| What it does | A workspace for reading articles, PDFs, videos and podcasts with AI explanations and cross-source questions
| Dynamic Island for your Mac
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| Stage | Startup
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| Founded | 2026
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| Based in | US
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| Pricing model | Freemium
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| Pricing | Free plan with 100 comprehension units/month. Pro $9/month with 300 units. Premium $19/month with 600 units. Scholar $39/month with 1,200 units. Annual billing saves 17%: Pro $90/year, Premium $190/year, Scholar $390/year. Unit packs from $10 for 200 units.
| $24.99 once for one Mac (plus applicable tax), lifetime license with all updates included. 7-day free trial, no card required.
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| Key features | - Clean reading view for articles, PDFs, podcasts, videos and newsletters
- Inline explanations for difficult passages written from surrounding context
- Cross-source question answering with citations
- Structural navigation showing key moments and density maps
- Connected note-taking tied to source passages
- Natural voice narration for listening
- Notebook feature for gathering related sources with notes and questions
- Discover shelf suggesting rights-cleared reading related to your library
- Course builder to create lessons from saved documents
- Integration with ChatGPT and browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox
| - Face Unlock - Look at Mac to unlock with on-device Vision and liveness check
- Now Playing - Music controls with album art, scrubbing, shuffle and repeat from collapsed island
- AI Usage Tracker - Track Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Copilot rate limits and tokens
- Clipboard History with OCR - Search past copies including text recognized from images
- Window Snapping - Rectangle-style tiling with notch as drop target
- Command Palette - Press ⌃⌥K to jump to tabs, toggle features, or run Shortcuts
- Pomodoro Timer - Focus sessions with streaks and 7-day chart
- System HUDs - Volume, brightness, and caffeine toggles animate from notch
- App Launcher - Pin and open apps directly from notch
- File Shelf - Drag files to stash and retrieve them later
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| What makes it different | - Explanations stay beside the source instead of requiring you to leave to look up terms
- Questions cite specific passages from sources so answers are traceable
- Notes automatically stay attached to the passages that prompted them
- Works with PDFs, videos, podcasts and articles in one unified workspace
| - 78 features in one lightweight native app with zero subscriptions
- Built natively in SwiftUI with near-zero CPU idle usage
- Works on any Mac including notchless displays as floating pill
- One-time $24.99 purchase with lifetime license and updates included
- Privacy-first with no accounts, ads, or data sales
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| Free plan | Not given
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| Open source | Not given
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| Platforms | Not given
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| Public API | Not given
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| Community votes | 1 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 44 ▲ +1 (up) since last check | 25 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 22 | 4 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 27 | 30 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 208 | 76 |
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