Headway

What is Headway?

Headway is a changelog tool that helps software teams keep customers informed about product updates through a public changelog page and an in-app widget. It is run by Headway App, Inc.

Key features of Headway

• Public changelog: a customizable page listing updates.
• In-product widget: shows recent changes inside your app.
• Custom categories: organize updates by type.
• Eyecatcher badge: animated badge that draws attention to new updates.
• Markdown editor: image uploads and media embeds.
• Whitelabeling and custom domain: on Pro.
• Scheduled publishing and team posting: on Pro.
• Private changelogs: public or private, with search engine blocking on Pro.

How Headway works

Teams write updates in a Markdown editor and publish them to a hosted changelog. The widget is added to the app with a snippet and shows an unread badge when new entries are posted.

Who uses Headway?

Headway is used by product and engineering teams at software companies that want a lightweight way to announce releases.

Headway pricing

Free includes unlimited changelogs, customization, the widget, categories and the Eyecatcher. Pro is $29 per month and adds whitelabeling, a custom domain, all integrations, team management, search engine privacy, private changelogs and scheduled publishing.

Headway integrations

Headway names Slack and Twitter, and says all integrations are included on Pro.

Headway alternatives

Canny is a feedback and roadmap tool that also publishes changelogs. Productboard is a broader product management platform for prioritization. Upvoty and Frill focus on feedback boards. Headway differs by concentrating only on changelogs.