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Bigger than aYouTube notebook.

Notebooks.app is a sharp studio for YouTube scripts. Superidea is a broader canvas — capture from 11+ platforms, chat with every model (some on-device), collaborate live, and create posts, carousels, decks and video, not just scripts.

Notebooks.app goes deep on YouTube. Superidea goes wide.

Notebooks.app is purpose-built for the YouTube workflow — channel analysis, retention-tuned scripts, voice trained from your channel. Superidea trades a little of that YouTube depth for reach: more platforms, every frontier model, on-device AI, real-time multiplayer, ad-library research and a full content studio.

At a glance

Superidea vs Notebooks.app, at a glance.

Feature
Superidea
Notebooks.app
AI models
Claude, GPT-5, Gemini, Grok, Llama — switch mid-chat
Built-in AI assistant
Private on-device AI
Free local models on the Mac app
Cloud only
Sources & platforms
11+ platforms + webpages, PDFs & ad libraries
YouTube, Reddit, TikTok
YouTube channel depth
Extraction + transcripts
Channel analysis + retention tuning
Visual canvas
Spatial board
Spatial board
Real-time multiplayer
Live cursors & presence, like Figma
No
Ad-library research
Meta, Google & LinkedIn ads
No
Repurpose to socials
Yes — every platform
LinkedIn, Instagram, X, TikTok
AI video & decks
Video with Veo + presentation decks
No
Pricing
Monthly plans, top up anytime
$29 / $49 flat monthly
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Beyond YouTube

Eleven platforms, not three.

Notebooks.app researches YouTube, Reddit and TikTok. Superidea pulls from those plus Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook and more — and webpages, PDFs and live ad libraries — each as a rich card with media, stats and transcripts.

Explore the canvas
Superidea 6 sources
YouTube Transcript PDF
Model
Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5.4Gemini 2.5+8

Every model, some free

Any model — not one built-in AI.

Pick Claude, GPT-5, Gemini, Grok or Llama per message and switch mid-conversation, grounded in your board. On the Mac app, some models run fully on-device — free, offline and private.

See the AI chat
From: 1 YouTube video
7 drafts Pro
XPost
LinkedInPost
TikTok Script
Hook
Body

More than scripts

Scripts, carousels, decks — and video.

Notebooks.app is built to write YouTube scripts. Superidea turns your research into ready-to-post drafts, on-brand carousels, presentation decks and AI video with Veo — a whole content studio.

Tour the Content Factory

Straight talk

Where Notebooks.app is the better pick

If your world is YouTube, Notebooks.app is genuinely well-built for it. Choose it when:

  • YouTube is your whole game — its channel analysis, retention tuning and channel-trained voice are more specialized than ours.
  • You want dead-simple flat pricing — $29 or $49 a month.
  • You don't need multi-platform capture, multiplayer, ad research or AI video.

Looking for a Notebooks.app alternative?

A YouTube-first script notebook — or an every-model canvas across 11 platforms. Superidea is the Notebooks.app alternative built to research and create in one place — try it free.

Research every platform. Create anything.

Every model, 11+ sources and a full studio — not just YouTube scripts.

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