Homework app comparisons and alternatives
Side-by-side comparisons of study sites, photo solvers, AI chat, browser extensions and the online-homework platforms themselves. Each page is built from the companies’ own websites, app listings and store pages, with the date we checked. We make Silent Student, a desktop app that works Canvas assignments, so it appears on most pages, marked as ours. We don’t publish rankings.
Disclosure: we make Silent Student. We did not run most of the other tools; their facts come from their own pages. Updated .
Start with the job, not the brand
Most “X vs Y” questions come down to which job you need done. These tools fall into a few kinds, and the kinds do not overlap much.
Which comparison to read, by job. Not ranked. Updated October 20, 2026.
| If you want to… | Read |
|---|---|
| Understand a textbook problem | Chegg, ChatGPT, Khan Academy (free) |
| Replace Textsheet’s free Chegg answers | Textsheet alternatives (free, legitimate options) |
| Find notes from your course | Course Hero, Studocu |
| Memorize terms for an exam you sit | Quizlet |
| Get help with a photo of a problem | Gauth, Photomath, Solvely |
| See an answer in the quiz tab you have open | Canvas quiz extensions |
| Have the online-homework assignment worked and submitted | Silent Student Ours: a desktop app for Mac and Windows, $11.99 to $49.99 a month, no free plan (pricing) |
Study sites like Chegg and Course Hero
Libraries of solutions, notes and flashcards that you read, then enter your own answers.
| Comparison | What it answers |
|---|---|
| Is Chegg worth it in 2026? | Chegg Study’s price and what it includes, Chegg vs ChatGPT, and alternatives by job. |
| Course Hero vs Studocu vs Chegg | Two student-upload libraries and a textbook-solutions service, compared on library, AI, tutors, free access and price. |
| Quizlet vs Studocu vs Chegg | Flashcards, class notes or worked solutions, and whether Quizlet Plus is worth it. |
What is the best Textsheet alternative?
Textsheet (textsheet.com) was a free website known for showing Chegg Study answers without a Chegg subscription. It is gone: when we checked on October 20, 2026, the address showed only a registrar page saying its domain registration had expired. Chegg treats copies of its paid solutions as copyright infringement. A takedown notice filed for Chegg in GitHub’s public DMCA repository, dated June 14, 2018, lists a screenshot named textsheet.png among files it calls “screenshots of Chegg’s website and proprietary course materials.” We don’t list sites that copy or unblur Chegg answers. Free, legitimate options depend on the job: Khan Academy for lessons, ChatGPT’s free plan or Photomath Basic for step-by-step help, and Course Hero or Studocu, which give access when you upload your own notes.
Prices and free plans for each are on Chegg alternatives by job and Course Hero vs Studocu vs Chegg.
Checked October 20, 2026. Sources: textsheet.com (registrar expiry page, not linked); Chegg’s takedown notice in GitHub’s public DMCA repository (2018-06-14-Chegg.md); free plans as listed on our Chegg page.
Photo solvers and AI chat
Apps that answer a question you photograph, paste or screenshot.
| Comparison | What it answers |
|---|---|
| Gauth vs ChatGPT vs Photomath | Three ways to get help with a problem you photograph or type, compared from each vendor’s pages. |
| Photomath on PC: Photomath vs Mathway vs Symbolab | Photomath is phone only. What Mathway, Symbolab, Wolfram|Alpha and ChatGPT do on a computer. |
| ChatGPT for online homework | What ChatGPT’s chat, Study mode and agent mode do, and don’t do, on homework platforms. |
| Is Solvely legit? Solvely review | What Solvely is, its plans, and what it does on Canvas. |
Homework platforms compared
For students whose courses use more than one platform, or who want to know how two differ.
| Comparison | What it answers |
|---|---|
| WebAssign vs MyMathLab | Cengage’s WebAssign and Pearson’s MyLab Math, compared for students. |
| MyMathLab vs ALEKS | Pearson’s MyLab Math and McGraw Hill’s ALEKS, compared for students. |
| WebAssign vs MindTap | Two Cengage platforms, and how they differ. |
| ALEKS vs IXL | Two adaptive practice platforms, compared. |
| Edgenuity vs Apex Learning | Two online course platforms that schools assign, compared. |
Browser extensions and bots
Tools that answer inside the browser tab you have open. Most leave submitting to you.
| Comparison | What it answers |
|---|---|
| AI extensions for Canvas quizzes: 13 tools compared | Where each one works, how answers get entered, price and store ratings. |
| Canvas Quiz Solver review | Price, store ratings, permissions and limits of the canvasquiz.com extension. |
| Apex Vision AI review | Is it legit, how it works on Canvas, its shortcuts and plans. |
| Is SnapGPT safe? | Its permissions, data disclosures and refunds, and Free vs Plus. |
| Is FastSolve legit? | Who runs it, what it can access, refunds and store record. |
| Auto-McGraw on GitHub: does it still work? | The free SmartBook extension’s release and issue history, where the real build is, and other SmartBook tools. |
Best AI for your platform
One page per platform, lining up the platform’s own AI, extensions, bots and agents, with that publisher’s terms.
| Comparison | What it answers |
|---|---|
| Best AI for Canvas | IgniteAI, chatbots, extensions, AI browsers and agents for Canvas quizzes and tests, with Instructure’s Acceptable Use Policy. |
| Best AI for WebAssign and MindTap | Cengage AI (the Student Assistant), ChatGPT, extensions, bots and agents, with Cengage’s Terms. |
| Best AI for Pearson MyLab and Mastering | Pearson’s AI Study Tool, Chrome extensions, GitHub bots and agents for MyLab, MyMathLab and Mastering. |
| Best AI for ALEKS | ChatGPT, SnapGPT, FastSolve and agents for ALEKS math and chemistry. |
| Best AI for McGraw Hill Connect and SmartBook | Chat tools, extensions, GitHub bots and agents, with McGraw Hill’s Terms. |
How we write these comparisons
- Each company’s own pages. Prices, features and limits come from the company’s website, app store listing, Chrome Web Store listing or GitHub repository, with the date we checked.
- When a site blocks us, we say so. In October 2026 Quizlet’s website blocked our price check and Chegg’s showed no price without an account, so those pages quote each company’s own App Store listing, which can differ from web prices.
- No rankings, no star ratings of our own. Where we quote a rating, it is the store’s, with its number of ratings.
- Our own tool is marked. Silent Student rows carry an “Ours” label, and every page has a disclosure.
- Limits stated plainly. Silent Student has no free plan, is a public beta (the Mac build is self-signed, the Windows build unsigned), runs on a Mac with Apple Silicon or Windows 10 or later, and does not take proctored exams. Some publishers, McGraw Hill among them, bar AI agents in their terms, and your school’s rules apply to every tool here.
Weighing us up too? Read Is Silent Student legit?, the benchmark, and AI that does your homework, which explains the four kinds of tools.
Questions people ask
Which homework app is best?
It depends on the job. For explanations, a study site or AI chat; for notes from your course, Course Hero or Studocu; for memorizing, Quizlet; for the online-homework assignment itself worked and submitted, a desktop agent such as Silent Student, which we make. The table above maps each job to a comparison.
What happened to Textsheet?
Textsheet.com is offline. On October 20, 2026 the address showed a registrar page saying the domain registration had expired. The site was known for showing Chegg Study answers without a subscription, which Chegg treats as copyright infringement; a takedown notice filed for Chegg with GitHub, dated June 14, 2018, lists a screenshot named textsheet.png.
Is there a free site like Textsheet now?
Not for Chegg’s own solutions. Chegg Study is a paid subscription ($15.99 as an in-app purchase in its iOS app), and we don’t list sites that copy or unblur its answers. Free help that is legitimate: Khan Academy, ChatGPT’s free plan, Photomath Basic for math, and Course Hero or Studocu in exchange for uploading your own documents.
Are these comparisons independent?
No. We make Silent Student, and it appears on most of these pages. That is why each page carries a disclosure, marks our tool as ours, avoids rankings and lists the sources it was checked against.
Did you test the other tools?
For most pages, no. We read each tool’s own website, store listing or repository and copied the facts with the date. Where a page reports a test, it says what was run and when.
Why do some prices come from the App Store?
Some websites blocked our checks or show no price before sign-up. When that happens we quote the company’s own App Store listing and say so. App store prices can differ from web prices.
How much does Silent Student cost?
$11.99, $24.99 or $49.99 a month, with no free plan and a 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). It runs on a Mac with Apple Silicon or Windows 10 or later, not on a Chromebook or iPad.
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