Grasp

Overview

Grasp is a cross-platform AI summarizer that works with text, documents, images, audio and video. It suits readers who want summaries and follow-up insights across different formats, especially those who can use its Mac app or browser extension alongside the web tools. Its broad input support is a strength, but the free plan has firm usage and file-size caps, and the Mac app requires macOS 15 or later.

Key features

Grasp accepts a wide range of material, from PDFs, Word and TXT files to articles, charts, photos, podcasts, meetings, lectures and webinars. It uses domain-aware AI to produce summaries and insights, and supports summaries in more than 100 languages. Users can adjust length and focus, then ask follow-up questions—a useful way to get a targeted digest rather than a single fixed recap.

The web product offers 137 tools for documents, audio, video and images without requiring installation. The browser extension can explain hovered words, summarize selected text or an entire page, and work within the current tab. Grasp for Mac extends that approach to any app where text renders, including PDF readers, chat windows and code editors. Its local screen-text recognition includes scans, images and captions; Grasp says that text is not uploaded to be read.

The web product, extension and Mac app share an account and synchronize saved memos. Grasp says submitted content is stored securely and encrypted, that it uses industry-standard security measures, and that it does not sell personal data. Users can access, correct, delete and export their data, or delete their account.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing and allows 5 runs or follow-ups per day, 100 lookups per month, inputs up to 200,000 characters and files up to 10MB. Community support is included. Those caps make it a practical way to try Grasp or handle occasional small uploads, but the daily run allowance can constrain regular use.

Premium (monthly) costs $19.99 a month. It includes unlimited usage with fair use, the same 200,000-character input limit, files up to 300MB, advanced models, video summarizers, priority processing and premium support. The larger upload allowance and added tools make it the better fit for frequent work with substantial files or video, though “unlimited” remains subject to fair use.

Premium (annual) costs $95.88 a year, billed at $7.99 a month. It includes the same Premium features and limits as the monthly plan. The annual price is the lower-cost Premium option for someone ready to commit for a year; the monthly plan costs more but avoids that annual commitment. Grasp has no free trial, so the free plan is the available way to assess the service before paying.

Platforms

Grasp is available on the web, as a browser extension and as a Mac app. The Mac app supports Intel and Apple Silicon, but requires macOS 15 or later, ruling it out for users on older macOS versions. The shared account and synchronized memos connect the three access points rather than treating them as separate products.

Who it's for

Grasp is a strong fit for people who regularly move between web pages, documents and other text-heavy apps, or who need to summarize material in multiple formats. Its controls for summary length, focus and follow-up questions help when a general recap is not enough. Occasional users may find the free caps workable; heavier users should weigh Premium's larger file allowance and added video features against its price. It is less suitable for Mac users who cannot meet the operating-system requirement or anyone seeking a free plan without tight daily and monthly limits.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Broad support for documents, images, audio and video, with more than 100 summary languages, makes Grasp useful across varied source material.
• Pros: The extension, Mac app and web tools share an account and synchronized memos, while the Mac app's text recognition is performed locally.
• Cons: Free use is capped at 5 runs or follow-ups per day and 100 lookups per month, with a 10MB file limit.
• Cons: The Mac app requires macOS 15 or later, and Premium's monthly price is $19.99 a month.
• Cons: Premium's unlimited usage is qualified by fair use, and its input limit remains 200,000 characters.

Alternatives

For a wider device footprint and a free plan centered on paraphrasing, consider QuillBot, which runs on Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, the web and browser extensions; its free plan limits paraphrasing to 100 words and two modes. Lemora is another cross-device option, with daily upload and tutor-chat limits on its free plan and a Pro plan that removes those limits.

Choose AskSia if its daily problem solves, step-by-step solutions and photo input better match the task. Briefy offers 30 free credits per month at standard response speed, with a Premium plan at $89.88 a year. For article-focused reading with a free allowance of 20 summaries and 20 article chats a day, plus audio for one article a day, consider smry.

Summify offers five free analyses per day, Learn cards, quizzes and saved analyses, and its Scholar plan costs $4.99 a month for eligible users with an .edu school email. Summio lets users read public summaries for free and includes one translation and 10 chat questions with the first AI summary. If an extension-only, free option with no subscription, API key or account requirement is preferable, consider Apogee. Browse more options in AI Summarizers.

Verdict

Choose Grasp if you need one account for summarizing varied media across the web, browser and Mac, and can use the Mac app's operating-system requirement or work through the web and extension. Its flexible summaries and broad input support are the clearest reasons to choose it. Look elsewhere if the free caps are too restrictive, you need a Mac app on an older system, or Premium's price and fair-use condition do not fit your workload.