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Recall: Summarizer (YouTube, Articles, PDFs), AI Chat, Knowledge Base, Quiz icon

Recall Chrome Extension Analysis

AI & Writing Assistants

Store listing title: Recall: Summarizer (YouTube, Articles, PDFs), AI Chat, Knowledge Base, Quiz

Chrome extension ID: ldbooahljamnocpaahaidnmlgfklbben

An AI-powered curation tool that saves content from YouTube, podcasts, PDFs, and web pages into a structured knowledge base. It features an automatic knowledge graph, spaced repetition quizzes, and a multi-model AI chat interface to interact with stored information.

Developer:Recall
Version:1.134
Size:5.37MiB
Last updated:
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External:Chrome Web StoreOfficial website

Overview

Installs

100K+

Rating

★ 4.4

127 reviews

Languages

1 locales

Includes English

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

Backed by review samples

Macro category

AI & Writing Assistants

Pricing friction

Moderate review signal

Complaint intensity

High review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

Recall positions itself as a personalized AI knowledge base that allows users to curate their own 'edge' by saving diverse content. It emphasizes the ability to chat with saved knowledge using a choice of leading AI models without vendor lock-in.

Inferred product pattern

AI-powered Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system with multi-LLM orchestration and web-to-knowledge pipeline.

Review-backed pain points

Users report that the 'unlimited' claims for the free tier are misleading, with some being limited to 5-10 cards. There is significant frustration regarding credits being spent automatically upon opening the extension without user consent.

Observed feature gaps

Users have requested a digest feature for feeds and subscriptions, as well as native support for the Opera browser.

Tags
Knowledge ManagementAI CurationSecond BrainStudy ToolAI Chat
Target users

- Students

- Researchers

- Knowledge Workers

- Users with ADHD

Primary use cases

- Creating a personal knowledge base

- Summarizing long-form web content

- Connecting disparate concepts across different sources

- Academic study and retention via AI quizzes

Positive themes

- Effective for users with memory or focus issues (ADHD)

- Intuitive connection-building via the knowledge graph

- Strong integration with Claude via MCP

- Useful alternative to NotebookLM for educational purposes

Negative themes

- Deceptive free tier limitations

- Unintended credit consumption by auto-summarization

- Privacy concerns regarding subprocessors and jurisdictions

- Billing issues where paid users still face limits

Observed friction

- Free-tier complaints detected

- Account blocking complaints detected

- Performance complaints detected

- Privacy complaints detected

- High friction; users find the annual cost steep and feel the free version is aggressively limited despite listing claims.

Evidence boundary: Analysis based on the official store listing and 15 curated user reviews highlighting both high-utility and billing/privacy frustrations. Review sample is a small subset of the total user base; some review timestamps appear anomalous.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

Reports of users being unable to use the service even after paying for a subscription.

Reliability

Complaints about the extension performing AI summaries and consuming credits automatically without user prompts.

Privacy

Users expressed concern over the privacy policy and the use of subprocessors in various legal jurisdictions.

Access & pricing

- Free entry with paid features

- Account required for core usage

- Limited free usage observed

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 5

- Videos: 1

- Languages: 1

Trust signals

- Privacy policy

- Developer contact

- Official website

- Support link

Store metadata

- Version: 1.134

- Size: 5.37MiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

AI knowledge basesave web content AIpersonal knowledge graphAI note taker

Comparison

Recall vs NotebookLMRecall AI alternatives

Problem

how to organize web researchforgetting saved articlesconnecting study notes

Alternative

NotebookLM alternativeAI bookmark manager

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Screenshots

Recall: Summarizer (YouTube, Articles, PDFs), AI Chat, Knowledge Base, Quiz screenshot
Recall: Summarizer (YouTube, Articles, PDFs), AI Chat, Knowledge Base, Quiz screenshot
Recall: Summarizer (YouTube, Articles, PDFs), AI Chat, Knowledge Base, Quiz screenshot
Recall: Summarizer (YouTube, Articles, PDFs), AI Chat, Knowledge Base, Quiz screenshot
Recall: Summarizer (YouTube, Articles, PDFs), AI Chat, Knowledge Base, Quiz screenshot

Links

Website: recall.it

Privacy policy: https://www.recall.wiki/privacy-policy

Support links: https://www.recall.it/contact

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