YouTube Collector vs Knowt
Both tools can take a YouTube lecture and give you study notes. They do different jobs: Knowt is a study app built around flashcards, practice tests and exam prep, fed from many kinds of files; YouTube Collector is a searchable library of the YouTube videos you study from. Every line below comes from each maker's own site, checked on 4 November 2026.
Side by side
| YouTube Collector | Knowt | |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube links | Yes, it is built around them | Yes: "paste the link above or use our Chrome extension to import the Youtube video" (video summarizer FAQ) |
| Other inputs | YouTube only | "PDFs, images, videos, ppts, and audio", live lecture recording, and imports from Quizlet, Kahoot and Wayground (home page) |
| What you get from a video | A full time-coded transcript, a summary with clickable chapters, and key points | "notes, flashcards, podcasts, and practice tests" (video summarizer page) |
| Free use | Free for up to 30 videos, no card | Basic is free: "Unlimited file creation, live collaboration, and storage" (plans page) |
| Video summaries on the free plan | Yes, for each of the 30 videos | The plans page lists "AI PDF, video, image(s), and powerpoint summarizer" under Ultra, not under the free Basic plan |
| Paid price | Pro £3.99 a month (about 13p a day); 100 videos a month | Ultra $95.99 billed yearly (about 20p a day) or $24.99 month to month (about 61p a day) (plans page; pence at the 3 Nov rate of $1 = £0.75) |
| Whole course playlists | Pro imports a playlist in batches of 5 videos | Not stated on its site |
| Search across everything you saved | Yes, every line of every transcript, time-coded | Not stated on its site |
Which one fits
Pick Knowt if you want flashcards, practice tests and AP, SAT or ACT prep built from slides, PDFs and class recordings, all in one app.
Pick YouTube Collector if your lectures are on YouTube and you want each one kept with a full time-coded transcript and a chaptered summary, with one search across the whole term for "where did we cover this?" before an exam.
Start free with 30 videos, no card: https://youtubecollector.com
Sources: https://knowt.com/ (home page), https://knowt.com/ai-video-summarizer (page and FAQ), https://knowt.com/plans (student plans), all checked 4 Nov 2026; https://youtubecollector.com/pricing (checked 4 Nov 2026).