Question 1

What is Glimpse?

Accepted Answer

Glimpse is a private AI bookmark manager for Android. It turns links saved from your share menu into a searchable library with useful context, grounded answers, Collections, notes, and calm ways to rediscover what you meant to revisit.

Question 2

How is Glimpse different from a browser bookmark folder?

Accepted Answer

A browser folder mainly stores addresses and expects you to remember where you filed them. Glimpse adds useful context when available, searches by meaning as well as exact words, lets you ask from selected saved sources, and brings older saves back through Rediscover.

Question 3

How do I save a link?

Accepted Answer

Use the Android share menu from the app you are already in and choose Glimpse, or paste a link inside Glimpse. The link is saved first; useful context such as a summary and tags is added when available.

Question 4

What can I search?

Accepted Answer

You can search across the links, titles, summaries, tags, and notes in your saved library. Glimpse can match by meaning as well as by exact words, and falls back to keyword matching if the meaning-based option is unavailable.

Question 5

What is Ask Glimpse?

Accepted Answer

Ask lets you choose saved sources and ask a question about them. The answer is grounded in those selected saves and keeps its source links close by. You can also bring several selected links together into one synthesis or practical plan.

Question 6

How does Rediscover work?

Accepted Answer

Rediscover brings older saves back with clear context about why they may matter now. It includes journey cards and daily, weekly, and monthly recap surfaces, designed to feel like recognition rather than another inbox to clear.

Question 7

Can I organize things myself?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Collections are yours to create and manage. You can also add notes and quick reactions to a saved item, while Interests shows broader patterns Glimpse notices across your library.

Question 8

What is included for free?

Accepted Answer

Saving and organizing remain available, with 30 enriched saves, 30 searches, and 30 Ask queries each month. Current paid-plan details and regional pricing are shown in the app before purchase.

Question 9

What happens when I reach a monthly limit?

Accepted Answer

Your library does not disappear and saving does not stop. New links can be kept without AI-added context. Search and Ask explain that the allowance has been reached. Those connected features resume when the monthly allowance resets or your plan changes.

Question 10

What happens if an AI feature is unavailable?

Accepted Answer

Glimpse keeps the core library usable. Saves remain saved, search can use keywords, and places that benefit from generated text use a simple fallback or explain that the connected feature is temporarily unavailable.

Question 11

Can I back up my library?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can create and restore a backup file, choose a folder for it, schedule automatic backups after choosing that folder, and share a backup to another storage location you control.

Question 12

Where is my saved library stored?

Accepted Answer

Your saved links, summaries, tags, Collections, and notes are stored on your device. They are separate from the account, subscription, and limited product-analytics information needed to operate connected parts of Glimpse.

Question 13

What is processed when I use an AI feature?

Accepted Answer

Only the information needed for that action. For example, adding context to a save uses details from that link; an Ask response uses your question and the relevant selected-source context. Glimpse does not send your entire library as one bulk upload.

Question 14

Are notifications local?

Accepted Answer

Notification delivery is scheduled on your device. The wording may be drafted through an AI request using the context needed for that notification, and Glimpse uses fallback wording when that request is unavailable.

Question 15

Do I need an account?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Glimpse supports sign-in with Google and Apple. Account information is used for access, subscription status, and monthly allowances; it is handled separately from the library stored on your device.

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