Comparison

YT Transcript Exporter vs Glasp

Glasp is a popular tool that turns YouTube videos into transcripts and AI summaries you can highlight and save to a personal library. YT Transcript Exporter is a focused utility with a narrower job: get the clean transcript out — fast, private, and with no account. Here's how they compare.

Feature	Glasp	YT Transcript Exporter
Primary focus	Transcripts + AI summaries + highlights	Clean transcript export
AI summaries	✓ Built in	Bring your own (ChatGPT/Claude)
Account required	✓ For saving & summaries	✗ None
Full-playlist export	Not its focus	✓ ZIP of every video
Markdown with chapters	—	✓ Included
Export formats	Copy / save to apps	Markdown, TXT, clipboard
Privacy	Cloud / account-based	Local — nothing leaves your device
Price	Free tier; paid plans	Free

Glasp details as of July 2026; check their site for the latest.

Different jobs

Glasp is a knowledge tool — transcript, AI summary, highlights, and a saved library, often used to build a second brain from videos. YT Transcript Exporter isn't trying to be that. It does one thing: pull a clean, well-formatted transcript out of a video (or a whole playlist) and hand it to you. If you want the raw text to take elsewhere, that focus is the point.

Playlists and formatting

On a playlist page, YT Transcript Exporter adds an Export button that downloads a ZIP with one transcript per video, plus a summary of what exported, skipped, or failed. Markdown exports include the title, source URL, and chapter headings — ready to drop into Notion, Obsidian, or an AI prompt.

Privacy and access

YT Transcript Exporter runs entirely in your browser — no account, no tracking, and nothing leaves your machine — and it's free. Glasp's saving and summary features are account-based and run through its service.

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FAQ

YT Transcript Exporter vs Glasp, answered.

Yes — it's a free Chrome extension with no account required.

No — it exports the raw transcript rather than summarising. That's deliberate: you get the full text to paste into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and summarise however you like.

Bulk playlist export isn't Glasp's focus. YT Transcript Exporter adds an Export button on playlist pages that downloads every video's transcript as a ZIP.

YT Transcript Exporter processes everything locally in your browser with no account or tracking. Glasp's summaries and saved library are account-based and run through its service.

For building a searchable library of AI summaries and highlights, Glasp. For quickly getting clean transcripts (or a whole playlist) out, privately and free, YT Transcript Exporter.

Export any YouTube transcript in one click.

Markdown, plain text, or clipboard — plus full-playlist ZIP export. Free, no account.

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