A Notion alternative built for studying
Notion is great at organising. Breef is made for remembering: your notes link to each other, come back for review just before you’d forget, and quiz you, with nothing to set up first.
Why students try Breef instead
No templates or databases to build: open a note and start writing.
Reviews, built in
Every note comes back after 1, 3, 7, 21, 60 and 120 days, without a template or a database to keep up.
Quizzes from your notes
When a note is due, Breef asks three questions from it and points to the line of your note with each answer.
A map of the subject
Every note and link drawn as one map, grouped by course and coloured by how well you know it.
Bring your pages
Import a Notion export as it is: pages arrive as notes, with their links and tags.
Breef and Notion, side by side
| Feature | Breef | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| What it’s for | YesLearning: notes that link, come back for review and quiz you | YesAlmost anything: docs, wikis, databases and projects, often with a team |
| Spaced review | YesBuilt in for every note: 1, 3, 7, 21, 60 and 120 days | NoNot built in |
| Quizzes from your notes | YesThree questions from each due note; 10 new quizzes a month free | NoNot a built-in study feature |
| Links between notes | YesLinks both ways, and a map of every note and link | In partLinks and backlinks between pages, without a graph view |
| Lecture recording | YesRecords a lecture and writes it up into your note | In partAI Meeting Notes, on the Business plan |
| AI | YesQuizzes, missing topics and Ask your notes, with free monthly allowances | In partA trial on Free and Plus; included with Business |
| Working with others | NoPersonal: your notes are yours alone | YesShared pages, comments and real-time editing |
| Price | YesFree to start; Pro is €6 a month or €48 a year | YesA free plan; Plus and Business are paid per member |
What’s said here about other apps comes from their own websites, as of October 2026, and may have changed since.
Where Notion is stronger
Every app makes trade-offs. These are the ones Breef makes.
- Databases, views and templates for organising almost anything.
- Working together: shared pages, comments and real-time editing.
- Integrations with the tools a team already uses.
- Desktop and mobile apps.
Moving from Notion
Export your Notion workspace as Markdown and import the .zip into Breef as it is: pages arrive as notes, with their links and tags.
Questions
Can I import from Notion?
Yes. Export your workspace as Markdown and import the .zip into Breef as it is.
Can I share notes with classmates?
Not yet: Breef is personal, and your notes are yours alone.
Does Breef work on my phone?
Yes. It runs in the browser on any phone or computer, and can be installed as an app from it.
Is my data used to train AI?
No. Your notes are never sold, used for advertising or used to train AI models.
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