FOR WRITERS WHO COMPOUND IDEAS
The Claude Alternative for Creative WritingBuilt on Your Sources, Not Just Your Last Prompt
Recall is the Claude alternative for creative writing that brings your saved sources, notes, and past drafts to the center, so you research, write, and publish with Claude without sounding like everyone else.
Grounded in your sources
Claude and other models
Writing that compounds over time
Private and fully exportable
No credit card · 30 Day Refund · 24 Hour Human Support
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Why people make Recall part of their day
“Think of it as a library of everything you've read and watched, with an AI sitting on top that has read it too. Recall makes that easier than anything else we tried.”
“Recall works the way your brain works! Perfect for deep research or growing your knowledge on any topic.”
“I love [Recall’s] interface, its speed, and its overall user experience… it is scratching my web-hoarding itch unlike anything else has quite been able to do to date.”
“One of my favorite AI apps is Recall. I've used it constantly for almost a year to manage and transcribe all the videos we create and work with. It's the kind of AI app that's just become part of my daily workflow, the highest compliment you can pay a piece of software.”
“After just a few months, Recall has become one of my most-used apps on both desktop and mobile. Frankly, I'd rather give up Microsoft Word than Recall.”
“I've tried practically every AI tool out there, and Recall is among the very few that I've actually found myself using. It has completely changed the way I study.”
“I didn't expect much from Recall. But it completely blew me away. It does everything NotebookLM does and also fills in all its shortcomings.”
“I run two parallel careers, which means staying current across rapidly evolving topics. Recall is the front door to my entire knowledge workflow.”
Fernand
Head of Technology
“Recall has revolutionized how I manage information! As a power user, its AI-driven summarization and storage capabilities have boosted my productivity tenfold, allowing me to effortlessly access and recall key details whenever I need them.”
William Peltier
Senior Director at Moody's
“I use Recall on a daily basis to cultivate and build a hand-picked database of information. The end result is like having a personalized AI loaded with sources pre-screened for quality.”
Roses
Human Rights Worker
“I use Recall every day. It helps me quickly condense important information from thought leadership articles and educational YouTube videos. It's great to have a place where I can easily store this information knowing that I will come back to it again in the future. I've greatly developed as a founder and leader thanks to Recall.”
Jason Patel
Co-founder at Open Forge AI
“I've been building several second brains for years and whenever I see a new way to do it, I don't like changing because my other systems already work. But I'm always willing to try because you never know which one would be a drastic improvement on what you're already using. Recall is one of them.”
Dave Katague
AI Educator
“Recall has become an essential part of how I learn, think, and explore the world.”
Maire
Student, Data Analyst
WHY WRITERS SWITCH
Creative Writing That Compounds
Claude is strong for drafting in a single session, but creative writing gets better when your references, research, and past work stay connected. Recall turns what you save into context for the next draft.
Your Own Sources
Save articles, essays, interviews, PDFs, and notes as you research. Every writing session can draw on that library instead of re-explaining context from scratch.
Library-Wide Chat
Ask across everything you saved, one project, or the web. Recall cites the sources it used so you can verify tone, facts, and references while you draft.
Custom Chat Personas
Create reusable chat personas for different writing jobs, from fiction editor to brand strategist, so your prompts stay consistent without rebuilding context each session.
Capture Browsing
Save inspiration in one click from Chrome or Firefox while you read, so research and drafts live in one place instead of scattered tabs.
Connected Ideas
Automatic tags and a knowledge graph link related themes, characters, and references so old notes resurface when you need them.
Your Work Stays Yours
Recall never trains on your content. Export your library anytime, with privacy controls built for long-form creative work.
FROM TIAGO FORTE'S TEAM
If I had to choose between Claude and Recall, I choose Recall
Joey, a writer on Tiago Forte's team, ran the same prompt through Claude and Recall with the same model. He chose Recall because the ideas were grounded in everything he had saved, not a blank-prompt draft.
BUILT FOR CREATIVE WORK
For Creative and Long-Form Writing
One knowledge base for the research, drafts, and references that creative writing depends on.
Fiction & Storytelling
- Save character research, world-building notes, and reference material
- Chat across your story bible while you draft
- Reconnect old ideas when a plot thread resurfaces
Essays & Nonfiction
- Collect sources and highlights as you research
- Draft with citations tied to what you saved
- Build on past essays instead of starting cold each time
Brand Voice & Copy
- Keep style guides, past campaigns, and client notes searchable
- Match tone using your own examples, not generic prompts
- Reuse what worked without digging through folders
HOW IT WORKS
Save, Organize, Chat, Write
Four steps from inspiration to a draft that sounds like you.
01
Save
Save articles, PDFs, videos, podcasts, and notes in one click, with an instant AI summary.
Business
Design
Technology
Education
Culture
02
Organize
Everything is auto-tagged and connected, no manual filing.
03
Chat
Chat across your whole library, a single project, or the web, with Claude or another model.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
How does REM sleep affect your body?
04
Write
Bring your best practices, saved sources, and notes together to draft polished content that sounds like you.
SIDE BY SIDE
Recall vs. Claude
How Recall compares with Claude for creative writing when your work depends on saved sources, voice, and long-term context.
| Feature | Recall | Claude |
|---|---|---|
| Use case | ||
Best for | Creative writing backed by a growing library of research, drafts, and references | Strong drafting, editing, and brainstorming in a single chat |
Knowledge structure | One connected, searchable writing library | Separate chats and projects |
| Memory | ||
Long-term memory of saved sources | Yes, everything you save stays searchable for years | Limited to project context and conversation history |
What you can chat with | Your whole writing library, selected saves, the open web, or both — with citations back to the source | Mostly the current conversation and files you uploaded into that chat |
| Capture | ||
Capture from the web | One-click save and summarize any page with the web clipper | Manual paste or file upload into a chat |
Supported content types | Articles, YouTube videos, podcasts, PDFs, web pages, and personal notes saved permanently | Text, images, and files within a session or project |
| AI workflow | ||
Automatic summaries on save | Yes, an AI summary the moment you save | No permanent library with summaries on capture |
Automatic organization | Yes, AI-generated categories and tags | Manual projects and chats |
Knowledge graph | Yes, library-wide connections between ideas | No |
AI model choice | Yes, including Claude, OpenAI, Google, and open-source models on the Max plan | Anthropic models only |
Rich text notes beside sources | Block-style editor with tables, lists, and code blocks | Artifacts and project docs, not a full capture library |
| Pricing | ||
Plan flexibility | Free, Plus, and Max plans. Plus starts at $10/month; Max lets you choose the AI model. | Free tier with usage limits; Pro and higher tiers for heavier creative work. |
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Quick comparison: choose Claude for fast drafting in a single conversation; choose Recall when creative writing needs a connected library of research, drafts, and references with chat grounded in what you saved.
Turn Your Research Into Better Drafts
Join 700,000+ writers and researchers using Recall to keep sources connected and write with context that compounds.
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We do not use your data for any other purpose than providing a service to you.
Data ownership
Your data is yours and you have full control over it. We do not use your data for any other purpose than providing a service to you.
Data portability
You can export all your data anytime in Markdown format, putting the power of portability and accessibility directly in your hands.
Privacy focused
Augmented browsing is local first, your knowledge base is stored safely in the cloud.
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