remio Reviews

Remio has a very interesting take on creating an AI knowledge base. It is easy to set up and a no-brainer for the price. The integration of webpage highlighting and podcast functionality is commendable, and it is worth it only for this.

A few things I would like to see:
- The "Ask remio" feature could be enhanced to allow referenced documents (@[title]{#itemid}) to open in a separate pane (e.g., the left side) while the chat interface remains open on the other side (e.g., the right), rather than replacing the chat.
- Simplification of the use of new local models such as Gemma 4.
- MCP integration with Gmail/Outlook could enable remio to pre-draft email responses that synchronise directly with these services.
- The prompts library could be improved to dynamically assist users in refining their prompts, moving beyond a static collection.

I’ve been using Remio for a bit now under LTD Tier 3, and it’s honestly a game-changer. The Podcast integration is probably my favorite part—being able to dig through transcripts and find that one specific quote without re-listening to the whole hour is a massive time-saver. I also love the Local Folders feature; it’s such a relief to have an AI that can actually "read" my existing files and PDFs right where they are.

The team is also super supportive, and you can tell they actually care about privacy.

My only wish? I’d love to see more step-by-step video tutorials or written guides. The tool is great, but some deep-dive materials would help me get even more out of it.

Definitely worth checking out!

I have multiple PKMs, one for each medium—podcasts and YouTube. I've been looking for something to capture my daily work activities. While Claude offers similar features, privacy is a major concern for many users, including myself.

I am in love with what Remio offers. Once it launches cross-device sync later this month, Remio will honestly be a tool I can't live without. Grab it while you can!

I honestly was not expecting to buy Remio, but I came across it yesterday, decided it was worth a try, and I’m very glad I did. I’ve been genuinely surprised by how good it is.

For the last few years, I’ve been trying to build a proper second brain using just about every tool you can think of, from Notion to Apple Notes to countless other note-taking apps. Most of them do some things well, but none of them have really felt like the complete answer. Remio looks like it could be.

What has impressed me most is the way it collects information while I browse, along with the context it keeps around that information. That part has genuinely blown me away. It feels far more useful and intelligent than I expected, and it has made a very strong first impression.

The one thing holding it back right now is device synchronization. If I could sync information across my iPhone, iPad, laptop, and work laptop (yes, 4 devices!), this could be an absolute game-changer. Even if local information stayed local, having a shared central space where selected notes or knowledge could sync across devices would be incredible. That would take this from excellent to "I can't live without this app" territory.

As it stands, this is still an easy five-taco review from me. I’m seriously impressed. But if the iOS app could access desktop information and synced knowledge across devices, it would be worth ten tacos.

More and more people are becoming wary of sharing their private documents and information with cloud models, as companies like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have been caught using user data for training, storage, and sharing with governments without user consent. Data is valuable to these companies because they can profile us and sell ads. For those like me who value privacy, it is great to see a tool like Remio that gives users the option to use cloud models or fully local models for 100% privacy. I asked a couple of questions, and the founder answered them all and has not ignored anyone, which is great to see.

I have been testing Remio, and it has been great so far. I connected my LM Studio Mistral 14b and Qwen 3.5 local models, and it has mostly been a smooth experience. The models can answer my questions or retrieve specific documents or information offline, without relying on any cloud model. I have noticed that with local models, you sometimes need to be more specific about which folder to use so it accesses the correct location. I have encountered some small bugs where the model does not find the document it needs to answer me, but I think this is because I need to be more specific. I do not use Chrome as my browser for privacy reasons. Chrome is one of the worst browsers for protecting privacy, as it tracks your location, IP, history, logins, and more, which I do not like. Instead, I use Firefox and LibreWolf, so I cannot use the Chrome extension currently offered. I hope they can add a Firefox extension for users who do not want to use Chrome for similar reasons.

Other updates I would like to see:
1. More prompts/bigger prompt library added by their team, and an option to save the AI response I get as a prompt. Right now, I can only save what I write as a question or have to create a separate note to save a prompt.
2. A prompt improver button based on what we write, whether using local LLM or cloud LLM.
3. Notes are all mixed up in one place which can be pretty overwhelming especially if you have hundreds overtime its impossible to go through them so it would be helpful if they had an option to organise these notes into folder or sub folders we can create and drage or move the notes to for better organization.
4. AI slides with an option for local LLMs, where there are templates to select and the local model fills out the template, instead of only a cloud LLM option. There is plenty of data and information in a slide generator that I would not want a cloud model to access when creating slides, for example customer names, medical information, or banking and finance details, where a local LLM is safer for this type of data processing.
5. A dark mode option, as the tool is very bright on the eyes.
6. An option to receive webhook information into Remio for saving data from external tools.
7. Finally, I would like to see a web search option for local LLMs that uses DuckDuckGo to keep searches anonymous and private, as it seems web search only works with cloud models. For example, LM Studio already has this function embedded, so I am sure it is not complicated to add DuckDuckGo or web search functionality for local LLM models in Remio.

Overall, I am happy with the tool so far! Great idea and great tool by the founder!