Maths Angel vs DoodleMaths

DoodleMaths is a daily-practice app for ages 4 to 14, and its maths stops at Key Stage 3. Maths Angel teaches Years 6–11 through GCSE, and names the exact mistake in your child’s working.

The key difference

Maths Angel

AI maths tutor

Maths Angel gives your child an AI tutor to ask. Your child types or photographs the question, working included, and ChatCat follows the steps, shows where the method broke down, and teaches that part properly.

Doodle would bring the topic round again later. Maths Angel goes after the cause: the skill map leads back to whichever earlier skill is shaky, and a 3–4 minute animated lesson teaches it from scratch. Practice confirms it stuck, and the skills profile records each skill mastered.

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DoodleMaths

ages 4–14

A daily-practice app for children aged 4 to 14: one short adaptive task a day, with the difficulty adjusting as your child works. Its maths stops at Year 9, with no GCSE content, and it marks the final answer only, not the mistake behind it. When your child is stuck, a Help button offers a pre-written hint or a topic replay, but there is no one to ask why.

£7.99 a monthone child, 7-day trial

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When Maths Angel suits your child better

Doodle is genuinely built on the UK curriculum, and for a younger child it does its job well. But its maths ends at Year 9. Maths Angel picks up where Doodle stops and carries your child through to GCSE, naming the exact mistake and teaching the skill behind it.

Maths Angel vs DoodleMaths at a glance

Maths Angel vs DoodleMaths: feature comparison
FeatureMaths AngelDDoodleMaths
Getting unstuck
Instant help with any question (type or photo)YesNo
Names the exact mistake in the student’s workingYesNo
Skill map: finds the earlier skill that’s missingYesNo
Points to the one lesson or practice that fixes itYesYes
Only unaided work counts towards scoresYesNo
The lessons
Fully animated video lessons (not handwriting and voice)YesNo
Expert-crafted lessons, not AIYesYes1
Full KS3, KS4 and GCSE/IGCSE maths (Years 6–11)YesNo
Real GCSE past-paper questions with mark schemesYesNo
Access and safety
Families can use it directly, no school licenceYesYes
Free plan, no cardYesNo
Child-safe: ad-free, on-topic, treats every user as a minorYesYes

¹ Pre-written in-app explanations and questions, no video lessons. The order is set by Doodle’s Proxima algorithm.

Try Maths Angel yourself

Put tonight's question into ChatCat with their working. See the mistake named and the lesson that fixes it. A quick practice set then logs the repair on their skills profile.