Frequently asked
Privacy & AI
Is GoSosh actually AI-powered, or is that a marketing claim?
It’s real, but smaller than the marketing on most AI apps would suggest. GoSosh uses Apple’s on-device language model (Foundation Models, built into iOS 18+) for two specific jobs: recognizing when multiple sources are talking about the same thing, and identifying which people and companies are being discussed across items. We don’t generate text, summaries, or commentary. We don’t have a chatbot. The AI is doing classification work, not writing.
What data leaves my iPhone when I use GoSosh?
Nothing about your tracking preferences — which topics you watch, which sources you’ve enabled, which dashboards you’ve built, which alerts you’ve set. The app fetches RSS feeds, APIs, and public endpoints from sources you’ve chosen — those sources see a request from your phone the same way they’d see one from your browser. They don’t see your name, your other tracking interests, or which items you opened. When a feed item arrives without a cover image, the article URL is sent to our own image-lookup service (api.donbon.com) so the card can have a hero image; that service sees only the URL, not your identity, and you can turn it off in Settings → Image lookup. Beyond that: Apple’s standard App Store purchase check (only if you’ve bought Plus), and crash logs if you opt in. The “Why private” page has the full architecture if you want to dig in.
Do you have accounts?
No. No sign-up. No email collection. No profile. The app works the same on first open as it does on the thousandth.
Do you use OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google AI?
No. There are no cloud LLM API calls anywhere in GoSosh. The on-device Apple model handles everything we need.
Will my tracking habits ever be used to train a model?
No, because we don’t collect them. There’s no dataset on our side that could be used to train anything.
What about analytics?
We don’t ship tracking-behavior analytics. We don’t know which topics users follow, which items get the most opens, or how long anyone spends in the app. This makes product decisions harder for us, and we accept that as the cost.
Why iOS only?
Because we built GoSosh on Apple’s Foundation Models framework, which only exists on iOS / iPadOS. Going cross-platform would mean either dropping the on-device AI features or using cloud LLMs to replace them — and either choice would compromise the product. We’d rather be sharper on one platform than diluted on two.
Product
What can I track with GoSosh?
Anything that produces signal across multiple sources. The built-in categories cover News, Financial, Sports, and Tech. Beyond that, you can create custom topics for companies, people, stocks, sports teams, products, niches, or anything else you care about. Plus adds a dedicated Stock Dashboard for tracking tickers, plus Buzz Alerts that notify you when activity spikes past your threshold.
How is this different from Apple News?
Apple News surfaces items through Apple’s editorial choices and ranking. GoSosh shows you the cross-source pattern — which topics are showing up across multiple sources at once, who’s being talked about, what’s gaining momentum before it breaks. Different lens, broader scope (Apple News is news-only; GoSosh covers social, creators, financial data, and custom topics too).
How is this different from Perplexity or ChatGPT?
Both Perplexity and ChatGPT take your question and run it through cloud language models that generate a synthesized answer. GoSosh doesn’t generate text — it shows you what sources actually said, ranked and clustered so you can see the pattern. You read the originals; we just help you decide which ones are worth your time.
How is this different from Feedly or Inoreader?
Feedly and Inoreader are RSS readers — you subscribe to feeds, they show you items in chronological order. GoSosh does that too, but adds the cross-source intelligence on top: when five sources talk about the same event, you see it once with all five sources listed. When a topic is rising in conversation volume, that signal is visible. RSS readers don’t do that work.
What sources does GoSosh use?
The current source mix includes RSS feeds from major news publishers, Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky, Mastodon, X / Twitter, YouTube, plus EDGAR and StockTwits for financial topics. We’re expanding the curated source list over time.
Can I add my own sources or topics?
Yes — through Custom Topics. You can also create custom dashboards focused on specific stocks, themes, or anything else.
Does GoSosh write summaries?
No. Tapping a card opens the original source in an in-app reader. We never paraphrase.
Will you add a chatbot?
Not currently planned. If a chatbot would meaningfully help users track or understand what people are saying, we’d build it — but we haven’t found a version of “ask the conversation a question” that’s better than just reading the source.
Practical
How much does it cost?
There’s a substantial free tier covering all the core widgets and a curated set of categories. Plus is a one-time purchase — never a subscription — that unlocks Custom Topics, multiple dashboards, expanded analytics, the Stock Dashboard, and Buzz Alerts. It comes with a 7-day free trial. Pricing is shown in the app’s paywall; we don’t list the dollar amount on the site so we can adjust without ending up with stale copy.
What devices does GoSosh work on?
iPhone and iPad, on a recent enough iOS to support Apple Intelligence (iOS 18.1+). It works on iPad with a split-view layout designed for the larger screen. We don’t have a watchOS app yet but it’s on the roadmap.
Does it sync between my devices?
Your Plus purchase syncs via Apple’s standard StoreKit. Your custom dashboards and topics sync via iCloud (encrypted end-to-end by Apple’s CloudKit). Your tracking history doesn’t sync because we don’t store it.
What happens if I switch phones?
Restore from iCloud the same way you would for any other app. Your Plus purchase, custom dashboards, and topics come with you. There’s no GoSosh account to migrate because there’s no GoSosh account.
Is this an indie project?
Yes. Built by one developer. No VC funding, no investors, no growth-at-all-costs pressure. Plus purchases fund the work directly.