# Glasp: AI Summary & Highlight

> Summarize YouTube videos & articles with AI, highlight, and read later.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/co.glasp.glaspapp](https://chrome-stats.com/d/co.glasp.glaspapp)

## Overview

- **ID:** `co.glasp.glaspapp`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Glasp
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 70,079
- **Rating:** 3.38 / 5 (192 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.11.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-12
- **First published:** 2023-09-01
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 47 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.glasp.glaspapp)
- **Website:** [https://glasp.co/](https://glasp.co/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://glasp.co/privacy-policy](https://glasp.co/privacy-policy)

## Description

Glasp is an AI-powered reading and learning app that helps you turn YouTube videos, web pages, articles, and PDFs into lasting knowledge. Get fast summaries with transcripts and timestamps, highlight important passages, and save content to read later.

Use Reader View for distraction-free reading, follow YouTube channels through a personalized feed, and revisit synced highlights and notes from your searchable personal library. Glasp is useful for research, studying, and keeping up with online content more efficiently.

## Rankings

- #259,267 — Overall
- #6 — highlighter
- #14 — ai summary
- #29 — ai summarize

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `co.glasp.glaspapp.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users appreciate Glasp's concept and desktop performance, especially as a Chrome extension, highlighting its social web highlighting feature and newsfeed. However, the Android app faces multiple issues: it often crashes or shows a blank screen, has poor user experience, and lacks key features like adding highlights. Many users find it unstable and significantly less functional than the desktop version.

### Pros

- Great idea and concept for social web highlighting
- Works well on desktop version, especially Chrome extension
- Allows viewing past highlights
- Offers an engaging newsfeed to explore what others are reading
- Has a strong community and user appreciation for the concept

### Cons

- Does not work properly on Android devices (blank screen, crashes, does not open)
- Poor user experience and difficult to use on mobile
- Unable to add new highlights from Android app
- App is buggy and unstable on mobile
- Limited functionality compared to desktop version

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/co.glasp.glaspapp)