TLDR — Your on-device summary assistant

Turn anything you share into a quick summary you can read, search, or listen to — all without your data ever leaving your phone.

Too many tabs open? Long PDFs you’ll never finish? Screenshots of things you meant to read later? Just share them to TLDR. You’ll get the key takeaways in seconds, plus a deeper summary when you want the full picture.

What TLDR does

Summarizes anything: articles, web pages, PDFs, screenshots, and photos of documents
Gives two versions: a short summary for quick scanning, and a long summary for depth
Makes everything searchable: find what you saved by describing it in your own words
Lets you listen: turn summaries into audio for commuting, walking, or cooking
Answers questions: ask about a document and get a direct response based on what you saved

Key features

Smart Capture

Share a link, PDF, screenshot, or photo — or paste text. TLDR pulls out the text automatically and saves it as a capture you can come back to anytime.

Intelligent Summaries

Get:

Short summaries (quick takeaways)
Long summaries (more complete breakdowns)
Re-summarize with your own prompt for different angles

Search by meaning

No more digging through folders or remembering titles. Search in natural language like:

“that article about sleep”
“the contract with the delivery date”
“the recipe I saved last week”

Listen instead of reading

Turn any summary into audio, or select multiple saves to generate a mini briefing you can play like a personal podcast.

Private by design

Everything happens on-device:

No accounts
No cloud
No uploads
No tracking

Pay once

One purchase. Yours forever. No subscriptions.

Perfect for

Students: lecture notes, research papers
Professionals: reports, documentation, long emails
Researchers: compare sources, extract insights fast
Creators: summarize reading into ideas and outlines
Busy humans: stay informed while on the move

Availability

TLDR is available on iOS.