Recall: Pricing, Features & Alternatives

Recall is a personal knowledge management tool built around a simple frustration: you consume a lot of content but retain almost none of it. The browser extension captures anything you find interesting — YouTube videos, articles, podcasts, PDFs, web pages — and runs it through AI to generate summaries and automatically connect it to related content in your existing collection. The result is a self-organizing knowledge base that grows more useful the more you use it. Recall's knowledge graph shows visual connections between your saved items, surfacing relationships you wouldn't have noticed manually. The chat interface lets you ask questions across your entire library, turning months of saved content into a searchable, conversational resource. Spaced repetition quizzes make Recall genuinely distinct from bookmarking tools: rather than just collecting things, it periodically prompts you with quiz questions generated from your own saved content. Combined with augmented browsing (which surfaces relevant Recall notes as you browse), it builds recall rather than just storage. The free plan includes 10 AI summaries per month; the Plus plan at $7/month removes that cap.

How It Works

Recall works as a Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge extension alongside a mobile app for iPhone and Android. On any webpage, YouTube video, or podcast page, one click triggers Recall to capture the full content and run it through AI for summarization. The AI assigns tags and categories automatically and links the new item to related content already in your knowledge base. The knowledge graph view visualizes these connections, showing how different concepts and topics you've saved relate to each other. The Chat feature lets you ask natural language questions across everything you've saved, using RAG to pull the most relevant content. You can also chat with specific saved items to dive deeper. For personal notes, Recall added a block-style notebook editor that keeps written content alongside saved web content in the same system. Spaced repetition quizzes are generated automatically from your summaries. The augmented browsing feature surfaces relevant knowledge base cards as an overlay while you browse new content.

Key Features

✓AI Content Summarization: one-click summaries for YouTube videos, articles, podcasts, PDFs, and web pages
✓Self-Organizing Knowledge Graph: automatically connects saved items and visualizes relationships between topics
✓Chat With Your Knowledge Base: ask questions across your entire saved content library using natural language
✓Automatic Tagging and Categorization: AI assigns relevant categories and tags to every saved item
✓Spaced Repetition Quizzes: auto-generated quizzes from your summaries to reinforce retention
✓Augmented Browsing: surfaces related knowledge base cards while you browse new content online
✓Browser Extension: works across Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge for one-click content capture
✓Mobile App: iOS and Android apps for saving and reviewing content on the go
✓Block-Style Notebook Editor: create personal notes, meeting notes, and study materials in the same system
✓PDF Upload and Summarization: upload PDF files for AI processing alongside web content
✓Full-Text Search: search across all your saved content by keyword or concept
✓Clickable Timestamps: jump to specific moments in YouTube videos and podcasts from summaries

Best For

Curious learners and researchers who consume a lot of content and want to retain itKnowledge workers building research libraries from articles, videos, and podcastsStudents who want to study from self-generated summaries and quizzesContent creators building topic expertise over time through structured readingProfessionals who need to recall specific details from things they consumed weeks or months ago

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of content can Recall summarize?

Recall summarizes YouTube videos, articles, podcasts, PDFs, web pages, and TikToks. It also supports personal notes through its built-in notebook editor. You can upload PDFs directly for summarization even if they're not hosted online.

What is the free plan limit?

The free plan allows unlimited in-app knowledge cards but limits you to 10 AI-generated summaries per month. The Recall Plus plan at $7/month removes this limit, giving you unlimited AI summaries.

How does Chat With Knowledge Base work?

The chat feature uses RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) to search your saved content and answer questions using your own library as the source. You can ask broad questions across everything you've saved, or chat with specific saved items to extract more detail.

What browsers and devices does Recall support?

Recall has browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge. Mobile apps are available for iPhone (iOS) and Android. Content syncs across all your devices through your Recall account.

How is Recall different from bookmarking tools?

Bookmarking tools store links. Recall processes the content at those links, generates summaries, connects related items, and actively helps you retain what you've read through spaced repetition and chat. It's designed for knowledge building, not just saving.

Pricing

Recall lite

$0/mo

10 free content summaries & chats: YouTube, Podcasts, PDFs, articles and more
Unlimited read-it-later storage
Unlimited personal notes

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Recall plus

$7/mo

Everything in lite, plus
Unlimited content summaries & chats: YouTube, Podcasts, PDFs, articles and more
Chat with your entire knowledge base - ask questions across all your saved content
Automatic categorization
Automatic knowledge graph
Unlimited AI quiz questions
Bulk Import Bookmarks & Pocket Saves
Multi-language support
Augmented Browsing - resurfaces related content from your knowledge base as you browse.

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