BEST UPDATE SO FAR!
1) the great thing is this - receive 5 GEMS upon registration of an account! i intend to invite all my friends now...tell them to register an account to get +5GEMS. PLUS i will give them another +5GEMS (or +10GEMS) if they register through my link. THIS IS GONNA BE VIRAL!!!
2) loving the simplicity of the whole interface too. gone are the days with the Side Menu on the left. Settings now are on the top right hand corner. much less tapping required and more swipping. Faster and easier than before. nice new QuickIcon too.
Thank you for the feedback, we defiantly agree that swiping between tabs is much more intuitive and fun. We'll keep upgrading the UI/UX concentrating on users feedback, simplicity and minimalism.
3) the transactions could do some improvement - i would like to be able to arrange it from earliest to latest or latest to earliest. Right now its mixed up. Also, it would be nice if i can tap on one of the transactions for more details. like being able to see the full BTC Address. nothing urgent but i do hope to see some improvements on this in the future.
ALERT! i noticed something very odd about the transactions. For example, now i see "GEMS Transactions". i tap on "Send BTC" or "Receive BTC", i see "BTC Transactions". if i just tap on "BTC", the transactions doesn't fully change to show me "BTC Transactions". only some of it. Do fix this soon if you can. Thank you!
Right now transactions are arranged from latest (top) to earliest (bottom), please post a picture if its mixed up for you. [Tapping on a transaction to show more details is on the to do list]
one question: i got my GEMS exactly as before updating. But what happened to my 0.0009 BTC? i don't see it when i created a new account. do i have to wait for BTC to sync?

Because we moved to using the "default" passphrase layout mentioned in the BIP32 spec, we had to ask every user to create a new account (see picture attached which explains the transition).
You can login to
https://counterwallet.io/ with your old passphrase and send the btc to your new in-app btc address.