Glasp
At a Glance
Glasp
Pricing Model:
Freemium / Free Trial
Platforms
Web; Browser extension
Export Options
Highlights
Best For
Research highlighting
Use Cases
Literature Notes, Reading Highlights, Knowledge Synthesis
Glasp
Web and PDF highlighter for saving research notes and highlights, with AI-powered summaries of YouTube videos and other learning.
Developer:
Glasp
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Our Take
An independent, practical assessment for students and researchers.
Practical Value
Glasp is useful for highlighting and collecting ideas from articles, papers, and other online reading, then revisiting those notes later. Its social highlighting and note-sharing approach can also expose you to passages and resources other readers found valuable, which may help during early-stage topic exploration.
Limitations
It is a reading and knowledge-capture aid rather than a scholarly database or formal reference manager. Shared highlights may lack context, and saved notes are not a substitute for recording full bibliographic details and page numbers.
Recommended Use
Use Glasp to gather leads and personal annotations, but return to the original source before quoting or citing a claim. Keep author, title, publication, URL or DOI, and access date with notes you expect to use in academic work.
Key Features
• Web Highlighting
• PDF Highlighting
• Notes & Annotations
• AI Summaries
• YouTube Summaries
• Export Highlights
Research Tasks
Research Notes; Paper Reading; Web Highlighting; Summarization; Knowledge Management
Integration Support:
YouTube videos, and Kindle books with your favorite note-taking apps, AI tools, and knowledge management systems.
Pricing Structure
Free core highlighting; paid Pro/Unlimited plan prices not publicly confirmed; Price Unavailable.