# Research Radar: Auto Briefings — Scheduled cited reads + live X

> Scheduled cited reads + live X (iPhone/iPad app by Corey Thomas Slick.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/research-radar-auto-briefings/id6746874818 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Corey Thomas Slick](https://appshunter.io/developer/1818871667)
- Category: Productivity, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.5 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-03
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/research-radar-auto-briefings/id6746874818/reviews.md

## What is Research Radar?

You have a list of topics you care about — SpaceX launches, OpenAI rumors, central bank policy, a competitor's product launches. Getting a current read on any of them means opening four tabs, scrolling past noise, and still wondering what you missed on X.

Research Radar does the reading for you, on a schedule you set.

WHAT YOU GET

AI Research Summary
Perplexity Sonar searches the live web and synthesizes a 200-word briefing for your topic:
• Fresh results — not cached, not last week's headlines
• Inline citations — every claim links to its source
• Scheduled delivery: daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly
• On-demand update anytime with a swipe

X Post Summary
xAI Grok scans what people are actually saying on X right now:
• Real-time social pulse, not news wire aggregation
• Useful for topics where the discussion moves faster than the articles
• Runs in parallel with the research summary, same update

Push Notifications
When a summary is ready, a notification arrives with a preview sentence:
• Tap to open the full summary directly
• No badge counts, no inbox — just the topics you defined

iCloud Sync
Your topics and summaries sync across all your iOS devices automatically via iCloud.

PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE

Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Arc Search are reactive — you ask, they answer. Research Radar is proactive. You define your topics once, set a cadence, and summaries arrive without you asking. The difference matters if you follow a dozen niche topics and don't want to remember to check each one.

Google Alerts emails you raw links. Research Radar gives you a synthesized read in the app, with citations.

Feedly aggregates other people's articles. Research Radar generates fresh summaries that didn't exist before your update ran.

NO SUBSCRIPTION

Most AI tools charge $10–20/month whether you use them or not. Research Radar uses pay-as-you-go credits that never expire. A typical topic update costs ~1,000 credits — about $0.10 at the Starter rate.

Requires iOS 18.5 or later, iPhone. iCloud account required for topic sync.

PRICING

• Free to download — buy credits when you're ready
• Starter: $2.99 — 10,000 credits (~10 full topic updates)
• Value: $5.99 — 22,000 credits (+24% vs. Starter)
• Power: $9.99 — 40,000 credits (+34% vs. Starter)

Credits never expire. No auto-renewal, no subscription. Buy what you need, when you need it.

Privacy Policy: https://research-radar.slick-engineering.workers.dev/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10,000 Credits | $2.99 | one-time |
| 40,000 Credits | $9.99 | one-time |
| 22,000 Credits | $5.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.9 — 2026-08-25

• Fresh new app icon.
• You can now buy a credit pack right from the App Store, plus under-the-hood reliability fixes.

### 1.0.8 — 2026-08-09

• Fixed notifications so you're reliably alerted the moment a new briefing lands.
• Improved how notification permission is set up and delivered.

### 1.0.7 — 2026-08-01

• Your topics now reliably stay put on every launch and sync.
• "Update Now" responds instantly.
• Fixed a rare case where a quick double-tap could run an update twice.

### 1.0.6 — 2026-07-30

• Your topics now appear reliably right after a fresh install or reinstall.
• More reliable background updates.
• Stability improvements.

### 1.0.5 — 2026-07-26

• Share a briefing — send it as an email, as clean text, or as a PDF.
• Your topics now restore automatically if this device doesn't have a saved copy.
• Minor fixes and refinements.

## More apps by Corey Thomas Slick

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All apps by Corey Thomas Slick: https://appshunter.io/developer/1818871667

## Related topics

[rader schedule](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/rader-schedule)

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