Liner vs NoteGPT (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Liner grades higher than NoteGPT: 2.6 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Liner grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Liner
AI search with cited answers, research agents and a writer
NoteGPT
AI notes, video summaries, transcription and research in one app
Which one is for you
Pick Liner if
- Fits if you want every line of an AI answer tied to a source you can open
- Works for students drafting a literature review or hunting for citations, on a desktop
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if ads in your answers would bother you and you don't plan to pay
- Tight if you lean on the agents, since Pro's 1,000 credits go at 30 to 80 a request
- Not for you if you do your research on a phone, as Liner Scholar and Liner Write are desktop only
- Watch out: Liner doesn't offer refunds, so cancel before the renewal date
- Too light for agent work on the free plan, which allows 1 upload a day and lists 0 agent credits
Pick NoteGPT if
- Fits if you want summaries, notes and mind maps from videos in one app
- Works for someone who wants a browser extension for YouTube notes
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to know the free plan's limits first, as the pricing page doesn't state them
- Watch out: refunds are available only within 24 hours of a first purchase, and discounted buys aren't refundable
- Watch out: transcription, image, voice and video generation all draw on the premium credits
- Watch out: prices shown are annual-billed amounts next to limited-time labels
How we grade them
| 2.6GPALinerGood | 2.0GPANoteGPTFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $14.99 a month billed annually, or $17.99 monthly, which sits above this category's middle of about $12. It does cover all three products and drop the ads. But the agents run on credits: Pro gets 1,000 and one Deep Research request spends 40, and unlimited uploads mean Max at $29.99. | CPro is $9 a month billed yearly, between the research cheaper quarter at $7.50 and the middle at $10. The pricing page shows crossed-out monthly figures and limited-time labels, so the real monthly price wasn't visible. |
| Free plan and trial | CAdvanced Search is unlimited, but the rest is thin: ads in the answers, 1 file upload a day, and the plan table lists 0 agent credits, though the FAQ says there are some. So Deep Research and the Scholar agents, the reason you'd come here, are shut. Caps you'll hit. | CA free plan exists, but its limits aren't on the pricing page, so we can't say how far you get. |
| Features | BIt covers the whole job: a citation on every line of an answer, Deep Research reports, Scholar agents for literature reviews, citation finding and peer review across 480 million papers, and Liner Write for the drafting. What it hasn't got is a trick its rivals lack. | CSummaries, transcription, deep research, mind maps, notes and creation tools across multiple models. The listing says basic and premium credits are mixed, and heavy transcription or generation runs through the allowance. |
| Ease of use | C4.4 on the App Store from 1,371 ratings, which is middling rather than good: our higher band starts at 4.5. Asking a question is simple enough, but credits are the thing to learn, since each agent request costs between 30 and 80 of them. | CNo store rating on record. Many tools in one app means a lot to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and extensions for Chrome and Edge, plus a search API and MCP servers that hand its scholar search to other AI agents. The catch is that Liner Scholar and Liner Write are desktop only. | CWeb and a Chrome extension, with YouTube the only integration. |
| Best for | AI answers with a source on every line | summarizing YouTube videos and making notes |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Liner and NoteGPT. How we grade
Price against what you get
Liner starts at $14.99 a month and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. NoteGPT starts at $9 a month and scores 2.0.
Liner scores higher, and starts $5.99 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI research tools on the chart, none scores higher than Liner for less, and 20 score higher than NoteGPT for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Liner also covers AI search, AI agents, citations, long-form writing and highlights.
- NoteGPT also covers transcription, chat assistant, notes, mind mapping and text to speech.
At a glance
| Liner | NoteGPT | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $14.99 per month, billed annually ($17.99 billed monthly) | $9 per month, billed annually |
| Free plan | Unlimited Advanced Search with ads in the answers, 1 file upload a day of up to 25 MB and 10 Research Assistant uses a day. | A Free plan exists, but the pricing page does not state its limits. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Liner | NoteGPT |
| Price read from | liner.com | notegpt.io |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Liner
- The free plan shows ads in answers and allows 1 file upload a day; the plan table lists 0 agent credits for it, though the FAQ mentions limited credits.
- Agents and external models spend credits: Pro includes 1,000 and Max 2,500, and one Literature Review request uses 40.
- The site's FAQ says Liner Scholar and Liner Write are supported only on desktop.
- Liner does not offer refunds; a subscription can be canceled before it renews.
NoteGPT
- The prices on the page are annual-billed amounts shown with crossed-out monthly figures and a limited-time label; the monthly-billing prices were not shown in the page text.
- Plans mix basic and premium credits, and the premium ones cover transcription, image, voice and video generation, so heavy use of those runs through the monthly allowance quickly.
- The pricing page does not state the Free plan's limits.
- Refunds are available only within 24 hours of a first purchase, and discounted purchases are not refundable.
Key features
Liner
- Cited answers
- Answers carry a citation on each line that opens the source. Follow-up questions continue the thread, and an answer can be turned into a mind map.
- Deep Research
- Gathers information on a topic and returns it as an organized report while showing its line of reasoning. Each request uses 40 agent credits.
- Liner Scholar agents
- Agents for academic work include Literature Review, Citation Recommender, Research Tracer, Hypothesis Generator and Peer Review. Each request costs between 30 and 80 credits.
- File uploads
- Upload papers and PDFs to get summaries and ask questions about them: 1 file a day on Free, 20 a day on Pro and unlimited on Max.
- Liner Write
- A writing workspace that drafts from a topic, shapes ideas into emails, newsletters and reports, and lets you search and edit in the same window.
- Search API and MCP
- Developers can call Liner's search and answer agents through an API, and MCP servers expose its web search and scholar search to other AI agents.
NoteGPT
- YouTube and media summaries
- Summarizes YouTube videos, audio, PDFs and more into notes, and the extension works on pages in the browser. Plans differ in how many videos can be processed at once.
- Transcription
- Transcribes audio and video with timestamps and separates speakers. Basic transcription is unlimited on the Unlimited and Max plans; premium transcription draws on premium credits.
- Deep research reports
- The AI agent produces research reports with cited sources, and can search the web, analyze data and make charts.
- Mind maps and notes
- Summaries can be turned into mind maps, translated, and kept in a My Notes area.
- Creation tools
- The same credits pay for slides, images, speech, podcasts and video generation, plus an AI detector and humanizer.
- Multiple models
- The agent routes work across GPT, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek models, and the plans cap how many chats with premium models are included.
Plans
Liner
Free$0
Unlimited Advanced Search with ads in the answers, 1 file upload a day of up to 25 MB and 10 Research Assistant uses a day.
Pro$14.99
per month, billed annually; $17.99 billed monthly
1,000 agent credits, 20 file uploads a day of up to 100 MB, ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude models, and no ads. Covers Liner, Liner Scholar and Liner Write.
Max$29.99
per month, billed annually; $35.99 billed monthly
Everything in Pro with 2,500 agent credits and unlimited file uploads of up to 200 MB each.
Team$26.99
per seat / month
For 2 to 20 members: everything in Max plus central billing, a workspace with admin controls and team data excluded from AI training.
EnterpriseCustom
Everything in Team plus a dedicated manager, onboarding sessions, audit logs and higher discount rates.
NoteGPT
Pro$9
per month, billed annually
1,000 basic quotas and 100 premium credits a month, 5 YouTube videos at once, 1 GB per local file. Shown with a crossed-out $9.99 a month and a Save 10% label.
Unlimited$19.92
per month, billed annually
Unlimited basic quotas, 2,800 premium credits a month, 10 YouTube videos at once and 5 GB per local file. Shown with a crossed-out $29 a month and a limited-time Save 30% label.
Max$69
per month, billed annually
Unlimited basic quotas, 10,000 premium credits a month, 20 YouTube videos at once and 5 GB per local file. Shown with a crossed-out $99 a month and a limited-time Save 30% label.
Ways to pay less
Liner
- Annual discount
Lower monthly rate with annual billing
The pricing page labels annual billing as saving 20%. Pro is $14.99 a month billed annually against $17.99 monthly, and Max is $29.99 against $35.99, about 17% less.
NoteGPT
- Annual discount
Annual billing priced below monthly
The pricing page's default Annually view carries a Save 30% label, and each plan shows its yearly total next to the crossed-out monthly-rate total, for example $239 a year against $348 for Unlimited.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Liner or NoteGPT?
As of Nov 12, 2026, NoteGPT is cheaper to start with: $9 a month, against $14.99 a month for Liner. Liner starts at $14.99 per month, billed annually ($17.99 billed monthly), and NoteGPT starts at $9 per month, billed annually.
Which has a free plan, Liner or NoteGPT?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Liner and NoteGPT have a free plan.
Which platforms do Liner and NoteGPT run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Liner lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app and a browser extension. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.