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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Raindrop.io
Save and organise links, articles and videos into collections with tags, highlights and full text search.
Since 2014
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Annotate.tv
Take notes tied to moments in YouTube videos, query the transcript and send your notes to Notion, Obsidian or Readwise.
Since 2020
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Gistly
A browser extension that adds bullet summaries, timestamped breakdowns and transcripts to YouTube videos so you can skip the long ones.
Since 2024
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Recall
Saves videos, podcasts, PDFs and articles, summarises them, and lets you search and chat across what you saved.
Since 2022
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- smry
Follow feeds and save articles, then get short summaries and ask questions about what you have read.
Since 2023
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Paperbot AI
Converts long YouTube videos into short readable summaries for students and busy learners.
One-off payment · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Mind Map Wizard
Turns a topic, PDF, link or video into an editable mind map for students and anyone studying a subject.
Since 2025
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Cerebro
Save videos, articles and PDFs, then ask questions in plain English to pull out what they said.
Since 2025
Subscription · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Readit
Save articles, videos and PDFs to read later in a clean view, listen with text to speech, and keep a reading streak.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Notanic
A note app on an endless canvas with nested pages, Markdown, sketching and live collaboration, for people who think visually.
Since 2025
Subscription · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Deepmark
Collects saves from X, YouTube, Instagram and your browser into a private library that AI describes so you can search in plain language.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Alt
Records meetings and lectures and transcribes, translates and summarises them with AI that runs on your own device.
Since 2025
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Deta Surf
A notebook and browser in one that turns web pages, YouTube videos and PDFs into notes you can question with AI.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Minibase
A browser extension that clips pages, videos and threads into Markdown files on your disk for Obsidian or AI assistants.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Open Notebook
Private research notebook that uses AI to summarise your links, PDFs and videos and can turn notes into podcasts.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- TooLongLink Desktop
Mac and Windows app that turns long YouTube videos and Twitch streams into readable summaries with the key charts and images.
Since 2025
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Summarize.ing
Paste a YouTube link to get a short summary, key points and a mind map of a long video.
Since 2024
Free plan · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Trott
Phone app for people who save lots of reels: it reads each one and keeps the key details so you can find or ask about them later.
Since 2025
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families