Comparison

Summrize vs Margin

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Summrize

This app transforms lengthy content like videos, podcasts, and documents into concise summaries. It offers multiple summary styles and allows users to interact with transcripts, ask follow-up questions, and export content in various formats and languages.

Highlights
  • Summarize YouTube videos, podcasts, articles, PDFs, and audio files
  • Multiple summary styles including concise, detailed, and Q&A
  • Interactive transcripts with time-jumping capabilities
  • Chat with summaries for follow-up questions
  • Export summaries and transcripts in PDF format
  • Translate content into 33 languages
  • Save and organize summaries in a personal library
Features
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Summrize is an AI summarizer for the things you don't have time to watch, read or listen to in full. Paste a video link, upload a PDF or open an article, and get a clear, structured summary. Every summary is saved to your library. When you want to remember it, turn it into flashcards and review them with spaced repetition. What you can summarize • Videos: paste a link from popular video sites, or upload a video file • Podcasts: paste a podcast episode link • Articles and web pages: paste any URL • Documents: PDF, DOCX, PPTX and text files • Audio: upload MP3, M4A, WAV and other audio files, or record a lecture or meeting in the app • Images: take a photo of a whiteboard, slide or page • Text: paste notes, emails or anything else Summary styles Pick the format that fits: Concise, Detailed, General Flow, Storytelling, Technical, Tips & Tricks, Step by Step or Q&A. Add your own instructions with a custom prompt when you need something specific. Inside each summary • Key points and section headings • A standout quote and the overall tone • Estimated reading time • The transcript of video, podcast and audio sources • AI chat to ask follow-up questions about the content Flashcards with spaced repetition • Create a flashcard deck from any summary • Review with spaced repetition (FSRS): cards you miss come back sooner, cards you know come back later • Keep a daily study streak Export and share • Export the summary, the transcript or both as a PDF • Share to any app or copy a single section • Send a video or podcast link to Summrize from the share menu of other apps • Copied a link? Summrize offers to summarize it when you open the app 33 languages The app and your summaries are available in 33 languages, and the summary does not have to match the source. Watch a lecture in Spanish and read the summary in English. Your library • Every summary is saved automatically • Search by title and filter by type, status or favorites Who uses Summrize • Students working through lectures, papers and course readings • Professionals catching up on reports, talks and webinars • Researchers sorting through many sources • Podcast listeners who want the main points first Credits and Summrize Pro Summrize runs on credits. The free plan includes a small daily credit allowance to try the app. Summrize Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription that adds a larger credit allowance, all input types and summary styles, longer videos and documents, AI chat, and full flashcard decks with spaced repetition. Subscribers can also buy extra credit packs. The credits a summary uses depend on the length of the source. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://summrize.net/en/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://summrize.net/en/terms-of-use

About

Margin

Features
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Turn any article into a short, intelligent summary you can read — or listen to, hands-free. Margin is the reader's companion for busy people. Paste a link and Margin delivers a concise AI summary in your language, ready to play aloud while you commute, cook, walk, or work. The articles you meant to read finally get read. — WHY MARGIN — • Read more in less time. Key points, no filler. • Listen instead of read. Adjustable playback speed for every moment. • Break the language barrier. Summarize foreign articles in your own language. • Never lose a good link. Every summary is saved in your searchable library. — HOW IT WORKS — 1. Copy any article link, from anywhere. 2. Paste it in Margin — or tap "Share to Margin" from Safari, News, Mail, or any social app. 3. Get an AI-powered summary in seconds. 4. Tap play to listen, or read right there. — FEATURES — • AI summaries powered by a state-of-the-art language model with live web access, so even today's news is fair game. • Automatic translation to your device language. Read a Brazilian op-ed in English, or a New York Times piece in Portuguese — same app. • High-quality text-to-speech with adjustable speed, from a relaxed pace to double-time for skimming by ear. • Share Extension: summarize directly from Safari, Apple News, Mail, Twitter/X, Reddit, LinkedIn, or any app that shares links. • Local summary library. Search past summaries, revisit them offline, share them onward. • Editorial design built for focused reading — serif typography, generous margins, light and dark modes. • Accessibility-first. Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and Reduce Motion supported throughout. — PLANS — • Free: 5 summaries per month to try Margin, no subscription required. • Basic: 15 summaries per week at $2.99/week or $39.99/year. • Pro: unlimited summaries plus short, long, and bullet-point formats at $5.99/week or $79.99/year. Pro Yearly includes a 7-day free trial. Basic and Pro are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date; any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. — PRIVACY — Margin doesn't ask for your contacts, camera, microphone, or location. Your library syncs through your private iCloud account so it follows you across devices and reinstalls — it never leaves your iCloud. — TERMS OF USE — Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Give yourself your time back. Download Margin.

Screenshots

Summrize4 screens
Margin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Margin at none against Summrize's shown. Summrize's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Summrize sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Margin sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Summrize ships an update weekly, Margin every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Summrize versus Margin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSummrizeMargin
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperODBS LLCDiego Santos

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Summrize

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • 100 Credits$1.99
  • 250 Credits$2.99
  • 500 Credits$3.99
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  • 1000 Credits$5.99
4 purchases

Margin

Subscriptions4
  • Basic Plan3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Pro Plan$5.997 Days
  • Basic Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Summrize free?
Summrize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Margin free?
Margin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Summrize or Margin have ads?
Summrize shows ads; Margin does not.
Which is updated more often, Summrize or Margin?
Summrize ships an update weekly, and Margin every 2 months. Most recently, Summrize was updated on November 5, 2026 and Margin on November 5, 2026.

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