TinaMind
TinaMind, Inc. · Coding
TinaMind is a browser extension plus the WiseInks web workspace: one AI account for chatting on any page, summarizing YouTube videos, pulling answers from documents, and building mind maps.
About TinaMind
What Is TinaMind
TinaMind started as a sidebar for Chrome that wrapped several AI models into one assistant. Click the icon on any page and you get chat, translation, writing help, and a summary of whatever you are reading. The extension now runs on version 2.26.0, keeps a 3.7 star average across 695 Chrome Web Store ratings, and shows roughly 30,000 installs on its store listing.
The company has since grown into a second product. WiseInks, reached at wiseinks.tinamind.com, is a web workspace with four modules: Documents, Whiteboards, Mind Maps, and ChatBot. Version 2.0 shipped with agent features that pick up context from your files. Both products draw from one subscription, so the extension is the front door and the workspace is where longer work lives.
The catch is scope drift. Marketing pages still describe TinaMind as a browser extension powered by GPT-4, while the actual product runs GPT5, Gemini, and Claude models and pushes a full workspace. Read the pricing page before you buy, not the store blurb.
Getting Started
- Open the Chrome Web Store listing and add TinaMind, then pin the icon to your toolbar.
- Sign in with a Google account so the extension and WiseInks share one query balance.
- Open any article, PDF, or YouTube video and use the sidebar to summarize, translate, or ask questions about the page.
- Send a summary into WiseInks to turn it into a mind map or a draft document.
- Check Settings and Billing to see remaining queries and, on a paid plan, cancel or change your subscription.
Product Information
A quick look at TinaMind's pricing, supported platforms, and performance.
Best for
The users, tasks, and scenarios where this tool fits best.
Users
- Students working through long readings
- YouTube learners
- Writers and marketers
- Teams that plan visually
Tasks
- Summarizing a research paper
- Turning a video into notes
- Answering questions about a document
- Clearing an email backlog
Scenarios
- Coursework week
- Competitive research
- Meeting prep
- Multilingual reading
Key features
In-Page AI Sidebar
The browser AI sidebar opens beside whatever page you are on, so you can ask about the text in front of you instead of pasting it elsewhere. Quick actions handle summarizing, explaining, translating, and rewriting, and you can create your own shortcuts for repeated prompts.
YouTube Summaries and Chapter Notes
TubeLens, TinaMind's YouTube tool, builds a structured summary and a chapter breakdown for any video, then offers a mind map of the topic. It also translates subtitles, which helps when the video language is not yours. The company says it handles videos regardless of length or language.
Mind Map Generator
As an AI mind map generator, TinaMind turns any page, document, or video into a mind map in XMind compatible format. That matters for people who already outline in XMind, because the map imports without redrawing. Deeper expansion happens in WiseInks, where branches can grow into a full plan.
Document Analysis and Q&A
Document AI summary and question answering work on PDF, DOCX, PPTX, Markdown, TXT, and subtitle files, and you can ask about the contents. Uploads are capped at 20MB on the voice and audio side, so very large decks need splitting. Answers cite the section they came from, which makes checking easier.
WiseInks Workspace Modules
WiseInks adds documents, an infinite whiteboard, mind maps, and an AI chat in one account. The point is continuity: a summary from the extension becomes a document, then a whiteboard sketch, then a mind map. Four modules on one query balance beats four subscriptions.
Prompt Library
The extension ships a library of more than 800 public prompts and lets you save private collections. Prompts carry across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude tabs, which keeps a working setup consistent between models. Teams can share collections, and permissions stay limited.
AI Writing Tools
Drafting, paraphrasing, and grammar passes live inside the same panel as chat. Email replies get tone options, and length and format can be set before generation. It is a handy first pass, and heavy editing still lands on you.
Pros and cons
Pros
- One balance across products: the extension, TubeLens, and WiseInks pull from the same monthly queries, so you do not track separate meters.
- Free tier is usable: 30 queries a day covers casual reading, and no card is needed to start.
- Model choice is real: standard queries run on GPT5 mini, Gemini 3.1 Flash, and Claude Haiku, while advanced queries reach GPT5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Claude 4.6 Sonnet.
- XMind export: maps come out in a format XMind opens, which saves redrawing for anyone with an existing outlining habit.
Cons
- Query math is opaque: every 2,000 tokens counts as one query with a one query minimum, so long documents burn balance faster than the headline allowance suggests.
- Annual billing only: the pricing page lists $80, $200, and $400 per year with no monthly option shown, which raises the commitment for a trial run.
- Documentation lags the product: store copy still names GPT-4, so you should verify current model access before you rely on it.
- Rating sits at 3.7: 695 ratings put it below the top assistants, and slow answers at peak times come up in user feedback.
Frequently asked questions
It puts an AI assistant beside any web page, so you can summarize articles, translate text, answer questions about documents, and get YouTube summaries without switching apps. WiseInks extends that into documents, whiteboards, and mind maps.
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