Research Radar Support

You add topics you want to follow — anything from "perovskite solar cell efficiency" to "OpenAI rumors." Research Radar runs AI-generated research summaries and X post summaries on a schedule you set (daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly) and pushes a notification when a new summary is ready.

Each topic update deducts the actual AI cost of that update — typically a few hundred credits (currently about 400–550, or roughly 12–16 cents at the starter-pack rate). Research-only or X-posts-only updates cost less. Credits belong to your account and are shared by all your topics. You buy credits in bundles from inside the app. There are no subscriptions and no recurring charges; credits don't expire.

• 10,000 credits — $2.99
• 22,000 credits — $5.99 (~24% bonus)
• 40,000 credits — $9.99 (~34% bonus)

A few common causes:

• Notifications for Research Radar are off — on iPhone check Settings → Notifications → Research Radar; on Android check Settings → Apps → Research Radar → Notifications.
• The topic's next scheduled update hasn't happened yet, or the topic is paused — check its schedule and pause setting in Topic Options.
• Your account is low on credits — scheduled updates are skipped while your balance is too low. Check your balance and buy credits in the app if needed.
• The topic's last updates failed — the app marks it Failed, and the server retries automatically (backing off up to about once a day after repeated failures). You can also run Update Now to retry right away.

Yes. In your topic list, swipe the topic and tap Update Now (on Android you can also swipe right, or press and hold the topic and choose Update Now). The fresh summary is generated and shown right away. Credits are deducted just like a scheduled update, and your regular schedule doesn't change.

The server is the source of truth for your credit balance. Close and reopen the app to re-sync it. If the balance still doesn't reflect a purchase you completed, email android-support@slick-engineering.com with your purchase receipt or order ID and we'll reconcile it.

For credits you haven't used yet, request a refund from the store you bought them through. On iPhone, use Apple's reportaproblem.apple.com; on Android, use your Google Play order history. The store handles the refund and our server is notified automatically; your credit balance will adjust to reflect the refund.

On iPhone, yes — as long as your devices are signed in to the same iCloud account. Research Radar uses your private CloudKit database for sync. On Android, your topics are tied to the Google account you sign in with.

Yes. To request deletion of your account and all associated data, email android-support@slick-engineering.com and we'll permanently delete all server-side data — your topics, summaries, and account — within 30 days. Uninstalling the app removes the local copy. (On iOS, iCloud data can also be removed via Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → Manage Storage → Research Radar.)

Research Radar requires iOS 18.5 or later on iPhone, or Android 8.0 or later.