Kern 1.5 brings your books to you. Reminders now carry an idea from the book you're losing. Press and hold one to see the whole card and tap Got it, without opening Kern. They come once a day at a time you pick, only on days you haven't opened the app, and ease off if you're away. New Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Answer a card or a quick quiz on your Home Screen, and see which book is fading at a glance. Share an idea as a poster, or challenge a friend with a spot-the-lie quiz from a book you've read. New phone? Your library, progress and saved cards come back on their own through iCloud. The Wall has a list view, sorted A to Z and split into fiction and non-fiction. A faster start: search shows which books are ready instantly, and setup asks three quick questions to fit Kern to your day.

Kern now marks how far you have come through a book. Reach the halfway point, or see every card in a book, and Kern says so. Finish one and you can share it. Kern is also better at building cards for books it knows less well, and it now knows many more novels, so fewer searches come back empty. New to Kern? You can start from a short list of books people have actually read, and your first cards are ready straight away. Kern now starts you with one free book instead of two. The book you pick during setup is yours to keep.

Kern can now tell you when a book starts to fade. Until now Kern knew the day a book began slipping out of reach, and had no way to mention it. Turn on reminders and one quiet notification arrives in the evening when a book actually crosses out of INKED, which is the moment a review is worth the most. Books fading on the same day arrive as a single notification, never one per book. No streaks, no daily nagging, and nothing fires simply because you have been away. Every reminder matches a real book crossing a real threshold. If your whole shelf goes cold, Kern says so once, then stays quiet until you come back. Reminders stay off until you turn them on, and you can switch them off again in Settings.

Kern now remembers fiction, too. Add novels and revisit their characters, relationships, turning points, themes, motifs, settings, and foreshadowing, not just a plot summary. The Wall now clearly marks fiction and non-fiction books. Once your library contains both, you can open a feed dedicated to either type. We also simplified the card-generation screen and refined the Wall’s Saved and All Cards controls.

What's new in 1.1 Take a book off your shelf. Press and hold any book on the Wall to remove it, cards and all. Built for every reader. Kern now fully supports VoiceOver, scales with your Dynamic Type text size, and respects Reduce Motion. Manage your subscription anytime. A new link in Settings opens your subscription so you can review or change it whenever you like. A clearer start. Search now makes it plain that Kern works best with non-fiction. Read. Keep. Repeat.