Google Docs is free, and you probably already write in it. Taking YouTube notes there means switching tabs and typing timestamps by hand. You can keep writing in Docs. MensorAI saves the moments and articles you want to use, and when you’re ready, you paste what you found into your doc.
Last reviewed: October 2026. We make MensorAI, so we're biased. We've tried to be fair about Google Docsand to say where it's the better pick. Try both if you can.
MensorAI started as a YouTube note-taking tool for learners. Now it saves articles, passages and YouTube moments as you go, and when you sit down to write, you ask across all of them. Every answer links back to the passage it came from.
These are the things to know if you collect videos and articles to write from.
MensorAI saves your sources as you read and watch. When you write, you ask across all of them, and every claim links to the passage it came from.
Open the extension on YouTube and save the moment you’re at, with the captions around it and your note.
When a claim comes from a video whose captions have timestamps, its link opens the video at that moment.
Ask a question across every video, article and note in your library. Each claim in the answer links to the passage it came from.
Keep the claims you’ll use in a piece and paste it into your doc when you start writing. Each claim still links to its source.
See how MensorAI and Google Docs compare feature-by-feature.
No. MensorAI isn’t a writing app. Collect and ask in MensorAI, then copy a piece into Docs and write there. Docs is also better for anything you share and comment on with other people.
Yes. Copy the whole piece or one section, and Docs keeps the headings, links and quoted passages. You can also copy it as Markdown or download a .md file.
Saving is free. Asking and finding videos on YouTube need an active trial or a paid plan. You get a 7-day free trial of Pro features with a limited AI allowance. No credit card required. After that, plans are $9, $19 or $22 a month, and they differ only in how many AI requests you get per day.
Saving is free, and there's a 7-day free trial of Pro features with a limited AI allowance. No credit card required. Keep using Google Docsand try MensorAI on the next thing you're writing.