# StudityAI and Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)

> Research and listen with Google, exam and review plan with StudityAI. NotebookLM was renamed Gemini Notebook on 16 July 2026. It answers from your sources and creates audio overviews, mind maps, flashcards and quizzes. StudityAI focuses on one job: passing the exam from your own script, with a spaced-repetition review queue and a graded exam simulator (Plus and up).

**Comparison page**: https://studity.ai/compare/studityai-vs-notebooklm
**StudityAI website**: https://studity.ai
**Pricing**: https://studity.ai/pricing
**Free tier**: 4 spaces with up to 8 documents each, 15 AI requests per day, flashcards, mindmaps and a spaced-repetition review queue. No credit card, no time limit.
**Compared product**: Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) by Google

## TL;DR

Gemini Notebook is a strong, source-grounded research notebook. Flashcards, quizzes, mind maps, audio overviews and (from September 2026) an audio recorder exist on both sides, so they are not the difference. StudityAI adds the path to the exam: a review queue that shows which cards are due today and a graded exam simulator with essay feedback. Many students will use both.

## What Gemini Notebook is good at

- Source-grounded chat and research across many sources
- Audio and video overviews
- Mind maps, flashcards and quizzes from your sources
- Students aged 18+ in Germany can get Google AI Plus free for a year until 31 Dec 2026

## What StudityAI adds

- Spaced-repetition review queue built from your materials
- Exam simulator with multiple choice, open answers and essay feedback (Plus and up)
- AI exam planner up to your exam date (Plus and up)
- One space per course: material, cards and review queue together
- Database in London (UK)

## Feature comparison

**As of**: 27 September 2026. Competitor cells name their source; prices change, the provider's own page is authoritative. "Plus and up" = not in the StudityAI free tier.

| Feature | StudityAI | Gemini Notebook | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat with your documents | ✅ | ✅ | [Google blog, 16 Jul 2026](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-notebook/notebooklm-gemini-notebook/) |
| Audio podcast / Audio Overview | ✅ Plus and up | ✅ | [Google blog, 16 Jul 2026](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-notebook/notebooklm-gemini-notebook/) |
| Mind maps | ✅ | ✅ (Free: 10 a day) | [Gemini Notebook help](https://support.google.com/gemininotebook/answer/16212283?hl=en) |
| Flashcards and quizzes | ✅ | ✅ | [Google blog, 09/2026](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-notebook/new-study-tools-september-2026/) |
| Lecture recording | ✅ Plus and up | ✅ Audio recorder (rolling out 09/2026) | [Google blog, 09/2026](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-notebook/new-study-tools-september-2026/) |
| Spaced-repetition review queue | ✅ | not compared | |
| Exam simulator with essay feedback | ✅ Plus and up | not compared | |
| Student community | ⚠️ Friends and 1-to-1 messages (Plus and up), group chats (Premium); material sharing not open yet | not compared | |
| Free tier | ✅ No payment method | ✅ With daily limits | [Gemini Notebook help](https://support.google.com/gemininotebook/answer/16212283?hl=en) |
| Student offer (DE) | – | Google AI Plus free for 1 year (18+, until 31 Dec 2026, payment method required, then €4.99/month) | [Google Germany blog](https://blog.google/intl/de-de/produkte/suchen-entdecken/gemini-lernfunktionen-kostenloses-abo/) |

## Pricing

- **StudityAI Free**: €0 forever. 4 spaces, up to 8 documents per space, 15 AI chats per day, spaced-repetition review queue, flashcards, mindmaps, 2 AI-generated PDFs per month, 8 MB maximum file size. No credit card required.
- **StudityAI Plus**: €9.90/month incl. VAT. Unlimited spaces and documents, 50 AI chats per day, exam simulator (multiple choice, short answer and essay questions with AI feedback), image solver, audio podcasts, PDF export, 15 MB maximum file size, 10 h of live-session recording per week.
- **StudityAI Premium**: €19.90/month incl. VAT. All Plus features, more AI chats (max. 50 requests per hour, plus a daily fair-use budget), 30 MB maximum file size, 15 h of live-session recording per week.
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No separate student discount: the listed price is already the student price. Semester billing saves 10%, yearly billing 20%.

## Who should pick what

- **Pick StudityAI if**: You want the path to the exam from your own script: review queue, mock exams, exam plan.
- **Use Gemini Notebook alongside** for research across many sources and for audio or video overviews.


## Data and hosting

- StudityAI's database runs in London (UK) (Supabase, eu-west-2); uploaded files are stored with Cloudflare R2
- No training on user content; AI requests run on Google's Gemini API (Google keeps them for up to 55 days to detect abuse)
- AI requests themselves are processed by Google's Gemini API, which is not EU-only infrastructure
- User data deletable on request
- Multilingual UI: German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
- Operated by Studity Tech GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

## Further reading

- [All StudityAI comparisons](https://studity.ai/compare)
- [Full LLM documentation](https://studity.ai/llms-full.txt)
- [Short LLM summary](https://studity.ai/llms.txt)
- [Pricing](https://studity.ai/pricing)
- [Features](https://studity.ai/features)
- [Try StudityAI free](https://studity.ai/auth/register)