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Goal

Learn faster and remember more

Reading, study and recall tools for students, career switchers and anyone consuming a lot without retaining much.

Built with love by Shushant Lakhyani. Building bestproductivityresources.com

Start with these

Turn what you consume into something you can actually recall.

Recall

Turn anything you read or watch into a knowledge base you remember.

Browser ExtensionFree planWeb, Chrome

Glasp

Highlight the web and keep everything you learned.

Browser ExtensionFreeChrome, Safari

NotebookLMEditor's pick, verified

Google's research assistant, now called Gemini Notebook, grounded in your own sources.

Web AppFree planWeb, iOS

Readwise ReaderEditor's pick, verified

One inbox for articles, PDFs, newsletters and highlights.

Web AppPaid but AffordableWeb, iOS

Anki

Spaced repetition flashcards that make learning stick.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows

How to use this bundle

  1. 1.Read with a pen: highlight less, summarise more.
  2. 2.Test yourself instead of rereading; recall is the practice.
  3. 3.Space the reviews out, even when it feels like you know it.

Also worth a look

nanoGPT

The simplest, fastest repository for training and finetuning medium-sized GPTs.

FrameworkFreemacOS, Windows

LLM Course

A course to get into large language models with roadmaps and Colab notebooks.

CourseFreeWeb

These picks at a glance

Counted from the listings on this page.

Pricing
Of 15 picks, 11 are completely free, 3 have a free plan and 1 is paid.
Highest rated
The Art of Command Line (4.9/5), Dive into Deep Learning (4.9/5) and Neural Networks: Zero to Hero (4.9/5) have the highest ratings in our reviews.
Formats
Most common: Course (7), Web App (3), Browser Extension (2) and Desktop App (1).
Topics covered
Learning (14), AI Productivity (10), Research (9) and Reading (5).
Platforms
Most listed: Web (14), Cross-Platform (6), Android (5) and iOS (5).
Best for
Picked most often for Students (15), Professionals (12) and Developers (9).
Learning curve
7 beginner-friendly, 6 intermediate and 2 advanced.
Newest addition
Annotated Deep Learning Paper Implementations, added 21 September 2026.

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