# Kana Social > Kana Social (iPhone/iPad app by Kana Social UG (haftungsbeschrankt).) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kana-social/id6782683617 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Kana Social UG (haftungsbeschrankt)](https://appshunter.io/developer/6780596777) - Category: Social Networking, Education - Price: Free - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 16.4 · 69 MB - Languages: American English, German (Germany) - Released: 2026-10-14 - Data updated: 2026-10-24 ## What is Kana Social? Kana is a verified network for life science researchers and clinicians. You read what your peers actually wrote, with their credentials visible, and every paper summary linked back to the source. WHO IT IS FOR Working scientists and clinicians in oncology, immunology and biotech, chronic disease and metabolic health, gastroenterology, neurology, and general medicine. Pharma and biotech professionals are welcome. More specialties added as the user base grows. WHAT KANA DOES Tiered credential verification Identity and expertise are checked separately, in tiers. The ladder runs from Neutron (private email) to Neon (a fully completed credentials profile), with Hydrogen, Helium, and Carbon in between. Other readers can tell what was verified, and how. AI summaries with citations Papers and posts are compressed into key findings, limitations, context, and references. Every summary links back to the source. The summary is a doorway to the work, not a replacement for it. A persistent professional profile Your verified credentials, posts, discussion history, and contributions accumulate in one place. Over time the profile reads as a professional record, not a feed. Verified-only feed toggle One switch on every feed. On: only verified posts. Off: open feed. The default is yours to set. Topic communities by specialty Follow the field, not the algorithm. Communities for oncology, immunology, gastroenterology and chronic disease, neurology, general medicine, and more as users arrive. Expertise-weighted ranking Verified experts and evidence-backed posts are surfaced more. Popularity is not the ranking signal. HOW IT WORKS Join. Sign up with an email. Browse communities, follow topics, read summaries. No verification required. Verify (optional). Climb the ladder by linking institutional email, ORCID, Doc Check, or completing your credentials profile. Build your record. Post, comment, summarize. Your verified contributions accumulate into a profile other scientists can read at a glance. WHY KANA EXISTS Scientific communication infrastructure has not kept up with how scientists actually work. Journals are slow, congresses are expensive, and the platforms where the conversation already happens were not built for credentialed work. Kana adds the layer that was missing: verified identity, AI summaries with citations, and a record that lives in one place. Free to join. Verification optional. Beta seats released weekly. ## Is Kana Social safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Kana Social. ## Is Kana Social legit? Kana Social has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Kana Social is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.0.4 — 2026-10-23 • Improved timeline scrolling and pagination. • A cleaner post composer with controls anchored above the keyboard and soft scrolling edges for long text. • More reliable photo uploads with automatic resizing and format conversion. • Image-only posts and replies. • Background taps no longer close the composer or discard your draft. ### 1.0.3 — 2026-10-23 • Explore Congresses and curated conference posts, with existing hashtags and integrated search. • Share text, links, and photos to Kana directly from the iOS share sheet. • Open shared Kana post and profile links directly in the app. • Improved age-check onboarding and account handling across app restarts. • Fixed a crash when opening Congresses and improved overall reliability. ### 1.0 — 2026-10-14 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-24.*