Record a Lecture or Upload One, Get Notes and a Chat
ScreenApp does not have YouLearn’s built-in flashcards, quiz mode, or practice exams. What it does that YouLearn does not: it records a lecture directly from your phone or browser. YouLearn accepts an uploaded recording, a PDF, slides, or a YouTube link, it does not capture live audio itself.
Add your material and the AI reads or listens to the whole thing, then answers questions about it the same way a study partner would. PDFs and office documents are converted so they can be read and chatted with, the same as a recording
What you get:
- Record a lecture live, or upload a video, audio file, PDF, or slide deck, or paste a YouTube link
- A transcript in 100+ languages for anything you record or upload
- AI notes: a structured summary with the main concepts and any assignments mentioned
- AI chat with any recording: ask it questions, or ask it to write practice questions as text you paste into a deck yourself
- Exports as PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT
- Free plan: 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each, with AI chat on it
How to Turn a Lecture into Notes You Can Chat With
- Add your material: record a lecture on your phone or in the browser, upload a file you already have, or paste a YouTube link.
- Let it process: ScreenApp transcribes the recording, or reads the PDF, and generates AI notes a few minutes after upload.
- Ask the chat: open the chat and ask a question about the material, or ask it to write practice questions from the notes. Copy the text into Anki, Quizlet, or wherever you keep a deck.
Note quality follows source quality. A clear recording with one speaker at a time gives better notes than a noisy hall recording. See how we measure accuracy.
ScreenApp vs YouLearn and Other Study Tools
| Feature | ScreenApp | YouLearn | RemNote | Quizlet | Knowt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Records a lecture live | Yes | No | No | No | Yes, records a live class and creates notes, flashcards, podcasts, and practice tests from it |
| Free tier | 2 transcriptions, up to 45 min each, with AI chat | 3 uploads/pastes/recordings a day | Free plan, limited annotated PDFs | Free account | the first video free |
| Built-in flashcards | No | Yes, flashcards, quizzes, and personalized practice exams | Yes, AI-generated flashcards with spaced repetition | Yes, Flashcards mode | Yes, generates flashcards from lecture notes |
| Built-in quiz mode | No | Yes, flashcards, quizzes, and personalized practice exams | Yes, multiple-choice quizzes | Yes, Learn mode (adaptive practice questions) and Test mode | Not stated |
| Chat answers questions on your content | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Not stated | Yes, Yes |
| Paid plan | $19/month annual | $12/month annual | $8/month annual | Not stated | Not stated |
Sources, checked 2026-09-17: ScreenApp pricing, knowt.com/ai-lecture-note-taker, app.youlearn.ai/pricing, knowt.com/ai-video-summarizer, youlearn.ai, remnote.com/feature/study-guide-maker, quizlet.com/features/flashcards, quizlet.com/features/learn, remnote.com/pricing
Key differences:
- vs YouLearn: YouLearn’s free plan is capped at 3 uploads, pastes, or recordings a day, and its Pro plan is $12 a month billed annually ($20 monthly). It has flashcards, quizzes, and personalized practice exams built in, which ScreenApp does not. ScreenApp’s difference is that it records the lecture itself, live, rather than only accepting a recording someone else made.
- vs RemNote: RemNote builds AI-generated flashcards with spaced repetition and multiple-choice quizzes directly from your notes, at $8 a month annual. ScreenApp does not have a flashcard deck or a quiz mode; it records and transcribes the lecture, and its chat will write questions as text if you ask.
- vs Quizlet: Quizlet’s Flashcards mode and Learn mode (adaptive practice questions) and Test mode are built for reviewing a set you already made. ScreenApp’s job is capturing and summarizing the lecture itself, not reviewing a deck.
- vs Knowt: Knowt records a live class and creates notes, flashcards, podcasts, and practice tests from it. ScreenApp is closer to Knowt on recording, but does not generate flashcards, podcasts, or practice tests from the notes the way Knowt does.
Who Uses This YouLearn Alternative
Students in class record the lecture live from their phone instead of typing notes, then read the AI summary and ask the chat about anything they missed.
Students who already use Anki or Quizlet ask the chat for practice questions or flashcard-style pairs from a lecture’s notes and paste them into the deck they already study from.
Students working from YouTube or slides paste a link or upload a PDF the same way they would upload a recording, and get a transcript or a document the chat can answer questions about.
Teachers record their own class, get the AI notes, and share the transcript with students who missed the session.
Graduate students and researchers upload recorded seminars or PDFs of papers and ask the chat about a specific concept instead of rereading the whole document.
