remio Reviews

The app is excellent; it can communicate with your local drives and folders. It has numerous integrations. I'm still getting used to it. One feature that I liked was the ability to improve a word document and then save it locally.
It provides seamless integration with multiple platforms, increasing productivity.
The ability to improve documents and save them locally is also useful for users who value efficiency.
Overall, it's an effective tool that can significantly improve your workflow.
Thank you.

After the 1st hour of installation I was hyped to jump on and leave a review because I could see the possibilities of Remio but I decided to wait a week and expand my usage before leaving the review.
Straight out the gate I was hype on Remio soon after installing the additional browser extension. Seeing it gather all my navigations and aggregating it all into a centralize 'webpage' knowledge base within the Remio app was a good start.

Using the browser extension is actually helpful while I'm conducting research which is a surprise to me as most browser extension get in the way more than they help. Being able to pop open/close a chat side panel works well especially since you can control the size of the side panel with a simple click-drag.

The App itself is the real winner though.
A simple side bar with a middle landing context window and once items selected a far right popout additional context window. What everyone has grown accustomed to. It works and makes navigation straight forward and natural.

It does take some getting used to how you want to see things (e.g. Make it Note, Add it to a Collection, Add to Favorites, etc) for later but provides a lot of options and flexibility.
IMO where Remio really shines is it's AI Provider Flexibility.
I've tried a bunch of tools, and honestly, the AI provider flexibility is unmatched. You aren't locked into their cloud models if you don't want to be.

The beauty is in the options: you can use the built-in Remio AI, go full BYOK, or even set up a Custom Provider to hook up your own local LLM running on LM Studio or Ollama. When I setup Ollama and later Openrouter it was easy to understand the field requirements once I jumped on their Discord and saw a couple screenshots.

For us Straico users, this is a massive deal. As another reviewer pointed out, Straico's API doesn't support tool calling, so pretty much no other tool like Remio can integrate with it properly (well Rabbitholes but no tool calling still).

But here's the kicker with Remio because of how robust their BYOK and custom provider setup is, you can work around it. You could simply plug an Openrouter API key into the Custom Provider section
Want to save money? Go even deeper and configure individual "free" Openrouter models (like Google Gemma or Mistral) within that same section. This level of tinkering to optimize cost and performance is something you just don't get elsewhere.

That said, I feel the search functionality itself is a bit of an overlooked powerhouse. It's good, but with all this data pouring in, I'd love to see them supercharge it with more advanced filters or semantic depth. Imagine the possibilities. Like X1 Search but better.

The mobile app is phone-ready and the capture-to-desktop sync is pretty sweet. But for it to really turn the corner, it needs those Knowledge Base Insights that the desktop app shows. Being able to see the collective connections and themes of everything I've captured, right on my phone, would be a game-changer. Maybe that's something the team can tackle way down the road.

And like others have said dark mode is a must and when they implement the device sync that will be a massive win for users like me.

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!