Start with where Glasp is clearly stronger
A comparison that claims to win everywhere is worth nothing, so here is the part most pages like this leave out.
- Reach. Glasp's Chrome listing reports around two million users, and the extension covers Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox and Brave. It also ships iOS and Android apps. AskAVideo is one plugin, inside ChatGPT, on desktop Chrome.
- Mobile. Glasp works on a phone. AskAVideo does not, and won't — it reads the transcript from a real browser tab.
- Choice of model. Glasp lets you pick between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Mistral. AskAVideo runs where you already are.
- A free tier you can live on. Glasp's pricing page lists three YouTube summaries a day and twenty AI chat credits a month, without a card.
- It's a notes product too. Highlights, a library, syncing to Notion. AskAVideo doesn't try to be that.
If you are choosing a tool to summarize videos and read them later, that list is the answer, and you can stop here.
The thing neither summarizer does
Glasp, and every other tool in this category, ends at the summary. You get a condensed version of a video, with timestamps, in a library. What you do with it afterwards is your problem.
That gap is the whole reason AskAVideo exists. The useful moment is not when you understand the video. It is two hours later, when you are staring at your own draft, plan or proposal and trying to remember what that idea was and where it actually fits.
So AskAVideo's paid products don't summarize anything. You bring a result from the free plugin and the work you already have, and it produces a map: what applies, what changes, and what you can insert — with the timestamps still attached to each suggestion, so you can check the source before you accept it.
Side by side, honestly
| Job | Glasp | AskAVideo |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a video fast | Better. More browsers, mobile, model choice | Works, inside ChatGPT |
| Read summaries on a phone | Yes | No |
| Keep a highlight library | Yes, that's the core product | No |
| Clickable timestamps | Yes, and you can turn them off | Yes |
| Apply the video to a draft you wrote | No | Yes — the Application Map |
| Turn a method into a tool you can change | No | Yes — an Expanded Project |
| Entry price | Free tier, then US$12.50/month annually | Free preview, then US$7 once, no subscription |
The pricing shapes are different, not just the numbers
Glasp is a subscription, and that is the right shape for a tool you open every day. If you summarize videos constantly, paying monthly for a library that keeps growing makes sense.
AskAVideo's paid products are one-time: US$7 for a complete Application Map or an Expanded Project, with a free preview first and no subscription. That is the right shape for the job it does, because applying a video to a specific draft is episodic. You do it when you have the draft.
Neither shape is better in the abstract. They fit different behaviour, and it is worth knowing which one you actually have.
Where AskAVideo is genuinely weaker
Said plainly, so you don't find out after installing.
- Desktop Chrome only. The transcript is read from a real tab, so there is no phone version and no way to use it from the ChatGPT mobile app.
- Public videos with captions only. No captions, no transcript. Private and unlisted videos are out.
- Speech, not sight. If a number only exists on a chart on screen and nobody says it, it isn't in the transcript.
- No library to browse on the couch. Glasp is better at that and it isn't close.
So which one
Pick Glasp if you want summaries in more places, on your phone, with a highlight library you keep coming back to, and you are happy with a subscription.
Pick AskAVideo if the summary was never the point — if what you actually need is the video's idea landing inside the document you have to deliver, with the source still traceable.
Plenty of people should use both. The free plugin costs nothing, and it doesn't ask you to leave anything behind.
If you want the longer version of how the transcript reaches ChatGPT in the first place, we wrote up how ChatGPT analyzes YouTube videos and why ChatGPT can't watch YouTube videos on its own. There is also an honest comparison with NotebookLM if that is the other tool you are weighing, plus a NoteGPT comparison.
Frequently asked questions
Is AskAVideo a replacement for Glasp?
Not really. Glasp is a summarizer and a highlighting tool, and it is a good one. AskAVideo starts after the summary: you bring a result and your own draft, and it shows what applies, what changes and what to insert. If all you want is a fast summary, Glasp does more places and more browsers.
Does Glasp have a free plan?
Yes. Glasp's pricing page lists a free tier with three YouTube summaries per day and twenty AI chat credits per month, with no card required. Paid plans start at US$12.50 per month billed annually.
Which one works on mobile?
Glasp. It publishes iOS and Android apps and browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox and Brave. AskAVideo reads the transcript from a real Chrome tab on a desktop, so there is no mobile version.
Do both keep timestamps?
Yes, and both make them clickable. Glasp also lets you turn timestamps off. In AskAVideo the timestamp travels with the idea into the work you produce, so a suggested change can still be traced back to the moment it came from.
Product details about Glasp were taken from its own public pages in September 2026 and may have changed since. Glasp is a product of Glasp Inc. and is not affiliated with AskAVideo.