What's new in Fresh Ice
Every update to Fresh Ice, newest first: new features, fixes and new guides.
November 3, 2026
- New guide: Every Fresh Ice hazard and how to handle it.
- New guide: How to get three stars in Fresh Ice: beating the puck-drop clock.
- New: this What's new page, linked from the home screen, so you can see what changed and when.
- Fixed machine unlocks: Polar Bear, Retro '74, The Beaver and Lane Racer now unlock when you've finished every visit to their venue, and Golden Gala counts Gala Night's real levels. Machines you already have stay yours.
October 26, 2026
- Power-ups you pick up but don't use are kept for later instead of being lost at the end of the level.
October 25, 2026
- Sign in with Apple, as well as Google, to keep your progress on every device.
- Faster, smoother drawing, especially on phones.
October 23, 2026
- Fixed the rink drawing on older browsers that can't draw rounded shapes.
October 20, 2026
- Every power-up token on the ice can now be collected, and power-ups stack.
- Fixed the Rival Race rival getting stuck.
October 19, 2026
- New: the Fresh Ice guides, eight of them, from your first flood to the real science of making ice.
- New About page.
- No more ad on the home screen. The only display ads now sit at the end of the guides.
October 18, 2026
- Intermission bonus rounds after every 10th level.
- A new scene every 5 levels.
- Gentler turns, four-way swipes, and no flipping back in the rink corners.
- How to play now explains tapping to drive to a spot.
October 17, 2026
- Your level, stars and Tips shown under the rink on the home screen.
- Share from the pause screen.
- Steadier swipes: quick flicks count as swipes, and a straight swipe back turns into the next row.
- Hugging the boards and goals is easier to hold and to let go.
October 16, 2026
- Fresh Ice launches: drive the resurfacer across ten rinks and endless levels, and turn chewed-up ice into glass before puck drop.