A NotebookLM alternative that plans backwards from your exam date
If you already use Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) to read and question your material, this page is about what Akiri adds: a plan that starts from the date you are working towards, and fills the weeks between now and then.
What Gemini Notebook is good at
It works from your own material.
Google describes its study aids as grounded entirely in your sources, made from documents such as lecture notes and research papers. source
It turns your sources into flashcards and quizzes.
Google added flashcards and quizzes in September 2025, and you can set the topic and the difficulty. source
You can take the flashcards with you.
Google's help pages say you can download your flashcards as a CSV file, a format that flashcard apps such as Anki can import. source
It is free to start.
Google's plans page says you can sign up free of charge with a Gmail account. source
What Akiri does
- You give it the date first. — Akiri starts from the goal and the deadline, measures where you are starting from, and builds the plan backwards from the date. The plan is shaped by how long you actually have.
- What you got wrong is what comes back. — Review is keyed on the concept, not on a card, and a missed question is the strongest evidence it takes. What comes back is what you actually lost.
- Reviews land before the exam. — A review that would have fallen after your date is moved in front of it.
- Each subject is planned differently. — The session rhythm and the share of time spent practising come from the per-discipline pedagogy engine these /learn/ pages are published from.
Common questions
Is Akiri a replacement for Gemini Notebook?
It does not have to be. Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is built around the sources you upload, and Google describes its study aids as grounded entirely in them. Akiri is built around a date: it takes your goal and your deadline and plans the weeks in between. source
Can I move my Gemini Notebook flashcards into another app?
Google's help pages say you can download them as a CSV file, which Anki and similar flashcard apps can import. Akiri builds its own review from the concepts in your plan and the questions you miss. source
What does a deadline actually change?
It changes what gets cut. With a date, Akiri has to decide what fits before the exam and what does not, and it rebuilds that decision each time you fall behind.
Do I have to stop using Gemini Notebook?
No. If it is where you read and ask questions about a module's material, keep it there. Akiri is the part that turns a date and a pile of material into this week's plan, and schedules the review. source
Statements about Gemini Notebook are as of 2026-10-14. Google may change the product at any time, and nothing here is a statement about what it will do next. How subjects are learned.
Tell Akiri the goal and the date. It measures where you are starting from, builds the plan backwards from the deadline, schedules the review of what you got wrong, and rebuilds the plan as you go — in English, French, Spanish, Hindi or Chinese.