Comparison
SavedThat vs Glasp
Glasp is the social highlighter for text. SavedThat is the personal memory layer for video. Here's how they differ in practice.
Quick verdict
- Choose Glasp if you live in long-form text — articles, blog posts, papers, YouTube transcripts — and you want to highlight passages, write notes, and share them with other readers in a discovery feed.
- Choose SavedThat if most of what you save is short-form video on your phone — Reels, TikToks, Shorts — and you want one searchable library that finds moments by what was said, not by what you highlighted.
Side-by-side
| Feature | SavedThat | Glasp |
|---|---|---|
| Primary content type | Spoken-word video (Reels, TikToks, Shorts, YouTube) | Text — articles, PDFs, YouTube transcripts |
| Save model | Save the whole video, search inside it later | Highlight specific passages while reading |
| Mobile | iPhone Share Sheet, Android Share — primary input | Browser extension on desktop only (no native mobile app) |
| Reels and TikTok support | Yes, native — primary use case | No — short-form video isn't supported |
| Search | Hybrid: vector + full-text + RRF fusion, semantic by default | Mostly text-match within your highlights |
| Languages | 100+ languages, cross-lingual search out of the box | English-leaning; works for other languages but tooling is EN-first |
| Social / sharing | Private library only — no social feed | Social network of highlights, follow other readers |
| AI summaries | Per-video Q&A + suggested follow-up questions | AI summary of articles and YouTube videos |
| Browser extension | Chrome ext for save (Cmd+Shift+S), context menu | Chrome/Safari/Edge ext is the main product surface |
| Pricing | 7-day free trial, then Pro $7.92/mo or Power $13.59/mo (billed yearly). | Free tier with limits. Premium subscription unlocks AI features. |
What Glasp does better
Glasp is a thoughtfully-designed product with a clear point of view. Three things are genuinely strong about it.
Highlighting flow on text is fluid. Selecting a passage in an article, adding a colour-coded tag, and jotting a quick thought takes a second or two. The extension stays out of the way until you need it. For people who already think in highlights — students, researchers, knowledge workers reading technical content — this is the right model.
Social discovery is unique in this space. Most read-later tools are private silos. Glasp turns your highlights into a public feed (opt-in), and lets you follow other readers in your field. You discover good content through people whose highlights you trust, which is a powerful loop and basically nobody else does this.
Export and ownership are first-class. Glasp makes it easy to export your highlights to Notion, Obsidian, Markdown, CSV — wherever your second-brain lives. That commitment to portability is rare in this category.
What SavedThat does better
The two products overlap in one place — both will index a YouTube video. Outside of that, they're for different jobs. Here's where SavedThat is the better fit.
Reels and TikToks are native, not unsupported. Glasp is a browser extension, so short-form video on your phone is outside its scope. If half your saved-for-later pile is recipe Reels and fitness TikToks, Glasp simply isn't the tool. SavedThat catches them through the iPhone and Android share sheets and indexes every spoken word.
Save the whole thing, search later — don't pre-decide. Highlighting is a model that asks «what's the important bit?» while you're reading. That works for focused research. It breaks for casual saves where you're scrolling at 11pm and won't come back for two months. SavedThat's model is «save the whole thing, the important part is whichever bit you need later».
Cross-lingual semantic search. Ask in Russian about an English Reel. Ask in English about a Spanish-language YouTube interview. Glasp's search is mostly text-match within your own highlights, which means it has to be the same language to work.
Mobile-first share-sheet save. SavedThat has a real iPhone Share Extension (with Apple Pay-style save animation), an Android Share Intent, and a Chrome extension with a Cmd+Shift+S shortcut. Glasp is excellent at being a desktop browser extension — but if 70% of your saves happen on your phone while you're scrolling, you're going to miss them.
Per-video AI Q&A with citations. Open a saved video and ask «what did they say about X?». SavedThat returns the answer with timestamps that jump straight to the moment. Glasp will summarise an article or video, but doesn't do interactive Q&A on a saved item.
Choose Glasp if…
- You read long-form text and want to highlight it
- You want a social feed of highlights from people you follow
- Your workflow exports to Notion / Obsidian / Markdown
- You're a student or researcher working with text sources
- You don't save Reels, TikToks, or short-form video
Choose SavedThat if…
- Half of what you save is on your phone
- You save Reels, TikToks, Shorts and want them findable
- You search across languages, not just in English
- You want one library, not per-project notebooks
- You hate the «saved 400 things, lost them all» problem
FAQ
Can I use both Glasp and SavedThat?
Yes, and they pair naturally. Glasp for text articles and research highlights; SavedThat for video on mobile. They don't compete for the same job.
Does SavedThat let me highlight specific passages like Glasp does?
Not in the same way. SavedThat indexes every spoken word, so any phrase is searchable — you don't have to pre-highlight to find it later. If you need true highlights with notes attached, Glasp is built for that and we're not trying to be.
Is SavedThat social — can I see what others are saving?
No. SavedThat is a private personal library. We do share index storage across users (the same popular video is transcribed once, not once per saver), but who saved what stays private.
Can I export my SavedThat library to Notion or Obsidian?
Export is on the roadmap but not shipped at the time of writing. Glasp is ahead here — if export portability is critical to your workflow, that's a real factor in their favour.
Does Glasp support Reels or TikToks?
No. Glasp is a browser extension on desktop, so short-form mobile video is out of scope. That's the cleanest dividing line between the two products.
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