Strawberry Notes, Notability, Goodnotes, Notion, Quizlet, Knowt, and RemNote compared on their AI study tools: quizzes, flashcards, summaries, recordings, price, and privacy.
Quick Summary
AI can turn your notes into quizzes, flashcards, and study guides, but every app does it differently. Some work from your handwriting, some from uploads and recordings, and most charge extra for AI.
Here's how the popular AI study apps compare, with every fact checked against each app's own website in September 2026.
Quick picks
Best for studying from your own notes
Strawberry Notes
Chat, summaries, quizzes, study guides, and games made from your handwritten notes. Free starter credits, then pay only for what you use.
The Best AI Study Apps for Students in 2026, feature by feature
Feature
Strawberry Notes
Notability
Goodnotes
Notion
Quizlet
Knowt
RemNote
AI study tools
Yes:Chat, summaries, study guides, games, and quizzes with matching, fill-in-the-blank, and ordering questions. Free starter credits, then pay only for what you use
Yes:Summaries, quizzes, and flashcards on Plus. Chat with notes on Pro
Yes:Summaries, quizzes, and Q&A. 5 a month free, full AI on Pro, heavy use $9.99 a month extra
Partly:Only a trial on Free and Plus. Full AI needs Business ($24 a month)
Yes:Study guides, practice tests, and Ask Quizlet chat. More on paid plans
Yes:AI notes, flashcards, practice tests, and a tutor. Unlimited on Ultra
Yes:Flashcards, quizzes, summaries, and chat. Monthly credits by plan
Flashcards
Yes:Built in, with FSRS spaced repetition, image occlusion, and Anki import
Yes:Spaced repetition and Anki import
Yes:Study Sets with spaced repetition. No image occlusion that we could find
No:Not built in. Templates and third-party tools only
Yes:A huge public library. Spaced repetition on the web only
Yes:Study modes and spaced repetition. No image occlusion that we could find
Yes:Built in, with SM-2 by default (FSRS in beta), image occlusion, and Anki import
Record audio
No:Not yet
Yes:Its signature feature: recordings that replay with your writing
Yes:Recordings synced to your writing
Partly:AI meeting notes, on Business plans only
Yes:Record lectures into study guides and flashcards
Yes:Record lectures into notes and flashcards
Yes:Lecture recorder with a live transcript
Write on PDFs
Yes:Write on PDFs and scans, or read side by side
Yes:Also Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files
Yes:On every plan, even free
Partly:View PDFs, but you can't write on them
Partly:Upload PDFs to make study guides, but you can't write on them
Partly:Upload PDFs to make AI notes and flashcards
Yes:Highlight PDFs and link parts into your notes
Handwriting
Yes:Smooth, realistic-looking ink with pens, pencil, highlighter, study tape, and shape recognition
Yes:Smooth Apple Pencil writing with pens, highlighters, study tape, and shape recognition
Yes:Smooth Apple Pencil writing with pens, highlighters, and shape recognition
No:No
No:No handwritten notes. You can scan a page to make a set
No:No handwriting
Partly:An add-on to its typed outlines: handwritten pages or a canvas, and drawing on PDFs
Price
$19.99 a year (7 days free), $4.99 a month, or $39.99 once
Free for 5 notes. Paid plans from $5.99 a month or $14.99 a year. Pro is $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year
Free for 3 notebooks. $11.99 a year, or $35.99 a year for Pro with sync across devices
Free for personal use. Plus is $12 a month or $120 a year, free for students
Free with limits. Plus plans up to $44.99 a year in the App Store
Free with ads and 1 AI summary a month. Ultra is $24.99 a month or $149.99 a year
Free with limits. Pro is $10 a month or $96 a year, $20 a month with AI. Higher in the App Store
Works on
iPad and iPhone. Android, Windows, and Mac coming soon
iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows, and web
iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows, and web
Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, and web
iPhone, iPad, Android, and web
iPhone, iPad, Android, and web
Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, and web
Where your notes live
Yes:Your device, plus your own iCloud if you want it. Back up your whole library as one file anytime. We can't read your notes
Notability Cloud, their servers, or iCloud. AI features process your notes in the cloud
iCloud, or Goodnotes Cloud on Pro to sync across devices. AI runs in the cloud
Notion's servers. AI uses partners like OpenAI and Anthropic
Quizlet's servers
Knowt's servers. The free plan has ads
RemNote's servers, or local-only knowledge bases on desktop
App by app
1. Strawberry Notes
The all-in-one study app for iPad and iPhone.
You want notes, flashcards, and tasks in one simple app, with docs and a calendar coming soon
You write by hand on infinite pages with infinite zoom
You want to link your notes and see them all on a map
You want flashcards scheduled with FSRS, plus image occlusion and Anki import
You want to use AI and only pay for what you use
You want your notes private, on your device and your own iCloud
If you take notes by hand, Strawberry Notes turns them into quizzes, study guides, games, and flashcards with FSRS spaced repetition, and you only pay for the AI you use. Notability is great for AI from recorded lectures, Knowt for turning files into flashcards, Quizlet for practice tests with ready-made sets, and Notion for writing and planning.
Often. Notability's AI starts on its Plus plan, Goodnotes' full AI needs Pro, Notion's full AI needs the Business plan, and Knowt's unlimited AI needs Ultra. Strawberry Notes gives new accounts free starter credits, then you pay only for what you use, or connect your own OpenRouter key.
Strawberry Notes, Notability, and Goodnotes are handwriting apps with AI study tools built in. Quizlet, Knowt, RemNote, and Notion work mostly from typed notes, uploaded files, and recordings.
It depends on the app. Most AI study tools send your notes to their own servers or AI partners. In Strawberry Notes, your library stays on your device and your own iCloud, AI only sees what you choose to share, and chats aren't stored.
