Course Hero vs Photomath
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Course Hero
60M-doc study library, now with AI help and human tutors bolted on
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Photomath
Point your camera at any math problem and get instant step-by-step AI...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.9 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium |
| Free tier | Limited free access via uploading/rating study documents to unlock credits | Unlimited step-by-step symbolic math solutions; camera scan; calculator — free forever, no account needed |
| Paid from | ~$9.95/mo (annual, 40 tutor Qs/mo) up to $39.99/mo (monthly, 10 tutor Qs) | Photomath Plus: $9.99/month or $69.99/year (~$5.83/mo, 7-day free trial) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | ~100M monthly active users; ~3M paying subscribers | Over 220M downloads as of 2021 (Series B announcement); no verified post-acquisition figure |
| Founded | 2006 | 2014 |
| Maker | Learneo, Inc. | Google (Alphabet) |
| Verdict | Course Hero's real asset is its library: 60M+ user-uploaded documents you can filter down to your specific school and professor, which no pure chatbot replicates. The AI layer — homework help, chat-with-PDF, practice qui... |
Photomath is one of the most polished and genuinely useful AI-for-education products available today. Its camera-to-solution workflow is near-instant, the free tier is genuinely comprehensive (no paywalled core features,... |
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