Criticly

Criticly is an AI companion focused on privacy for critical thought, helping you examine, question, and improve ideas quickly. As a lightweight app for Mac and Windows, Criticly allows you to select text from emails, research documents, Slack messages, or websites, receiving organized insights, critiques, and clarifying questions in moments.

This tool transforms how you interact with information by turning complexity into clarity. With 8 integrated AI tools—including Distill, Evaluate, Question, Counter, Expand, Summary, Explain, and Quiz—Criticly makes passive reading into active reasoning. It supports extracting logic, identifying bias, testing comprehension, and exploring different perspectives, without disrupting your workflow.

Unlike many AI productivity tools, Criticly is designed with a privacy-first approach, and only uses local execution when possible. Whether writing, studying, or analyzing, Criticly enhances your thought process to be sharper, faster, and more structured—a true “thinking assistant.”