Gistil: AI YouTube Summary 作者： Gistil

Gistil is a YouTube summarizer that also tells you whether a video is worth your time — and plays only the part that is.

You open a 30-minute video. Ten minutes in, you realize it could have been three. Gistil answers that before you press play: the gist, a verdict, and a map of where the substance actually is. Use it to save time on work research, tutorials, podcasts, reviews, talks, news breakdowns and how-tos.

What you get

• A clear verdict — Worth your time, Skim it, or Skip it — with a one-sentence reason based on what is actually said in the video, not on views or thumbnails.
• "Watch 12 of 40 min" — how many minutes carry real value and how much time you save.
• "Play the useful part" — one button plays only the valuable fragments in order and skips intros, filler, repetition and sponsor reads. Touch the player yourself and it steps aside.
• Autopilot — switch it on once and every video starts at the useful part. Soft skips the intro, sponsor, "subscribe" and sign-off; Strict plays only the most useful fragments.
• Value map — a minute-by-minute map of substance and filler. Click anywhere to jump there.
• Key moments and summary — the gist in seconds, key timestamps, and for tutorials the exact commands ready to copy.
• Filler and clickbait check — the share of filler and whether the title matches the content.
• Video topic review — an optional deeper check of how fully the video covers its subject and what to look at next; continue it in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok.
• Compact mode — collapse the panel to a single slim strip.
• Toolbar popup — the score of the open video and your remaining credits in one click.

Interface in 9 languages: English, Ukrainian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Polish and Italian.

Honest when there is nothing to judge

Music videos and videos without subtitles have nothing to weigh — Gistil says so and charges nothing. Live streams are analyzed once they end.

How it works

Videos Gistil has already analyzed open instantly, no account needed. To analyze a new video, sign in with Google on gistil.com — one account for the website, the extension and the mobile app. Every new account gets 5 free credits; one analysis costs one credit. More credits come with paid plans on gistil.com.

Privacy

Before anything is read, a consent screen explains what is processed. Gistil reads only the open YouTube video (its ID, title, channel, duration and subtitles) and talks only to gistil.com. It does not read your browsing history, does not sell data and shows no ads. Full policy: https://gistil.com/privacy

Gistil is an independent product. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC; Gistil is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.