Daily close-reading check-in Set a goal of 5 minutes of video a day for English and for Japanese. A section counts once you loop it three times between 5:00 and 23:00, using the playlist's audio language. Overlapping sections on the same day count once. Your progress is kept on your iPhone only. A new Home screen Home now opens with today's progress and this week, followed by Continue to resume the last video where you stopped. Tap today's card for a monthly calendar and each day's minutes and new words. Add videos with + Add videos and playlists from the + button on Home and on a playlist page.

Shake to add a line Loop a line three times and Kage Loop offers to add it to your word list: shake your iPhone, or tap Add. What was said is recognised on your device, and the audio never leaves your iPhone. Requires iOS 26 on a supported iPhone. Choose the audio language once per playlist Under Languages, pick the language spoken in a playlist's videos. Adding looped lines needs it. Long words and meanings show in full Long phrases and their meanings now wrap onto as many lines as they need, instead of being cut off. Meanings follow your edits Change a word, tap Done, and its meaning is translated again.

A new name The app is now called Kage Loop. Same app, same everything you saved — just a name that says what it does. Name your videos and playlists Videos take their filename automatically, and you can rename any video or playlist by swiping on it. Episodes now read in order — 02 before 10 — so a lesson series is easy to follow. Word lists have their own home A new Word Lists button on the home screen opens every list you have kept, grouped by playlist and then by episode. Notes stay even after you delete the video from your photo library, so you can free up space without losing your words. Recent shows where a video came from Each recent video now names the playlist it belongs to, and Recent holds four videos instead of three. Fixes - The scrubber no longer jumps away from your finger while dragging - Tapping Done now translates right away, instead of only after reopening the video

Word meanings Words you note can now show a meaning underneath. Translation runs entirely on your device, so nothing leaves your iPhone. Pick the audio language and the meaning language per playlist, so an English playlist and a Japanese one keep their own settings. Playback speed is remembered Each video reopens at the speed you last watched it. A cleaner word list Words and meanings now sit in a standard two-line row. Swipe to delete, and tapping Add word puts the cursor straight into the new row. Fixes - The video no longer shifts when the keyboard appears - The speed selector is much easier to tap - The list stays where you were after finishing input