Photomath turns a photo of a maths question into worked steps in seconds. Maths Angel starts from your child’s own attempt: it finds the skill that let them down and teaches exactly that.
Maths Angel cares about the attempt, not just the answer. Your child photographs the question together with their working, and ChatCat reads it, points out the exact line that went wrong, and lets your child ask why.
Behind every correction sits the learning loop. The skill map finds the earlier skill the slip grew from, and a 3–4 minute animated lesson teaches it. Practice checks it stuck, and the skills profile keeps the record.
A photo solver. Point a phone at a printed, on-screen or handwritten maths problem and the answer and worked steps come back in seconds. However, the steps show the right method, not what went wrong in your child’s attempt. It follows no UK curriculum, and it keeps no record of what your child has mastered.
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Photomath gets tonight’s homework done: it shows the steps and clears the page. But a mistake that keeps coming back needs teaching, not another worked answer. Maths Angel does that teaching: ChatCat explains why it went wrong, the skill map finds the gap behind it, and expert-crafted lessons fix it.
| Feature | Maths Angel | PPhotomath |
|---|---|---|
| Getting unstuck | ||
| Instant help with any question (type or photo) | Yes | Yes |
| Names the exact mistake in the student’s working | Yes | No |
| Skill map: finds the earlier skill that’s missing | Yes | No |
| Points to the one lesson or practice that fixes it | Yes | No |
| Only unaided work counts towards scores | Yes | No |
| The lessons | ||
| Fully animated video lessons (not handwriting and voice) | Yes | No |
| Expert-crafted lessons, not AI | Yes | No |
| Full KS3, KS4 and GCSE/IGCSE maths (Years 6–11) | Yes | No |
| Real GCSE past-paper questions with mark schemes | Yes | No |
| Access and safety | ||
| Families can use it directly, no school licence | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan, no card | Yes | Yes |
| Child-safe: ad-free, on-topic, treats every user as a minor | Yes | No |
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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.
