Khanmigo vs NotebookLM

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-21

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NotebookLM is the clear leader here, with an overall score of 41 versus Khanmigo's 12, and it's named in 32 of 60 answers compared to Khanmigo's 12 of 60. NotebookLM sweeps several questions outright, named in every answer for studying from a PDF, recording and studying from lectures, turning notes into flashcards, university student tools, and summarising textbook chapters. Khanmigo's strongest showing is being named in 3 of 3 answers for best free study apps for students, but it's never mentioned for PDF studying, flashcard apps, or spaced repetition. Head-to-head, NotebookLM comes out ahead on 12 questions to Khanmigo's 2, with 6 ties.

Head to head

metric	Khanmigo	NotebookLM
score	12	41
questions won	8	13

By assistant

Khanmigo

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	14	20% of answers	#3.8
Claude	9	20% of answers	#9.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	15	20% of answers	#3.0

NotebookLM

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	46	60% of answers	#3.0
Claude	39	55% of answers	#3.7
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	38	45% of answers	#2.2

Where they differ

Only Khanmigo gets named for

What's the best app to study for an exam?

Only NotebookLM gets named for

What's the best AI tool to summarise a textbook chapter?
What's the best free AI tool to study from a PDF?
What's the best AI tool to turn lecture notes into flashcards?
What's the best tool to record and study from lectures?
What's the best AI tool to make a practice test from my study material?
What's the best AI tool to build a revision schedule?

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