Bananote is a NoteGPT alternative built around your classes. Record the lecture itself, or add a YouTube link, PDF or pasted text, and Bananote turns it into structured notes, flashcards and scored quizzes automatically, in 100+ languages. Everything lands in one study library, so you review exactly what your course covered.
Your most important source is the class you're sitting in. Start a recording on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or in your browser, with AirPods or a Bluetooth microphone if you like, and Bananote turns the lecture into structured notes and a summary automatically. Recorded it on another device? Upload the audio file instead. You stay present in class and still leave with notes.
Paste a YouTube link and Bananote transcribes and summarizes it. Upload a PDF, or export your slides as a PDF, and get structured notes from it. NoteGPT has its own flashcard maker and quiz generator too. In Bananote, the flashcards and scored quizzes with explanations come from the same video or PDF and sit next to its notes in one library, so the explainer you watched and the reading you skimmed become something you can practice with. Try the YouTube summarizer or the PDF summarizer.
A summary is where studying starts, not where it ends. From one lecture you get structured notes in a built-in template like lecture notes or one you make yourself, flashcards for active recall, scored quizzes, and a chat that answers questions about your notes so you can find gaps before the exam. Every lecture, video and reading sits in one library with folders, favorites and search, so the week before finals you find any note in seconds.
Bananote transcribes lectures in 100+ languages and translates your notes into any language. Take the class in one language and review it in another. That helps if you're an international student, study in a second language or take classes in more than one.
On iPhone and iPad, start a recording from the lock screen widget, use Siri and Shortcuts, and find any note with Spotlight search. The native Mac app and the web app in any browser use the same account, so a lecture you record on your phone is waiting on your laptop when you sit down to study.
Lecture recordings and notes are personal. Bananote keeps your notes private by default and shares them only if you choose. The AI providers Bananote uses are not allowed to train on your data, and notes you delete are permanently erased.
Also comparing apps that study from YouTube videos and PDFs? See how Bananote stacks up against Turbo AI and NotebookLM, or see every comparison.
NoteGPT does a lot well, and for some students it's the better pick. Here's where it comes out ahead.
NoteGPT offers a Chrome extension, NoteGPT YouTube Summary, plus an add-on for Microsoft Edge. The Chrome extension summarizes YouTube videos and turns transcripts into notes, and NoteGPT says it handles videos without subtitles and whole playlists. If most of your studying happens on YouTube in Chrome or Edge, that fits right into how you already watch.
NoteGPT goes well beyond studying. Next to its summarizers you'll find tools for slides, images, text to speech, spreadsheets, video generation, deep research and data analysis, plus an AI detector, an AI humanizer and an essay writer. If you want one account for schoolwork, side projects and content creation, NoteGPT covers more ground.
In NoteGPT you can chat with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek models, and its chat can search the web and organize key points with sources. If you like comparing answers across models, or you want to pull in sources from beyond your own class material, NoteGPT gives you more choice.