What is Photomath?
Photomath is a mobile learning app that helps students solve and understand math problems. Learners can scan a problem with their phone camera, including supported word problems, or enter it with the app's smart calculator. Photomath then presents a solution with individual steps rather than only displaying the final answer.
The app covers subjects taught from elementary school through college, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, and calculus. When a problem can be approached in different ways, Photomath may provide more than one solution method. Its explanations, visual aids, and additional context are intended to help learners understand how each result was reached.
Key Features
- Camera scanning: Students can use a phone camera to capture math exercises, including word problems, without typing the full expression.
- Smart calculator: Problems can also be entered manually when scanning is not practical or the learner wants to construct an expression directly.
- Step-by-step explanations: Photomath breaks solutions into stages so learners can review the reasoning behind each calculation.
- Multiple methods: Some problems include alternative solving approaches, allowing students to compare different techniques.
- Visual learning aids: Custom visuals support explanations and help present mathematical ideas in another format.
- Broad subject coverage: The app supports topics ranging from elementary arithmetic to algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, and calculus.
Use Cases
- Checking homework answers and identifying where a calculation went wrong.
- Studying the steps used to solve an unfamiliar equation or word problem.
- Comparing multiple methods for reaching the same mathematical result.
- Reviewing concepts before a test across school and college-level subjects.
Pricing
Photomath uses a freemium model. The Basic option is listed at $0 USD. The page also shows a paid subscription at $9.99 USD when billed monthly or $69.99 USD when billed annually, with an option to start a trial. Listed benefits include step-by-step explanations, custom visual aids, and additional guidance about how and why a method works.
Who Is It For?
Photomath is designed for elementary, secondary, and college students who need help understanding math exercises. It may also be useful to parents supporting homework and learners who prefer visual explanations, guided steps, or alternative solution methods.
