Kanso RSS

iOS 🚀 Launched — 18 May 2026

Why I built Kanso RSS

I wanted an RSS reader that feels calm and intentional—more like warm paper than a noisy dashboard. Kanso focuses on reading and remembering: quick feed discovery, a clean reader, and handwritten notes right on top of articles.

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Days to Launch

1 May → 18 May 2026

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PencilKit Notes

Apple Pencil + finger

What’s unique about Kanso

Kanso is built for focus. Quiet Focus removes visual noise, the reader keeps typography simple, and articles can become a personal knowledge space with handwritten annotations. If a website has no feed, Kanso Plus can watch pages and discover new posts over time.

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Feed Discovery

Paste a URL → find feeds

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Quiet Focus

Less UI, more reading

iOS Experience

A calm RSS reader for iOS. Discover feeds, read in a clean paper-like reader, and annotate articles with handwritten notes.

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Main App

Add RSS/Atom feeds (or paste a website URL and discover feeds), read in a clean reader, and keep your focus. With PencilKit markup, articles can become a personal notebook.

Feed discovery Clean reader PencilKit notes Quiet Focus

Built with modern technology

Native SwiftUI app with offline-friendly storage, PencilKit markup, background refresh, and optional subscriptions.

SwiftUI

Native UI + reusable design system

SwiftData

Local models for feeds + articles

PencilKit

Handwritten markup layer

BackgroundTasks

Background feed refresh scheduling

StoreKit

Subscriptions (Kanso Plus)

Firebase Auth

Apple + Google sign-in

URLSession

Feed fetching + networking

WebKit

In-app article viewing

Combine

Reactive updates + pipelines

Async/Await

Swift concurrency for parsing

Screenshots

Explore the app through these screenshots

Discover feeds fast

Paste a website URL and let Kanso find RSS/Atom feeds.

Clean reader

A warm paper-like reading surface with less noise.

Handwritten notes

Annotate articles with PencilKit markup.

Quiet Focus

Hide UI chrome and reduce distractions while reading.

Changelog

Recent updates and improvements

Version 1.0 18 May 2026 ⌄

Initial release with feed discovery, clean reader, and PencilKit annotations.
Background refresh via iOS BackgroundTasks.
Quiet Focus reading mode and Kanso Plus foundation.

Milestones

Key moments in Kanso RSS’s journey

18 May 2026

Latest

🚀 Launch

Kanso RSS goes live.

1 May 2026

Development started — first SwiftUI prototype and reading experience.

What's Next

Roadmap for new versions and share your feedback

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Roadmap for New Version

Focus improvements, richer feed discovery, and more “paper-like” reading polish. Quiet Focus and Kanso Plus will keep evolving based on real feedback.

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Share Your Feedback

Have ideas for new features? Found a bug? Want to share your thoughts? I'd love to hear from you.

Email me