Comparison

Notlu vs Scriber

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • AI Mind Mapping from PDFs
  • Visual study notes
  • Memory retention enhancement
  • Supports lecture recordings
  • YouTube link integration
  • Designed for neurodivergence
Features
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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/

About

Scriber

This app provides live captions and translations for lectures, automatically generating notes, flashcards, and summaries. It helps international students and learners follow along in their preferred language and study more effectively.

Highlights
  • Live captions and translation
  • Automatic note-taking (Cornell-style)
  • Flashcard generation
  • AI-powered Q&A for lectures
  • Slide synchronization
  • Course study guides
  • Lecture summarization
Features
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Sitting in a lecture in your second language? Scriber shows every sentence as it is said, with the translation right underneath, and writes the notes while you listen. Built for international students: record the class, follow along in your own language, and leave with a structured outline, a summary, and an AI you can ask about what was said. LIVE CAPTIONS AND TRANSLATION See what is being said as it is said, with the translation underneath. Switch between the original, both languages, or the translation alone at any time. Recording keeps going while your phone is locked or you are in another app. NOTES THAT WRITE THEMSELVES Scriber builds a Cornell-style outline as the lecture runs: topics, the points under them, and recall questions alongside. It revises earlier lines as the lecture makes them clearer, so you end up with notes rather than a wall of text. FLASHCARDS FROM EVERY LECTURE Each lecture becomes a deck: the recall questions from your notes with the answers the lecturer gave, and the key terms explained the way they were explained in class. Tap Hear it on any card to play the moment it was said. With Pro, every card, a review of a whole course in one go, and daily reviews timed to what you are about to forget. SLIDES THAT FOLLOW THE LECTURE Add the lecturer's PDF and every page is matched to the part of the recording where it was covered: open a page to see what was said and the notes taken over it, or play the recording and watch the slides turn with it. A STUDY GUIDE FOR EVERY COURSE Read all of a course's notes on one page, and generate a study guide from them: the themes that run through the course, a glossary, and practice questions with answers. SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS When the recording stops, Scriber writes an overview of the whole lecture and pulls out its key concepts, in the language you chose. ASK ABOUT THE LECTURE Ask questions while you are recording or long afterwards. Answers come from your own transcript and notes, so they are about the class you actually attended. IMPORT RECORDINGS Already have a recording or a lecture video? Import it and get the same transcript, translation, notes and summary. ORGANIZED BY COURSE Recordings sit in folders. Tap any line of the transcript to jump the audio to that moment, and follow along while it plays. SHARE Send one lecture to a classmate with a link, or share a whole folder with a study group. Terms of Use: https://scriber.ca/terms Privacy Policy: https://scriber.ca/privacy

Screenshots

Notlu4 screens
Scriber4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Scriber at 5.0 against Notlu's 3.6. Scriber also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Notlu's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Scriber sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Notlu asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scriber holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notlu has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notlu ships an update fortnightly, Scriber weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Notlu versus Scriber: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotluScriber
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYazan TahaScriber Technologies Inc.

Customer experience

Notlu

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Scriber

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Notlu

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Scriber

Subscriptions4
  • Scriber Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Scriber Max Monthly$22.991 Month
  • Scriber Pro Annual$169.991 Year
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  • Scriber Max Annual$209.991 Year

Questions

Is Notlu free?
Notlu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scriber free?
Scriber is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notlu or Scriber?
Scriber is rated higher. Notlu averages 3.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Scriber averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Notlu or Scriber have ads?
Neither Notlu nor Scriber shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notlu or Scriber?
Notlu ships an update fortnightly, and Scriber weekly. Most recently, Notlu was updated on October 28, 2026 and Scriber on October 24, 2026.

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