Distill vs Mindgrasp

Distill turns captioned YouTube videos into written summaries, with interviews, podcasts, and educational long-form video as its focus. Summaries are flowing prose divided into sections, and users can switch among summary, chapter, and transcript views. A player above the summary lets viewers jump to a chapter or moment, and each summary is followed by a short quiz. Distill relies on captions and reports when a video has no subtitles rather than inferring content from its title or description. It supports public captioned YouTube videos, focuses on videos roughly four minutes and longer, and does not support Shorts or very short clips. Users can paste a YouTube link or open one shared from YouTube or Safari. Guest access allows one summary a day for videos up to 30 minutes. An email-verified free account allows three daily summaries for videos up to 60 minutes, plus a saved library, sync, continued watching, and offline reading. Pro is $3.99 a month and includes unlimited summaries, videos up to two hours, 40+ languages, chapters, transcripts, and an outline. Distill is available on iOS.

Mindgrasp turns uploaded or recorded learning material into notes, summaries, flashcards, quizzes, and an AI tutor session. It accepts PDFs, DOCX, MP3, MP4, PowerPoints, article links, YouTube links, and Vimeo links. Other learning tools include an essay writer, homework helper, math solver, PDF reader, practice test generator, and question generator. Source citations connect study materials to their inputs, and the product says users can study in more than 20 languages. Integrations with Canvas, Blackboard, Panopto, and Google Docs can bring in class materials. Mindgrasp is available on the web, iOS, and as an extension; mobile app coverage is also listed for Android. A free tier and free trial are available, and sign-up does not require a credit card. Paid access starts at $5.99/mo (annual). Scholar is listed at $8.99 a month, billed $107.88 once per year, and Premium at $10.99 a month, billed $131.88 once per year. Plan limits vary for live recording, image uploads to the AI Assistant, and simultaneous multiple-file uploads.