Kanso RSS
Tom Paape News iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Kanso RSS is a free News app for iPhone and iPad by Tom Paape. Requires iOS 26.2. Updated September 10, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 18 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Sep 10
- 2026 · v1.6
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About Kanso RSS
WHY "KANSO" Kanso (簡素) is a Japanese idea of simplicity fewer ornaments, more breathing room. This app applies that to news: not a noisy timeline, but a calm shelf where typography, paper-like surfaces, and gentle spacing keep the focus on what you choose to read. WHAT YOU GET • Add RSS and Atom feeds, organised on shelves you name. • Today: what’s new across everything—filter by unread, all, or saved. • Saved articles with optional folders so “read later” stays tidy. • A reader built for long-form reading, with thumbnails you can tune. • Sign in to sync feeds, saved items, and settings across your devices (when enabled). KANSO PLUS (OPTIONAL) • Unlimited feeds (free tier includes up to 12 feeds). • Handwriting / ink on more articles (free tier includes up to 5 ink articles). • Quiet Focus: a calmer reader chrome when you want fewer distractions. • Page watch: when a site has no RSS, follow it as a lightweight link feed from the page (background refresh about weekly; timing isn’t guaranteed). If you want RSS without the rush, Kanso is the quiet corner for your reading list. Privacy Policy: https://tompaape.nl/kanso-rss-privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.6 · Updated September 10, 2026
What’s New in KansoRSS 1.6 A calmer home for everyday reading. Today opens as a quiet ritual with the date and a stack of pages, Continue picks up your last article, and the Markup library shows your ink on paper-style cards. This update also brings shelf management (rename, reorder, move feeds), a Search index with recent queries and Unread / Saved / shelf chips, Share → Add with a shelf from Safari, a Today home-screen widget, “new links” badges on Page watch, and a Share page flow for links, page notes, and markup digests. As always, thank you for reading with KansoRSS.
App privacy
The developer, Tom Paape, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Identifiers: User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: App Functionality
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