The Pipeline
A place for our past achievements and our future plans.
Whats in the Pipeline
• AD Pumpkin got another big update. Live Activities, Widgets, Notification Alerts & Shortcuts have just been added.
• AD Roll & AD BG are also now updated to work with Widgets & Shortcuts.
• Currently developing our next app, AD ????????. 🤫
• Gathering data for our July issue of The Production Map, which will be back to our standard format of current productions on the maps.
• Testing ideas of adding AI features to some of the apps.
• Learning about the new APIs Apple just announced at WWDC26 and seeing how they may improve our apps.
Latest App Updates
• AD Roll Call - v 2.3.1 (7/24/26)
• You can now make Widgets with AD Roll Call.
• Apple Shortcuts also work with AD Roll Call now.
• Siri can now perform task with the app.
• Spotlight is now indexed with the app.
• Bug Fixes & Improvements.
• AD Background - v 2.1.0 (7/22/26)
• You can now make Widgets with AD BG.
• Apple Shortcuts also work with AD BG now.
• Plus, Siri can now perform task with the app.
• Spotlight is now indexed with the app.
• Fixed Day duplication bug.
• Added optional names for Days, example "Day 8 Splinter Unit".
• Bug Fixes & Improvements.
• AD Pumpkin - v 2.2.0 (7/26/26)
• Live Activities now available. See active timers on your Lock Screen.
• Widgets now available. Add Widgets to your Home Screen.
• Notification Alerts will now notify you 30mins out from Lunch, 2nd Meal and Pumpkin time.
• App can now predict pumpkin, lunch, 2nd meal & school times.
• You can now input Earliest Call time and Latest Wrap time.
• Completed days highlight needed info for G or PR.
• Wrapped minors move to the bottom of the list.
• Added a way to clear an input time back to "Not Set".
• Cloud sync is now 10x faster.
• Bug Fixes & Improvements.
• AD Snap Shot - v 1.0.3 (6/17/26)
• Perfected the camera launch to be x2 faster.
• Plus, the app now remembers where you left off.
• Bug fixes & improvements.
The Timeline
2026
August 25th, 2025
Riley starts to develop AD Roll Call.
October 3rd, 2025
Early development begins on AD Background.
October 10th, 2025
By ADs, For ADs becomes a company.
November 17th, 2025
AD Roll Call gets major update, adding cloud sharing to the app.
November 21st, 2025
AD Background launches on the App Store.
November 24th, 2025
Development begins on AD Pumpkin.
December 16th, 2025
Riley goes on the podcast Classic American Movies to talk tech in film & to announce AD Pumpkin has launched on the App Store.
January 23rd, 2026
Release of our first newsletter, The Production Map. Issue 1 / Annual 2025.
January 30th, 2026
The Produciton Map releases the January report. Issue 2 / Jan 2026.
February 3rd, 2026
Early development of AD Snap Shot begins.
February 11th, 2026
The Templates launch for free on the website.
February 27th, 2026
The Production Map releases its February report with a new world map. Issue 3 / Feb 2026.
April 11th, 2026
Riley gives a seminar about the apps to the DGA Trainee Program of LA.
April 17th, 2026
New updates to all three apps release with exciting new features and bug fixes.
May 12th, 2026
VoyageLA writes a piece on Riley and how By ADs, For ADs came to be.
June 1st, 2026
AD Snap Shot launches on the App Store.
June 10th, 2026
Early concepts of AD ???????? start to develop.
September 10th, 2025
AD Roll Call launches on the App Store.
June 25th, 2026
Big update to AD Pumpkin. App can now predict the times for each minor.