Recall
You'll likely forget 90% of the content you consume within a week. Recall summarizes online content, connects it in a knowledge graph and resurfaces it on a sch...
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What is Recall?
Recall is an AI-powered browser extension that serves as your personal AI knowledge base, allowing you to summarize, save, and chat with any online content you encounter. The tool uses GPT-4 and other AI models to extract key points from web pages, YouTube videos (including Shorts), podcasts (Spotify & Apple Podcasts), articles, blogs, PDFs, TikTok videos, Google Docs & Slides, recipes, and movie/TV series lists. When you click the extension, it instantly generates a concise summary of the content without requiring you to read or watch everything.
Key features include automatic organization and categorization of saved content, an automatic knowledge graph that extracts keywords and links related content together, spaced repetition and active recall techniques to resurface saved content at optimal intervals for long-term memory retention, augmented browsing that resurfaces relevant saved content as you browse the web, Listen Mode for audio summaries with custom AI voice (TTS), a block-style rich notes editor with tables/to-do lists/code blocks, quiz generation from any content with public quiz challenges, chat across your entire knowledge base combining saved content with live web search, and the ability to choose between Claude, GPT, Gemini, and other AI models with mid-conversation switching. The extension also supports auto-save when complete, summary regeneration, content translation, and copying extracted content.
Recall is designed for professionals, students, and lifelong learners (500K+ users) who want to transform scattered online information into a self-organizing knowledge base. It's ideal for anyone who consumes大量 online content through YouTube, podcasts, articles, and PDFs but struggles to retain information or find connections between topics. The tool helps stop
Recall pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Recall offers a free tier that allows users to try the extension easily with approximately 10 items/links allowed. The free tier is self-serve with no demo required. Once users reach the free summary limit, they cannot create more summaries even if they delete previous ones, pushing them to upgrade. Pricing details are not publicly disclosed beyond the free tier - no monetary amounts appear on the pricing page. The purchase motion is self-serve checkout. Recall has 1 tier count with sales-led pricing for lowest paid tier. Monthly billing cycle. Some plans are self-serve while others require sales contact (human-assisted model). Pricing is marked as
Recall pros
- Summarizes any online content in seconds with AI
- Supports YouTube videos including Shorts
- Works with podcasts from Spotify and Apple Podcasts
- Handles PDFs, articles, blogs, and TikTok videos
- Auto-categorizes content without manual folders
- Automatic knowledge graph links related content
- Spaced repetition resurfaces content at optimal intervals
- Active recall generates quiz questions from saved content
- Augmented browsing resurfaces relevant saved content while browsing
- Chat across entire knowledge base plus live web
- Choose multiple AI models: Claude, GPT, Gemini
- Switch AI models mid-conversation without lock-in
- Listen Mode with custom AI voice for audio summaries
- Rich notes editor with tables, to-do lists, code blocks
- Offline-first capability accesses summarized content locally
- Autosave when complete feature for automatic storage
- Regenerate summaries if not satisfied with results
- Translate summaries to different languages
- Export or delete your data anytime - you own it
- Data not used for advertising, profiling, or AI training
Recall cons
- Free tier limited to about 10 items/links only
- Cannot create more summaries after reaching free limit even if deleting previous ones
- Voice quality in Listen Mode not yet optimal - still being improved
- Recipe summarization not 100% accurate yet
- No monetary pricing amounts publicly disclosed
- Pricing structure not clearly surfaced for easy enumeration
- Some plans require sales contact beyond self-serve
- Cache system helps others but individual control unclear
- Extension size is 4.75-5.44 MB (relatively large)
- Requires permissions to read/modify bookmarks and access all websites
Frequently asked questions about Recall
What content types can Recall summarize?
Recall can summarize YouTube videos (including Shorts), podcasts from Spotify and Apple Podcasts, websites/articles/blogs, PDFs, Vimeo videos, TikTok videos, Google Docs & Slides, recipes, and movie and TV series lists. It works with pretty much any online content or web page you can browse to online.
How does spaced repetition work in Recall?
Spaced repetition is a scientifically-backed technique that resurfaces your saved content at optimal intervals to lock it into long-term memory. Recall strategically schedules reviews of your saved summaries to optimize long-term retention and generates quiz-style questions from your content to test your knowledge further.
Can I chat with my saved knowledge and the live web together?
Yes, Recall allows agentic AI chat where you can ask questions across your entire knowledge base, search the internet, or combine both in one conversation. You get instant answers and insights from everything you've saved over your lifetime plus live web search.
What AI models can I use with Recall?
Recall lets you choose your AI model including Claude, GPT, Gemini, and more. You can switch models mid-conversation with no lock-in, giving you flexibility without being tied to a single provider.
How does the automatic knowledge graph work?
The automatic knowledge graph extracts keywords with high relevance scores from your content and links them across everything you've saved. This helps you discover connections you didn't know existed and visualize relationships between ideas to deepen understanding. Keywords are automatically extracted and linked across your content.
What is augmented browsing in Recall?
Augmented browsing is a feature where you can toggle it on and relevant saved content resurfaces as you browse the web. As you browse, Recall shows relevant saved content in real time, turning passive scrolling into active discovery by surfacing past content when it's most relevant.
Can I export my data if I leave Recall?
Yes, you own your data and can access, export, or delete it at any time. Recall does not use your data for advertising, profiling, or training AI models. Your data moves with you - you can export your saved content and summaries whether you stay with Recall or move on.
How do I install and start using the extension?
Install Recall from the Chrome Store (or Firefox add-ons), then hit the pin button to keep it always in your toolbar. Open any webpage like a blog, YouTube video, article, or PDF, click the Recall extension icon, and you get a summarized version in seconds. You can save it to your knowledge base, copy content, listen to audio summaries, or regenerate if not satisfied.
What happens if an article has been summarized before?
If an article has been summarized before, it's cached and faster for the next user. This means you're helping everyone every time you generate a summary since the cached version speeds up the process for subsequent users viewing the same content.
Can I create quizzes from my saved content?
Yes, Recall can generate quizzes on any content you've saved. You can challenge friends with public quizzes. The spaced repetition feature resurfaces what you've saved at optimal intervals to lock it into long-term memory, and Recall generates questions from the content in your knowledge base to test your knowledge even further.