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24 alternatives to I wrote this to make note taking on YouTube effective
This tool helps users take notes while watching YouTube videos. Launched in 2020, it addresses the challenge of capturing information from video content effectively. The product is designed for students, researchers… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I wrote this to make note taking on YouTube effective launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Free tool to take time-stamped notes on YouTube videos
2023 · canva.com · its alternatives →
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Gnotes▲109You focus on learning, we'll take the notes.
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Death to the YouTube rabbit hole
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Take timestamped notes on YouTube videos, chat with any video using AI, extract text from slides, and export your notes to PDF, Notion, Obsidian, and Readwise.
2020 · annotate.tv · its alternatives →
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Annotate.tv▲119Take timestamped notes while watching YouTube videos
2020 · annotate.tv · its alternatives →
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NoteTakers.io▲116YouTube Lectures into Comprehensive Notes With Study Tools
2024 · its alternatives →
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2020 · collectednotes.com · its alternatives →
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Dictate notes, perform searches, and see recent content.
2014 · evernote.com · its alternatives →
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Take Notes for Youtube Videos without leaving your Keyboard
2021 · instadeq.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN – we first launched Supernotes[1] to HN in April 2020, and since then Tobias and I (it's just the two of us) have put in the work to make what we hope is an amazing note-taking app. Although the note-taking / personal knowledge management landscape is incredibly competitive at the moment (with lots of great apps adding great new features every day), we think that with the newly released Supernotes 2 we're keeping pace and delivering a unique and satisfying knowledge management experience. Here's the combination of features that make us stand out: - a powerful markdown-based…
2022 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →
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Rocket Note▲134Take notes & pin timestamps on YouTube. 🚀📝
2018 · getrocketnote.com · its alternatives →
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SuperNote▲121AI-first note-taking that turns any content into knowledge
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · yournote.app · its alternatives →
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