Note-taking
A note-taking app for students: write your course, then review it
A Notion-style rich text editor built for course notes. You write, the AI helps you fill gaps, and what you wrote ends up as questions to review.
- Saves automatically
- Slash menu with AI
- Formulas, diagrams, code
Type “/” Notion-style Four steps
How do you take notes in Mindlet?
From a blank page to review cards, without copying anything out twice.
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Create the course
Under Collections, open Documents and tap “Rédiger un cours”. Only a title is asked for, then “Créer et écrire” (create and write).
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Write
Type “/” for a heading, a list, a code block or an image. The indicator shows “Enregistré à” (saved at) and the time.
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File it
From the document's menu, “Ranger dans une collection” (file in a collection) puts it with the subject it belongs to.
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Review
Cards are generated from the collection, then spaced repetition brings them back at the right moment.
The editor
What can you write in the editor?
Everything goes through the slash menu or the formatting bar, and your work is saved as you go. Menu labels are in French; here is what each one does.
| In the slash menu | What you get |
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| Titre 1, Titre 2, Titre 3 | Headings for the parts and sub-parts of your course |
| Liste à puces, Liste numérotée | Bulleted lists, numbered steps |
| Citation, Séparateur | A quote block for a definition, a divider between chapters |
| Bloc de code | Code with syntax highlighting (Python, JavaScript…) |
| Image | An image from your media library or a free image bank, placed at the cursor |
| Faire une formule maths | A rendered “Formule LaTeX” block whose source you can edit |
| Faire un schéma | A “Diagramme” block drawn from your text |
| Dessiner une molécule | A “Molécule” block: the chemical structure in SMILES notation |
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Quick formatting
Select a passage for bold, italics, strikethrough, code or a link. Heading 1 and 2 are one tap away.
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Mentions with “@”
Type “@” to reference another document or a collection in your space.
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Movable blocks
A handle to the left of each block lets you drag it up or down.
What the editor doesn't do yet: no tables, no checkboxes, no columns.
AI in the editor
Does the AI write your notes for you?
It writes when you ask, at the cursor. “Continuer le texte” (continue the text) carries on from what the document already contains: its notions, its passages, how they connect. A small bar lets you say where to go next (“the Calvin cycle”, say); otherwise it picks up from your last sentence. These actions are set up to write in French.
“Faire un schéma”, “Faire une formule maths” and “Dessiner une molécule” insert a ready-made diagram, formula or molecule block. When your text isn't enough, the AI fills in from general knowledge: read what it suggests the way you'd read a classmate's notes.
For questions, the assistant button opens a conversation about this document only. It answers from its content and cites the passages behind each answer.
- Text streamed in at the cursor
- Grounded in your document
- Document assistant with citations
Method
How do you take good lecture notes?
The Cornell method, devised by Walter Pauk at Cornell University, splits the page into three areas: notes, a cue column of questions, and a summary. Its real strength is the cue column. Covering your notes and answering from memory is self-testing, and testing yourself leads to far better retention than rereading (Roediger and Karpicke, Psychological Science, 2006; Karpicke and Roediger, Science, 2008, 319, 966-968).
The editor has no columns, so the same idea runs top to bottom: a question as a level-3 heading above each passage, the notes underneath, the summary in a quote block at the end of the chapter. Write in your own words rather than copying the slide: rephrasing forces you to understand.
Then put those notes to work. Filed in a collection, they become cards, and spaced repetition asks them again right when you were about to forget. The full walkthrough is in our guide to Cornell notes.
From notes to review
What happens to your notes once they're in a collection?
They're analysed like any imported document: Mindlet picks out the notions, and you generate cards from the collection. If it has no cards yet, a “Générer les cartes” (generate cards) button appears; otherwise, start from a branch of the mind map and its “Générer des cartes” button.
Your notes stay editable. When you change a large part of the text, the analysis runs again and the mind map updates. Cards drawn from a passage you rewrote are flagged “Cartes à vérifier” (cards to check): nothing gets changed behind your back.
- The same editor fixes the text of an imported PDF (“Modifier le contenu”)
- “Exclusions de contenu” keeps a passage out of card generation
- Cards stay editable, one by one
Rereading
Rereading your notes: reading view, translation, printing
“Mode lecture” (reading mode) shows the course without the editing tools, with your reading aids from the accessibility settings: font, spacing, syllable splitting, a reading ruler. The font and line spacing you choose also apply while you write.
In the reader's menu, “Traduire ce document” brings up the translation tools, for a passage or the whole document, and “Toucher un mot pour le traduire” gives you the meaning of a single word. On the web, “Imprimer” prints a paper copy. In Documents, search looks at your courses' titles, not yet at their text.
Accessibility and reading comfortCompare
Mindlet, Notion or a paper notebook: which is best for taking notes?
Notion is a full workspace, a notebook still wins in a lecture hall with no signal, and Mindlet is built for reviewing what you wrote.
| Mindlet | Notion | A notebook | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing and structure | Headings, lists, quotes, code, images, links; no tables | Pages, blocks, tables and databases | Whatever your hand can do |
| Formulas | “Formule LaTeX” block suggested by the AI, editable source | KaTeX equations, as a block (“/math”) or inline | By hand |
| AI | Four slash-menu actions and a document assistant, same features on every plan | Limited trial on Free and Plus; AI agent included from Business | None |
| Reviewing your notes | Built in: generated cards, spaced repetition | Not built in; templates in the gallery add it | Up to you |
| Offline | No: the editor needs a connection | Yes, in the desktop and mobile apps, for downloaded pages | Always |
| Price | Free plan, no credit card | Free at €0; Plus at €9.50 per member per month, free for a student with a school email address | The price of a notebook |
Notion facts checked on 23 October 2026 on notion.com (Pricing, “Use Notion pages offline”, “Math equations” and the template gallery). Our comparisons cover other tools.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can you take notes in Mindlet?
Yes. Under Collections, in Documents, “Rédiger un cours” opens a rich text editor: headings, lists, quotes, code, images, links and a slash menu with AI actions. It saves automatically. Once filed in a collection, your notes are used to generate review cards. The app's interface is in French.
What is the best note-taking app for students?
The one that fits what you do with your notes. To run a project or a society, Notion does more. To jot things down fast in a lecture, a notebook never crashes. To learn what you wrote, Mindlet links the editor to flashcards and spaced repetition.
Does Mindlet turn my notes into flashcards?
Yes, once the course is filed in a collection. It's analysed like an imported document, then cards are generated from the collection: “Générer les cartes” if it has none yet, or “Générer des cartes” on a branch of the mind map. Nothing is generated when you first create the course.
Does the editor's AI make things up?
“Continuer le texte” relies on what your document contains and is instructed not to invent facts that aren't there. For a diagram, a formula or a molecule, the AI may fill in from general knowledge when your text isn't enough. Always read what it inserts.
Can I write maths formulas?
Yes. “Faire une formule maths”, in the slash menu, inserts a rendered “Formule LaTeX” block. Its “Modifier” (edit) button opens the LaTeX source so you can fix it or write it yourself. Diagrams and molecules work the same way.
Does the editor work offline?
No. The editor saves online: if the connection drops, it retries a few times, then shows a save error and offers “Enregistrer maintenant” (save now). Offline mode in the mobile app is for reviewing up to twenty cards from a collection you've already opened.
Can I import handwritten notes?
Yes, as photos: Mindlet accepts PNG, JPEG or WebP images up to 30 MB, and PDFs, even scanned ones. iPhone HEIC photos aren't supported yet. You can then correct the imported text in the same editor, with “Modifier le contenu”.
Can I print my notes?
Yes, from the web app: in the reader, the menu offers “Imprimer” (print). Printing isn't available in the iPhone and Android apps.
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