Quincy is a local PDF reader with AI study tools
Quincy is a Mac PDF reader made for studying hard documents. You can ask questions about the page, make a quiz, and get a summary. Your files stay local, and the AI features use your own LLM key.
Key points
- You can ask questions about the PDF page you are reading.
- It can make a quiz or summary from the current page.
- It also includes notes, bookmarks, text copy, and read-aloud features.
- It is local, has no cloud sync yet, and needs your own LLM key for AI calls.
Quick term guide
- A common file format that keeps a document’s layout the same across devices.
- OC
- Short for Original Character — a fictional character invented by the user themselves, not from an existing story or franchise.
- local
- Stored or run inside the user’s own system instead of only on an outside server.
- LLM key
- A private access key that lets an app use an AI service like ChatGPT.
- LLM
- An AI model that reads and writes text.
- cloud sync
- A feature that keeps the same files and settings across your devices.
- cloud
- A remote computer you use over the internet instead of your own device.
- Sync
- Keeping the same information updated across all your different devices.