Notlu vs Micabo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notlu
Transform dense study materials like PDFs, lecture recordings, and YouTube videos into visual mind maps. This app is designed to enhance memory retention and is particularly beneficial for visual learners and individuals with ADHD.
- AI Mind Mapping from PDFs
- Visual study notes
- Memory retention enhancement
- Supports lecture recordings
- YouTube link integration
- Designed for neurodivergence
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Are you a visual learner? Tired of digging through endless walls of text? Notlu takes your dense PDFs, chaotic lecture recordings, and YouTube links and instantly spins them into beautiful mind maps. • AI Mind Mapping: Drop in a syllabus PDF, watch it branch out. • Memory Retention: Stick concepts in your brain for midterms and finals. • Built for Neurodivergence: A game-changer for ADHD. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Micabo
Transform your study materials into concise summaries and flashcards. This app uses spaced repetition to help you review effectively and plans your study sessions leading up to exams. Share your courses with friends or keep them private.
- Import courses from various file types and videos
- Generate summaries and flashcards automatically
- Spaced repetition for effective review
- Exam date planning and study session scheduling
- Share courses with friends
- Progress tracking and streaks
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Your courses become a summary you reread, and flashcards Micabo brings back just before you forget. Drop in a handout, a photo of the whiteboard, a Word file or a video. Micabo writes the summary, pulls out the cards and plans your sessions. Exam coming up? The plan tightens toward that day. WHAT YOU DO - Import a course (PDF, photos, Word, YouTube or text) - Read the summary, fix it, reread it - Review your cards with spaced repetition - Set an exam date - Share a course with friends, or keep it to yourself THREE TABS Courses: everything you've imported. Review: the cards due today, nothing else. Profile: your streak, your totals, your friends. FREE AND PRO Without a subscription: 1 course, 70% of the summary, 5 cards per session. Micabo Pro: unlimited courses and cards, full summary, exam mode. 3-day free trial. Auto-renewing subscriptions: - Yearly: €59.99 per year - Weekly: €7.99 per week Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically within 24 hours before the end of the current period unless cancelled. Manage your subscription in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Micabo at 5.0 against Notlu's 4.0. Micabo also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Notlu's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Micabo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Notlu asks for nothing beyond the download.
Micabo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notlu has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Notlu ships an update fortnightly, Micabo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notlu | Micabo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yazan Taha | Adrien Martinot |
Customer experience
Notlu
Micabo
In-app purchases
Notlu
No in-app purchases
Micabo
- Micabo Pro Wöchentlich3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Micabo Pro Jährlich Rabatt$35.991 Year
- Micabo Pro Jährlich3 Days trial$59.991 Year
