October 2026
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Safari extension
Save pages and images from the context menu and toolbar on Mac, or the toolbar on iPhone.
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Save button on x.com
A K button on each post saves it to your Inbox. Shift-click to pick a collection.
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Poof delete
Deleted tiles break up into particles as they leave the grid. Ships in ScatterKit 0.4.0.
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ScatterKit 0.5.0
The grid package moves to Swift 6, after a 0.3.1 patch release the same day.
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Ambient glow
A soft glow sits behind the open image.
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Native sidebar and inspector
A native sidebar and ⌘I inspector, search that folds into the toolbar, monochrome icons and shortcut hints when you hold ⌘.
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Appearance setting
Follow the system or pick Light or Dark, with a crossfade between them.
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Apple Intelligence status
Settings tells you when Apple Intelligence is off, and re-runs analysis on items that missed it.
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Steadier under load
Saves and image decodes moved off the main thread, inspector scrolling works, and kosmica:// links are checked before they open.
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The scatter grid
Your library lays out in a justified grid that opens each image in place. The grid is open source as ScatterKit.
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A better viewer
Pinch, pan and double-tap to zoom, press Space for Quick Look, and step between items with the arrow keys or a swipe.
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Select, copy and share
Select many items at once, copy an image or link with ⌘C, share it, or drag it out of the app.
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Collections and smart folders
Pin collections, pick any item as a cover, drop tiles onto the sidebar, or describe a smart folder in plain words.
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Your library in iCloud
Everything lives in your iCloud Drive, syncs live between devices and falls back to a backup if it ever can't be read.
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Shared collections
Share a collection with other people through CloudKit. No sign-up.
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Handoff and sync status
Pick up a board on your other device. Settings shows when you last synced, and your sort order follows you.
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Trash and storage cap
A real Trash with Put Back and a 30-day purge, and a cap on how many originals stay on your device.
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Clear failure states
A banner when iCloud is unavailable, a queue for links saved offline and an alert when your disk is full.
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Tags, text and colour
Vision labels, reads and tags each image on your device, and keeps its colour palette for filtering.
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Search by meaning
Search by what an image shows, find similar images, and get Kosmica results from Visual Intelligence.
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Live Text and link insights
Select text inside an open image. Saved links get a short summary written on your device.
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Spotlight, Siri and Shortcuts
Find items from Spotlight, and add, search or open them from Siri and Shortcuts.
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Add to Kosmica
Share to Kosmica from any app on iPhone or Mac. Items land in the Drops folder and import as they arrive.
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Links as items
Saved links become cards with a page snapshot, a favicon and a count of how often you open them.
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Menu bar drop target
Drop files on the K in the menu bar, or let it collect new screenshots.
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Widgets
Random picks from your library on iPhone and Mac, plus an Add Link control.
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Photos-style iPhone app
Library, Collections, Search and Settings tabs, an info panel you swipe up, and a swipe down to close.
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Liquid Glass on Mac
Glass toolbar controls, a large title that fades into the bar, and a sidebar you can collapse to icons with ⌥⌘S.
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Settings and updates
A searchable, system-style Settings window, a short intro on first launch and automatic updates on Mac.
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Accessibility
Every control has a label, and Reduce Motion swaps grid animations for crossfades.