Glasp

A browser extension and mobile app for highlighting text on web pages and PDFs and collecting notes.

FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSBrowser extension
Official websiteglasp.coApp Storeapps.apple.comGoogle Playplay.google.comFirefox Add-onsaddons.mozilla.orgChrome Web Storechromewebstore.google.com

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About Glasp

Glasp lets you highlight text on any web page or PDF and keeps the highlights and notes together in one place. Your collection can be shared socially, and AI features can summarize YouTube videos and answer questions using what you have saved.

Extensions are available for Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox, with apps for iPhone, iPad and Android for reading and highlighting on the go. It suits researchers, students and readers who want to keep track of what they read online.

Strengths

  • Highlights both web pages and PDFs
  • Extensions for Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox
  • Mobile apps for iOS and Android
  • Offers an API for developers

Limitations

  • Built around a social, hosted service
  • AI features depend on the company's servers

Details

Pricing
FreeThe extension and mobile apps are free.
License
Proprietary
Developer
Glasp
Platforms
Android, iOS, Browser extension
How it runs
Downloadable app, Browser extension
Best suited for
Researchers and learners collecting highlights from what they read online
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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  • Hypothesis

    Highlights and annotates any web page or PDF, privately or in a group.

    FreeOpen sourceWebBrowser extension

    Hypothesis is open source under BSD-2-Clause, anchors annotations to text on pages and PDFs, and supports private and group layers, but has no mobile apps listed.

  • Diigo

    A web annotation and bookmarking service with a browser extension for highlighting, tagging and saving pages.

    FreemiumProprietaryWebBrowser extension

    Diigo adds tags, a personal library, an outliner and groups to highlighting, as a freemium hosted service where page archiving requires a premium plan.

  • Liner

    Browser extension for highlighting, bookmarking and AI-summarizing webpages.

    FreemiumProprietaryBrowser extension

    Liner combines highlighting with bookmarking and AI summaries of pages, PDFs and videos, on a freemium plan that relies on cloud processing, and offers no mobile apps listed.

Glasp as an alternative

Listings that name Glasp as an alternative.

  • Napkin

    An iPhone app for collecting quotes and ideas and resurfacing them for reflection.

    FreemiumProprietaryiOS

    Glasp collects highlights from web pages and PDFs through browser extensions and iOS and Android apps, built around a social hosted service rather than private resurfacing.

  • Obsidian Web Clipper

    Official browser extension that saves web pages and highlights to an Obsidian vault as files.

    FreeProprietaryiOSBrowser extension

    Glasp is a free browser extension and mobile app for highlighting web pages and PDFs, storing highlights in its hosted social service rather than vault files.

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