Gist is an iOS app that condenses articles by as much as eighty percent while trying to preserve the source's structure and tone, adapting to what matters in different kinds of content, like keeping every ingredient in a recipe rather than trimming it like a news article. It works inside Safari, Files, and apps like the New York Times through iOS's share sheet, so a user can summarize from wherever they are already reading rather than pasting a link into a separate app. It is a single ninety-nine cent monthly subscription with no listed free tier. The app appears to be run independently by Kyle Halevi rather than a named company.

Platforms: iOS
API: Not confirmed
Last verified: Oct 15, 2026

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Describes the 80% condensing, structure-preserving approach and share-sheet integrationgist-app.com ↗
Confirms the $0.99/month pricing and identifies Kyle Halevi as operatorgist-app.com ↗

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Is Gist legit?

We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.

Domain registered: May 28, 2024 (2 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Cloudflare, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
TLS certificate: Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 11, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
Last checked: Oct 15, 2026The site did not answer
Operated by: Kyle HaleviOur research, card verified Sep 1, 2026

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Gist

medium confidence

Gist does one narrow thing, cut an article down while keeping it readable, and does it inside the reading apps a user already has rather than a separate destination. At under a dollar a month it is a low-commitment way to save reading time, but it is iOS-only and has no free tier to test first.

Pros

Works as a share-sheet extension across Safari, Files, and other apps rather than a standalone reader
Aims to preserve structure and tone rather than flattening everything into bullet points
Very low price point ($0.99/month)

Cons

No free tier to test accuracy before subscribing
iOS only, no Android, web, or desktop version
Run by a single named individual rather than a company, so support continuity is less certain

Best for

iOS users who read a lot of long articles and want a faster pass through them
Anyone who wants summarization inside Safari or the Files app rather than a separate tool
People who want the source's structure kept intact, not just a bullet-point summary