# Recall: Summarizer (YouTube, Articles, PDFs)

> Save, summarize, and auto-organize YouTube, articles, PDFs, and podcasts in an AI knowledge base you can chat with and learn from

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/getrecall](https://chrome-stats.com/d/getrecall)

## Overview

- **ID:** `getrecall`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Recall
- **Category:** bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 3,127
- **Weekly downloads:** 45
- **Rating:** 4.04 / 5 (26 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.133
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-06
- **First published:** 2024-01-24
- **Size:** 5.66 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/getrecall/)
- **Website:** [https://www.recall.it](https://www.recall.it/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/getrecall/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/getrecall/privacy/)

## Description

**Recall** is an AI-powered web clipper, summarizer, and personal knowledge base for YouTube videos, articles, PDFs, podcasts, Reddit threads, and more. Save content as you browse, generate instant summaries, automatically organize sources, and chat with your saved knowledge using AI models such as GPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Turn saved content into lasting knowledge with connected notes, a Knowledge Graph, flashcards, quizzes, active recall, and spaced repetition. Recall helps students, researchers, writers, developers, and lifelong learners search, understand, connect, and remember information across their personal library.

## Rankings

- #1,625 — Overall
- #45 — Bookmarks
- #1 — ai summarizer
- #1 — summarize pdf
- #1 — summarize youtube
- #1 — summarizer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `bookmarks`
- `<all_urls>`
- `tabGroups`

### Content script matches

- `localhost`
- `*.recall.it`
- `*.recall-app.com`
- `*.recall.wiki`
- `*.getrecall.ai`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has recently changed publisher email (might be a transfer in ownership)

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## Review summary

Users praise Recall as a time-saver with fast, one-click summaries, especially for YouTube videos, and for organizing content into AI-tagged cards that form a personal knowledge base. The AI features—content chat, quizzes, tagging, and knowledge mapping—are frequently highlighted as powerful. The main recurring downside is the free plan’s limits: about 10 items/links (and imports) allowed before upgrading, which prompts friction for users wanting more free access. Overall, reviews describe reliable performance and strong value, with many deeming it worth the subscription despite the limits.

### Pros

- Very time-saving with quick, one-click summaries that help skip repetitive content.
- Strong content organization with AI-tagged cards, easy retrieval, and a personal knowledge base.
- Excellent YouTube/video summarization and transcripts, useful for podcasts.
- Rich AI features like chat with your content, AI quizzes, tagging, and knowledge mapping.
- Reliable performance and good value; many reviewers consider it worth the subscription.

### Cons

- Free plan limits: about 10 items/links allowed on the free tier (including Pocket imports), causing upgrade friction.

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