Breef
FreemiumNotes that link up and come back for review before you forget
What is Breef
Breef is a note-taking and study app. Write down what you learn, link ideas with [[double brackets]], and see everything you know as one map. Spaced reviews bring each note back before you forget it, and an exam date gets a whole course ready in time.
Record a lecture and Breef turns it into a tidy study note with the transcript underneath; drop in a PDF of slides and get linked notes; ask a question and get an answer from your own notes. Free forever; Pro is €6 a month for more.
Key Features
Notes that format as you type, with formulas, images, files and [[links]] between them
Knowledge map: every note and link as one graph, coloured by how well you know it
Spaced reviews, quizzes written from your notes, cards with Anki export
Exam dates: a course's notes come back more often until the exam
Voice notes: record a lecture, get a study note and the transcript
PDF to notes, and Ask your notes (answers cite your own notes)
Use Cases
- •Revising for exams
- •Lecture notes
- •Medical school
- •Research reading notes
- •Learning a language or a new field
- •Building a zettelkasten / second brain
Breef Alternatives
NotionObsidianAnkiRemNote
