Turn YouTube videos into
readable, editable notes
VidGist creates an outline, section summaries, a video summary and a mind map — all AI-generated, all yours to edit. Ask questions, pull quotes, take a quiz, and export to Markdown or PDF for your knowledge base.
- Captions first
- Whisper fallback
- ~45s on average
The Ninjas Didn't Exist
Nightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark · 16 min
- Hattori Hanzo leads Iga and Kōka guards protecting Tokugawa
- The escape helps Tokugawa become Shogun two decades later
- Tokugawa Japan uses castle detectives to monitor lords
- Kabuki helps establish black costumes as a ninja convention
- Nine US gunboats threaten Edo from Yokohama in 1854
- Sawamura Yasusuke spies on Commodore Perry’s delegation
Works with the videos you watch every day
- Online courses
- Science explainers
- Finance analysis
- Podcasts
- Tech tutorials
- History & culture
- Interviews
- Earnings calls
- Conference talks
- Psychology & self-growth
- Product reviews
- University lectures
- Language learning
- Product launches
- Book reviews
- Business & startups
- News analysis
- Documentaries
- Livestream replays
- Cooking tutorials
- Travel guides
The problem
You save more and more videos, and finish fewer of them
Too long to finish
Videos often run half an hour or more, and your Watch Later list only grows.
Forgotten right after
With no notes or key points, a few days later all that's left is a vague impression.
Can't find that one part
You know the video covered it, but all you can do is scrub through the timeline.
The solution
One video, four structures
Not another rigid summary — every structure can be edited and exported, and timestamps take you straight back to the source.
Outline
A layered breakdown of the video — rewrite any point directly.
Video summary
A one-line TL;DR plus a short summary of the whole video.
Section summaries
Key points for each section, with timestamps that jump to the moment.
Mind map
The whole video as a map of ideas — add or remove nodes yourself.
How it works
Three steps from video to key points
Do more
There's more you can do after watching
Video Q&A
Ask the video directly — answers cite the transcript and the time.
- Every answer shows where it came from
- Click a citation to jump to that moment
Quote cards
Pull the best lines from a video into shareable cards in one click.
- Every quote links back to the video and time
- Great for social posts, notes, or slides
Quizzes
Auto-generated multiple-choice and true/false questions show how much you remember.
- See the explanation right after you answer
- Jump back to the video for anything you missed
Three-tier sharing
A public summary, the full analysis after sign-in, and creator verification — share with confidence.
Compare
Same video, two ways to watch
It's not just faster — it's about what you still have afterwards.
Watching it yourself
- Time spentAs long as the video runs
- Finding a partScrubbing through the timeline
- Taking notesPausing and typing as you go
- Checking what stuckWatching it all again
- SharingSend a link — they still have to watch it all
With VidGist
- Time spentAnalyzed in about 45s, key points read in minutes
- Finding a partClick a timestamp to jump right there
- Taking notesAn outline and mind map are made for you — then you edit them
- Checking what stuckAn automatic quiz that takes you back to what you missed
- SharingShare a public summary so they can skim the key points first
Pricing
Pay for what you use
Everything runs on credits. Paid plans come with more credits, more videos at once, and longer videos.
Free
Try it out with the credits we give you.
NT$0
Start free- 20 credits when you sign up (valid for 7 days)
- Daily check-in credits (+1 a day)
- Analysis, Q&A, quotes and quizzes all included
Plus
More credits for regular viewers.
NT$190/ mo
Choose Plus- 150 credits a month
- 2 videos at once
- Videos up to 2 hours
- 3 channel subscriptions
Pro
More videos at once, for people who process a lot of videos.
NT$390/ mo
Choose Pro- 500 credits a month
- 5 videos at once
- Videos up to 6 hours
- 10 channel subscriptions
Pro+
The most credits and videos at once, for heavy use and long videos.
NT$990/ mo
Choose Pro+- 1,500 credits a month
- 20 videos at once
- Videos up to 24 hours
- 50 channel subscriptions
A video under 30 minutes uses about 5 credits — longer videos use more. Credits are only charged when an analysis succeeds. See all plans and credit packs →
FAQ
Questions you might have
A tool that turns YouTube videos into an outline, section summaries, a video summary and a mind map. You can edit and export everything, and also ask the video questions, pull quotes and take quizzes.
Credits depend on the video's length — about 5 credits for a video under 30 minutes. They're reserved when you submit and only charged if the analysis succeeds; if it fails, the reserved credits are returned in full.
Yes. We use the video's captions first and switch to speech-to-text when there aren't any.
Yes. You can edit the outline, summaries and mind map yourself, and export them to Markdown or PDF.
About 45 seconds on average; the actual time depends on the video's length.
Yes — it depends on your plan: 1 at a time on Free, and 2 to 20 at a time on paid plans. When you submit a whole playlist, anything over your limit queues automatically.
Still have questions? Visit the Help Center.
Ready?
Turn your first video into key points now
Paste any YouTube URL and get an outline, key points and a mind map in about 45 seconds.
Free: 20 credits at sign-up · daily check-ins