Gistly vs NoteGPT

Gistly

It does one job well: the summary appears next to the player rather than in another tab, and the timestamps actually move the video. The problem is commercial opacity — you cannot see what the paid tier costs without entering a checkout flow, which is a poor way to ask for a card.

Pros

• +Summary widget renders inside the YouTube page, with no copy-pasting of URLs
• +Timestamped sections link back into the video at the right moment
• +Also generates full transcripts and blog-post drafts from the same video
• +Handles more than 40 languages

Cons

• −No published price list, and the only checkout link on the site sells a different product
• −Publisher is a bare name with no address, country or company registration
• −The extension has not been updated since August 2024 (version 0.0.4)
• −Entirely dependent on YouTube transcripts, so videos without them are out of scope

NoteGPT

A cheap way to compress videos and readings into study material, with a usable free tier to test output quality. The catch is that everything meaningful is metered — even the plan named Unlimited caps premium credits — and the many bundled tools vary in depth.

Pros

• +Free tier without a credit card to evaluate quality
• +Covers the whole pipeline from summary to flashcards to audio in one subscription
• +Browser extension summarizes videos in place on YouTube
• +Entry price of $9/month undercuts buying separate single-purpose tools

Cons

• −Credit and quota system applies across nearly every feature
• −Quality is uneven across its dozens of mini-tools
• −The company publishes no information about who runs it or where

Is Gistly cheaper than NoteGPT?

NoteGPT starts at $9/mo. Gistly has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does Gistly or NoteGPT have a free tier?

Both: Gistly has a free tier, and NoteGPT has a free tier.