Glasp vs Capacities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glasp
Capture and organize online content with customizable highlighting tools. Easily tag, search, and share your collected ideas across multiple platforms and devices with a single click.
- Online content capturing
- Colored highlighting options
- Automatic curation to homepage
- Tagging and searching highlights
- Cross-platform sharing
- Syncs across devices
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Glasp turns everything you read and watch into knowledge you keep. Summarize YouTube videos and long articles with AI in seconds, highlight the parts that matter, and save it all in one place — across the web, PDFs, and more. Then revisit your highlights anytime, anywhere. WHAT YOU CAN DO • AI Summary — get the key points of any YouTube video or web page instantly, with transcripts and timestamps. • Highlight — mark up articles and PDFs with a tap; your highlights sync everywhere. • Reader View — strip away the clutter and read distraction-free. • Read Later — save videos, articles, and PDFs to your library and come back when you're ready. • Feed — follow your favorite YouTube channels and catch up fast with summaries. • Your Knowledge — every highlight and note becomes a personal library you can search and revisit. Whether you're researching, studying, or just keeping up, Glasp helps you learn faster and remember more. Highlight the internet. Keep what matters.
Capacities
This app allows you to collect, connect, and reflect on your notes and ideas. Access your existing content, quickly capture new information, and discover connections between your thoughts. An integrated AI assistant is available for enhanced productivity.
- Daily notes for planning and reflection
- Powerful search functionality
- Quick capture of photos and content
- Share sheet integration
- AI assistant for note-taking
- Browse and read notes
- Explore connections between notes
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The Capacities Mobile App for iPhone and iPad is your note-taking companion when you're on the go. Access all your notes, quickly save important info, and create new content. If you're stuck, ask our integrated AI assistant (Capacities Pro). As the mobile version of Capacities, it is adapted to mobile workflows and works great together with the desktop app. KEY FEATURES DAILY NOTES Plan your day, write down ideas, and reflect. POWERFUL SEARCH Find what you are looking for in seconds. QUICK CAPTURE Quickly add photos, use the camera, or create new content. SHARE SHEET Save content from other apps to Capacities. AI ASSISTANT A powerful assistant right and your pocket and linked to your notes. BROWSE AND READ Browse through all your notes and let them inspire you. EXPLORE CONNECTIONS Find hidden connections and supercharge your creative thinking. LEARN MORE HERE Website: capacities.io Contact: team@capacities.io Discord: https://discord.gg/3eBP9YxHgQ Twitter: @CapacitiesHQ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLqpKLWf9hmmh07z9U1cNIg Reddit: reddit.com/r/capacitiesapp/ Terms and conditions: https://capacities.io/terms-and-conditions Privacy policy: https://capacities.io/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glasp at none against Capacities's 2. Glasp also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 58%). Capacities's advantage is ratings volume (116 vs 26). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Capacities sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Glasp asks for nothing beyond the download.
Glasp holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 116 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Glasp's written reviews are positive against 58% of Capacities's.
Glasp ships an update every 11 days, Capacities weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Glasp | Capacities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (26 ratings) — better | 4.3 (116 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 116 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 990 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glasp Inc. | Capacities Labs GmbH |
Customer experience
Glasp
Capacities
Bugs and requests
Glasp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Capacities
Reported bugs
15 issues- App freezes on splash screen (iPhone 7, iOS 15)
- Login and password reset failures
- Tagging on iPad causes app lockup
- Toggle not clickable with Magic Keyboard on iPad
- Task checkbox not working with Magic Keyboard
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- Text pasting causes freezing
- Audio upload crashes app
- Audio doesn't play on iOS
- Cover image properties not displaying
- Linking text to objects broken on desktop
- Emoji skin tones cannot be changed
- App requires frequent restarts
- Sync issues between devices
- Display glitches and UI inconsistencies
- Erratic editing and syncing behavior
Requested features
18 requests- iPad app support
- Create custom object types on mobile
- Turn Into function on mobile devices
- System-level notifications for tasks and due dates
- Footnotes support
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- Image storage without gallery saving
- Font hierarchy preservation with indentation
- Multi-block selection on mobile
- Audio note support
- Template auto-generation with dates
- Import/export tools
- Student discount pricing
- Tiered pricing options
- Right-to-left language support
- Font size customization for accessibility
- Web extension iOS compatibility
- Better text selection on mobile
- Split screen functionality on iPad
In-app purchases
Glasp
No in-app purchases
Capacities
- Capacities Pro$17.991 Month
- Capacities Pro$199.001 Year
