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SymbioLearn vs Mindgrasp
Both turn the study material you already have into things to study with. Below is what each one makes, what it costs and what its terms say about your files, and when Mindgrasp is the better choice.
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- What you study from
Mindgrasp
PDFs, Word files, PowerPoints, MP3 and MP4 files, article links, and YouTube and Vimeo links. It can also record a lecture as it happens.1
SymbioLearn
Your own study material: PDFs, Word and PowerPoint files, Markdown notes, websites, YouTube videos and past papers. A file can be up to 50 MB and 1000 pages or slides, and a video up to four hours.
- What it makes
Mindgrasp
Notes, summaries, flashcards and quizzes, and answers to your questions.1
SymbioLearn
The concepts in your material, and for each one a spoken Lesson, a Quick Quiz and Flashcards. Questions you miss are kept in Mistakes, and past papers are worked through a line at a time.
- Voice
Mindgrasp
A speak button reads your notes and summaries aloud.4
SymbioLearn
Live Voice Lessons: 15 minutes of spoken teaching on one concept, from the passages behind it. You can interrupt it or ask it to draw. 30 minutes free, once, and 300 a month on Pro.
- Review scheduling
Mindgrasp
Flashcards with a review mode, and a test mode that tracks your understanding.3
SymbioLearn
Today picks the concepts that need attention and says why: a review is due, one has caught you out, the exam is close. Flashcards you keep missing come back sooner.
- Where answers come from
Mindgrasp
It says “Every response is traceable to a specific section of your document”, and its notes show page numbers or time ranges.2, 4
SymbioLearn
Your own study material. Every question, correction and explanation is written from a passage in it and shows you which one. Lessons add their own examples to make an idea concrete.
- Price
Mindgrasp
Scholar is $12.99 a month or $99.99 a year, and Premium $14.99 a month or $131.99 a year, as in-app purchases on the US App Store.4
SymbioLearn
Free, or Pro at $19 a month or $190 a year. Extra Lesson minutes are 60 for $5 or 180 for $12.
- Free plan
Mindgrasp
Its home page offers a “Free Study Session”. Its terms say a free trial may require “a valid credit card” and renews automatically unless you cancel.1, 5
SymbioLearn
One module with five Sources in it at a time, five quizzes a week, one past paper, flashcards, and 30 Live Voice Lesson minutes, once. No card.
- What happens to your uploads
Mindgrasp
Its terms grant Mindgrasp a “non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, unlimited, irrevocable, royalty-free” licence to content you upload.5
SymbioLearn
Its Privacy Policy says “We do not train any model on your material” and that deleting a Source “removes the stored file and its passages”.
When Mindgrasp is the better choice
You study from recordings
Mindgrasp takes MP3 and MP4 files and Vimeo links, and records lectures as they happen. SymbioLearn's video Sources are YouTube links.1
You work in Canvas or Blackboard
Its Chrome extension works inside Canvas, Blackboard and other websites.1
You want no limit on uploads
Its FAQ says its plans “come with unlimited uploads and no daily limits on usage”. SymbioLearn Pro counts Lesson minutes and takes up to 20 imports an hour.1
You want an app on your iPhone
Mindgrasp has an iOS app. SymbioLearn runs in a browser.4
You want to pay less
Scholar is $12.99 a month or $99.99 a year on the US App Store, against $19 a month or $190 a year for SymbioLearn Pro.4
When SymbioLearn is the better choice
You want to be taught out loud
A Live Voice Lesson is 15 minutes of spoken teaching on one concept from your own study material, and you can interrupt it or ask it to draw. Mindgrasp's app describes a speak button that reads notes and summaries aloud.4
You want to be told what to review, and when
Today picks the concepts that need attention and says why, and flashcards you keep missing come back sooner. Mindgrasp's flashcard page describes a review mode and a test mode.3
You want the licence to end when you delete
SymbioLearn's Terms say “Your material stays yours.” The permission it needs to run the product “ends when you delete the content or your account”. Mindgrasp's terms describe the licence you grant it as “perpetual” and “irrevocable”.5
You want to start without a card
SymbioLearn's Free plan needs no card. Mindgrasp's terms say a free trial may require “a valid credit card”, and that it renews automatically unless you cancel.5
Prices
Mindgrasp
SymbioLearn
- Free
- $0. One module with five Sources in it at a time, five quizzes a week, one past paper, flashcards, and 30 Live Voice Lesson minutes, once. No card.
- Pro
- $19 a month, or $190 a year, which works out at $15.83 a month. No limit on modules, Sources, quizzes or past papers, and 300 Live Voice Lesson minutes a month.
- Top-ups
- 60 Lesson minutes for $5, or 180 for $12. They never expire, and are used after your included minutes.
Questions
Can I talk to either of them?
You can talk to SymbioLearn: a Live Voice Lesson is 15 minutes of spoken teaching, with 30 minutes free once and 300 a month on Pro. Mindgrasp's app can read your notes and summaries aloud.4
Do both show where an answer came from?
Yes. Mindgrasp says every response is traceable to a section of your document, and its notes show page numbers or time ranges. SymbioLearn shows the passage behind every question, correction and explanation.2, 4
Which one costs less?
Mindgrasp. On the US App Store, Scholar is $12.99 a month or $99.99 a year and Premium is $14.99 or $131.99, against $19 a month or $190 a year for SymbioLearn Pro, which includes 300 Lesson minutes a month.4
Try it on your own study material.
One module is free. No card required.
Sources
- Mindgrasp, home page · mindgrasp.ai
- Mindgrasp, AI PDF reader · mindgrasp.ai
- Mindgrasp, flashcard maker · mindgrasp.ai
- App Store (US), Mindgrasp · apps.apple.com
- Mindgrasp, Terms of Use · mindgrasp.ai