SumSpot now works on iPad, with more subscription options, a roomier Safari popup, and more reliable summaries across the web. Enable the Safari extension in Settings > Apps > Safari > Extensions. New • Native iPad support! SumSpot now runs as a real iPad app instead of a scaled-up iPhone app. • New weekly and annual plans: Choose weekly, monthly, or annual subscription. Every plan includes *unlimited* summaries. • Manage Subscription: Switch plans or cancel right in the SumSpot companion app • A new, cleaner app icon! Improved • Prettier summaries: Bullets, headings, and bold text now render properly in the Safari popup. • More room to read on iPad and Mac: The Safari popup is now wide enough for comfortable reading, and the website address no longer gets cut off. • Clearer summary status: You’ll see a spinner while SumSpot is working • Clearer subscription message: When you’ve used all 7 free summaries, the Safari popup now explains that you’ve reached your free limit and can subscribe to keep summarizing. • Extension status: The app now shows when SumSpot last ran in Safari, making it easier to spot when the extension needs attention. • Simpler setup: Instructions now match the latest Safari settings and recommend allowing access on every website so SumSpot can work without repeated permission prompts. • More accurate time saved: SumSpot now measures the article itself instead of counting menus, ads, and other page clutter. Fixed • Fixed “SumSpot could not reach the summary service” errors caused by Safari extension permissions. • Improved summaries on news sites and other pages with large amounts of hidden page content. • Prevented the summarize button from being covered by sticky bars and ads. • Fixed the summarize button getting stuck on “summarizing” when a page has no readable text. SumSpot now times out and offers Try Again. • Fixed subscription links from Safari opening the app without taking you to the subscription screen. • Fixed prices and subscription links wrapping incorrectly at some text sizes.

SumSpot now works on iPad, with more subscription options and more reliable summaries across the web. Enable the Safari extension in Settings > Apps > Safari > Extensions. New • Native iPad support! SumSpot now runs as a real iPad app instead of a scaled-up iPhone app. • New weekly and annual plans: Choose weekly, monthly, or annual subscription. Every plan includes *unlimited* summaries. • Manage Subscription: Switch plans or cancel right in the SumSpot companion app • A new, cleaner app icon! Improved • Prettier summaries: Bullets, headings, and bold text now render properly in the Safari popup. • Clearer summary status: You’ll see a spinner while SumSpot is working • Extension status: The app now shows when SumSpot last ran in Safari, making it easier to spot when the extension needs attention. • Simpler setup: Instructions now match the latest Safari settings and recommend allowing access on every website so SumSpot can work without repeated permission prompts. • More accurate time saved: SumSpot now measures the article itself instead of counting menus, ads, and other page clutter. Fixed • Fixed “SumSpot could not reach the summary service” errors caused by Safari extension permissions. • Improved summaries on news sites and other pages with large amounts of hidden page content. • Prevented the summarize button from being covered by sticky bars and ads. • Fixed the summarize button getting stuck on “summarizing” when a page has no readable text. SumSpot now times out and offers Try Again. • Fixed subscription links from Safari opening the app without taking you to the subscription screen. • Fixed prices and subscription links wrapping incorrectly at some text sizes.

Small bug fix - some sites never summarized, but now do. Some pages refused to summarize. Attempts ended with "SumSpot could not reach the summary service" - on Substack, and on news sites and web apps built to keep working offline. Those pages were stopping SumSpot from summarizing the page. Those pages can now be summarized like any other.

SumSpot no longer appears on search results pages. The button is gone from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Brave, Ecosia, Startpage, Baidu, Yandex and Kagi, and the toolbar popup tells you so rather than waiting for a summary that isn't coming. Open a result and summarize that instead. Your feedback is welcome. A failed summary recovers faster. "Try again" after a failed summary is now improved and can usually quickly recover the summary without making you wait.

Long articles now have room to finish. SumSpot waits longer before it gives up on a summary, and the summary service gets more time to produce one. Long reads are the ones a summary helps with most, and they were the ones running out of time and turning the launch button red. Summarizing hasn't gotten faster — it just isn't cut short as often. Also in this update: • A lapsed or refunded subscription no longer shows as active on the Subscriptions screen. That state used to leave you with no way to restore a purchase or resubscribe from there. • SumSpot now describes itself as summarizing web pages, not news articles. It always worked on any page; the old wording sold it short.

What's New in This Version • See your summary come together — the launcher button now shows a progress ring while it works, instead of sitting on an unchanging gray circle. • Tap the button while a summary is loading and you'll get a status panel instead of nothing happening — it turns into your summary the moment it's ready. • The toolbar popup no longer gets stuck on "Loading…" — it tells you a summary is on its way and about how long that takes. • Clearer setup: until the Safari extension has run at least once, the app leads with the steps to turn it on, and now specifically points you to choose "Always Allow" so summaries don't quietly stop after a day. • If the extension goes quiet for a couple of weeks, the app now tells you and walks you through setup again, instead of claiming everything's fine. • Notification permission is only requested after the extension is confirmed working, and asks inside the app first — so you're not surprised by a system prompt before you've seen SumSpot do anything.

Free summaries now go further. A summary counts against your free allowance only when you open one — not when SumSpot fetches it in the background. The pages you pass through on the way to an article, like search results, redirects and sign-in steps, no longer cost you anything, and rereading a summary you've already opened is still free. There are also more free summaries to start with. A summary that fails now offers Try Again instead of leaving a button that does nothing. Requests that never get an answer are given up on rather than hanging forever, so a dropped connection is always something you can recover from. The toolbar popup no longer reports a problem when there isn't one. It now shows your summary or the subscribe prompt, whichever fits the page.

Fewer dead ends: retry a failed summary, see what's left, and subscribe without hunting for it. • Retry without reloading - if a summary fails, you can retry it from the launcher instead of refreshing the page. Errors now say which part failed: couldn't reach the service, couldn't summarize the page, or couldn't display the result. • Know where you stand - the overlay shows how many free summaries you have left, and only brings it up as you get near the end rather than on every single summary. • Subscribe in one step - the prompt in the overlay opens the subscription screen directly, instead of leaving you to go find it. • Reread from the toolbar - open the SumSpot popup to see a summary you've already generated on that page, whether or not you subscribe. • Subscription status you can trust - a subscription that has lapsed is no longer treated as an active one, and expired or billing-problem subscriptions now explain themselves instead of failing quietly. • The subscribe button responds the moment you tap it, so a slow connection no longer looks like a button that doesn't work. • The app now tells you where to switch the Safari extension on, and you can rate SumSpot from the main screen.

Try it free, and enjoy easier-to-read summaries. • 5 free summaries — see what SumSpot does before you subscribe. Revisiting a page you've already summarized is always free. • Clearer summaries — a cleaner, easier-to-read layout with proper bullet points, so you can skim an article in seconds. • Read the whole thing — long summaries now scroll smoothly, so nothing gets cut off. • Quick to dismiss — swipe down or tap Close to get back to your page, and a new header shows the source and how much reading time you just saved.

Performance improvements

Bug fix for iOS 18 Compatibility

When not subscribed and with browser extension popup open, a link to native app will be shown

Bug fixes

Performance improvements