A personal news reader

Your news,
your algorithm.

You choose the sources you trust and set the interests that matter. Perceptive gathers them into one calm feed that ends when the news does.

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The Perceptive reader: a scored, finite feed of stories from the reader's chosen sources

No ads

No sponsors, and no placement for sale. The ranking answers to you alone.

One story, once

Duplicates are gathered into one. Volume is not a feature here.

It ends

A finite feed by design. When the news is done, it hands your attention back.

How it works

Set it up in minutes. Read on your own terms.

Three choices, all of them yours, all of them changeable at any time.

1

Set your interests

Tell us what matters in your own words, graded from extremely to somewhat. Every story is scored against what you said, and you can adjust it any time.

2

Choose your sources

Add the publications you trust — local outlets, national mastheads, specialist journals. You can change every one of them later.

3

Read, then finish

Read the matched stories in the app, as an email digest, or through your own RSS reader. When you reach the end, that is everything from your sources today.

A look inside

Calm by design, on every screen.

Generous space, plain labels, and a clear reason behind every story. The interface stays a silent partner to your reading.

Reader
The reader screen: scored stories with the source, category and relevance score for each
The reader — one scored, finite feed.
Feeds
The feeds screen: the reader's chosen sources with their descriptions and last-updated times
Your sources — chosen, described, yours to change.
Interests
The interests screen: topics set in the reader's own words, graded by how much they matter
Your interests — set in your own words, graded by what matters.

Features

More than a feed reader. A newsroom that answers to you.

Perceptive does not just collect articles. It matches substance to the interests you set, and shows you why each story is here.

Relevance you control

Every story is scored against your stated interests, and you can see the reason.

  • Three-tier interests — say what you are extremely, very, or somewhat interested in; every story gets a relevance score.
  • Hot and cold rules — always surface, or always suppress, specific topics.
  • Local bonus — lift stories that mention the places you care about.
  • Visible reasons — each story shows the interests that matched it.

Any source, not just RSS

Not every publication offers a feed. That is handled for you.

  • Smart discovery — paste a URL and the wizard finds the feed.
  • No feed? Still read — the page is read directly, even on script-heavy sites.
  • Categories — group your sources and filter your reading by mood.
  • Priority sources — mark a source so its stories always reach you.

Read your way

Your news, delivered however suits you.

  • Web reader — a clean, scored feed with search, filtering, and starring.
  • Email digests — daily, weekly, or monthly, filtered by category and score, in your timezone.
  • Private RSS — a personal, pre-scored feed URL for any reader app.

Know your reading

Understand what you actually read, not just what you meant to.

  • Topic reports — see which topics you open and which you pass by.
  • Time ranges — look back over a day, a week, or a month.
  • Refine as you go — use what you learn to tune your interests.

What makes us different

Not another engagement feed.

Feeds are usually tuned by strangers, for strangers' goals. This one is tuned by you, for yours.

You hold the algorithm

Engagement feeds predict whatever keeps you scrolling. Here, the curation reflects what you told us — nothing more — and you can change it whenever you like. No hidden incentive, no manipulation.

Your data is not the product

The plan is a small subscription, full stop. There is no commercial reason to touch your data, and there will never be advertising. That is not only a promise; it is the whole economic logic.

We send readers to sources

We are a reader, not a republisher. You get a brief summary and a link; the reading happens with the publisher, and hopefully their subscription. Good journalism deserves to survive.

Distraction-free by design

No rabbit-hole recommendations, no rage-bait, no sponsored posts blurring news and marketing. Just the stories you asked for, cleanly presented, with nothing competing for your attention.

Nothing in your feed profits from your lingering.

Our commitments

  • No advertising, now or later. Your reading will never be interrupted by someone trying to sell you something.

  • Your data is not our product. We will never sell your data to anyone. Access is free during alpha and beta. In time we will charge a small subscription. That is how we make money — not by monetising you.

  • Your algorithm is transparent. You can always see why a story is here, and change your preferences whenever you like.

  • We support the sources. We send readers to publishers, not away from them. Their work matters, and we act accordingly.

A few of the sources readers choose

The Guardian Hacker News The Conversation Harvard Business Review The New York Times ABC NPR RNZ Ars Technica Science Daily hundreds more add your own

Read what matters, then get on with your day.

Set your interests, choose your sources, and let the feed end.

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