Brisk Teaching vs Photomath vs Duolingo Max vs MagicSchool AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Brisk Teaching
AI Chrome extension that layers lesson-planning, feedback and grading...
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Photomath
Point your camera at any math problem and get instant step-by-step AI...
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MagicSchool AI
80+ free AI tools for K-12 teachers, from lesson plans to grading
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.5 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free Chrome extension with a set of core teaching tools. | Unlimited step-by-step symbolic math solutions; camera scan; calculator — free forever, no account needed | Core Duolingo app is free with ads and limited hearts | — |
| Paid from | Paid plans unlock higher usage and advanced tools | Photomath Plus: $9.99/month or $69.99/year (~$5.83/mo, 7-day free trial) | ~$14/mo (annual, $168/yr); ~$30/mo (monthly); Family ~$240/yr (US) | — |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | 1M+ educators | Over 220M downloads as of 2021 (Series B announcement); no verified post-acquisition figure | Hundreds of millions of registered users; tens of millions of paid subscribers | — |
| Founded | — | 2014 | 2011 | — |
| Maker | — | Google (Alphabet) | Duolingo, Inc. (NASDAQ: DUOL) | — |
| Verdict | What this is for: A browser extension that adds AI lesson-planning, resource-creation, feedback and grading tools to the sites teachers already work in. Who this is for: K-12 teachers who work primarily in Google Worksp... |
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,... |
Duolingo Max closes the single biggest gap in app-based language learning: speaking practice. Pairing GPT-4 with Duolingo's proven gamification engine, Roleplay and Video Call are genuinely novel at this price point, and... |
MagicSchool has become the default AI stack for US K-12 teachers — over 5 million signed up, deployed in more than 13,000 schools. The appeal is scope: rather than one chat box, you get 80-plus narrow generators, each bu... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.