Guides, Tips & Updates

Sep 30, 2026

The Second Brain Report 2026: How People Build and Use an AI Second Brain

Looking for the best second brain app? Data from more than 700,000 Recall users shows that AI is turning the second brain from a place you save things into a place you use them. Since the ability to chat with your second brain launched, 52% of monthly savers now come back to their saved content, and revisits per item saved have increased 3x. Quizzes built on active recall and spaced repetition stick: 64% of people return after their first quiz, and 93% after their tenth.

Sep 21, 2026

10 Best MCP Servers in 2026

Looking for the best MCP servers in 2026? The best Model Context Protocol server depends on the job you hand your AI assistant. Recall leads when the value is in pulling your own saved context and trusted sources into your AI. GitHub leads for the repo. Google Sheets leads for spreadsheets. Figma leads for designers. Composio, Notion, Apify, Playwright, Filesystem, and Memory MCP each lead for a specific job in Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, and other clients.

Sep 6, 2026

Best YouTube Transcript Generator: 8 Top Tools in 2026

Looking for the best YouTube transcript generator? This 2026 guide compares the top tools for turning a YouTube video into time-stamped text, including Recall, Tactiq, YTTranscript.AI, YouTube's built-in Show transcript, SummarizeYou, Riverside, NotebookLM, and ChatGPT-style assistants. Learn which YouTube transcript generator is best for long videos, videos without captions, free downloads, Chrome extensions, research notebooks, and saving transcripts to a personal knowledge base.

Jul 20, 2026

Second Brain Field Guide: Beating Information Overload With Recall

Information overload leaves most people with a pile of saved content they never reuse. A second brain fixes that. Ricardo Youle, founder of Optimized Simplicity, wrote Finding the Edge inside Recall: a personal knowledge management field guide of ten short trails, from Day One to sharing your knowledge base. This post covers his story, mission, and each trail, with his own words and links to the full guide.

Jun 2, 2026

Best AI Model of 2026: Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT-5.5

A new model drops every other week, so instead of public benchmarks I ran a controlled head-to-head between Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 grounded in my own 5,000-note knowledge base in Recall. Opus 4.8 won 88 out of 90 to GPT-5.5's 85, taking writing and recommendations while GPT-5.5 took research. The twist: asked to grade the fight, GPT-5.5 named Opus 4.8 the overall winner.

May 16, 2026

What Is Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki? Set It Up With No Code

Andrej Karpathy's LLM wiki is a five-step workflow (ingest, compile, browse, query, lint) that turns articles, papers, and videos into a compounding personal knowledge base. Recall reproduces it with no code: one-click save, auto-summaries, smart tags, chat across your library, and a knowledge graph. This guide covers Karpathy's method, a 6-step Recall setup, Obsidian + Claude vs Recall, and how an LLM wiki differs from RAG.

Apr 14, 2026

Recall 2.0: Turn Your Knowledge Into Your Edge

Everyone has the same AI now. When access to intelligence is no longer the differentiator, a lifetime of accumulated knowledge is. Recall 2.0 launches today, turning your personal knowledge base into the engine behind your AI.

Jun 18, 2025

Top Podcast Summarizers & Podcast Transcript Generators (2026)

The best AI podcast summarizer in 2026 is Recall, which turns any Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube episode into an AI summary and a full podcast transcript in seconds, with Snipd and NoteGPT as strong alternatives. Information overload is real: with over 4 million podcasts available and the average American consuming 8 hours of content daily, staying informed without losing hours is hard. AI podcast summarizers solve this, transforming hours of audio into digestible insights and searchable podcast transcripts you can read in minutes. Below, we compare the top tools and show you how to choose the right one for your needs.

May 25, 2025

The Top Pocket Alternatives

Looking for a reliable Pocket alternative after the shutdown? This blog compares 10 Pocket alternatives and explores how AI is shaping the future of read-it-later apps. Combining AI-powered summaries, intelligent organization, and advanced knowledge management features, Recall offers a smarter way to save, access, and retain your favorite content.

Dec 3, 2024

From a Hacker News Post to securing $1.5M Funding

A post on Hacker News led to Recall securing a $1.5M funding round, led by renowned VC Jason Calacanis. Now, Recall is transforming how individuals and businesses consume, organize, and review their knowledge.

Oct 30, 2024

Best PDF Summarizer: 8 Top PDF Summarizers in 2026

A PDF summarizer helps you turn long reports, research papers, and eBooks into clear key takeaways in seconds. After testing 30+ PDF summarizers, Recall is our top pick for 2026, and it is the best choice for summarizing multiple PDFs because it creates high-quality summaries, supports OCR for scanned PDFs, and saves everything into a self-organizing knowledge base you can chat with. MindMap AI is the second-best option when you want a PDF turned into a visual mind map, and AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are ideal for quick, one-off text summaries. This guide compares the 8 best PDF summarizers by features, limitations, pricing, OCR support, and best use case so you can choose the right tool faster.

Oct 11, 2024

How to Actively Learn: AI Tools & Active Recall

To actively learn means engaging with material through retrieval, practice, and spaced review, not passive reading or scrolling. Combine active recall, spaced repetition, and AI tools like Recall, Boterview, Quizlet, Anki, Chunks, and The Sponge to retain knowledge long term. This guide covers how to actively learn, evidence-based protocols, and the best educational AI tools.

Sep 11, 2024

Zettelkasten Method: How to Take Smart Notes

For anyone struggling with information overload and needing to organize and retain the information they care about—this is for you. It's the ultimate Zettelkasten guide, where we go deep into what the Zettelkasten method is, how it works, its benefits, and how to implement Zettelkasten into your workflow using existing AI tools.

Mar 23, 2024

10 Best YouTube Video Summarizers in 2026

Looking for the best YouTube video summarizers? This updated 2026 guide compares the top tools for summarizing YouTube videos, including Recall, Glasp, SummarizeYou, NoteGPT, BibiGPT, Eightify, NotebookLM, YouTube native AI, AI browsers, and ChatGPT-style assistants. Learn which YouTube video summarizer is best for quick TLDRs, long videos, transcripts, mobile summaries, research, study notes, and saving summaries to a personal knowledge base.

Mar 1, 2024

How to use AI to summarize PDFs with Recall

Learn how Recall's PDF summarizer can quickly transform dense documents into concise summaries, neatly organized in your personal knowledge base for easy access, enhanced understanding, and seamless integration with related content. Ideal for students, professionals, and avid readers seeking to optimize their information management and learning journey.

Jan 6, 2024

Top 10 Longevity Podcasts of 2023

Discover the secrets to a longer, healthier life with our top 10 longevity podcasts of 2023. Explore expert insights on aging, wellness, and cutting-edge longevity strategies in this essential guide for anyone interested in extending their healthspan.

Nov 6, 2023

How to Summarize a YouTube Video

A step-by-step guide to summarizing a YouTube video, then saving the summary in Recall so you can search it and chat with it later.

Oct 12, 2023

Active Recall and Spaced Repetition Guide

Active recall and spaced repetition are two scientific techniques for improving long-term memory. Recall brings them together by turning saved videos, podcasts, PDFs, articles, and notes into AI-generated quiz questions that offset the forgetting curve.