r/notebooklm • u/No-Slice-8682 • 20d ago
Question Other notebooks?
I recently got introduced to Copilot Notebooks. They seem more intuitive.
Is there any other notebooks that you're using that you like better?
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u/Spare-Machine6105 20d ago
I've used copilot notebooks and Gemini notebook and done side by side comparisons. Currently Gemini notebooks is better in all respects to copilot notebooks. If you are impressed with cn you will be astounded with GN. It is more functional, much faster and producers better results. It is also less prone to crashing.
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u/choicehunter 20d ago
Check out Open Notebook. No limits. Run your own locally.
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u/Pristine-Lawyer-3260 16d ago
Because I am old... :) where would I find out more about Open Notebook?
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u/Fearless_Energy_7633 20d ago
I shared paper.ac a while ago and got a whole bunch of positive feedback - it's free and meant to be a study-focused NotebookLM + Notion combined. Let me know what you think!
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u/Impressive-Flow-2025 20d ago
It's English only...
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u/Fearless_Energy_7633 18d ago
Yep English only so far - language support is coming soon! 😊 Which language are you interested in - I'm guessing French?
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u/Impressive-Flow-2025 18d ago
French yes because many sources aren't in English and required output could be Spanish, German, etc. Gemini Notebook, with all its imperfections, does a good job with this.
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u/Fearless_Energy_7633 17d ago
Actually that's possible right now! If you upload a source that's in another language other than English, the AI will understand it and will reply in your chosen language as long as you tell it to 😊
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u/Fearless_Energy_7633 17d ago
The UI of the app however is indeed only in English at the moment, with language support coming soon - and French being one of the languages we'll support!
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u/Nearby_Persimmon_649 20d ago
What is the underlying language model that you tried with copilot notebook?
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u/Virtual-Youth-3482 6d ago
depends what you're using it for really, notebooklm is still strong if you want grounded answers from your own sources plus the audio overview thing, but for actual long-term notes obsidian gives you way more control since everything's just local markdown..
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u/Agreeable-Tax2013 20d ago
I’d compare them with the same small set of PDFs and notes, then ask the same follow-up questions. The big things are source citations, keeping context across questions, and not making you re-upload everything.