distill
EARLY ACCESS BETA — FREE TO USE
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distill captures your perspective — not highlights, not summaries — after every book, podcast, or article. then surfaces it back when your thinking has had time to shift.
free to start. no highlights. no AI. just your thinking.
perspective
layer 01
active recall
1start a session
2consume something
3write what you think
1start a session
2consume something
3write what you think
built for
intentional focus.
start a session
tell distill what you're about to read, watch, or listen to. it takes 10 seconds.
write what stuck
when you're done, write what you actually think. no prompts, no AI — just you.
your library grows
every reflection you write lives here. search it, revisit it, watch it grow.
old thoughts come back
weeks later, a past reflection resurfaces. you'll be surprised how your thinking changed.
simple pricing
pricing for slow thinkers
choose your intellectual commitment.
Distill Thinker
the gym for your mind
$10/month
10 deep sessions per month
unlimited quick captures
personal search library
spaced resurfacing
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Distill Scholar
unlimited cognitive archive
$95/year
unlimited deep sessions
unlimited perspective layers
layer from your library anytime
100-day cognitive guarantee
Founding Member
limited to first 500 users
$499lifetime
lifetime access to all features
the brutalist reading guide
3 VIP waitlist bypass codes
priority support channel
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questions you might have
i already have a note-taking app. how is this different?+
note-taking apps store information. distill is a thinking tool — it makes you process what you consumed and resurfaces your past thinking so it compounds over time.
what if i don't have time?+
each reflection takes about 2 minutes. if you had time to read the book or watch the video, you have time to write one paragraph about it.
is my data private?+
yes. your reflections are private by default. you own your data and can export it as markdown or json at any time.
do i need to pay?+
no. you get 10 deep sessions per month for free. quick reflections are always unlimited.
you scrolled through 10,000 posts this month. how many made you think?