Gistr
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveAI notebook that pulls videos, PDFs, podcasts, and articles into one place with auto-highlights and grounded Q&A.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $10/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free gives 500 AI credits a month, 5 collections and 5 sources per thread. Curious is $10/month or $100/year (2,500 credits), Explorer $20/month or $200/year (10,000) and Thinker $50/month or $500/year (55,000), with unused credits rolling over on paid plans; a 20% site-wide discount was active when checked, and prices exclude taxes.
Use tool ↗About Gistr
Gistr is a research notebook built around long source material rather than a blank page. You add a YouTube video, podcast, PDF or article, and it highlights notable moments, explains any selected passage or timestamp, and groups sources into chapters and collections. An Ask AI panel answers questions grounded in the sources you select, beside a notes editor, and finished notebooks, called threads, can be shared or published. Plans are metered in AI credits, from 500 a month on the free plan to 55,000 on the top tier, and the service is operated from India by Gistr Technologies Private Limited.
- Platforms
- Web · Chrome extension · iOS · Android
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page plan data (served by the vendor's pricing API): Curious $10/month or $100/year with 2,500 credits, Explorer $20/month or $200/year with 10,000, Thinker $50/month or $500/year with 55,000; 20% site-wide discount 'BLOOM' active (15 October 2026)gistr.so ↗
- Pricing FAQ: Free includes 5 collections, 5 sources per thread and 500 AI credits every month (15 October 2026)gistr.so ↗
- Terms and conditions: agreement with Gistr Technologies Private Limited, governed by the laws of India, courts in Bengaluru (15 October 2026)gistr.so ↗
Is Gistr legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Amazon, valid until Mar 27, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Gistr Technologies Private Limited, IndiaOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Gistr
Gistr is built for pulling insight out of long source material a user would otherwise have to sit through or scroll past, auto-highlighting a podcast or lecture video and allowing a jump straight to the relevant moment. It competes directly with tools like NotebookLM, and the free tier's 500 monthly credits are usable for evaluation but will not cover heavy daily research.
Pros
- Auto-highlights key moments in videos and podcasts, not just text
- Ask AI answers are grounded in the specific sources selected, reducing generic responses
- Available on web, Chrome extension, iOS, and Android
- Threads can be published for others to read, not just kept private
Cons
- Paid tiers are metered in credits: Curious gives 2,500 a month for $10, so heavy research pushes you to the $20 Explorer or $50 Thinker plan
- 500 free monthly AI credits will run out quickly for daily heavy use
Best for
- Students summarizing lecture videos and course PDFs
- Researchers organizing citations and notes across many source types
- Anyone wanting to publish a curated, source-linked thread for others
Not for
- Users who only take notes on plain text and don't need video, PDF, or podcast ingestion
- Teams needing enterprise-grade access controls on a published plan, since those sit outside the three self-serve tiers
Watch out: The prices shown on the pricing page currently include a 20% site-wide discount code; renewals may bill at the $10, $20 and $50 list prices.