Find that Reel
you saved
Type what you remember and jump to the second it was said. TikToks and YouTube too, all in one library.
7 days free, then $9.99/mo · cancel anytime
91%91% 1of saved posts aren't reopened within a weekOf every eleven saved, ten stay shut all week.22 taps to save: Share, then SavedThat. The feed stays open.The same two taps as sending it to a friend.22 3434 opens at the exact second it was saidNot twelve minutes of scrubbing. One second.
1 Pinterest, 500M+ users: saved Pins tapped again within 7 days ≈ 9% of saves. Jiang et al., AAAI-26
See SavedThat in action
SavedThat keeps the videos you save from Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube in one library and lets you search inside them by what was said, then jumps to that second.
Search inside a real video
This recipe is already transcribed. Ask it anything, the same way you'll search your own saved videos. No signup needed for this one video; your own library will work exactly the same way.
How it works
Save in 2 taps
Tap Share in Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, then SavedThat. Every word is written down within about a minute.
Search by what was said
Type what you remember, in any language. Results come back ranked by relevance. The matching transcript passage is highlighted, so you can confirm the clip at a glance.
Jump to the moment
Click any timestamp to open the video at that exact second, right on the original platform. No scrubbing through ten minutes of video for one line. No guessing.
Find what you saved.
Save straight from the app.
Android Share
The standard Android share menu, straight from the YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok apps. Share, tap SavedThat, done: the video is queued before you are back in the feed.
Chrome extension
One-click save on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, a Cmd+Shift+S shortcut, and a context menu on any link. The fastest path on desktop.
Web
Paste any URL in any browser and it lands in your library already queued for transcription. Works on Mac, PC, Linux, on phone, on tablet.
Simple pricing. 7-day free trial.
- 300 videos/month
- Custom collections
- Priority processing
- 1,500 videos/month
- Analytics dashboard
- API access
Drop a link.
Ask anything.
7-day free trial. Then $9.99/mo. Cancel anytime, and everything you saved stays in your library either way. Your first save is searchable in about a minute.
- Cancel anytime
- Secure checkout by Stripe
- 14-day money-back window
- Private by default, GDPR deletion
- Your saves stay if you cancel
Details
What is SavedThat?
SavedThat is a search engine for the videos you have already saved. Every YouTube video, Instagram Reel, or TikTok you send to SavedThat gets transcribed automatically. You search your whole library by what was actually said inside the videos, and you jump straight to the exact second.
There are no folders and no tags to maintain. You keep saving the way you already do. The app turns that pile of links into something you can query in your own words, in 100+ languages.
Under the hood, every save goes through the same pipeline. The audio is transcribed, and the text is split into moments. Each moment is indexed for both meaning and exact words. When you search, both indexes answer and the best moments win.
Written by Alexey Polev, founder of SavedThat · Updated .
Key takeaways
- Save anywhere: share sheet on your phone, Chrome extension, or paste a link on the web. Nothing to set up before the first save.
- Search speech: every word is transcribed and indexed, so you search what was said in the video, not what the title happens to mention.
- Exact moments: results deep-link to the second a phrase was spoken, so you stop rewatching whole videos for one line.
- Cross-language: ask in one language, find moments spoken in another. 100+ languages, nothing to configure.
| Platforms | YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok. |
|---|---|
| Search | hybrid semantic plus keyword, ranked by relevance. |
| Languages | 100+, cross-language queries included. |
| Apps | web, Chrome extension, Android share; iPhone app on the way. |
| Pricing | 7-day free trial, then from $9.99 per month. |
| Privacy | private library, GDPR-compliant account deletion. |
Terms worth knowing
- Semantic search:
- Search that matches meaning instead of exact words. A query like cheap flight tricks also finds a clip that says budget airline hacks, because both mean the same thing.
- Transcript:
- The written text of everything said in a video. SavedThat creates one automatically for every video you save, usually within a minute, and keeps it attached to the bookmark.
- Deep link:
- A link that opens the video at the exact second a phrase was said, instead of at the start. Every search result on SavedThat carries one, so proof is one tap away.
How big is save-and-forget?
- 83%of U.S. adults use YouTube, more than any other social platform.Pew Research Center, 2024
- 1.59Bpeople reached by TikTok worldwide in January 2025.DataReportal, 2025
- 14,000+searchable transcript moments already in SavedThat's shared index, across 300+ videos in 15 languages.SavedThat index, July 2026
What researchers found when they studied digital hoarding
“Thematic analysis identified themes common to physical hoarding, these related to the over-accumulation of digital materials, difficulties in deleting such materials, and feelings of anxiety relating to this accumulation.”
Sweeten, Sillence and Neave, Computers in Human Behavior (2018)
According to the Northumbria University team behind that study, digital clutter comes with real anxiety. Most of us keep accumulating anyway. On the other hand, saving itself is not the problem. If you save a couple of clips a month, your memory is enough. The problem starts when the pile outgrows recall, and that is a search problem, not a discipline problem.
Our research shows the same pattern inside the product. We analyzed the 300+ videos in SavedThat's shared index: the median saved video runs about one minute. Two out of three saves are short-form clips, exactly the kind that are hardest to find again by scrolling a grid of thumbnails.
Why not NotebookLM or Glasp?
Fair question: several good tools live near this space. Here is the honest one-line difference for each, with a full comparison behind every row. And if one of them fits your workflow better, use it: the point is to stop losing what you save.
- NotebookLM Per-project notebooks, not an auto-indexed library · video sources: YouTube only.See full comparison
- Eightify Per-video summaries, not a searchable library · YouTube only.See full comparison
- Glasp Highlight-first: search covers what you marked · no Reels/TikTok.See full comparison
- Snipd Built for podcast listening (plus YouTube) · no Reels/TikTok.See full comparison
- Readwise Reader Text-first read-later · video support ends at YouTube · no Reels/TikTok.See full comparison
- SavedThat YouTube + Instagram + TikTok · Cross-language semantic search (100+ langs) · Chrome ext + Android Share (iPhone on the way) · Shared video index for popular videos.
Things people ask
What if I save more than I'll ever watch?
That's exactly who SavedThat is for. There's no shame in saving. We make it worth saving by making everything findable, in seconds, by what was actually said inside the video. No folders. No tags. No system to learn. Save now, find later. The library quietly builds itself while you scroll. The first time a half-remembered phrase lands you on the exact second, the pile stops feeling like a guilt list. It starts feeling like an archive.
What happens to my saved videos if I cancel?
They stay in your library forever. A subscription only affects how many new videos you can save each month. Canceling never deletes anything: bookmarks, transcripts, and your search history are all kept. If you come back later, the library is exactly where you left it, and you pick up saving again on whatever plan you choose.
Does search work in Russian or other non-English languages?
Yes. We use a multilingual embedding model that covers 100+ languages. Ask in Russian and find moments spoken in English videos, or the other way around. Exact-word search runs alongside the semantic one, so names and technical terms are not lost. There is nothing to configure: language support works out of the box for every save.
What about privacy? Do others see my saves?
Your library is private by default, and nobody can browse what you saved. Transcripts are used to power search inside YOUR library only. Under the hood we store each unique public video once across the platform. A popular video gets transcribed one time instead of thousands, and who saved what stays private to each account. You can also delete your account and every byte of its data in Settings.
What if transcription fails or quality is poor?
YouTube auto-captions are usually good, and when they are missing we fall back to a dedicated transcription provider. Instagram Reels and TikToks go through speech recognition. Music-only clips with no speech are indexed by what is shown on screen instead. If something still comes out wrong, write to us: reprocessing is free and usually takes minutes.
Can I import my YouTube Watch Later in bulk?
Yes, via Google Takeout. YouTube's official API hasn't exposed Watch Later to any third-party app since 2016, so no tool can pull it automatically. Instead: export your YouTube playlists from Google Takeout (takes a few minutes), then upload the ZIP in Settings → Import. SavedThat indexes everything in the background, skipping duplicates. Available on Pro+.
How much does SavedThat cost?
There is a free way to start. Heavy savers get two paid plans: Pro at $9.99 per month or $71 per year. Power costs $16.99 per month or $122 per year. Every plan includes transcript search across all supported platforms and deep links to the exact moment. You can cancel anytime, and everything you saved stays in your library.
How is this different from YouTube Watch Later or Instagram saved posts?
Native saved folders store links and thumbnails, and that is where they stop. None of them can search by what was said inside a video. SavedThat writes down every word and indexes it. A half-remembered phrase is enough to find the clip even when the title says nothing. It also keeps YouTube, Reels, and TikTok saves in one searchable place instead of three separate apps.
Can AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT search my library?
Yes. SavedThat runs a public MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. Agent-capable AI tools can connect to your library with your permission and search it in plain language. The public endpoint answers product questions and serves public transcript excerpts. Connecting your own library goes through OAuth, so you approve access explicitly and can revoke it at any time. Point your MCP client at the endpoint below, or read the setup guide.
https://savedthat.app/api/mcpWhat happens if a creator deletes a video I saved?
Your bookmark and its transcript stay in your library. You can still find and read what was said even after the original goes offline. The deep link back to the platform may stop working. Playback always happens on YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok, never on our servers. And if a creator asks us to remove their transcript, we honor that too: the removal process is described on our DMCA page.
Can my team use one shared library?
SavedThat is built for individual use. Each library belongs to one person, and there is no shared or multi-user library today.
How fast is search, really?
Sub-second for a typical library: the 95th percentile of search requests completes in under a second. Transcripts are indexed ahead of time with both semantic embeddings and full-text search. The AI answer mode streams on top of those results. The first words appear almost immediately while citations resolve to exact timestamps.
Do YouTube Shorts work too?
Yes. Shorts are treated as their own platform alongside regular YouTube videos, Instagram Reels, and TikToks. They get the same treatment: transcription, semantic indexing, and deep links to the exact second. If a Short has no speech at all, it is indexed by what is shown on screen instead, so it stays findable.
Should you use SavedThat?
Your saved folders keep growing while your ability to find anything in them shrinks. SavedThat fixes the exact step that is broken: recall. You keep saving the way you already do, and every word inside those videos becomes searchable in about a minute.
To be fair, it is not for everyone. If you save two clips a month and actually watch them, your memory is a perfectly good search engine. No app will beat it.
Our verdict: the moment your saves outgrow your memory, stop trying to organize them and start searching them instead.
