# A competitor window that shows what they are doing now

> Open any competitor and you now see the ads they are running today, a history of everything we have read, and how far ahead or behind you are as one figure.

Version: v1.589
Date: 2026-09-17
Source: https://doc.checkgrow.com/changelog/v1-589-a-competitor-window-that-shows-what-they-are-doing-now

## What this solves

Opening a competitor answered fewer questions than it raised. Their live advertising was not shown at all, and the button that promised it did nothing. And when a competitor had simply not moved, the window looked broken rather than calm: nothing told you "nothing changed" apart from "nothing was checked".

## What changed

- **Their live ads, in the window.** A strip of the creatives they are running opens the Overview, and a new Ads tab holds more, with counts per channel and the date we last looked. Every state says what it means: not checked yet, checking now, checked and nothing running, or here is what is running.
- **The gap, as one figure.** Reach now shows a percentage while you and a competitor are comparable, and a multiple once you are orders apart — "−12%" or "1,118×" rather than a long number that needs working out.
- **A history, not just a change feed.** The Changes tab is now History and records every time we looked, not only what moved. "We re-read their pages and nothing changed" is now something the window can say.
- **Run a scan whenever you want.** Website checks run weekly on their own. A new Run scan button re-reads every page you watch on demand, and says how many pages and competitors that covers before it starts.
- **Two buttons instead of one.** "Research" is now **Search competitors** — it finds competitors you do not have yet — beside **Run scan**, which re-reads the ones you do.
- **The window opens once.** Opening a competitor from any list now opens exactly one window, "See active ads" takes you to their ad gallery, and links you shared before still work.

## Where to find it

Competitors, then open any competitor. The new buttons sit at the top of that page.

## Useful for

Anyone who wants to know what a rival is doing this week rather than this quarter: marketers checking live creative before planning their own, and founders tracking how far ahead the leaders really are.