# Brief  AI Summarizer — Summarize articles, PDF & web

> Summarize articles, PDF & web (iPhone/iPad app by jiahao zhang.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brief-ai-summarizer/id6782731847 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [jiahao zhang](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895708572)
- Category: Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-25
- Data updated: 2026-08-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brief-ai-summarizer/id6782731847/reviews.md

## What is Brief  AI Summarizer?

Brief turns any article, YouTube video, or PDF into a 5-bullet TL;DR plus 3 action takeaways — in about 30 seconds, right on your iPhone. ON-DEVICE & PRIVATE
Brief summarizes on your device using Apple's on-device intelligence. No account, no cloud upload, works offline. Your reading never leaves your phone. NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED
Unlock everything once with a $14.99 Lifetime purchase. Prefer to pay smaller? HOW IT WORKS
1. Paste a link, share from Safari/YouTube/Files, or drop a PDF. 2. Brief reads it on-device and returns a clean 5-bullet summary. 3. Save it to your searchable library, tag it, listen to it, or export it. FREE
- 3 summaries per day
- On-device summarization
- Searchable local library

PRO (Lifetime $14.99 — one-time)
- Unlimited summaries
- Bring Your Own Key (BYOK): use your own OpenAI or Claude key for long-form and multi-document work — your key, your endpoint, no middleman
- Audio summaries read aloud
- Export to Apple Notes and more
- Unlimited library tags

WHY BRIEF
- Built for people who read 10+ articles, videos, or papers a week. - A flat, fast, reverse-chronological library — no clutter, no backlog nagging. - Share Extension accepts batch URLs and PDFs, not one file at a time. PRIVACY
Brief collects no data by default. On-device summarization means your content stays on your device. If you enable BYOK, your API key is stored in the iOS Keychain and used only to call the endpoint you configure — never sent to Brief.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Lifetime | $14.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-06-30

Performance improvements and minor fixes.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-25

No release notes.

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