard our data and all of the software connecting to them, we are not upset by this.

Except for the part where you can't connect. For that, we apologize.

Google Cloud might go live for all users at any minute, or ??? Thanks for your patience. We don’t want this to be happening either.

March 14 2025

Update: TRF v 3.0.2

Minor bug fixes, improvements to the formatting of the final PDF waiver

March 11 2025

Update: TRF v 3.0.1

Minor bug fixes

March 10 2025

TRF version 3.0 is launched, replacing previous versions.

  • Pro Level Subscription = free to all until 4/1/25!

 

New:

TRF has been completely redesigned from scratch based on your feedback. Thank you, tattooers worldwide!

Two subscription levels and lower prices.

  • Covering small shops and mega-studios alike, affordability is assured for all. The prices and features for each level are fair because we feel the “little shops” are the DNA of our artistic movement, and we want them to afford solid legal and health compliance.

Two styles of login

  • We now offer Apple and Google login options. These raise the security of your data and your client’s data to the level of, well, the planetary gold standard. Right here in your lil’ TRF app.

Inclusive Client Gender and Pronoun Options

  • All clients are offered an inclusive choice of modern options, to tell or not to tell, and to text-input any gender or pronouns they feel. We believe clients have the right to feel how they feel and pronoun how they pronoun.

International Studio and Client Settings

  • You can now change the address and phone number formats with one tap to accommodate studios and clients worldwide.

Settings: EDITORS tab

  • TRF is designed for customization. Based on your studio's vibe, beliefs, and legal requirements, choose the health questions and legal clauses you present to your clients. Easily document the tools and pigments used in your sessions, which are recorded on every waiver. Compliance with health laws is automatically assured.

Generate Financial and Client Data Reports with one tap or by filtering. (Reports are a PRO subscription feature)

  • Client List Reports: Generate spreadsheets of all client data EXCEPT health information.

  • Financial Reports: You can now generate financial reports by artist, date range, date range and artist, or all of that at once.

In-app Knowledge Base

  • We are proud of this new feature! A comprehensive KB for you to self-teach, self-solve, and get back to work. Further, a rad support-by-email widget is built into TRF, maintained by real tattoo artists, not bots.

T1 and T2: Same dude.

  • The TRF you knew will inform your understanding of this version. We kept the feel but hired modern designers to bring the new science of human-machine interfacing to TRF. Think of us hiring UI/UX designers for Google, Apple, and Zoom. Now, think of Terminator 1 and T2. Right? Same dude, only smoother.

Tomorrow Tech

  • TRF is entirely recoded with modern architecture so crazy and futuristic that it’s hard to summarize. We were lucky to find a coder cavalier enough to try- and succeed!- at rebuilding TRF the way we wanted. Sorry it took so long! We did it right for you. #futureproofedbaby

Flows fo Shos

  • TRF app is now designed for six different types of users, each with specific needs. TRF groups the needs of each user into sequences of screens we call ‘flows.’ Flows give access where needed, limiting the learning curve for all. Ten-year-olds learn these flows accidentally. We know because we tested on the little gerbils. Too easy.

  • The six types of users are:

  1. Tattoo clients

  2. Tattoo artists

  3. Client-facing studio staff (aka front-desk help)

  4. Studio management

  5. Health Inspectors

  6. Legal Teams (oh lawdy, we hope never for you!)

  • The eight flows are:

  1. TRF App Initial Setup Flow

  2. Main Menu Flow

  3. New Client Flow

  4. Artist Notes Pane Flow

  5. Save for Later Flow

  6. Returning Client Flow

  7. TRF Cloud Folder Flow

  8. Settings Flow

  • That sounds like a lot, but your eyes and touch-interfacing neurons will flow right through TRF’s smooth, paperless health and legal compliance mojo.

Save For Later Flow (a PRO subscription feature)

  • When making a TRF waiver, both clients and artists add data. Between client and artist inputs, pause the waiver by tapping SAVE FOR LATER. This feature sets the unfinished waiver aside to be completed later and resets the app for the next client. Artists can now finish tattooing and then add their notes about pigments, gear, and designs used during the session. Things we don’t always know before we start.

And so much more!