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New tools and games, improvements and fixes, each with its date. The latest changes come first.

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October 2026

  1. New tool

    New tool: Sleep Sounds

    Mix rain, thunder, waves, fire, a train ride, and white, pink, or brown noise, with a separate volume for each sound. Set a sleep timer with a gentle fade-out, switch to a nearly black night mode, and share your mix with a link. It keeps playing with the screen locked on your phone. No sign-up and no ads inside the player.

  2. Improvement

    Scientific calculator: function grapher and S⇔D key

    The scientific calculator now has a Graphing mode: type functions of x such as x^2 − 4 or sin(x), draw up to 6 at once, and pan or zoom with your mouse or fingers. Below the graph you get the zeros, the y-intercept, the maxima and minima, and where the curves meet, and you can download it as a PNG or share it with a link. The new S⇔D key also turns the result into a fraction (0.375 = 3/8) or a mixed number.

  3. Improvement

    Countdown clock: how many days until any date

    Pick a date and the answer appears at the top in large text, for example “4 days until Monday, October 19, 2026”, or how many days ago it was if it already passed. You can also open a link with ?date=YYYY-MM-DD and browse the upcoming holidays and special dates, each with its own link. We also rewrote the titles and descriptions of several tools so it is clearer what each one does.

  4. Improvement

    World clock: your exact time at a glance

    On a computer, your local time now shows without scrolling: the suggested cities moved to the end of the page. We added a short guide to time differences and daylight saving time, the first and last places on Earth to start a new day, and how to plan a meeting across countries. On phones, settings now fold on mid-size screens too, and full screen has its own exit button.

  5. Fix

    Pages that no longer jump while loading

    While the site font arrives, headings, breadcrumbs and text now take the same space they will have afterwards, so the content no longer shifts a moment after the page opens. In the inflation calculator, the hints and the data status also stop changing the height of the form as it loads.

  6. New tool

    New tool: Printable calendar

    Make a printable PDF calendar for any year: one month, a range, a full year with one month per page, or all twelve months on a single sheet. It marks U.S. federal holidays and can add week numbers, moon phases, space for notes, mini calendars and your own title. Choose Letter, A4, Legal or A3, four designs and an ink-saving mode. It is built in your browser, and you can share a link with your options.

  7. Improvement

    Jumping Fox: run with one tap on your phone

    On phones, “Run” is now a labeled switch: tap it once to turn it on and tap it again to turn it off. You no longer have to hold three buttons at once, so your right thumb is free just for jumping. The switch sits above the arrows, keeps its state when you lose a life or start a level, and on desktop Shift works exactly as before.

  8. Improvement

    Games: full screen on phones and cinema mode on desktop

    On phones, the action games now have a full-screen button: the play area fills the whole screen, in portrait or landscape, and the controls float over it and fade out on their own while you play. On desktop, the “Cinema mode” button (or the T key) enlarges the game to fill almost the whole window height, with the stats and buttons in one low row and the sides cleared, like YouTube; Esc exits. Cinema mode only applies while you play: on the start, pause and results screens the page goes back to its normal size. Your game, your score and friend challenges work exactly as before.

  9. Improvement

    Games now show a preview before you start

    In Capybara Crossing, Flappy Fish, Canyon run, Brick breaker, Fireflies, Balance game and Box pusher, the start screen is no longer a blank card: behind the instructions and the Play button you now see a real image of the game, so you know what to expect before you start.

  10. Fix

    Sudoku now fits on a phone screen

    On narrow phones the board was cut off and you had to scroll to reach the number pad. The stats bar now takes less height, so the board and its number pad are fully visible as soon as the page opens. The game itself did not change.

  11. Improvement

    Capybara Crossing is now in 3D

    The capybara with its tangerine now crosses a 3D world made of blocks: streets with buses and trucks, rivers with logs and water hyacinth rafts, tracks with a gate and a train, and the flood rising from behind. There are shadows, stretchy jumps, splashes, sparks when you grab a mate gourd and, with the dark theme, street lamps and headlights switched on. It plays just like before, with the same game for the same seed and the same challenges. If your browser does not support WebGL, the game uses the flat drawing it always had.

  12. New game

    New game: Capybara Crossing

    A capybara with a little bird on its head crosses streets, rivers and train tracks in a world that never ends. Dodge cars, buses and trucks, jump on logs and water hyacinth rafts, wait for the train to pass, and collect mate gourds for bonus points. If you stand still, the water rises from behind. Play with the arrow keys or WASD, or with taps and swipes on a phone, and the street lamps come on at night.

  13. Improvement

    After a great run, the challenge offers itself

    When you beat your personal best with a score worth showing off, or you win a friend’s challenge, a card with your result slides up with the share buttons: Share, WhatsApp, Facebook, X, Telegram, copy link, and download image. Close it with the X, Esc, or by tapping outside, and it will not nag you again right away. The same buttons, Facebook included, are in "Challenge a friend."

  14. Improvement

    Text cleaner removes hidden characters from AI text

    The preset for text from ChatGPT, Claude, or other AI now also removes characters used to hide text or instructions (Unicode tags and stray variation selectors), on top of narrow no-break spaces and zero-width characters, without breaking flags or emoji. We also explain Claude’s watermark: it is not made of characters but of a pattern in word choice, so no cleanup removes it.

  15. Improvement

    Challenge your friends on Instagram from your phone

    When you share a challenge from your phone, there is now an Instagram button: it sends the challenge card, QR code included, so you can post it to your story, and copies the link so you can paste it with the “Link” sticker. On phones we removed the Facebook button because it did the same as “Share”; on computers it works as before.

  16. New game

    New game: Falling blocks

    A classic falling-pieces puzzle on a 10 by 20 board: seven shapes that rotate, a hold slot, a preview of the next three, and a level that goes up every 10 lines. Play with the keyboard, or with gestures and buttons on your phone. Cleared lines burst into flashes and particles, and adding "?seed=" to the address lets you replay the same sequence of pieces.

  17. New game

    New game: Flappy Fish

    A fish that swims up with every tap and has to slip between coral columns. One click, tap, or the space bar is all you need. The background drifts with depth and bubbles, there is a night mode with glowing plankton, and you earn medals as your score grows.

  18. New game

    New game: Brick Wall

    Move the paddle, bounce the ball, and bring the wall down. It has 10 different walls, bricks that take one to three hits and visibly crack, and unbreakable stone from level 5. Four power-ups (Wing, Trio, Breeze, and Bolt) drop from broken bricks, and you start with three lives plus an extra one every 5,000 points.

  19. New game

    New game: Galactic Defense

    A formation of 40 enemy ships of four kinds marches down toward you, and you have four shields that wear away with every shot. A special ship crosses the top for bonus points. Play with the arrow keys or A and D and the space bar; on a phone, use the buttons or drag your finger, and firing is automatic.

  20. New game

    New game: Gem Maze

    A miner firefly runs through a maze collecting gems while four rock golems chase it, each with its own way of cornering you. The big crystals let you turn the tables on them for a short while. Play with the arrow keys or WASD, and on a phone by swiping or with the on-screen pad.

  21. New game

    New game: Jumping Fox

    A platformer with six levels: meadow, forest, cave, snow, desert, and a castle in the clouds. A berry makes you bigger, a feather gives you a double jump, and checkpoints save your progress. The site remembers your best score on each level and which ones you have unlocked. Play with the arrow keys or A and D, space to jump and Shift to run, or with the big on-screen buttons on a phone.

  22. New game

    New game: Rock Belt

    Fly an inertia-driven ship through rocks that split into ever smaller pieces. Enemy ships join in from wave 3, and you can pick up triple-shot, shield, and magnet power-ups. Every three waves the sector changes, with a new color scheme. Play with the arrow keys or A and D, W to thrust and space to fire, or with an on-screen joystick.

  23. Improvement

    Flappy Fish gets harder in stages

    Someone hit 100 points on their very first try, so the game no longer plateaus. The sea gets choppy from 10 points, the coral starts moving at 25, currents push you around from 40, jellyfish show up at 60, and everything combines from 80. There is also a new platinum medal at 100 points.

  24. Improvement

    Galactic Defense changes scenery every wave

    Every wave used to look the same. Now there are 6 backdrops that rotate (violet nebula, giant ringed planet, rock belt, blue cluster, red sun, and emerald remnant) and 12 different formations. Enemies start diving from wave 3, the formation sways from wave 5, armored enemies appear from wave 7, and a boss arrives every 5 waves.

  25. Improvement

    Gem Maze gets four new maps

    The maze plays more like the classics now: four original 29 by 31 maps (quartz, amethyst, amber, and emerald) that take turns from level to level. The characters got a rounder, friendlier look, and speeds were tuned so a run feels more even.

  26. New tool

    New section: tools for the United States

    We added a section for US users with 12 tools: a mortgage calculator, paycheck calculator, income tax and self-employment tax calculators, tax refund estimator, sales tax calculator, overtime and hourly-to-salary calculators, an auto loan calculator, a GPA calculator, minimum wage by state, and federal holidays. Everything runs in your browser, so your numbers never leave your device.

  27. Improvement

    Herramientas Web is now available in English

    The English version of the site is live under /en, with translated addresses and text. It launched with 102 tools and was filled out the same day, reaching 139 translated tools. The Spanish site did not change, and the language switch in the header and footer takes you to the matching page.

  28. Improvement

    New games now have a single mode

    You jump in, play, and your best score is saved, with no daily attempts or streaks pulling you back. Each game shows your record and your last seven runs.

  29. Improvement

    You can now write to us from the site

    The contact page has a form for suggesting a tool, reporting a bug, or asking about advertising. It is protected against spam, and if it cannot be sent from your browser, it offers the site email address as a fallback.

  30. New tool

    Herramientas Web launches

    We opened the site with around 140 free tools that run in your browser: PDF, images, video and audio, text, calculators, developer tools, utilities, games, and a section for Argentina. There is no sign-up, and your files are never uploaded to a server.