Gregator vs Mindgrasp
Pick Mindgrasp if you already have the material, such as lecture recordings, slides, PDFs or YouTube videos, and want it turned into notes, flashcards, quizzes and a tutor for an exam. Pick Gregator if you have a topic but no material, and want the research done for you and delivered as a structured course with citations.
What Mindgrasp does well
Mindgrasp is built for studying material you already have. Its homepage describes the flow in four steps: create a study session for a lecture, chapter or exam topic, record a lecture or upload your files, let Mindgrasp process them, then review and practise.
From one upload, Mindgrasp generates:
- Structured notes
- A summary
- Flashcards
- Quizzes
- An AI tutor you can ask about the material
The range of inputs is wide. Its FAQ lists PDFs, DOCX, MP3, MP4, PowerPoint files, online article links, YouTube links and Vimeo links, and the homepage says you can record live lectures. Mindgrasp says all of its plans come with unlimited uploads and no daily usage limits, and that it supports more than 20 languages.
It also fits into a student's day. There is an iOS app for recording lectures on your phone and a Chrome extension that pulls content from Canvas, Blackboard or any website. Progress is tracked per study session, so you can see which notes, summaries, flashcards and quizzes you have left.
For a student with a course syllabus and weekly lectures, this is a direct fit. The tool works on exactly what the exam will cover.
How Gregator works differently
Gregator starts where Mindgrasp cannot: with no material at all. You type a topic. Gregator plans a curriculum of 1 to 12 chapters, each with an objective, then researches each chapter on the open web across seven search providers, including arXiv and Wikipedia. It extracts up to 18 sources per chapter from web pages, PDFs and tables, and writes each chapter at about 700 to 1,200 words, ending with key takeaways.
What you get:
- Citations. Inline footnotes after the claims they support, and a Sources list at the end of every chapter.
- Source credibility. Every source is classified for type (peer-reviewed, institutional, journalism, community) and evidence quality. The course shows a trust overview with the mix of source types, an evidence-quality label and counts of classified sources, and each chapter shows its source and peer-reviewed counts. Individual source scores are not shown.
- Course review. An automatic review checks for redundancy, forward references, difficulty spikes, coherence gaps, and one-sided sources on contested topics, then revises flagged chapters.
- Quizzes. Up to 5 multiple-choice questions per chapter, with an explanation for each option, and a final course quiz. Answers are graded on the server, and a wrong answer links back to the chapter section.
- Greg, the tutor. Greg reads your course, can search the course and the web, remembers what you tell it, and can offer a deep dive that adds a chapter.
- Narration of every chapter on paid plans, progress tracking, and recommendations of what to learn next.
- Sharing. Public links that anyone can read without an account, and Markdown export.
The limits are the mirror image of Mindgrasp's strengths. Gregator does not accept uploads, so it cannot study your lecture or your professor's slides. It is English-first. It has no native mobile app (it is an installable web app) and no PDF export.
Side by side
| Gregator | Mindgrasp | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | A saved course of 1 to 12 chapters from a topic | Notes, summary, flashcards, quizzes and a tutor for each study session |
| Sources and citations | Gregator finds open-web sources across seven providers; inline footnotes and a Sources list per chapter | You supply the material: files, links, videos and live recordings |
| Source credibility | Every source classified for type and evidence quality; course trust overview | You choose the material, so its quality is yours to judge |
| Learning features | Server-graded quizzes, Greg tutor, deep dives, narration on paid plans, progress, recommendations | Flashcards, quizzes, AI tutor, live lecture recording, per-session progress, iOS app, Chrome extension |
| Pricing (as of October 2026) | Free: 3 courses in total. Starter: $9.99/month or $99.90/year, 5 courses/month. Pro: $19.99/month or $199.90/year, 20 courses/month | In the iOS app: Scholar $12.99/month or $99.99/year; Premium $14.99/month or $131.99/year. The website offers a free study session to try it |
| Best for | Learning a new topic from scratch with sources found for you | Turning your own course material into study aids |
A note on Mindgrasp pricing: we could not open a pricing page on the Mindgrasp website, so the prices above come from its App Store listing, which also states that a subscription is required to use its features. Third-party review sites describe an additional Basic tier and different web prices; we could not confirm those on an official page.
When to choose Mindgrasp
- You have lectures, slides or readings and an exam on exactly that material.
- You want to record classes live and get notes afterwards.
- You want flashcards for active recall.
- You study in a language other than English.
- You want to pull content straight from Canvas or Blackboard.
When to choose Gregator
- You want to learn a topic that no one has given you material for.
- You want a structured path through the topic, in chapters, with citations you can follow.
- You want to see what kind of sources a course rests on, such as how many are peer-reviewed.
- You want quizzes that link back to the exact section you missed.
- You want to try it without a subscription: the Free plan includes 3 courses, with quizzes, Greg and sharing.