Changelog
Karui
0.3.4 (125) Pending Release
November 12, 2026- Notifications you read in Karui on your iPhone now show as read in Karui for Mac right away.
0.3.3 (124) App Store
November 11, 2026- Fixed the widget sometimes showing notifications as unread after you’d read them.
0.3.3 (123)
November 11, 2026- No changes since the previous build.
0.3.3 (122)
November 11, 2026- New Themes: choose from 13 color schemes in Settings → Appearance → Themes. Midnight is the new default, and the original cream is still there.
0.3.2 (121) App Store
November 9, 2026- Small improvements and fixes.
0.3.1 (120) App Store
November 9, 2026- Fixed an email showing twice in Karui for Mac when your Mac got it before your iPhone did (with Karui for Mac 0.10.9).
0.3.1 (119)
November 8, 2026- While you’re at your Mac, Karui’s Apple Watch card shows a Mac with “On your Mac” and “iPhone quiet” instead of the Important count.
0.3.1 (118)
November 8, 2026- Karui’s card in the Apple Watch Smart Stack is now easy to read at a glance: a large Important count, with how many notifications Karui kept quiet beside it.
- On the Lock Screen, the Important count now appears in Japanese and Korean instead of English.
0.3.0 (117) App Store
November 6, 2026- Karui Cloud Sorting, an invite-only program: with an invite link, OpenAI’s decision model decides notification categories instead of Apple Intelligence, with about 30% fewer mistakes in the developer’s testing. Settings → Karui Cloud appears once you’ve accepted an invite.
0.2.11 (116) App Store
November 6, 2026- Reminders for your own events now always alert, like one-time codes: a calendar app’s “Today at 15:00” or “Leave by…”, and a mail app’s “📅 … Starts in 10 minutes”. Settings → Sorting & Alerts → Always alert for event reminders turns it off.
0.2.11 (115)
November 5, 2026- With Karui for Mac 0.10.0 or later: reading a notification on your Mac now clears its alert on your iPhone even when it reached your iPhone as usual, as can happen just after your Mac wakes. One-time codes too.
0.2.10 (114) App Store
November 2, 2026- With Karui for Mac 0.10.0 or later: when you leave your Mac with everything read, those alerts clear on your iPhone and nothing shows.
- In Deadline Reminders, done ones now get their own section at the bottom.
- Developer Tools has a new Rate Limit Data export, for testers who'd like to share how often iOS limits the on-device model. It has no notification text, apps, or senders, and shows you the file first.
0.2.10 (113)
November 2, 2026- Internal test: leaving your Mac with everything read should clear those alerts on the iPhone and show nothing.
0.2.9 (111) App Store
November 1, 2026- Named group chats in Messages now open the group itself with Karui for Mac 0.9.6, instead of starting a new conversation. Without the Mac, they open Messages.
0.2.9 (110)
October 31, 2026- Second Opinion is now called Private Cloud Sorting.
- Setup’s first page shows notifications sorting into a tray.
- On an open iPhone Duo, Setup, Test Karui, Wake Me, and Settings keep to a readable width.
- The messages-only setup ends with just the Deadline Reminders switch.
- The Shortcut guide makes tapping the arrow and turning on Automation separate steps, with corrected narration.
0.2.8 (108) App Store
October 30, 2026- No changes since the previous build.
0.2.8 (107)
October 30, 2026- Karui is now available in German.
- In the Neutral Summary, Worth a Look marks a Second Opinion with just the cloud.
0.2.8 (106)
October 30, 2026- Spoken Alerts can now speak only while headphones are connected: turn on Only with headphones in Spoken Alerts.
- In a busy group chat, one person writing a few times in a row no longer makes their messages Important.
0.2.7 (105) App Store
October 26, 2026- With Karui for Mac 0.9.0 or later: when you leave your Mac, the notifications your iPhone held while you were there arrive right away, and the ones you already read on your Mac don't.
- When you're at your Mac, one-time codes arrive on your iPhone quietly, in Notification Center, while your Mac alerts you.
0.2.6 (104) App Store
October 26, 2026- When you're at your Mac, one-time codes arrive on your iPhone quietly, in Notification Center, while your Mac alerts you.
- The Dynamic Island's Live Activity shows just Snooze, so it fits; Mark Read is still on the Lock Screen.
- Fixed a message your iPhone kept quiet while you were at your Mac sometimes not showing on your Mac.
- Setup and What's New icons move once as they appear.
0.2.5 (103) App Store
October 24, 2026- Fixed Karui for Mac sometimes showing a Spark email twice.
0.2.5 (102)
October 24, 2026- Added Settings › History › Statistics, showing how Karui has been doing.
- Spoken Alerts now also say what the notification is, like “Mom sent you a message,” and “One-time code” for codes.
0.2.5 (100)
October 24, 2026- Toasts like “Marked 3 read” now appear at the bottom of the screen, where Undo is easier to reach.
0.2.5 (99)
October 24, 2026- Deadline reminders arrive quietly, come as one notification when several are due the same morning, and quote the sentence that named the day.
- Deadline reminders are only made for tasks that are clearly yours to do on a named day, like paying a bill, replying when asked, or returning something.
0.2.5 (98)
October 24, 2026- Silence this Sender: open a notification in History to make everything from that sender in that app Spam. Marking a notification Spam offers it too.
- The Neutral Summary shows more of each notification.
0.2.5 (97)
October 23, 2026- Wake Me now asks Private Cloud Compute first when Second Opinion is enabled, for better answers.
- Improved the iPhone Duo layout.
0.2.4 (96) App Store
October 23, 2026- Karui now fills both screens of iPhone Duo, closed and open.
- Tapping the widget or the Live Activity opens Karui where you left it.
0.2.4 (95)
October 23, 2026- Wake Me settings now say that it relies on the Karui Shortcut and iOS and can miss a message, so it shouldn't be the only way people can reach you in an emergency.
- With Karui for Mac 0.8.7, a Slack direct message shows once on the Mac, not twice.
0.2.4 (94)
October 22, 2026- If the Karui Shortcut hasn’t run in the first two hours after setup, Karui now sends a notification and shows a banner in History explaining how to turn on the Shortcut’s Automation switch.
0.2.3 (93) App Store
October 22, 2026- With Karui for Mac 0.8.6, a Slack post a bot sends almost the same way every day, such as a build upload, shows once on the Mac and opens its message.
0.2.3 (92)
October 22, 2026- Behind the scenes: for each notification, History now notes whether Karui was on screen and your iPhone's power and battery state, each Private Cloud Compute request and how it went, and when Apple Intelligence says its background limit will lift. It all stays on your iPhone, and helps measure the limits Karui works around.
0.2.3 (91)
October 22, 2026- Opening a notification from History goes to the exact email or Slack message Karui for Mac found for it more often, Neutral ones included.
- With Karui for Mac 0.8.3 or later, a Slack thread reply shows once in History, not twice.
0.2.3 (90)
October 22, 2026- With Karui for Mac 0.8.0, search on the Mac also finds notifications by Karui's tags.
- Search results say where your search matched: the title, body, sender, Karui's tags, and so on.
0.2.3 (89)
October 22, 2026- With Karui for Mac 0.7.15, the Mac's preview says what sorted each notification: Apple's on-device model, Private Cloud Compute, Karui's rules, or you.
- Direct messages in Slack and other work apps you've marked important are more likely to be sorted Important.
0.2.3 (88)
October 21, 2026- Developer tools: Export History now says what made each notification's first sort, and whether the rules stepped in only because the on-device model couldn't answer.
0.2.2 (87) App Store
October 21, 2026- “On your Mac” clears sooner after you walk away: Karui asks again when it can’t tell whether you’re still at your Mac, as when your iPhone is between networks, and Karui for Mac 0.7.10 counts you as away after a minute without input instead of three.
0.2.2 (86)
October 21, 2026- While you’re using your Mac, the Live Activity and widget show “On your Mac” instead of an unread count, since the Mac shows what’s unread. The count comes back once you leave, without what you read on the Mac.
0.2.2 (85)
October 21, 2026- History rows are tighter, in both Regular and Compact View, with each row's content centered.
- Toasts like “Marked 3 read” can be swiped up to dismiss.
- The Neutral Summary says when nothing came close to Important, instead of leaving out Worth a Look.
- Spoken Alerts: Preview now speaks even with the Silent switch on.
- Without Karui for Mac, Karui now checks iCloud only for a Mac, once each time it opens.
0.2.2 (84)
October 20, 2026- While you’re using your Mac, Karui’s alerts wait instead of reaching your iPhone’s Lock Screen. When you leave the Mac, the ones you haven’t read there arrive quietly, and the rest never show up. Wake Me and one-time codes still alert right away. For Spark, Slack, and Messages this works even with Show History on your Mac turned off. Needs Karui for Mac 0.7.6 or later.
- Alerts you read on your Mac clear from your iPhone sooner.
0.2.2 (83)
October 20, 2026- Deadline Reminders no longer remind you of a sender’s promise about their own action, such as “I’ll return it tomorrow.”
- On the snoozed Live Activity, Mark Read and Resume now line up.
0.2.1 (82) App Store
October 19, 2026- Fixed a Second Opinion reason that showed only “{” when Private Cloud Compute answered in an unexpected format.
0.2.1 (81)
October 19, 2026- Karui's check for whether you're using your Mac is more reliable with Karui for Mac 0.7.2, which keeps reporting while its window is behind other apps.
0.2.1 (80)
October 19, 2026- While you're using your Mac, Karui's alerts arrive quietly in Notification Center and your Mac shows them, including Important ones only your iPhone received. Wake Me and one-time codes still alert. Needs Karui for Mac 0.7.0 and Show History on your Mac.
0.2.1 (79)
October 19, 2026- Wake Me asks Apple Intelligence first, so “text me when you wake up” no longer rings an alarm.
- When an alarm rings because of one of your emergency terms, its screen says so and lets you stop ringing for that term.
- “Wake up” is no longer a default emergency term.
0.2.0 (78) App Store
October 16, 2026- Clearer wording for notifications only your Mac received, in Settings → Karui for Mac and in History.
0.2.0 (77)
October 16, 2026- Second Opinion asks Apple's Private Cloud Compute from inside Karui when it can, so answers arrive faster; your Shortcut asks only while Apple Intelligence is busy.
- When to Ask is now Only When Needed or Before Alerting.
- New installs see Second Opinion switched on on setup's last screen, and History suggests it when simple rules sorted several notifications in a week.
- With Karui for Mac 0.6.0, your Mac sorts notifications with your iPhone's settings as they arrive, and your iPhone files notifications only your Mac got.
0.1.10 (76) App Store
October 15, 2026- Tapping an alert opens the exact Messages, Spark, or Slack message at once: Karui for Mac’s links are fetched ahead of time and kept on the iPhone.
- Open on an older History item still reaches the exact message, after the Mac’s link in iCloud is gone.
0.1.10 (75)
October 15, 2026- Settings › Karui for Mac lists each Mac on its own row, with Supported apps as their own section.
- The Settings row says how many Macs when there are several.
0.1.10 (74)
October 15, 2026- Mark Read button on the Live Activity, beside Snooze: one tap clears every alert.
- Karui for Mac groups LINE and Messages threads the way History does (needs Karui for Mac 0.5.0 or later).
- A notification you read on the Mac stays read after Karui takes a second look at it.
- Developer messages on TestFlight builds moved to their own screen.
0.1.9 (73) App Store
October 14, 2026- History on your Mac now includes Messages, Spark, and Slack notifications the Mac didn't see itself; your existing History is sent again once.
0.1.9 (72)
October 14, 2026- Sync Now on the Mac asks your iPhone to send its History right away.
0.1.9 (71)
October 14, 2026- Meet Karui for Mac. Read a notification on your Mac and the alert on your iPhone clears itself. Your History comes along, with every verdict, and alerts for Spark and Slack open the exact email or message. Karui can even learn who you write to from your Mac, so they always get through. Free and open source at karui.jp/mac.
0.1.9 (69)
October 13, 2026- Fixed a crash when clearing a Karui notification.
0.1.9 (68)
October 13, 2026- Clearing a stack of Karui’s alerts in Notification Center now marks all of them read in History. Before, only the alert on top was marked read.
0.1.8 (67) App Store
October 12, 2026- Smarter search: History finds notifications based on what they’re about using tags created by Apple Intelligence. For example, searching for “party” can find notifications about a house warming.
- Important Conversations: mark a group chat, email thread, or channel message Important, and Karui offers to alert you for everything in it for a day, a week, or always.
- View by Threads in History groups notifications by group chat, email thread, channel, or post.
- Hide Emoji, under Settings → History → Muting, can keep emoji out of History rows.
0.1.7 (66) App Store
October 10, 2026- Added optional Spoken Alerts: Important alerts can say who they’re from, in a voice you choose, in place of the alert sound.
- The History filter menu stays open while you choose filters, and Compact View sits at the top of it.
0.1.7 (64)
October 10, 2026- Fixed the Live Activity showing stale counts: iOS ends it after eight hours but leaves the frozen card on the Lock Screen, and Karui now takes that card down and starts a fresh one with the next notification.
0.1.6 (63) App Store
October 9, 2026- Added a Mark All Read in History.
- History shows “Setup needs attention” if there is a problem with the Shortcut or Apple Intelligence.
- Clear Alerts on Open now marks every unread History item from that app read.
- Fixed Second Opinion answers that contained “not important” being tagged as Important.
- Fixed Slack notifications full of @handles and #channels being detected as another language and translated.
- Fixed a background recheck overwriting a category that Second Opinion or you had set while the model was still thinking.
- Added better support for larger text sizes.
0.1.6 (62)
October 8, 2026- Deadline Reminders now require Second Opinion.
0.1.6 (61)
October 7, 2026- Adjusted the Live Activity layout on Apple Watch.
0.1.6 (60)
October 7, 2026- Fixed Apple Watch Live Activity display.
0.1.6 (59)
October 7, 2026- Fix a bug where the a Shortcuts message would appear when opening an app inside the 'Clear Notifications on Open' Shortcut.
0.1.6 (58)
October 7, 2026- Tried to fix Apple Watch Live Activity.
0.1.6 (57)
October 7, 2026- Add a new Shortcut to automatically clear unread notifications when opening the app that sent them.
0.1.6 (56)
October 7, 2026- Only create Deadline Reminders for Important notifications.
0.1.6 (55)
October 6, 2026- Fixed bugs related to the Important counts in the Live Activity.
0.1.6 (54)
October 6, 2026- Made more fixes around handoffs.
0.1.6 (53)
October 6, 2026- Try to fix Live Activity appearance.
0.1.6 (52)
October 6, 2026- Added a Live Activity, off by default, that shows how many notifications Karui let through and kept quiet while your Focus is on.
- Added Snooze: hold Karui’s alerts for an hour from History, the Live Activity, or an alert itself. Important notifications still go to History, and one catch-up alert lists them afterwards.
- The “Move Call to This iPad” notifications FaceTime and Phone show during a call on another device no longer alert.
0.1.6 (51)
October 5, 2026- Made some small UI fixes.
0.1.6 (50)
October 5, 2026- Added a Dark Mode.
0.1.6 (49)
October 5, 2026- Made filters sticky.
- Mark previous messages in a conversation as read when opening a convo.
- Fixed a bug where some completely empty notifications would show up in the History.
0.1.5 (48) App Store
October 4, 2026- Only mark Important notifications as unread.
0.1.5 (47)
October 4, 2026- History now tracks what you haven't read, with bulk actions to mark, sort and delete.
- The widget has options for what it shows.
0.1.5 (46)
October 4, 2026- Karui now warns you if notifications stop reaching it, and shows how to fix the Shortcut.
- The Home Screen widget adapts to larger text sizes.
0.1.5 (45)
October 4, 2026- Added a Home Screen widget: see your latest notifications at a glance.
- Opening a notification in History is simpler.
- Deadline Reminders in Settings now lists the reminders Karui has already sent.
- The setup guides explain each step aloud in more detail.
- Daily Summary is now called Neutral Summary.
0.1.4 (44) App Store
October 3, 2026- Added a new setting, on by default, to always alert for saved contacts.
0.1.4 (43)
October 3, 2026- The setup guides that float over the Shortcuts and Settings apps now read each step aloud.
0.1.4 (42)
October 2, 2026- Let Deadline Reminder creation go through Second Opinion if that’s enabled.
- Let unsent-only users enable Second Opinion.
0.1.4 (41)
October 2, 2026- Merged some What’s New items into a single sheet for 0.1.3 users.
0.1.4 (40)
October 2, 2026- Add the new Karui Focus filter to your Focus and Karui pauses its alerts while the Focus is off, so you don't get important notifications twice.
- Added step-by-step guides that float over the Shortcuts and Settings apps while you add the Karui Shortcut or set up your Focus.
- Spam notifications now have their own icon in History.
0.1.4 (39)
October 2, 2026- Tapping a Karui notification for a Messages or WhatsApp chat now opens that conversation when Karui has the sender’s number. Messages group chats open too when every participant is a VIP.
- Added optional deadline reminders for notifications that ask you to do something by a certain day.
- Added quick history access from the Lock Screen, Control Center, and Spotlight.
0.1.4 (38)
October 2, 2026- Explained the Apple Intelligence requirement better.
0.1.4 (37)
October 2, 2026- You can now change a notification's category from History. When you mark one as less important, Karui learns and quiets similar notifications from that app.
- Reworked setup with two modes: just keep unsent messages, or full spam filtering. You can set up spam filtering later from Settings.
0.1.3 (36) App Store
September 30, 2026- Added a missing confirmation when resetting Karui.
0.1.3 (35)
September 30, 2026- Fixed an error-prone second shortcut warning.
0.1.2 (34) App Store
September 29, 2026- Tweak Second Opinion backoff behavior further.
0.1.2 (33)
September 29, 2026- Second Opinion now pauses for a while when Apple's Private Cloud Compute limit is reached.
0.1.1 (32) App Store
September 28, 2026- Rebuilt with the release version of Xcode.
0.1.1 (31)
September 28, 2026- Fixed an issue where a term written in katakana, like セール, also matched longer words that contain it, like セールス or セールスフォース.
0.1.0 (30)
September 28, 2026- Second Opinion has a new When to Ask setting. Choose Always to have Private Cloud Compute check every notification the on-device model sorts: Karui alerts you right away, then corrects it, and removes an alert Private Cloud Compute says wasn't needed.
- Messages that @mention someone else, like a question to a coworker in a Slack channel, are no longer marked Important.
- Daily summaries are now shorter.
- Fixed some minor bugs and made some small UI improvements.
0.1.0 (29)
September 27, 2026- Auto Reply can now turn itself on during events on the calendars you choose, and off when they end.
- Karui now rechecks notifications Apple Intelligence was too busy for in the background, without you opening the app.
0.1.0 (28)
September 26, 2026- Added Second Opinion, off by default. When iOS is too busy to run the on-device model, your Shortcut can ask Apple's Private Cloud Compute instead, and Karui alerts you if the answer is Important. Turn it on in Settings → Second Opinion, then update your Karui Shortcut when prompted.
0.1.0 (27)
September 26, 2026- Added Auto Reply. While it's on, Karui replies to your VIPs in Messages, WhatsApp, LINE, and Messenger with a message you choose, like "I'm driving" or "I'm asleep." It needs the latest Karui Shortcut.
- Added quiet apps, for apps where spam tends to sound personal. Only VIPs, codes, and urgent messages alert you.
- Settings are reorganized into People, Apps, and Sorting & Alerts.
- Tap a VIP to see exactly what Karui saved from their contact card, or swipe to remove them.
- Adding important and quiet apps is easier, with suggestions for common apps and for apps in your History.
- Tapping a one-time code notification copies the code instead of opening the app it came from.
- Karui is better at telling when a message is about one of your calendar events.
- Fixed a bug where Karui's notifications stayed in Notification Center after you opened them in Karui.
- Fixed a bug where a daily summary could be sent twice.
- If you have two copies of the Karui Shortcut, Karui now sends one alert instead of two and tells you to delete the older one.
0.1.0 (26)
September 25, 2026- Karui is now iOS 27 only since the required Shortcut notification automation is iOS 27 only.
0.1.0 (24)
September 25, 2026- Fixed a bug where some email receipts would appear as one-time codes.
- Fixed a bug where going backward in the setup wizard would make it impossible to continue.
0.1.0 (23)
September 25, 2026- Added a cooldown for busy conversations. After Karui alerts you about a conversation, it waits 10 minutes before alerting you about it again.
- Important apps can be marked as work apps, which only count as important during your work hours (Mon–Fri, 9 AM to 6 PM by default).
- Arriving rides and deliveries, and notifications an app marks as time sensitive, are now more likely to be Important.
- Added a Copy Code button for one-time codes in History.
0.1.0 (22)
September 25, 2026- Added sleep hours to Wake Me. Alarms now only ring between bedtime and wake-up, 10 PM to 6 AM by default.
- History now shows your latest daily summary, so you can reopen it after the notification is gone.
- The daily summary's Worth a Look now includes more notifications.
- Promote this Sender now lets you pick the person from your contacts.
- Karui now recognizes VIPs by their contact nickname.
0.1.0 (21) App Store
September 23, 2026- Improved on-device categorization.
0.1.0 (20)
September 23, 2026- Added a "Missed calls ring immediately" setting for Wake Me.
- A second missed call from a Wake Me contact now rings an alarm.
- Added a "Check My Shortcut" diagnostic. It needs the updated Karui Shortcut, which you can add again from Settings → Help & Troubleshooting or the Support Guide.
- Fixed taps firing while scrolling on Test It.
0.1.0 (19)
September 23, 2026- Added Wake Me: people you choose can ring an alarm in an emergency, even when your iPhone is silenced or in a Focus.
- Added Combine Rapid Messages: several messages in a row from the same sender now arrive as one notification.
- Improved the daily summary: it now highlights the notifications worth a look.
0.1.0 (18)
September 22, 2026- Karui now rechecks notifications that Apple Intelligence was too busy to evaluate, and tells you if any were Important.
- Added filtering in the history.
0.1.0 (17)
September 22, 2026- Added support for more apps.
0.1.0 (16)
September 22, 2026- Added repeat sender breakthroughs.
- Added a daily digest for neutral notifications.
- Added contact avatars for VIPs.
- Added one-time code detection.
- Added high performance filtering and grouping for list views.
0.1.0 (14)
September 22, 2026- Added a notification translation feature.
0.1.0 (12)
September 22, 2026- Improved the Japanese UI.
0.1.0 (11)
September 22, 2026- Added a way to enter important apps and your own name.
0.1.0 (10)
September 21, 2026- Added a manual reclassification option.
0.1.0 (9)
September 21, 2026- Fixed a fuzzy matching bug in the classifier.
0.1.0 (8)
September 21, 2026- Improved classification when an email body includes your own name.
0.1.0 (6)
September 21, 2026- Added support for Japanese.
0.1.0 (5)
September 21, 2026- Improved VIP matching.
0.1.0 (4)
September 20, 2026- Made various improvements and fixed some bugs.
0.1.0 (3)
September 20, 2026- Initial release.