Reflect AI
Reflect is a powerful note-taking app that helps users to store their thoughts, books, and meetings efficiently. The app is designed to ena...
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What is Reflect AI?
Reflect AI is an AI-powered note-taking application that helps users think better by creating associations between thoughts and ideas through backlinks, functioning like a second brain. The tool uses GPT-4 and Whisper from OpenAI to improve writing, organize thoughts, and act as an intellectual thought partner directly within notes.
Key features include transcribing voice notes with human-level accuracy, generating article outlines from scattered thoughts, listing key takeaways and action items from meeting notes, chatting with notes to find and organize information, and saving custom prompts. The AI palette allows users to generate long and short summaries, outlines, action lists, simplify and rephrase writing, fix spelling and grammar, generate counter arguments as an intellectual sparring partner, continue writing in their existing style, produce title suggestions, get word counts, synonyms, definitions, translate text, and analyze message tone.
Reflect AI is built for knowledge workers, thinkers, writers, researchers, and anyone who takes notes regularly. It serves users who want to capture ideas on the go with its iOS app, manage meetings with calendar integrations, save web snippets from Chrome and Safari browsers, sync Kindle highlights, and publish/share writing with one click. The app works online or offline with instant real-time syncing across all devices.
Reflect AI pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
$10/month billed annually. One plan, one price includes: Networked note-taking, Chrome and Safari web clipper, Kindle offline sync, End-to-end encryption, Kindle highlights sync, iOS app. Free 14-day trial available before purchasing.
Reflect AI pros
- Transcribes voice notes with human-level accuracy using Whisper
- Generates article outlines from scattered thoughts
- Lists key takeaways and action items from meeting notes
- Chat with your notes to find and organize information
- Save custom prompts for repeated use
- Generates long and short summaries from notes
- Creates outlines and action lists automatically
- Simplifies, rephrases, and condenses writing
- Fixes spelling and grammar automatically
- Generates counter arguments as intellectual sparring partner
- Continues writing in your existing style to overcome writer's block
- Produces title suggestions for articles
- Provides word counts, synonyms, and definitions while writing
- Translates text saved within notes to another language
- Analyzes tone of messages before sending
- Backlinks notes to make everything easily searchable
- End-to-end encryption keeps notes secure
- Instant sync across devices in real-time
- Works online or offline
- iOS app for capturing ideas on the go
- Google Calendar and Outlook integrations for meetings
- Chrome and Safari web clipper included
- Kindle offline sync and highlights sync
- Publishing feature to share writing with one click
Reflect AI cons
- Only one paid plan available at $10/month
- AI feature requires highlighting text to send to OpenAI
- Mobile client performance still needs improvement
- No free permanent tier - only 14-day trial
- Cannot ask follow-up questions after AI response (must use chat)
- AI models not yet running on client for all features
- Pre-set prompts may limit customization for some users
- API access mentioned but details not fully specified
Frequently asked questions about Reflect AI
What can you do with Reflect AI?
You can transcribe voice notes with human-level accuracy, generate article outlines from scattered thoughts, list key takeaways and action items from meeting notes, chat with your notes to find and organize information, and save your own custom prompts. The AI palette also creates summaries, outlines, action lists, simplifies writing, fixes spelling/grammar, generates counter arguments, continues writing in your style, produces title suggestions, provides word counts/synonyms/definitions, translates text, and analyzes message tone.
Why would I want an AI generating text for my notes?
Rather than generating more text, the technology is more useful for reducing text through summarization. For example, it's great for listing key takeaways from a Whisper transcript of voice notes, helping you condense and organize information rather than creating additional content.
Are my notes still end-to-end encrypted when using AI?
Yes, your notes are just as safe as before. If you don't use the AI feature, nothing you write is shared. If you do use the AI feature, only text you've highlighted will be sent to OpenAI. The rest of your notes remain end-to-end encrypted.
How do I access the AI palette in Reflect?
Highlight any text, then press cmd j (or control j on Windows), or select some text and click on the magic wand icon. Either select one of the existing preset options, or use the open text box to give your own custom commands.
Is AI going to be a priority for Reflect going forward?
They expect to do more with AI, but their highest priority is still focusing on basics like speed and performance, especially for the mobile client. When releasing more AI features, they want to ensure it blends beautifully into the note-taking experience rather than cramming in features for sake. They're looking into running models on the client for sophisticated grammar checks without latency or privacy issues.
What models does Reflect AI use?
Reflect uses GPT-4 and Whisper from OpenAI for its AI features. Previously they harnesssed the power of OpenAI's GPT3.5 model. The technology is versatile enough that you can throw anything you can think of at it through the open text field.
What apps and services integrate with Reflect?
Reflect integrates with Zapier (connect with dozens of applications without code), Readwise (sync reading highlights and notes), Google and Outlook (integrate contacts and calendars), and Chrome and Safari browsers (save web clips and sync with Kindle). It also has Google Calendar and Outlook integrations specifically for meetings.
Can I use Reflect offline?
Yes, Reflect works mobile or desktop, online or offline. Everything is synced in real-time when you're connected, but you can capture ideas and take notes without an internet connection using the iOS app.
What is networked note-taking and backlinks?
Networked note-taking mirrors the way your mind works by associating notes through backlinks. Reflect builds you a second brain that you can reference anytime by backlinking your notes to make everything easily searchable, forming a graph of ideas.
How do I get started with Reflect?
Start your 14-day trial at reflect.app. You can log in, start free, or sign up. Learn how to take great notes at Reflect's free online Academy, and join the Workflows channel within their Discord Community to see how other people use the AI palette and share your own findings.