Recap
Recap turns any source into a structured, source-grounded document with a clear next step.
Recap is worth trying when your problem is not generating text but deciding what a pile of inbound material actually asks of you. The four output shapes plus per-point source evidence is a sharper idea than another chat box, and the Calendar Sheet kills the copy-paste step that ruins most screenshot workflows. At $9.90/mo (or $99/yr) Pro is easy to test seriously — just confirm the 10 MB upload cap and 500 Sources a month fit before you commit.
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- Daily information managers turning screenshots, messages, notices, and appointments into something usable
- Product, ops, marketing, BD, research, and management workers buried in inbound documents
- Decision makers comparing travel, events, courses, or purchases before committing budget
- Continuous learners who want a high-value source interrogated from multiple expert angles
- Teams needing collaborative editing or shared workspaces
- Anyone regularly processing large PDFs or video files — uploads cap at 10 MB on both tiers
- Heavy-volume users who would exceed 500 new Sources per month on Pro
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Skip Recap if you need shared team workspaces or collaborative editing, or if your inbound material routinely exceeds 10 MB per file — every source you bring in, on Free and Pro alike, is capped there.
Uploads cap at 10 MB on Pro as well as Free, so scanned decks, large PDFs, and recorded video can't be brought in without splitting them first
At $9.90 per month — or $99 per year, which works out cheaper per month — Recap sits well below the general-purpose assistant subscriptions most knowledge workers already pay for, and it's aimed at a narrower job: turning an inbound source into a reviewable document. Solo operators and individual contributors get the full workflow on Free; Pro is priced for one person who brings in more than roughly 90 Sources a month. There's no team tier, so budget for seats individually rather than
In short
Recap — Recap turns any source into a structured, source-grounded document with a clear next step. Best for Daily information managers turning screenshots, messages, notices, and appointments into something usable, Product, ops, marketing, BD, research, and management workers buried in inbound documents, Decision makers comparing travel, events, courses, or purchases before committing budget. Free to start; paid plans from $9.9/mo.
What's new in Recap
Checked yesterdayAcross the latest 10 updates: 10 changelog entries.
Recap posts guide on reviewing cancelled event screenshots
Recap outlines resolving date, ownership and occurrence scope on a cancellation screenshot while preserving unaffected sessions.
Recap explains doors vs. start time when reviewing ticket screenshots
Recap guide keeps doors, seating and performance times separate from personal arrival plans when adding a ticket to Calendar.
Recap guide reviews rescheduled event screenshots against original entries
Recap documents checking identity, new times, ownership and duplicates in a rescheduled event screenshot before editing the calendar.
Recap guide separates registration deadlines from attendance reminders
Recap posts a workflow for extracting registration cutoffs from screenshots and checking missing times and confirmation evidence before Calendar.
Recap guide covers reviewing recurring class screenshots with date exceptions
Recap walks through reviewing a finite class schedule with skipped dates, building an occurrence ledger and verifying gaps before adding to Calendar.
Recap publishes schedule change review template for event screenshots
Recap blog adds a template for comparing schedule change notices, resolving event identity and occurrence scope, and verifying calendar edits.
Recap explains studying difficult PDFs with question-driven review
Recap guide covers mapping PDF structure, tracing claims to evidence and asking questions that expose method, meaning and limits.
Recap guide turns notes into learning questions tied to sources
Recap posts a method for converting passive notes into recall, explanation, evidence and challenge questions anchored to the original source.
Recap guide builds a source-grounded AI study guide
Recap describes building AI study guides with evidence anchors, learner explanations, checkable questions and a verification pass.
Recap publishes evidence checklist for learning from AI answers
Recap adds a checklist for checking AI-assisted answers against sources: claims, citations, explanations, scope and uncertainty.
What people actually say about Recap — is it worth it?
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Viability Score
How well maintained and how widely used is Recap? Built from what the vendor actually publishes (docs, changelog, tutorials, integrations, pricing), whether the site is live, and how much real users discuss it. How we calculate this
Last calculated: October 2026
How we score →Key Features
- Source to Document: turns a webpage, PDF, image, video, or presentation into a structured Recap Document
- Action output: converts dates, constraints, and dependencies into an ordered plan
- Decision output: compares viable options, trade-offs, risks, and open questions
- Understanding output: builds an explanation from mechanisms, evidence, examples, and implications
- Reference output: preserves names, dates, requirements, and source-backed details for reuse
- Source grounding: keeps evidence citations attached to each point in the document
- Calendar Sheet: detects a date, meeting, or deadline and surfaces an Apple Calendar confirmation sheet on iPhone for
- Workspace export to Notion, Google Drive, Obsidian, Apple Notes, Todoist, and other tools
- Problem-based learning with multiple expert agents covering fact, business, legal, design, and research perspectives
- PBL questions flow: diagnose the problem, decide what matters, reflect on what to explore next
- Visual answers: mind maps connecting the answer to source and web evidence
- Web Enrich for Learning answers (Pro)
- Mind-map PNG downloads (Pro)
- iOS app via the App Store
- Free standalone tools: Source to Document, Text Simplifier, Screenshot to Calendar
About Recap
Recap is a web and iOS app for people who receive more information than they can sort. Feed it a message, screenshot, link, PDF, video, or presentation and it returns a structured Recap Document rather than dropping you into a chat box. It picks the shape that fits the source: Action (dates, constraints, and dependencies turned into an ordered plan), Decision (viable options, trade-offs, risks, open questions), Understanding (mechanisms, evidence, examples, implications), or Reference (names, dates, requirements preserved for reuse). Every point keeps its source evidence attached so you can check the organized result against what you actually received. Three next steps stay ready together. Calendar Sheet surfaces an Apple Calendar confirmation sheet the moment Recap detects a date, meeting, or deadline on iPhone, so you review or cancel before it is added. Workspace export sends the result to Notion, Google Drive, Obsidian, Apple Notes, Todoist, and other tools. Learning runs on problem-based questions: multiple expert agents examine one source from fact, business, legal, design, and research angles, then walk you through diagnose → decide → reflect, with mind maps linking answers to source and web evidence. Free covers the complete source-to-document workflow and all three next steps with 3 new Sources per day and 10 MB uploads. Pro at $9.90 per month or $99 per year raises that to 500 Sources per month and adds Web Enrich for Learning answers plus mind-map PNG downloads. Standalone free tools (Source to Document, Text Simplifier, Screenshot to Calendar) let you test the core idea with no account. Recap positions itself against chat assistants: instead of a blank prompt box, you get an organized document and a decision. It fits daily information managers and product, ops, marketing, BD, and research workers whose week is a pile of inbound material, more than it fits teams wanting shared collaborative editing.
Behind the Verdict
Most AI tools assume the hard part is writing. Recap assumes the hard part is triage — you already have the message, the PDF, the screenshot, and no idea what it requires. That framing is why the structured document lands: Action turns a wall of dates and dependencies into an ordered plan, Reference preserves the details you will need again, and every point carries its evidence so you can verify rather than trust. Where it earns its keep is the Calendar Sheet. On iPhone, detecting a date and surfacing an Apple Calendar confirmation sheet for review is a small feature that removes the manual step that breaks most screenshot workflows. If your day is appointment notices, registration deadlines, and rescheduled events, this alone justifies the install. We would reach for Recap when the source is time-bound and the cost of a missed detail is real. We would pass when the work is inherently collaborative. There is no shared workspace or team editing here — the model is one person organizing their own inbound material and exporting to Notion, Google Drive, or Obsidian. Teams that live in a shared doc will find the loop too personal. The other honest ceiling is volume. Free gives 3 new Sources per day; Pro raises it to 500 a month with 10 MB uploads on both tiers. That is fine for screenshots, notices, and PDFs of normal size, and tight if you routinely handle large documents or heavy daily intake. Check the ceiling against your real flow before paying. Learning is the part to try before you judge. Question-driven PBL, multiple expert perspectives, and mind maps are a genuine differentiator for exam prep, certification study, and source-heavy research — the 2026 guides on source-grounded study guides and question-driven PBL show where the team is investing. Readers who
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Real-world workflow fit
Concrete scenarios for the personas Recap actually fits — and what changes day-one when you adopt it.
Drop Friday's review brief into Recap, get an Action frame listing what must be ready, by whom, and in what order, then export it to Notion so the plan lives where the team already reads it.
Outcome: You walk into the review with an ordered plan and the source evidence behind each item, instead of re-reading the brief on the call.
Photograph a work schedule or a stack of notice screenshots; Recap picks up each date and deadline and surfaces an Apple Calendar confirmation sheet so you review, edit, or cancel before anything is added.
Outcome: Appointments land in Apple Calendar with timezone and duplicate checks, with no manual re-typing.
Run one high-value paper through a Learning session; expert agents take fact, business, legal, design, and research angles, then the PBL flow walks you through diagnose → decide → reflect with a mind map linking answers back to source and web evidence.
Outcome: You finish with questions you hadn't thought to ask and a map you can revisit, rather than a passive summary.
Use Cases
- Turn a long message or brief into an ordered Action plan with owners, dates, and dependencies before a review
- Compare travel, event, or purchase options in a Decision frame with risks and open questions
- Convert a research paper or lecture notes into an Understanding explanation with mechanisms and examples
- Build a Reference sheet of campaign dates, requirements, and names you can hand off or revisit
- Send screenshots and messages into Notion or Obsidian so the organized result lives in your workspace
- Run a problem-based Learning session on one high-value source to surface questions you hadn't considered
- Catch deadlines from incoming messages via the iPhone Calendar Sheet instead of tracking them manually
- Simplify dense text with the Text Simplifier free tool before deciding whether the source is worth a full pass
Limitations
- Recap is a web app with an iOS app; the Calendar Sheet step is an iPhone feature, so Android and desktop users don't get that step.
- Uploads cap at 10 MB on both Free and Pro, which limits large PDFs and most video files even though video is a listed source type.
- Free allows only 3 new Sources per day while Pro allows 500 per month, so processing a backlog is constrained on the free tier.
- The site doesn't document an API, so custom automations aren't available.
as of 2026-10-09
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Plans compared
For each published Recap tier: who it actually fits, and what it adds vs. the previous tier. Cross-reference the cost calculator above for projected annual outlay.
Free
$0
Ideal for
Solo user testing whether structured, source-grounded output beats a chat box — someone handling a handful of messages, screenshots, or PDFs a day.
What this tier adds
Starting tier: the complete source-to-document workflow, all four output shapes, Calendar and Workspace next steps, basic Learning and answer maps, 3 new Sources per day, 10 MB uploads.
Pro
$9.90/mo
Ideal for
One person who brings in more than roughly 90 Sources a month or wants deeper Learning — daily information managers, researchers, and anyone working through a steady paper or document backlog.
What this tier adds
Raises the allowance to 500 new Sources per month and adds Web Enrich for Learning answers plus mind-map PNG downloads. Upload size stays at 10 MB.
Pro (annual)
$99/yr
Where the pricing makes sense
The company stage and team size where Recap's pricing actually pencils out — and where peers do it cheaper.
At $9.90 per month — or $99 per year, which works out cheaper per month — Recap sits well below the general-purpose assistant subscriptions most knowledge workers already pay for, and it's aimed at a narrower job: turning an inbound source into a reviewable document. Solo operators and individual contributors get the full workflow on Free; Pro is priced for one person who brings in more than roughly 90 Sources a month. There's no team tier, so budget for seats individually rather than
Setup time & first value
How long it actually takes to get something useful out of Recap — broken out by persona, not the marketing-page minute.
Solo user on Free: under five minutes — open Recap, drop in a message, screenshot, link, or PDF, and read the first Recap Document. iPhone users adding the Calendar Sheet: about ten minutes, including installing the App Store app and granting Apple Calendar access. Teams wiring Recap into an existing workspace: roughly 15–20 minutes to confirm the Notion, Google Drive, Obsidian, Apple Notes, or
Switching to or from Recap
How to bring data in from common predecessors and how to get it back out — written for the switcher, not the buyer.
- →From a notes app: run each cluttered note through Source to Document once, then export the Reference or Action frame to Notion, Obsidian, Google Docs, or Apple Notes so it lands where the rest of your notes live
- →From ChatGPT or another chat assistant: bring the same source in as a file or screenshot and get a fixed Action, Decision, Understanding, or Reference frame instead of prompting for one
- →From manual screenshot triage: send the screenshot backlog through Recap one at a time and accept the Calendar Sheet for anything with a date
- →From an existing study routine: point a Learning session at the paper or lecture notes you already annotate, then keep the mind map alongside your own notes
- →From a shared read-later pile: process your own items in Recap and export to your personal workspace, since Recap has no shared team space to migrate into
- ↗To a full knowledge base: send finished Reference and Understanding frames to Notion, Obsidian, or Google Docs, which Recap exports to directly
- ↗To Apple Notes or Todoist: use the Workspace export path to land the organized result as a note or task list
- ↗To a team platform: there is no shared-workspace path inside Recap, so anything collaborative has to be handed off as an exported document
- ↗To a chat assistant: if you find yourself wanting open-ended follow-up questions rather than a structured frame, exported text can be pasted into a general assistant
- ↗To a spreadsheet or tracker: Action frames with owners and dates can be copied out field by field into an existing project tracker
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Tutorials & Learning
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