Shortify

Shortify is a summarizing app for iPhone and iPad from Openly Operated Co. Instead of opening a separate tool, users tap the Share button in any app or website and choose Shortify to get a summary of an article, a YouTube video, a PDF or other text. Summaries can be shortened further, shared with others, and the app tracks statistics such as time saved. The company suggests it for long videos friends send, a backlog of open tabs, lengthy blog posts and cluttered sites.

Shortify suits people who read a lot on their phones and want the gist before committing to a full article. Summaries can miss nuance or details, so important material should still be read in full. The company says it collects no personal data, uses no third-party trackers and requires no account. Nothing was tested for this listing.

Users get 100 summaries, which the app calls Shorts, for free and then pay for what they use, but the per-use prices are not listed on the website. The combined privacy and terms page is brief and refers to California law.