NewsDiary

A social diary for the news you read.

Capture an article, mark up the passages that matter, and talk it through with people you trust. AI layers — bias, fact-check, historical context — are there when you ask. Off by default.

Free while we are small · your reading stays private · bring your own Anthropic key if you prefer. Reads the page you are already on — including the ones you are signed in to.

Where it runs

One account, one library, on every screen you read from — and where a publisher only opens up for a signed-in browser, use the one you are already signed in to.

On your phone

NewsDiary on iPhone: the Read screen with followed sources, what you are part-way through, and the latest headlines

iPhone

Live now on TestFlight — join the beta

Browses in-app, so it reads what you can read — subscriptions included.

On your tablet

NewsDiary on iPad: the same library with room for two columns

iPad

Live now on TestFlight — the same beta

The same account and the same library, with the room to lay it out wider.

On your computer

The NewsDiary Chrome side panel open beside an article, with the Layer chips

Chrome extension

Live now — add to Chrome

Sits beside the page you are already on, in the browser you are already signed in to — so your subscriptions just work.

NewsDiary running as a web app at newsdiary.app/pages

Web app

Live now — open it

Nothing to install. Your whole library, plus any article that opens freely.

See it in action

From a headline to a real conversation — the whole reading loop.

Signing in to NewsDiary with Apple or email
1 · Sign in

One account, yours

Sign in with Apple or email. Your highlights and notes stay private until you choose to share.

The Read tab with pinned sources, filters and a live feed
2 · Read

Read the live web

Pin your sources, browse the day's stories, filter by date or source, and capture anything to read closely.

A clean reader with highlights and a note
3 · Mark up

Read it properly

A clean, distraction-free reader. Highlight passages and drop private notes as you go.

A one-tap AI summary card over an article
4 · Summarise

The gist, on tap

A one-tap summary in your language — on-device when it can, cloud when it helps.

AI bias and framing layers highlighted in an article
5 · See the framing

Read with your eyes open

Turn on bias, loaded-language, and fact-check layers — right on the passages they apply to.

An article discussion thread with comments
6 · Discuss

Talk it through

Comment on any article — on your own, or with the people in your Lounge.

The Diary tab — your reading diary
7 · Diary

Your reading diary

Everything you capture and write lands in one timeline you actually own.

A Lounge with shared books, lists and channels
8 · Lounge

Read together

Private Lounges to share articles, keep book and reading lists, and discuss — with end-to-end-encrypted chat.

Editing your profile — handle, bio and reading position
9 · You

Make it yours

A handle, a short bio, the topics you follow, and an optional reading position.

How it works