Filmina vs Mindgrasp
Mindgrasp is an AI learning assistant that turns lectures, PDFs, videos and web pages into notes, summaries, flashcards and quizzes. Filmina is an AI study app that explains your lecture slides out loud, one at a time, records and transcribes the lecture, and builds the summary, the practice and a plan up to the exam from your own material. Mindgrasp is paid after a free trial; Filmina has a free plan with no card.
Mindgrasp takes almost anything: a PDF, a Word file, a PowerPoint, an MP3 or MP4, a YouTube or Vimeo link, an article, or a lecture recorded live. From it, it makes notes, a summary, flashcards and a quiz, and an AI tutor answers questions about it. It has an iPhone app, a Chrome extension and works alongside Canvas, Blackboard and Panopto, in more than 20 languages.
Its promise is that the notes write themselves. What it doesn't do is sit with you in front of the slide you didn't get and explain it, in order, until it makes sense.
Mindgrasp turns what you upload into notes and quizzes. Filmina explains your lecture slides out loud, one at a time, and then turns them into notes and practice.
What Mindgrasp does well
- It reads almost any format. Documents, slides, audio, video, YouTube and Vimeo links and web articles, all in the same place.
- Everything comes out at once. Upload a file and you get notes, a summary, flashcards and a quiz without asking for each one.
- It lives where your course lives. The Chrome extension pulls content from any page, and it works next to Canvas, Blackboard and Panopto.
- Many languages. Its site says it works in more than 20.
- Live lecture recording. On its higher plans, it records the lecture and makes notes from it.
If you have a pile of mixed material (readings, recorded lectures, videos) and want notes out of all of it fast, that is exactly what Mindgrasp is built for.
Where it stops being enough
Notes are not an explanation
A summary of sixty slides tells you what the slides say, in fewer words. When the problem is that you don't understand a slide (a chart with no caption, a formula, three words and an arrow), fewer words don't fix it. You end up rereading the same slide with a better-looking summary next to it.
Filmina goes through the deck with you. Mina, Filmina's tutor, explains each slide out loud, in order, with a frame around the part she's talking about, and reads charts, tables and scanned slides. Filmina checks in code that no block was left unexplained, and at the end of each slide she asks you a question to see if it landed.
There is no free plan
Mindgrasp offers a free trial that turns into a paid subscription if you don't cancel. Its site doesn't list prices publicly; third-party reviews in 2026 put its plans at roughly US$6 to US$15 a month, depending on the plan and on paying monthly or yearly, with live recording on the higher plans. Before starting the trial, check how it renews and how to cancel.
Filmina has a Free plan that asks for no card and doesn't expire: 60 minutes of explanation to start and then 20 a month, an hour of recorded lectures, 30 questions to Mina and one practice per file each month. Pro is US$8 a month, paid monthly, and you cancel from the app.
A quiz is not a plan
Having flashcards and a quiz ready is useful. What's harder is knowing what to study today with nine days left, and coming back to what you got wrong.
Filmina asks when your exam is and what it covers, and builds a plan per subject up to that date: what to read, which concepts to recall, what to practice and a mock exam before the day, on a calendar next to Google, Apple or Outlook. Practice has eight formats, adapts to how you're doing and brings back what you missed the next day.
Your lecture notes and the slides, together
In Filmina, Record class transcribes live next to the notes you're typing, tells speakers apart and writes dictated formulas as formulas; when it ends, you get a summary by topic. Those notes stay in the subject's notebook, and Mina takes them into account when she explains the slides.
Filmina vs Mindgrasp, point by point
| What matters | Filmina | Mindgrasp |
|---|---|---|
| What it is for | Understanding your lectures and getting ready for the exam | Turning any material into notes, summaries and quizzes |
| Starting point | Your slides (PDF, PowerPoint, Keynote), documents, books and recordings | PDF, Word, PowerPoint, audio, video, YouTube and Vimeo links, articles |
| Explaining the lecture | Out loud, slide by slide, with a frame on the part being explained | Written notes and summaries, and an AI tutor that answers |
| Notes | Summary, mind map, podcast and key concepts per file and per subject | Notes and a summary of each upload |
| Recording the lecture | Live transcription next to your notes, with a summary by topic | Live recording with notes, on the higher plans |
| Asking questions | A chat per subject that says which slides each answer comes from | AI tutor chat about your uploads |
| Practice | Eight formats that adapt to how you're doing | Flashcards and quizzes generated from your material |
| Study plan | Per subject, up to the exam date, with a calendar | Not a feature it lists |
| Languages | English and Spanish | More than 20, according to its site |
| Where it runs | In the browser: computer, tablet or phone | Web, iPhone app and a Chrome extension |
| Price | Free with no card, and Pro monthly: US$8 (see pricing) | Free trial, then paid plans; prices not listed on its site |
Notes from everything, or one lecture understood
The honest comparison is not which one is better, but which part of studying each one does.
Mindgrasp, for volume
You have readings, videos and recordings in many formats or languages, and you want notes and quizzes from all of them, close to Canvas or Blackboard.
Filmina, for understanding
Your course is a deck of slides you didn't fully get, and you need it explained, then practice and a plan up to the exam, starting with a free plan.
They can live together: Mindgrasp for the readings and videos around the course, Filmina for the slides the exam comes from.
What Mindgrasp has and Filmina doesn't
- YouTube, Vimeo and web links. Filmina reads files you upload, not links.
- A Chrome extension and LMS integrations. Filmina doesn't connect to Canvas, Blackboard or Panopto.
- More than 20 languages. Filmina explains in English and Spanish.
- A native iPhone app. Filmina runs in the browser and installs as an app from there.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good alternative to Mindgrasp?
If you want notes and quizzes from many kinds of material, Knowt, StudyFetch and Turbo AI do something similar. If your course is built on lecture slides and you need them explained, Filmina explains each slide out loud and builds the summary, practice and an exam plan from your own material, with a free plan.
Is Mindgrasp free?
Mindgrasp offers a free trial, not a free plan: after the trial it becomes a paid subscription unless you cancel. Its site doesn't list prices; third-party reviews in 2026 put the plans at roughly US$6 to US$15 a month.
What's the difference between Filmina and Mindgrasp?
Mindgrasp turns lectures, files, videos and links into notes, summaries, flashcards and quizzes. Filmina explains your lecture slides out loud, one at a time, with a frame on the part being explained, records and transcribes the lecture, and from your material builds the summary, the mind map, eight kinds of practice and a plan up to the exam.
Can Filmina record and transcribe my lectures?
Yes. Record class transcribes live in the browser, on a computer or a phone, next to your notes, and when it ends builds a summary by topic. It uses hours from your plan: one a month on Free and ten on Pro. You can also upload a recording you already have.
Does Filmina work with YouTube videos?
No. Filmina works with files you upload: slides, documents, books and audio or video recordings of up to 30 MB.
How much does Filmina cost?
There is a Free plan, with no card, that comes with 60 minutes of explanation to start and then 20 a month. Pro costs US$8 a month and comes with 15 hours of explanation a month.
Keep comparing
- Filmina vs StudyFetchAn AI tutor for your files, against the slide explained out loud.
- Filmina vs Turbo AI (Turbolearn)Lecture notes from a recording, against the lecture explained.
- Filmina vs KnowtFree flashcards, against understanding the slide first.
- Filmina vs ChatGPTWhat happens when you upload a sixty-slide PDF to the chat.
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