Watch less.
Know more.
Paste any YouTube link. Get a 30-second summary, jump-to moments, and answers to anything you'd ask the creator — in five seconds, not five hours.
One link. Five ways to understand.
VidSum doesn't just summarize. It gives you five different lenses on a video, so you can find what you came for without scrubbing.
The 30-second version
A model reads the whole transcript and writes the version a smart friend would text you.
The 6 things that mattered
Bulleted, in order, with the exact phrasing the creator used. No filler.
Jump to the good parts
Timestamps a human would highlight, labelled in 5 words or fewer.
A contents page that wrote itself
Long videos chunked into thematic chapters with mini-summaries.
Talk to the transcript
Ask anything. The model already read the video and remembers everything.
Three steps. Thirty seconds.
Any YouTube link, anywhere.
Two-hour pods. Shorts. Livestreams. Private playlists. If YouTube plays it, VidSum reads it.
We watch it. So you don't.
A model trained on long-form video reads the whole transcript and writes the version you'd actually share.
Talk to the video itself.
A question the creator didn't answer? Ask. The model already knows the transcript — with citations.
Our flagship iOS app shipped before YouTube even thought about summaries. Built for people who want to learn at their own pace.
People who watch a lot of video, on what changed.
I used to send long pods to my team with timestamps. Now I just send the VidSum link and we read the summary in two minutes.
The chat is the killer feature. I asked it what my own video was ‘really about’ and it pulled three threads I didn't notice while editing.
My research workflow used to be: open 18 tabs, give up, watch one. Now it's paste 18 links, read 18 summaries, watch the two that matter.
Two plans. Both real.
Free isn't a teaser — it's a full product. Pro is for people who watch a lot.
Everything you need to try VidSum properly.
For people who watch more than they should.
Watch less.
Know more.
Start with the free plan. Five summaries a day. Every feature. No card.