A few good questions.

Absolute Memory is a personal home for things you want to read and understand. Save articles, PDFs, screenshots, notes and supported video or podcast transcripts. Read with fewer distractions and use AI-assisted explanations. Plus and Pro add library chat and a knowledge graph when paid subscriptions become available.

Create a free account with Google, open your library and choose Add. Paste a public article URL or upload a supported file. Once the content is prepared, open it to read. You do not need a Chrome extension or an AI API key to get started.

The Absolute Memory Chrome extension is available in the Chrome Web Store. Visit the Chrome extension page for its install link. The current store release saves URLs; the unpacked 0.2.0 preview adds loaded-page capture for testers who are comfortable installing it manually.

You can open the web app in a mobile browser to access your library and read. There is no native mobile app at present. The Chrome extension is for desktop Chrome.

Public article links, your own notes, PDFs and screenshots. Supported image formats are PNG, JPEG and WebP. YouTube links, public podcast RSS episodes, Apple/Spotify episode links with a matching public feed, and audio uploads are supported within plan allowances. Some private or unsupported media links cannot be imported. WhatsApp capture and email forwarding are not available.

PDFs and screenshots have a 4 MiB per-file safety limit. PDFs can contain up to 20 pages, and document storage is limited to 20 MiB per account. With direct audio uploads enabled, Free supports up to 25 MB per audio file and 60 minutes per recording. Plus supports up to 100 MB per audio file and 120 minutes per recording. Pro supports up to 250 MB per audio file and 240 minutes per recording. Audio transcription also uses your monthly plan allowance. Very large extracted text, unreadable scans or complex layouts may need to be split or simplified.

Some websites block server requests, require sign-in or provide content in a format we cannot extract. The current store release sends a URL. The unpacked 0.2.0 preview can capture available article content when you click Save, which helps when server retrieval is blocked. It cannot recover unloaded content or bypass access restrictions. Try a fresh save with that preview, or save text you have permission to use as a note.

Keep the same file selected and choose Save again. While that file remains selected, Absolute Memory reuses the upload reservation and retries final confirmation without sending the file twice when its upload already succeeded. An expired upload needs a fresh attempt. After reloading or leaving the app, check your library before choosing the file again: the earlier save may have completed even if its response was lost. Uploaded audio is temporary and is not retained for playback.

Use a specific public YouTube video or a podcast episode with an accessible public RSS feed. Apple Podcasts and Spotify episode links work only when we can match that exact episode to its public feed. Show pages, playlists, private or exclusive episodes, and older episodes missing from a feed may not import. Try the episode’s public RSS feed or upload audio you have permission to process. Loaded webpage capture alone does not capture spoken audio.

Absolute Memory tries to preserve useful article images and captions. Article images can still load from the original website, so they may fail if that site blocks access, removes the image or changes its URL. Uploaded PDFs and screenshots keep their original file in your account.

Review and flashcard screens are currently disabled. Absolute Memory focuses on saving, reading, organization and asking questions about your sources.

Unlimited saving and reading, highlights, notes, manual tags, automatic short summaries and tags, and 10 AI explanations per month. Upload, storage and fair-use processing safeguards apply. No credit card required.

Plus includes library chat and knowledge graph, with 300 combined chat and explanation responses per calendar month. $9.99 monthly or $83.92 billed yearly in USD. Pro includes library chat and knowledge graph, with 1000 combined chat and explanation responses per calendar month. $19.99 monthly or $167.92 billed yearly in USD. Annual billing saves 30%. Paid subscriptions are coming soon; checkout is currently unavailable. You can start with Free.

Free has no plan-level saved-item cap. Daily capture, storage and service-wide capacity safeguards can temporarily pause new saves or processing. Reading your prepared content stays available when your AI allowance runs out. AI requests reset on the first of each month (UTC). Automatic organization currently processes up to 100 items per day per account; extra work waits. Daily capture and upload safeguards also apply.

New paid subscriptions are not available yet. When subscriptions are enabled, billing management will be available in Settings. Cancellation at the end of the paid period returns the account to Free; saved content, highlights, notes and export remain available.

No. Absolute Memory manages AI connections on the server. You do not need to enter a provider key. AI processing is subject to the plan allowances and provider availability.

Article questions use the saved article. Ask your library retrieves relevant passages from your saved content and links supporting sources. Optional web search can use outside sources when you enable it. AI can make mistakes: check important claims against the original passages.

Article extraction and AI organization are separate steps. You can read as soon as extraction finishes; summaries, tags and connections may arrive later. If organization fails, you can retry it without losing the article.

Your saved library is tied to your account and is not published as a public collection. Absolute Memory processes it using its hosting, storage and AI providers. This is a hosted service, not an end-to-end encrypted or entirely local library. The privacy policy explains those transfers and your controls.

No. It accesses the active page only when you explicitly invoke Save. The 0.2.0 preview sends available article content, URL, title and image references to Absolute Memory; the current store release sends the URL. Connection information, recent saves and bounded failed-save content for retry are stored locally. It does not continuously record your screen, browsing history or keystrokes.

Yes. Settings includes data export, session management and account deletion. You can delete individual items or revoke a Chrome connection. Active application records are removed on deletion; recovery copies and provider records may remain under their retention policies, as explained in our privacy policy.

Use Contact us to email the support address. Include the page where it happened, the steps you took and the error message. Do not send passwords, API keys or private documents. Feedback goes directly to the project owner; there is no guaranteed response time at present.