| MyReader | NotebookLM (Gemini Notebook) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ask across | Your whole library, or any collection, in one question. No source cap. | One notebook at a time. 50 sources per notebook on the free plan, up to 300 on Pro. |
| Citations | Every point cites the book and page; click to open the page. | Inline citations that jump to the quoted passage. |
| Listening | Reads the full document aloud with natural voices, follow-along text. | Audio Overviews: AI hosts discuss your sources. Not a read-aloud of the text. |
| Summaries | Section-by-section summaries of every book you upload. | Study guides, briefing docs, FAQs and reports on request. |
| Study tools | Ask it to quiz you, build outlines or compare sources, with citations. | Built-in flashcards, quizzes, mind maps, slide decks and Video Overviews. |
| Inputs | PDF, EPUB, Word, PowerPoint, web articles and YouTube videos, with OCR for scans. | PDF, Word, PowerPoint, EPUB, text, web, YouTube, audio, Google Docs/Slides/Sheets. |
| Apps | Web and iPhone. | Web, iPhone and Android. |
| Price | Free plan: 5 questions a day and 200 pages. Lite: $10/month, or $7.50/month billed annually. Pro: $20/month, or $15/month billed annually. | Generous free plan; paid tiers come with Google AI plans. |
NotebookLM details from Google's NotebookLM help pages, checked November 2026. Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook in 2026.
When NotebookLM is the better choice
If your material fits in one notebook and you want generated study outputs, NotebookLM is hard to beat. Flashcards, quizzes, mind maps and Audio Overviews are built in, it takes Google Docs and audio files directly, and the free plan is generous.
When MyReader is the better choice
- Your library is bigger than a notebook. A semester of textbooks, a shelf of commentaries, every code you work with. MyReader searches all of it in one question, so you don't have to decide up front which notebook the answer is in.
- You need the page. Answers cite the book and page number, and clicking a citation opens the book right there. That matters when you're writing a paper, prepping a case, or signing off on a spec.
- You want to listen to the book itself. MyReader reads the full text aloud with the words on screen, so a commute becomes reading time, not a summary of the reading.
- You read long books, not just short sources. Every upload gets a section-by-section summary you can jump around in before you ask anything.
Can I use both?
Yes, and plenty of people do: NotebookLM for a focused project with generated study material, MyReader as the long-term home for everything you've read, where any question can reach any book.
Questions
Is MyReader a good NotebookLM alternative?
Yes, if you want to ask across a whole library rather than one notebook, need page-number citations, or want documents read aloud in full. If you mainly want generated flashcards, mind maps and AI podcasts from a handful of sources, NotebookLM does that well.
Does MyReader have a limit on how many documents one question can search?
No. A question can search a single book, a collection, or your entire library at once. Plans differ in how many pages you can upload each month, not in how many books a question can reach.
Can MyReader read my documents out loud like an audiobook?
Yes. Any PDF, EPUB or article you upload can be played as audio with natural voices, with the text highlighted as it's read, on the web and in the iPhone app.
How much does MyReader cost?
Free plan: 5 questions a day and 200 pages. Lite: $10/month, or $7.50/month billed annually. Pro: $20/month, or $15/month billed annually.