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Research Checkpoint
Research Checkpoint — Pause your research and pick it up later without losing your place.
About the app
About the app
Research Checkpoint is a Mac app that helps you pause a research project and pick it up later without losing your place.
Save links manually or capture selected Safari pages during an active research session. Organize sources, record decisions and open questions, and create a checkpoint with your next step. When you return, review the checkpoint and choose which saved tabs to reopen. A desktop widget shows a brief project summary.
Research stays on your Mac. The free version covers the core workflow; Pro adds unlimited projects, advanced source filters, and full history.
Key features
- ✓Save links manually or capture selected Safari pages during an active research session
- ✓Organize sources, decisions, and open questions
- ✓Create a checkpoint with your next step
- ✓Review a checkpoint and choose which saved tabs to reopen
- ✓See a brief project summary in a desktop widget
- ✓Unlock unlimited projects, advanced source filters, and full history with Pro
Popular ways to use it
- ✓Pause a research project with a clear next step
- ✓Resume work by reviewing decisions and open questions
- ✓Reopen the saved sources you choose
✓Research stays on your Mac
✓Optional Safari extension
✓Core workflow available for free
Questions & answers
Frequently asked questions
Do I need the Safari extension?+
No. Safari website access is optional. You can add links manually without the extension.
What does the extension capture?+
During an active research session, with the required website permission, the extension can record the URL, page title, visit time, tab/window identifiers, and optional reading position for eligible pages. It does not save page text, form entries, passwords, cookies, or network headers. You can exclude sites.
What does Pro add?+
The free version covers the core workflow. Pro adds unlimited projects, advanced source filters, and full history.
Where is my research stored?+
Research records stay locally on your Mac in the app container or the shared container used by the app, Safari extension, and widget. The app does not require an account or send research to a developer-operated server.
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Pause your research and pick it up later without losing your place.
Pause your research and pick it up later without losing your place.
