Comparison

Gemini Notebook vs Focus Alarm & Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Gemini Notebook

This AI-powered tool transforms complex information from various sources into clear, understandable insights. It allows users to upload documents, websites, and videos, then ask questions and receive summarized answers with inline citations. Users can also generate podcast-style audio discussions for a different learning experience.

Highlights
  • Upload PDFs, websites, and videos
  • AI-powered summarization
  • Ask questions about sources
  • Inline source citations
  • Podcast-style audio overviews
  • Offline access
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Turn complexity into clarity with Gemini Notebook, your brain’s new best friend. Join the millions of students, creators, researchers, professionals, CEOs, and more who are saving time, getting stuff done, and learning in new ways. “One of the most compelling and completely flabbergasting demonstrations of AI’s potential yet.” – The Wall Street Journal Now, with the Gemini Notebook app, you can create and access notebooks, ask questions whenever you think of them, and listen to your podcast-style Audio Overviews on the go with background playback and offline support. UPLOAD SOURCES Upload all your long and complex PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, or text into a notebook. INSIGHTS YOU CAN TRUST Gemini Notebook becomes an expert on your sources, summarizing them and making interesting connections. Then, you can ask it questions about, well, anything — and you can trust the answers, since your sources are cited in-line. LEARN YOUR OWN WAY Long blocks of text not your preferred way to learn? Transform what you uploaded into something more your speed, like a podcast-style audio discussion with two engaging AI hosts. You can even join the show to ask questions or steer the conversation in a different direction.

About

Focus Alarm & Timer

Features
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Get back to work, and stay on it. Session is the focus alarm that calls you back to your desk. You step away for a minute and an hour disappears. Session gives every break a clear end. Set when you want to be back, and when that moment comes, Session rings until you are at your desk again. FOCUS LOCK: THE ALARM YOU CAN'T SNOOZE AWAY Focus Lock is for the days you keep getting pulled away. - It rings as a full-screen alarm, even in silent mode. - Stop it without coming back, and it rings again five minutes later, up to three more times. - Pick the apps that steal your attention. Session blocks them with Screen Time until you return. - To end it, go back to your desk and scan your work screen with the camera. Proof that you are back ends the alarm and lifts the block. Recovery Unlock is always there if the camera is unavailable. Focus Lock blocks only what you choose. It never locks your whole phone. REMINDER ONLY Want something gentler? Reminder Only rings once at your return time and blocks nothing. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set a return time, or let Session read it from your screen. 2. Choose Focus Lock or Reminder Only. 3. Take your break without watching the clock. 4. Session calls you back. Scan your screen and keep going. BUILT FOR DEEP WORK Session works with the tools you already use. Today it reads the Usage screens of Claude Code and Codex, so it knows exactly when your coding agent is ready again and calls you back at that moment. You can always set a return time by hand. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Text recognition runs on your device. Camera images and the text read from them never leave your phone. Session never asks for your accounts and never sees your work. Product analytics is on by default and you can turn it off at any time in Settings. FREE TO START, SESSION PRO FOR EVERY DAY Start free with Limited Access: a few reminders each week. Session Pro removes the weekly limit and unlocks your History, so you can see every session you came back for. Session Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, offered weekly or annually, with introductory offers where shown. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when a free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Session is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic or OpenAI. Download Session and make your next break end on time. Privacy Policy: https://session-1fb.pages.dev/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://session-1fb.pages.dev/terms/

Screenshots

Gemini Notebook4 screens
Focus Alarm & Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Gemini Notebook at #34 against Focus Alarm & Timer's unranked. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gemini Notebook sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Focus Alarm & Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Gemini Notebook versus Focus Alarm & Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGemini NotebookFocus Alarm & Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (63K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings63K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#34 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB26 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGoogleDIJITALGOZLUK INTERAKTIF MEDYA REKLAMCILIK INTERNET HIZMETLERI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

Bugs and requests

Gemini Notebook

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Audio coming through earpiece instead of speaker
  • Interactive features not working properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to curate audio summaries
  • Sync saved notes from web version
  • Add mind maps, study guides, and other advanced features

Focus Alarm & Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Gemini Notebook

Subscriptions15
  • 100 GB2 variants$1.991 Month
  • 200 GB$2.991 Month
  • Google AI Plus (400 GB)2 variants$4.991 Month
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  • Google AI Plus (400 GB)1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Google AI Plus (2 TB)2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Google AI Pro (5 TB)2 variants$19.991 Month
  • Google AI Pro (5 TB)1 Month trial2 variants$19.991 Month
  • 100 GB2 variants$19.991 Year
  • 5 TB2 variants$24.991 Month
  • 200 GB2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Google AI Plus (400 GB)$49.991 Year
  • 10 TB2 variants$49.991 Month
  • Google AI Pro (5 TB)$199.991 Year
  • Google AI Pro (2 TB)$199.991 Year
  • Google AI Ultra (30 TB)2 variants$249.991 Month
2 purchases

Focus Alarm & Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Session Pro Weekly3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Session Pro Annual1 Month trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Gemini Notebook free?
Gemini Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus Alarm & Timer free?
Focus Alarm & Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gemini Notebook or Focus Alarm & Timer have ads?
Neither Gemini Notebook nor Focus Alarm & Timer shows ads.

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