Qlens Reader
A calmer lens on the news
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Qlens is a calmer way to follow the news. Instead of an endless feed built to keep you scrolling, you get the day's stories distilled — and a reading experience designed to inform you, not agitate you.
UNDERSTAND MORE, SCROLL LESS
• Smart summaries get you the gist in seconds, with a clean full-article reader when you want the whole story.
• Reading help when you want it: an instant TL;DR, a plain-language Simplify, and a good-faith Counterpoint that shows the other side.
• Ask Qlens, a personal assistant that can actually act for you — tune your feed, save a note, follow a source, or answer questions about what you've been reading.
A FEED YOU ACTUALLY CONTROL
• Five simple dials — depth, mood, novelty, scope, recency — shape your feed instead of an outrage algorithm.
• Doom-article filtering and a "hide read" toggle keep the feed focused and fresh.
• Follow any source, switch topics, or add your own RSS feeds — OPML import included.
STEP BACK FROM THE FIREHOSE
• Picks surfaces a few genuinely worthwhile reads each day — quality over quantity.
• Rewind, a monthly digest, retells the storylines that actually mattered, after the dust has settled.
• Daily Resurface brings back one thing you highlighted, right when you'd otherwise forget it.
• When something big genuinely affects life — a storm, an earthquake — one calm awareness card appears. On quiet days, nothing does.
KNOW YOUR READING
• Insights show your time saved, reading streaks, source-diversity score, topic mix, and how the tone of your reading shifts over time.
SAVE AND REFLECT
• Bookmarks and collections, a notes journal, and text highlights — all synced across your devices.
• Build calm daily habits and read offline anywhere.
CALM BY DESIGN
• No ads. No selling your data. No rage-bait or engagement traps.
Qlens Pro unlocks a much larger monthly Ask Qlens allowance, unlimited bookmarks, highlights and personal feeds, rich synced notes, and article comments. Qlens Pro is a monthly subscription at $2.99/month, billed through your App Store account. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings at any time.
Privacy Policy: https://inthanica.com/qlens-reading/privacy-notice/
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Download Qlens and see the news through a calmer lens.
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A calmer way to keep what you read.
• Turn an article into a note - or add it to a note you already have.
• Export an article as a Markdown or PDF file to share or keep.
• Start a note from a simple template (comparison, research, planning…).
Thanks for reading calmly with us.
The developer, Pairat Patatako, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Pairat Patatako
- Size
- 57.7 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Qlens Pro $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2025 Inthanica