Helpolos

Overview

Helpolos is a YouTube video workspace for learners and developers who want transcripts, study aids, or transcript and summary APIs. It is a strong fit for individual study and modest transcript workloads; teams needing high API throughput or translated transcripts should look elsewhere.

Key features

Each video analysis can combine a summary and timestamped transcript with a mind map and quiz. That range makes the product more useful for structured review than a recap-only tool, though its credit model makes repeated analysis a resource to manage. Users can start from public YouTube links or YouTube search, and transcript tools support searching, copying, and downloading.

Video chat answers questions against a video's transcript and links responses to moments in the video. Those references help users verify context rather than treating an answer as a standalone claim. Chapter generation is supported, and Free includes PDF, TXT, and copy export.

Developers can call the Transcript API and Summarizer API with an API key. The Transcript API returns timestamped plain text in the video's original language, with no translation, and permits five requests per second per key. That is a workable ceiling for light integrations, but a poor fit for a high-throughput pipeline or a workflow that needs translated output.

Free subscription credits reset at midnight UTC each day and do not roll over. Reopening or reloading an analyzed video uses another credit, so the 10-credit daily allowance can run down faster than the number of distinct videos suggests.

Helpolos says personal data is processed within the EEA and is not sold or rented. Cloudflare provides bot and DDoS protection; Google login and Stripe payment processing are also named as third-party services.

Pricing

The Free plan costs 0.00 USD per free, lasts forever, and requires no card. It provides 10 credits per day, summaries, transcripts, mind maps, quizzes, video AI chat, and PDF/TXT/copy export. It is a useful way to study occasionally or assess the workflow, but daily resets, non-carryover credits, and the cost of revisiting analyzed videos limit sustained use.

Premium annual costs 6.00 USD per year, billed annually at $72. Premium monthly costs 10.00 USD per month, billed monthly. Both raise the allowance to 100 credits per day and add extended chat context, priority processing, and priority support. Annual is the lower monthly-equivalent choice for users willing to commit for the billing year; monthly costs more but avoids that annual billing commitment. Both include email support with responses within one business day, with Premium users receiving priority support. There is no free trial. A full refund is available within seven days of first purchase if usage has not been excessive; subscriptions are non-refundable after that period.

API credits are separate pay-as-you-go purchases, valid for 12 months: Asteroid costs 10.00 USD per once for 10,000 credits; Moon costs 50.00 USD per once for 55,000; Planet costs 100.00 USD per once for 120,000; Star costs 500.00 USD per once for 650,000; and Galaxy costs 1000.00 USD per once for 1,400,000. These packages suit developers who prefer prepaid usage over a subscription, but the Transcript API's five-request-per-second limit still applies.

Platforms

Helpolos is available on the web and through APIs. It is provided by Foundea GmbH, whose listed address is in Ulm, Germany.

Who it's for

Choose Helpolos if you study public YouTube videos and want a transcript, recap, and review materials in one place, or if you are building a modest integration around transcripts or summaries. Its free daily allowance makes it approachable for occasional use. It is less suited to users who need translation, developers whose request rate exceeds the stated limit, or teams looking for a platform beyond web and API access.

Pros and cons

• Pros: One analysis can produce a transcript, summary, mind map, and quiz, giving learners multiple ways to review the same video.
• Pros: Transcript-grounded chat links answers to video moments, while transcript search and export support follow-up work.
• Pros: Free provides 10 daily credits without a card, and the APIs offer prepaid credit packages with 12-month validity.
• Cons: Free credits reset daily without rollover, and revisiting an analyzed video consumes another credit.
• Cons: Transcript API traffic is capped at five requests per second per API key, and results stay in the original language.

Alternatives

Browse AI Video Summarizers to compare a broader set of tools. Consider Scribiz if its wider Linux, macOS, and Windows support better matches your device mix; it also has a free plan with 30 caption lookups a day. TLDWai is an option for buyers seeking a paid API and web tool with a listed monthly plan at 2.13 USD per month and no video summary limit.

Claras may suit users who prefer a browser extension and web app, with a free allowance of three videos per month and a Pro tier at 4.39 USD per month. For iOS, Distill is the platform-specific alternative. Video Highlight is another extension and web option, with a free allowance of about 7 hr 30 min of public video processing and one private upload.

AI VidSummary offers an extension and web app with 10 free summaries per day, including YouTube and file upload. ScreenApp is a web alternative with a free plan for individuals and teams limited to 10 local backup videos. SonicScribe is another web option; its free plan includes three transcripts per day and AI chat.

Verdict

Helpolos is a good choice for learners who want more than a summary and for developers with small, original-language YouTube transcript workloads. Its combination of study tools, transcript-grounded chat, and accessible free use is the reason to choose it. Look elsewhere if you need translated transcripts, more than five API requests per second, or a desktop platform.