ALEKS AI solver and auto solver: what works, what doesn’t
Your ALEKS topics, worked.
Works each Learning Mode topic in the ALEKS answer editor until ALEKS moves it forward.
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- 95%correct on our benchmark156 of 164 graded answers, on platform replicas
- 97%of points earned in real use652 of 670 across 65 graded runs at 17+ schools, Sep 30–Oct 19, 2026
- 1,000+assignments submittedour own count
- $11.99a month, every platformBase plan, cancel anytime
Benchmark runs used replicas we built, not the real sites. Real use counts graded work only and is not an accuracy rate. How we measured
Use it for ALEKS on any device
On a Chromebook, open the app and say “work my ALEKS topics for this week.” Sign in to Canvas in the live browser, and it opens ALEKS from there. It enters fractions, exponents, roots and intervals with the ALEKS answer editor, one Learning Mode topic at a time. Knowledge Checks and placement tests stay yours.
Chromebook, iPad, iPhone, Android or any computer. How it works on each
Rather run it on your own computer? The desktop app for Mac and Windows uses the same plan. Download Desktop or cloud?
What it does in ALEKS
ALEKS answer editor
Fractions, exponents, roots and intervals.
Until the topic moves
Several right in a row, one by one.
After a miss
Reads the explanation and keeps going.
Knowledge checks
Initial and Progress checks stay yours.
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About Silent Student on ALEKS
Pick your ALEKS assignment and watch: Silent Student works each Learning Mode topic in the ALEKS answer editor and presses Check. Knowledge checks stay yours.
Silent Student is a desktop app for Mac and Windows, from $11.99 a month, that opens ALEKS from your Canvas course and works Learning Mode topics in the ALEKS answer editor. It skips knowledge checks.
- Types into the ALEKS editor. Fractions, exponents, roots and intervals go into ALEKS’s own answer editor, and each entry is read back before Check.
- Works the topic until it moves. ALEKS wants several correct in a row, so it keeps answering, one problem at a time, until ALEKS moves the topic forward.
- Leaves knowledge checks to you. It skips Initial and Progress Knowledge Checks, PPL placement and proctored work. The run log shows every topic it worked.
Is there an ALEKS auto solver?
Is there an ALEKS auto solver?
Yes, for Learning Mode. Silent Student is a Mac and Windows desktop app that opens ALEKS from your Canvas course, types each Learning Mode answer into the ALEKS editor and reads it back before pressing Check. Knowledge checks and ALEKS PPL placement stay yours, we publish no ALEKS accuracy figure, and McGraw Hill’s Terms of Use, which cover ALEKS, bar AI agents and browser extensions. A one-week pass is $4.99 (500 credits, no auto-renew); monthly plans start at $11.99. Updated November 2, 2026.
Does Silent Student work with ALEKS?
Does Silent Student work with ALEKS?
Partly. ALEKS, a McGraw Hill product, is worked by Silent Student’s Vision agent: it opens ALEKS from Canvas and enters Learning Mode answers in the ALEKS editor. Our published benchmark has no ALEKS replica, so we publish no ALEKS accuracy figure. McGraw Hill’s Terms of Use bar AI agents. Plans start at $11.99 a month.
| What it does | Learning-mode topics opened from your Canvas course, typed into the ALEKS answer editor and read back before it presses Check. |
|---|---|
| What it doesn’t do | Proctored work. |
| Where it runs | A desktop app for a Mac with Apple Silicon on macOS 13 or later (Intel by request for members) or Windows 10 or later, 64-bit. It opens ALEKS from your Canvas course. |
| Knowledge checks and placement | Not queued. Take Initial Knowledge Checks, Knowledge Checks and ALEKS PPL placement yourself. |
| Free plan | None. Money-back guarantee if a problem on our side can’t be fixed within 3 days (request within 30 days, before you cancel; conditions apply). Terms, section 4 |
| Plan | Any plan; Base is $11.99/mo, Plus $24.99/mo, Pro $49.99/mo. Plans |
| Benchmark replica result | Our published benchmark has no ALEKS replica, so we publish no ALEKS accuracy figure. What the benchmark covers |
| McGraw Hill’s Terms | Bar AI agents and browser extensions from viewing, completing, answering or submitting assignments unless McGraw Hill authorizes it in writing. Terms of Use |
| Last checked | October 21, 2026 |
Is there an ALEKS AI solver or auto solver?
Is there an ALEKS AI solver or auto solver?
Yes, a few ALEKS AI solvers, auto solvers and problem solvers exist, and only some work inside ALEKS. FastSolve, a browser extension, says it “fills the equation editor” in ALEKS and also works knowledge checks and placement. FastSolve gives 10 free solves a day. SnapGPT answers from a screenshot and gives 5 free a day. Solvely, which calls its extension an “AI Homework Helper,” explains a screenshotted question; the Solvely pages we read name Canvas, Blackboard and Moodle, not ALEKS. Silent Student’s desktop agent opens ALEKS from Canvas, enters Learning Mode answers itself and skips knowledge checks. McGraw Hill’s Terms, which cover ALEKS, bar AI agents and browser extensions.
Sources: FastSolve, ALEKS page; SnapGPT, ALEKS page; Solvely, Chrome extension; McGraw Hill Terms of Use, checked October 20, 2026.
Why won’t ALEKS answers from a website match your topics?
Why won’t ALEKS answers from a website match your topics?
ALEKS’s student tour says it “administers a personalized, adaptive assessment that includes approximately 25 to 30 questions,” and Learning Mode then gives you practice problems on the topics you are ready for, so a posted answer list won’t match your screen. The closest thing to a key is ALEKS’s own Explanation, and McGraw Hill’s ALEKS FAQ says “No points are given or subtracted when students select Explanation.”
Is there an ALEKS answer key? How to see ALEKS solutions
Sources: ALEKS student tour; McGraw Hill, ALEKS general and technical FAQ, checked October 20, 2026.
Which ALEKS question types does Silent Student handle?
Which ALEKS question types does Silent Student handle?
| Question type | Handled | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Answer-editor entries (fractions, exponents, roots, intervals) | Yes | Learning Mode topics; the entry is read back before Check. |
| Most other Learning Mode question types | Works | Handled by the Vision agent. |
| Graphing | Weakest | Check these yourself. |
| Chemistry drawing | Weakest | Structures and diagrams. |
| Initial Knowledge Check and Knowledge Checks | Not supported | Take these yourself. |
| ALEKS PPL placement and proctored assessments | Not supported | Take these yourself. |
What should you do yourself in ALEKS?
What should you do yourself in ALEKS?
- Check the run log. ALEKS runs on the Vision agent. Check the run log after each run.
- Take your knowledge checks yourself. Knowledge checks decide what ALEKS thinks you know, and many are proctored. Queue Learning Mode topics only.
- Check graphing topics. Plotting points or drawing lines on the ALEKS graph tool is the hardest type for a screen-reading agent.
- Time in ALEKS is recorded. The agent’s working time is logged the same way yours is, and it will not pad or fake time.
How much does Silent Student cost for ALEKS?
How much does Silent Student cost for ALEKS?
Every plan includes ALEKS, billed monthly. There is no free plan, and no free trial for general signups; a money-back guarantee applies if a problem on our side can’t be fixed within 3 days (request within 30 days, before you cancel; conditions apply).
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Base | $11.99 a month | 2,000 credits a month |
| Plus | $24.99 a month | 5,000 credits a month |
| Pro | $49.99 a month | Unlimited credits (fair use) |
See Silent Student pricing and plans and the guarantee.
Does it work on proctored ALEKS exams?
Does it work on proctored ALEKS exams?
No. Silent Student does not take proctored ALEKS work, ALEKS PPL placement or knowledge checks. Take those yourself.
Silent Student vs other tools for ALEKS
Silent Student vs other tools for ALEKS
ALEKS tools, from homework helpers to auto solvers, come in three kinds: extensions that fill or show answers, desktop agents, and people paid to do the work. A chatbot used by hand is a fourth; see “Can ChatGPT do ALEKS?” McGraw Hill’s Terms bar the extensions and agents, and say “username/password sharing is not permitted.”
| Tool | What it is | Who enters answers | Submits? | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silent Student (ours) | Desktop app for Mac and Windows | Silent Student, in the ALEKS editor | Presses Check on Learning Mode topics | $11.99, $24.99 or $49.99 a month; no free plan |
| FastSolve | Extension for Chromium browsers | It fills the ALEKS editor; you submit | No; it says it also does knowledge checks and placement | Free 10 solves a day; Pro $19.99 a month |
| SnapGPT | Chrome and Firefox extension | You, from a screenshot | Not stated on its ALEKS page | Free 5 answers a day; Plus $9.99 a month |
| Solvely | Web, iOS and Android apps, plus a Chrome and Edge extension | You upload or screenshot the question; it shows the steps | Not stated | Free version; paid Solvely Unlimited |
| Paid homework services | People, not software, such as DoMyHomework123 | A hired “expert” works from your instructions | Not stated | Priced per order |
| InterALEKS | Chrome navigation helper; does not solve or answer ALEKS problems | You solve the problem; Enter triggers the next supported ALEKS button | Enter can trigger Submit or Check Answer; it does not choose an answer | No price stated on its store listing |
| Mindko (formerly College Tools) | Chrome answer assistant using screenshots, text selection or page buttons | Shows answers and explanations; the listing does not establish ALEKS editor entry | ALEKS submission is not described on the store listing | In-app purchases; no subscription price stated on the listing |
We make Silent Student. Other rows quote their own pages, with check dates: FastSolve (October 20, 2026), SnapGPT (October 20, 2026), Solvely (October 20, 2026), Paid homework services (October 20, 2026), InterALEKS (October 23, 2026), Mindko (formerly College Tools) (October 23, 2026).
Guides for ALEKS
Guides for ALEKS
- How to get ALEKS solutions, and why there is no answer keyNo shared ALEKS answer key or answers PDF matches yours. The one official key (Worksheets), plus how to see step-by-step solutions in ALEKS.
- Does ALEKS have a calculator?Yes, on some topics. When the ALEKS Calculator button is active, why it is grayed out, how instructors turn the graphing calculator on or off, and whether you can use your own.
- How do ALEKS Knowledge Checks work?When ALEKS starts a Progress Knowledge Check (after 20 topics and 5 hours, after 10 hours, or after 60 days), how long the first one is, what I Don’t Know does, and why topics leave your pie.
- How does ALEKS grading work?Your instructor decides. How instructors score ALEKS time goals, topic goals, Pie Progress Goals and Objectives, using McGraw Hill’s own worked examples, and why your pie or grade isn’t moving.
- Why is my ALEKS class on hold?Usually because your instructor hasn’t authorized your registration. What Pending Instructor Authorization and No License Available mean, how instructors authorize you, how to add a class with a class code or LMS link, and what to send your instructor.
- What do Canvas, McGraw Hill, Pearson, Cengage and IXL say about AI tools?The exact Terms clauses on bots, AI agents, browser extensions and login sharing for every platform we cover, with section, date and source, plus what McGraw Hill, IXL and Pearson changed in 2026.
What does Silent Student do on ALEKS?
What does Silent Student do on ALEKS?
ALEKS learning-mode topics opened from Canvas, entered through the ALEKS answer palette one topic at a time.
Works the learning path
ALEKS marks a topic learned after enough correct answers in a row. The agent keeps answering until ALEKS moves the topic forward.
The ALEKS answer editor
ALEKS answers go into its own editor, with buttons for fractions, exponents, square roots and intervals. The agent enters the answer there and reads the rendered expression back before it presses Check.
Opened from Canvas
Most courses link ALEKS from Canvas. The agent uses that link, with no separate ALEKS login.
Every answer is read back
After each entry the agent re-reads the page, so an answer that did not take is retried, not counted.
How does Silent Student work on ALEKS, step by step?
How does Silent Student work on ALEKS, step by step?
Pick the assignment in Canvas
Open the Silent Student desktop app, find the ALEKS assignment in your Canvas course list, and queue it like any other.
It opens ALEKS the way you do
The app follows the assignment's link out of Canvas, the same launch you would click, and lands on your ALEKS learning page. It does not ask for or type your ALEKS password.
It works the screen in front of it
The vision agent reads each question from a screenshot and the page's own controls, enters an answer, and reads the page back to check the answer actually registered before it moves on.
It turns the work in and reports honestly
It presses the platform's own submit control, looks for the platform's own receipt, and marks the run confirmed only when it sees one.
More questions about ALEKS19
How does ALEKS decide a topic is learned?
Through Learning Mode. ALEKS’s student tour says Learning Mode “provides practice problems and offers explanations of concepts and procedures,” and “Once you have demonstrated mastery in the Learning Mode, the item is added to the ALEKS Pie, and new topics may become available.”
Source: ALEKS student tour, checked October 20, 2026.
Which subjects does ALEKS cover?
ALEKS’s About page names four: it says ALEKS “has been used by over 50 million students for Math, Chemistry, Statistics and Accounting.” McGraw Hill’s higher-education ALEKS page calls it “an AI-powered online learning platform for Math and Chemistry” and lists ALEKS Math, ALEKS Calculus, corequisite math products, math placement and ALEKS Chemistry. Inside a course, each slice of your ALEKS Pie lists the topics you can work “based on your prerequisite knowledge,” per the ALEKS tour, so the topics open to you depend on what you already know. Silent Student, which we make, works ALEKS Learning Mode topics opened from Canvas, from $11.99 a month, and publishes no ALEKS accuracy figure.
Sources: ALEKS, About ALEKS; McGraw Hill, ALEKS for higher education; ALEKS student tour, checked October 20, 2026.
Do McGraw Hill’s Terms of Use cover ALEKS?
ALEKS’s own pages link their Terms of Use to McGraw Hill’s. Those Terms, last updated October 16, 2026, say you may not use any “agent, robot, spider, or other automatic device or program” to access the service. They also bar you from using or enabling a third-party “browser extension” or “AI agent” to act within it, including “to view, complete, answer, or submit any assessment, assignment, or other activity”, unless McGraw Hill authorizes it in writing. In our reading, that reaches Silent Student. We are not lawyers. Read the Terms yourself before you decide.
Source: McGraw Hill Terms of Use, linked from aleks.com, checked October 20, 2026.
Can ALEKS detect AI?
We found no McGraw Hill or ALEKS page that says how, or whether, ALEKS detects AI help, so we make no claim either way. ALEKS does document what it records: its tour says you can “track time spent in your ALEKS student account by day, the topics attempted during that time, and the topics mastered that were also added to the ALEKS Pie.” McGraw Hill’s Terms bar AI agents whether or not anything is detected. Silent Student does not hide, pad or fake that record, and your school’s academic-integrity policy applies.
Sources: ALEKS student tour; McGraw Hill Terms of Use, checked October 20, 2026.
Does ALEKS use your webcam?
Only when your instructor or school turns on proctoring. McGraw Hill says ALEKS course products integrate with Respondus LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor, which “uses webcam and video to record students during unproctored, online exams,” and its student start-up guide is for “Knowledge Checks, quizzes or tests administered with Respondus Monitor.” ALEKS PPL placement can also be proctored through ProctorU or Respondus. We found no ALEKS page saying ordinary Learning Mode work uses the webcam. Silent Student does not take proctored ALEKS work.
Sources: McGraw Hill, ALEKS remote proctoring; ALEKS PPL, proctoring, checked October 20, 2026.
Is ALEKS AI the same as an ALEKS AI solver?
No. “ALEKS AI” usually means McGraw Hill’s own AI inside ALEKS. McGraw Hill says “ALEKS uses powerful AI to create personalized learning experiences for each student”: from day one it “pinpoints what each student knows and what they need to learn,” and “AI Reader brings GenAI into the ALEKS eBook.” An ALEKS AI solver is a separate, third-party tool, such as FastSolve or Silent Student, that answers ALEKS problems for you. Our best AI for ALEKS page compares those tools from their own pages. McGraw Hill does not make those tools, and its Terms bar AI agents and browser extensions unless it authorizes them in writing.
Does ALEKS use AI? How the ALEKS AI works
Sources: McGraw Hill, ALEKS AI features; McGraw Hill Terms of Use, checked October 20, 2026.
Can ChatGPT do ALEKS?
It can solve a problem you retype or screenshot, but it works outside ALEKS, so you type each answer into ALEKS’s editor yourself, in the form ALEKS expects. ALEKS also varies its problems: McGraw Hill’s ALEKS FAQ says that if you go back to a question after viewing an explanation, “ALEKS will generate a new instance of the problem.” McGraw Hill’s Terms bar putting its content “in any external AI or machine learning technologies,” which in our reading covers pasting an ALEKS problem into a chatbot.
ChatGPT for online homework: chat, Study mode and agent mode
Sources: McGraw Hill, ALEKS general and technical FAQ; McGraw Hill Terms of Use, checked October 20, 2026.
Which AI explains an ALEKS topic without doing it for you?
Start inside ALEKS: its student tour says Learning Mode “provides practice problems and offers explanations of concepts and procedures,” and that you “receive immediate feedback.” Outside ALEKS, Khanmigo, Khan Academy’s AI tutor, says it “never gives you the answer” and costs $4 a month or $44 a year; it tutors on Khan Academy’s own content. Wolfram|Alpha Pro offers “step-by-step solutions” and Wolfram Problem Generator for practice, and Desmos has a free graphing calculator. Use these on practice problems you write yourself. While you work in ALEKS, its guides say not to use an outside calculator unless you are told to.
Sources: ALEKS student tour; Khanmigo for learners; Wolfram|Alpha Pro; Desmos, checked October 20, 2026.
How do you use ChatGPT or Gemini as an ALEKS tutor?
Ask for the method, and leave the ALEKS problem out of the chat. McGraw Hill’s Terms bar using its content “in any external AI or machine learning technologies, algorithms, or models,” which in our reading covers pasting an ALEKS problem into a chatbot. Write a similar problem with your own numbers, then ask: “Don’t solve this. Walk me through the first step and ask me what to do next.” Follow up with “Give me three simpler practice problems like this one.” Compare each step with the explanation ALEKS shows in Learning Mode, then work the ALEKS problem yourself and check every number.
Sources: McGraw Hill Terms of Use; ALEKS student tour, checked October 20, 2026.
Is there an ALEKS answer bot on GitHub?
A few ALEKS answer bots are on GitHub, all with fewer than 10 stars. ianfights/Aleks-bot (7 stars, last updated May 2023) says in its README: “This Project has been dead for years.” galgo2077/Aleks-Solver-Automation (3 stars, no licence, last updated June 2026) is a Python script that asks for your ALEKS username and password, sends each question to the Claude API, then types and submits the answer. max601243/Aleks-Bot-Project (2 stars, MIT, last updated December 2025) has a one-line README. McGraw Hill’s Terms bar these tools.
Sources: GitHub, ianfights/Aleks-bot; GitHub, galgo2077/Aleks-Solver-Automation; GitHub, max601243/Aleks-Bot-Project, checked October 20, 2026.
Does it need my ALEKS password?
No. It follows the ALEKS link in your Canvas course, the same launch you would click, and does not ask for or type your ALEKS password.
Is Silent Student an ALEKS answer bot or auto solver?
Yes, for Learning Mode topics. The Silent Student app follows the ALEKS link in your Canvas course, enters Learning Mode answers in the ALEKS answer editor, reads each entry back and presses Check, topic by topic. It does not ask for or type your ALEKS password, and it does not take Initial Knowledge Checks, Knowledge Checks or ALEKS PPL placement. It runs on the Vision agent, so check the run log.
Is there an ALEKS solver extension?
Yes, several. FastSolve is an extension for Chromium browsers that fills the ALEKS editor, and you submit; SnapGPT is a Chrome and Firefox extension that answers from a screenshot; Solvely has a Chrome and Edge extension. Silent Student is not an extension: it is a desktop app for Mac and Windows, plus a web app at app.silentstudent.com for a Chromebook, iPad or phone. A school-managed Chromebook may block it. McGraw Hill’s Terms bar third-party browser extensions from completing or submitting ALEKS work.
Is there a free ALEKS solver?
Some tools have free tiers: FastSolve offers 10 solves a day, SnapGPT 5 screenshot answers a day, and Solvely a free version, per their own pages, checked October 20, 2026. Silent Student has no free plan.
Does it do the ALEKS initial knowledge check?
Don’t queue one. Knowledge checks decide which topics ALEKS gives you, and many are proctored. Take those yourself.
How long does an ALEKS topic take?
It varies. A wrong answer resets that topic’s streak, so the number of problems per topic changes. The run log shows each topic as it moves.
Will it work ALEKS PPL placement?
Don’t queue it. ALEKS PPL placement is typically proctored and decides which course you place into. Take it yourself.
Can I run it on a school Chromebook?
Maybe. On a Chromebook, iPad or phone, use the web app at app.silentstudent.com. A school-managed Chromebook may block it. On a Mac (macOS 13+) or 64-bit Windows 10+, use the desktop app or the web app.
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ALEKS FAQ
Can it do ALEKS math and chemistry?
It works ALEKS learning-mode topics in both, entering answers in the ALEKS editor. Chemistry topics that ask you to draw structures or build diagrams are the weakest type, the same as graphing in math. ALEKS offers its own calculator only on topics that allow one; see does ALEKS have a calculator?
Which plan do I need?
Any plan. Plans differ only in credits.
Silent Student is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or certified by McGraw Hill LLC or ALEKS Corporation. ALEKS is a registered trademark of ALEKS Corporation, used here only to describe the software this product works with. Silent Student promises no grade or academic outcome; you are responsible for reviewing what is submitted under your name and for your institution's academic-integrity policies.
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