Recall

What is Recall?

Recall is a personal AI knowledge base that saves online content, summarises it and connects related ideas so you can find and revisit them later. It is built for people who read, watch and listen to a lot of material and want one searchable place for it.

The workflow starts with a single click in the browser extension or mobile app. Recall stores the item, writes a summary, adds tags and links it to related cards in a visual knowledge graph. You can then chat with your library, ask questions across it, and take quizzes that resurface material on a spaced repetition schedule.

The product began at getrecall.ai, and that address now redirects to recall.it. Directories also list an earlier recall.wiki domain, a first release in March 2023 and a second major version in January 2026. The homepage claims more than 700,000 users. Recall is a different product from Microsoft’s Windows Recall feature and from Recall.ai, a meeting bot API for developers.

Key Features

Summaries plus an automatic knowledge graph do most of the work in Recall, turning long videos and articles into short, linked notes you can search.

• One-click summaries: Recall condenses YouTube videos, podcasts, articles and PDFs into short summaries with key points. The homepage shows a video lasting almost three hours reduced to a summary you can read in about 90 seconds, with timestamps kept.
• Knowledge graph: Each saved card is tagged and linked to related cards automatically. A visual graph shows these connections, so you can trace how a podcast episode relates to an article or note saved months earlier.
• Chat with your library: You can ask questions about your saved content, the open web, or both. The Max plan lets you choose the model, and the homepage names GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek options.
• Augmented browsing: While you browse, Recall highlights links between the current page and items already in your knowledge base. The company describes this feature as local first, which means matching happens in your browser.
• Quizzes and spaced repetition: Recall generates quizzes from saved cards and schedules reviews over time. Question types listed include multiple choice, short answer and matching, which helps students and professionals retain what they read.
• Notes, imports and Listen Mode: Free accounts get unlimited notes with blocks, tables and to-do lists. Paid plans add bulk imports of up to 1,000 bookmarks or 10,000 Markdown notes, plus text-to-speech playback with a choice of voices.

Pros

Breadth of capture is why researchers pick Recall: one library holds videos, podcasts, PDFs, articles and notes, all summarised and linked without manual filing.

• Many content types: Recall handles YouTube, Spotify podcasts, PDFs, articles, books, TikToks and Wikipedia pages. You avoid juggling separate tools for reading, watching and listening, and everything lands in one searchable library.
• Useful free plan: The free tier keeps unlimited saves and notes and adds 10 AI summaries a month. Light users can build a real library before deciding whether to pay.
• Built-in retention tools: Spaced repetition quizzes come with the Plus plan, so revision happens inside the same app. Students gain a study loop without exporting cards to a separate flashcard tool.
• Choice of AI models: Max subscribers can pick models from several providers for chat and summaries. Power users can compare answers side by side or match a model to the task, such as long documents or coding notes.
• Data portability: Recall states that you own your data and can export it as Markdown. That lowers the risk of lock-in if you later move to Obsidian or another notes app.

Cons

Annual billing is the catch with Recall, because the $10 Plus and $38 Max prices on its pricing page are quoted as yearly commitments.

• Yearly billing focus: Paid prices are quoted per month but billed yearly. A 30-day refund window softens this, yet monthly rates were not shown on the page we read.
• Tight free summary cap: Ten AI summaries a month runs out quickly for heavy readers. Anyone saving several videos or long articles a day will probably need Plus within the first week of use.
• No team plan: The pricing page lists Free, Plus and Max only, with no shared workspace or admin tier. Teams must manage separate personal accounts or choose another tool.
• Summaries need checking: AI summaries can omit nuance or misread technical sources. Treat them as a guide and open the original before quoting figures or citing a paper.
• Privacy details were hard to find: The legal pages we tried did not load, so we could not review subprocessors or retention terms. Check the current privacy policy before saving sensitive work material.

Who is Using Recall?

Knowledge workers form Recall’s core audience, and its homepage cites more than 700,000 users plus staff at Google, NVIDIA, Stanford University and Bloomberg.

• Researchers: Academics and analysts save papers, reports and talks in one place. They use chat to pull themes across many sources quickly.
• Students: Learners summarise lectures, PDFs and videos before exams. Spaced repetition quizzes help them review topics at sensible intervals.
• Writers and creators: Journalists and content creators collect references for future pieces. The knowledge graph helps them spot links between older and newer material.
• Lifelong learners: Podcast listeners and readers keep notes on books, recipes and films. Listen Mode lets them review saved items while commuting.

Pricing

Recall offers a free plan, with Plus at $10 and Max at $38 per month when billed yearly (official pricing page, October 2026).

Futurepedia and There’s An AI For That both list paid access from $10 a month, which matches the official Plus figure. The pricing page also mentions a 30-day refund and a 20 per cent student discount on request.

Disclaimer: plan limits and currency may differ by region, so compare the live pricing page with these figures.

What Makes Recall Unique?

Recall combines capture, summarising, linking and revision in one personal library. Read-later apps store pages, and flashcard apps test memory, but Recall turns the same saved card into a summary, a graph node, a chat source and a quiz.

Augmented browsing adds a further twist. Instead of waiting for you to search, Recall points out related saved items while you read something new, which helps older notes resurface when they are relevant.

Compatibilities and Integrations

Browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox are Recall’s main entry point, backed by a web app and iOS and Android apps.

• Browsers: Extensions are listed for Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox, alongside the web app.
• Mobile: Apps are available on the App Store and Google Play for saving content on the go.
• Imports: The docs cover bookmark and Pocket imports, and paid plans allow bulk Markdown imports.
• API and MCP: Developer docs describe an API and an MCP server for reaching your knowledge base from other AI tools.
• Export: Content can be exported as Markdown for use in other notes apps.

Recall Tutorials

Six steps take a new Recall user from sign-up to a first spaced repetition quiz.

1. Create a free account on recall.it and install the extension for your browser.
2. Open an article, YouTube video or PDF and click the extension to save and summarise it.
3. Review the summary, edit the tags and open the knowledge graph to see linked cards.
4. Import existing bookmarks or Pocket items so the graph has more to connect.
5. Ask the chat a question across your saved cards to test the answers.
6. Turn on quizzes for key cards and complete reviews when they come due.

How We Rated It

Recall scores 4.0 out of 5, rewarded for wide content support and built-in revision but held back by annual billing and thin privacy documentation.

Summary

Recall suits students, researchers and curious readers who want videos, podcasts and articles summarised and connected in one library. Its main limitation is cost structure, since paid plans are billed yearly and the free tier allows only 10 summaries a month. We also could not review its privacy policy, so cautious users should read it before saving confidential material. For personal learning, though, the mix of summaries, a knowledge graph and spaced repetition is well thought out. Start on the free plan, import your existing bookmarks, and upgrade only if you hit the summary cap in your first fortnight.