Distillr
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveTurns a pasted article URL or block of text into a short summary, with no account required.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $4.99 once
- Billing
- One-time purchase
One free summary per day. Pro is a one-time $4.99 lifetime purchase, no subscription, raising the limit to up to 10 summaries a day on the web checkout (the in-app dialog says unlimited daily uses); price seen in the app's purchase dialog, no separate pricing page.
Use tool ↗About Distillr
Distillr is a single-purpose web app: paste an article's link or its text, press Distill, and it returns a short summary generated with ChatGPT. Usage is counted per device, so a summary needs no account, though signing in is available. The free tier gives one summary a day; Pro is a one-time $4.99 purchase that the web checkout describes as up to ten summaries a day. The app states that it does not collect, use or share personal data; no company or country was found on the site.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Purchase dialog: Distillr Pro for $4.99, one-time lifetime purchase with no subscription, up to 10 uses a day; free users get one daily use (15 October 2026)distillr.app ↗
- Paste-a-link-or-text summarizer using ChatGPT, optional sign-in, and a no-data-collection policy statement on the app page (15 October 2026)distillr.app ↗
Is Distillr legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- May 4, 2023 (3 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Squarespace Domains II LLC., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 23, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
Pros & cons of Distillr
Distillr does one job, condensing an article you paste in, without asking for an account, which suits someone who wants a quick summary and nothing else. It has no visible extras like a browser extension or bulk processing, and basic company information is not published.
Pros
- No account required to get a summary
- Explicit no-data-collection claim on the site
- Free daily summary before any payment
- Pro is a one-time $4.99 purchase rather than a subscription
Cons
- Free plan is capped at one summary per day
- No browser extension or API found
- Company name and location are not disclosed
Best for
- Readers who want a no-signup way to summarize one article at a time
- Privacy-conscious users who prefer a tool that states it does not store personal data
Not for
- Teams needing bulk or automated summarization
- Users who want a browser extension instead of pasting links manually
Watch out: The privacy claim of no data collection is the vendor's own statement and was not independently verified against a privacy policy during this research.
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