CatchUp.help watches your YouTube livestreams 24/7 and generates AI-powered recaps that your viewers can request instantly in chat. No one falls behind. No one leaves.
You spend hours preparing and going live. But your viewers don't always show up on time. They join late, leave early, or miss the whole thing. When they ask "what happened?" in chat, no one answers. They disengage. They leave.
You can't pause a livestream to catch people up. You can't stop your flow to summarize the last hour. And your chat mods are busy keeping the vibe alive.
CatchUp.help solves this by listening to your stream in real-time and generating instant summaries. When a viewer types !recap in your YouTube live chat, CatchUp posts a concise summary of everything that happened so far.
New viewers get context instantly. Returning viewers stay engaged. You focus on streaming, not recapping.
Three steps. No coding. No complicated setup. Your stream stays live the entire time.
Sign in with your Google account and authorize CatchUp to access your YouTube channel. One click. No API keys to manage. We only need read access to your live chat.
Start your livestream as usual. CatchUp automatically detects when you're live and begins capturing audio from your stream in real-time. It converts speech to text and tracks everything that's said.
Anyone in your chat types !recapand gets an instant AI-generated summary of everything discussed so far. It's like having a co-host whose only job is keeping everyone up to speed.
Every feature is designed to make your livestreams more engaging and your viewers more connected.
CatchUp listens to your stream audio live, converting everything you say into text with Whisper AI. It works in 30+ languages and filters out music and silence automatically.
When a viewer types !recap, CatchUp generates a concise summary of everything covered since the stream started — and posts it directly in your YouTube live chat.
Once connected, CatchUp runs automatically. No need to start it manually for each stream. It detects when you go live and begins listening immediately.
Set your own recap trigger command (!recap, !summary, !whatshappened), adjust cooldowns, choose the response language, and set a maximum length.
Track your monthly hours, recap counts, and estimated costs from a clean dashboard. Know exactly what you're using and when you'll hit your limits.
Whether you stream 10 hours a month or 300, CatchUp adapts. Free tier covers casual streamers. Creator and Pro plans grow with your content.
Your viewers join mid-stream and miss the story. CatchUp summarizes quest progress, boss mechanics, and lore so nobody's lost.
"!recap — What boss are we fighting and what strategy are we using?"
Students tune in late or zone out. CatchUp recaps key concepts, formulas, and examples discussed so far — automatically.
"!recap — What have we covered about derivatives?"
Breaking news moves fast. CatchUp keeps viewers caught up on what topics were covered, what arguments were made, and what's next.
"!recap — What stories have been discussed so far?"
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Not at all. CatchUp connects to your livestream from our servers — it doesn't run on your computer or use your bandwidth. It pulls the public stream feed, just like a viewer would. Your OBS, bitrate, and performance are completely unaffected.
Nothing. CatchUp only activates when you're live. When you go offline, it stops listening and doesn't use any of your monthly hours. You only pay for actual livestream time.
CatchUp uses Whisper AI for speech recognition (one of the most accurate models available) and a large language model to generate summaries. It captures key topics, decisions, and events. It may miss brief sidebar conversations or jokes, but the main content of your stream is reliably summarized.
Yes! On Creator and Pro plans, you can set a custom command (instead of !recap), adjust the tone and length of summaries, choose the output language, and set cooldowns to prevent spam. Pro users can also define a custom AI persona for the bot.
Speech recognition works in 30+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and more. On the Pro plan, you can set the recap output language independently from the input language.
Currently CatchUp only works with live streams. VOD (video on demand) support is planned for a future update.
When you reach your limit, CatchUp will notify you via email and in the dashboard. Your service continues for the rest of the month, and recaps resume at the start of the next billing cycle. You can upgrade at any time for more hours.
CatchUp only processes audio from your public livestream. We don't store full transcripts — only the summaries posted to chat. Your Google account credentials are encrypted and never shared. We never access your private videos, comments, or analytics.
Connect your YouTube channel in under 2 minutes. Start free, upgrade when you're ready. Your viewers will thank you.
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