Best Solvely Alternatives for Students (2026)

The best Solvely alternative depends on why you are leaving it. If you want a bigger published free allowance, Apex Vision AI and FastSolve give more free requests than most tools state openly. If you want help that reads quiz questions directly on your learning management system (LMS) page instead of from a screenshot, an LMS page reader such as QuizAce or FastSolve is the closer fit. If you want a tutor that refuses to hand over answers, Khanmigo is built that way. Solvely itself is a solid, inexpensive homework helper, so this guide starts with what it does well before comparing six alternatives on the same public facts.

Last verified: October 12, 2026 against the official documentation linked below.

Disclosure: this comparison is published by QuizAce, which appears in the table. It is ranked by fit for specific needs, not placed first by default, and the places where other tools are ahead are stated plainly.

What Solvely is in 2026

Solvely (solvely.ai) is an AI study tool made by Aignite Inc. It comes in three forms: a web app, phone apps for iPhone and Android, and a Chrome extension called SolvelyAI. Its home page describes a homework solver that works from photos, PDFs or typed text and says it cross-checks answers across several AI models. Around that core it has grown a set of study features: generated study guides, flashcards and adaptive quizzes, mock exams built from your own material, lecture recording with transcription and AI notes, and free calculators and writing tools.

The SolvelyAI Chrome Web Store listing is the part most students searching for an alternative have installed. On October 12, 2026 it showed 100,000 users and a 4.7 rating from 204 ratings, version 0.8.4, updated October 6, 2026. The listing describes four main functions:

• Screenshot solving. Capture a question with a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+S on macOS, Alt+Shift+S on Windows) and get a step-by-step answer.
• One-Click Solve All. A newer button that answers every problem visible on the screen at once, without separate screenshots.
• YouTube summaries with key points and time-stamped chapters while a video plays.
• Webpage summaries for articles, papers and reports.

The iPhone app, Solvely - AI Study Tools, had a 4.8 rating from about 41,000 ratings on the same day. Its App Store page lists in-app purchases including a weekly plan at $6.99, a monthly plan at $12.99, six months at $38.99 and "All Year Access" at $46.99. The pricing page on solvely.ai loads its prices with JavaScript and did not display figures we could record, so check the price shown in your own account before paying; web and app prices are not always the same.

Where Solvely is strong

It is worth saying clearly, because many "alternatives" articles skip it: for a lot of students Solvely is a good choice. The yearly price on iOS is among the lowest we have seen for an AI homework helper with unlimited use. The summary tools for YouTube lectures and long readings are genuinely useful during revision and are something most quiz-focused extensions do not attempt. The iPhone app's rating comes from tens of thousands of reviews, which is a much stronger signal than a perfect score from a few dozen people. And the site itself tells students to verify answers against their textbook or teacher for formal assignments, which is the right advice for any AI tool.

Why students look for something else

The reasons we see most often fall into five groups, and each one points to a different alternative:

1. Screenshots on quiz pages. A screenshot captures what is visible. On a long quiz page, a question with a dropdown, a matching set, or answer choices below the fold has to be scrolled and captured in pieces. One-Click Solve All helps with this, but it still works from what is on screen rather than from the quiz's structure.
2. Unclear free tier. Solvely says a free version exists with basic help, but the extension listing and home page do not publish a number of free questions.
3. Wanting more reviews behind the extension. 204 ratings is respectable, but some students want a tool with thousands of extension reviews.
4. Wanting to learn rather than receive answers. Parents and students who want a tutor that guides instead of solving.
5. Data handling. The Chrome Web Store privacy section says SolvelyAI handles "user activity" and "website content". That is normal for a tool that reads pages and screenshots, but some students prefer to compare disclosures before choosing.

Solvely alternatives compared

Checked on Oct 12, 2026. CWS = Chrome Web Store; ratings are shown as rating (number of ratings). Prices come from each vendor's pricing page or App Store in-app purchase list; App Store lists can include promotional and regional variants.

The alternatives, by reason for switching

If you want more free use: Apex Vision AI

Apex Vision AI publishes the most generous free allowance we found in this category: 30 requests, refilled every 12 hours, with no card. It runs as a panel on any website and reads images, diagrams and graphs. Beyond answers, it offers a voice tutor, guided hints, and practice exams and flashcards generated from your own course material, so it overlaps with Solvely's study features more than any other tool here. Its paid plans are metered rather than unlimited: $7.99 for 500 requests a month, $14.99 for 1,000 and $19.99 for 2,000. For a light user that can be cheaper than an unlimited plan; for a heavy user Solvely's yearly plan will usually cost less. The extension had 8,000 users and a 4.9 rating from about 2,000 ratings.

If you want the quiz read from the page: FastSolve or QuizAce

Solvely, AnswerAI and Gauth work from an image or highlighted text. That is flexible, since it works on a PDF, a textbook site or a worksheet photo, but it means you decide what to capture. LMS page readers take the opposite approach: they read the question and every answer choice from the quiz page's structure, including dropdowns, matching pairs and multiple-answer questions that do not fit in one screenshot. The trade-off is that each LMS has to be supported one by one.

FastSolve names the most platforms in its listing, including Schoology, ALEKS, Knewton Alta and Learnosity, which no other tool in this table lists. It gives 10 free solves a day with no card, then $9.99 a week, $19.99 a month, $49 a semester or $99 a year. Its listing is small (25 ratings averaging 4.1), so test it on your own course first. Its website is partly marketed around not being noticed by the LMS; we gave no credit for that and recommend it only for its platform coverage.

QuizAce is built and tested for Canvas (Classic + New Quizzes), Blackboard (Ultra + Original), Brightspace, Moodle, Google Forms and Microsoft Forms. On other websites it falls back to a general page reader that has not been tested on that platform, and interactive formats (graphs, drag-and-drop, embedded tools, math input editors) are out of scope. It reads text and images in the question and explains the answer. The free plan is 5 questions a day with no card, which is smaller than FastSolve's or Apex's; paid plans are $6.99 a week, $12.99 a month or $89.99 a year. Its weak point next to Solvely is social proof: it is a new listing with few reviews. If your homework is mostly math worksheets or textbook photos rather than LMS quizzes, Solvely or Gauth will suit you better.

If you want the biggest extension review base: AnswerAI

AnswerAI works the same way as Solvely's extension (screenshot or highlight on any website) and adds a chat tutor and a writing assistant. Its listing showed 100,000 users and a 4.9 rating from 12.4K ratings, about sixty times as many extension ratings as SolvelyAI. That makes it the safer pick if you choose tools by how many people have used them long enough to review. The downside is pricing transparency: its pricing page shows a free-trial offer rather than a clear plan list, so look at the price inside the extension before you start a trial, and note when the trial converts to a paid plan.

If you mostly work from your phone: Gauth

If you use Solvely mainly to photograph problems from a textbook or worksheet, the real comparison is with other phone apps rather than extensions. Gauth is the largest: its App Store listing showed a 4.8 rating from about 1.5 million ratings. The app is free to download; its in-app purchase list includes Gauth Plus at $11.99 a month and yearly plans at $99.99 (with a $49.99 special-offer variant). That is more expensive than Solvely's yearly price on iOS, so Gauth makes sense if you have tried both and prefer its explanations, not as a cost saving.

If you want to learn, not receive answers: Khanmigo

Khanmigo, from Khan Academy, is the opposite design choice. Its learner page says it "never gives you the answer" and instead walks you through the problem with questions. It costs $4 a month or $44 a year. If you notice that you can read Solvely's solution and still not do the next problem alone, a tutor that forces you to do the steps is the better tool. It is also the easiest one to justify under almost any course policy, because it does not produce answers to submit.

Which one should you pick?

How to compare them yourself in one afternoon

Rankings only go so far, because accuracy depends on your subject and your question types. Vendor figures such as Solvely's self-reported 97% accuracy are marketing claims and do not say what was tested. A quick personal test is more reliable:

1. Pick ten questions you already know the answers to: a few from a recent practice quiz, a couple with images or diagrams, and at least one multi-step math or chemistry problem.
2. Run the same ten through Solvely and two alternatives using their free tiers. Note which ones got the answer right, and more importantly which explanations you could follow.
3. Check the workflow on your actual platform. Does the tool read the full question, or do you have to crop and scroll? Does it handle the question types your course uses?
4. Read the permissions and the privacy section on the Chrome Web Store page. Google's help page on extension permissions explains what each warning level means. A study tool needs access to the pages you study on, not much more.
5. Look at the "Updated" date. LMS pages change often, and a tool that has not shipped an update in months may have quietly stopped working on your platform.

Whichever tool you pick, the course rules decide where you may use it. Instructors set whether outside help is allowed on each assignment, and that is usually written in the syllabus or the school's academic-integrity policy. AI helpers fit best on practice quizzes, homework you are allowed to get help on, and review before an exam. Our guide to studying with AI tools covers how to turn explanations into recall instead of just reading them.

Other alternatives guides

If you are comparing several tools at once, these guides use the same method and the same check date:

• Coursology alternatives: for students who want lower prices or free study tools built from their own notes.
• AnswerAI alternatives and Gauth alternatives, the two tools above with the largest review counts.
• Quizard AI alternatives and StudyX alternatives.
• Homeworkify alternatives, Canvas Quiz Solver alternatives and Quizlet alternatives.
• The full field in one table: best AI quiz helper extensions and the pricing comparison.

Sources

• SolvelyAI on the Chrome Web Store (users, rating, version, features, privacy disclosure)
• Solvely home page (products, features, free version, accuracy claim)
• Solvely - AI Study Tools on the App Store (rating, in-app purchase prices)
• Apex Vision AI pricing
• FastSolve plans
• AnswerAI on the Chrome Web Store
• Gauth on the App Store (rating, in-app purchase prices)
• Khanmigo for learners (price, tutoring approach)
• Google: permissions requested by extensions

FAQ

Is there a free alternative to Solvely?

Several tools have free tiers with published limits: Apex Vision AI gives 30 requests with a refill every 12 hours, FastSolve gives 10 solves a day, and QuizAce gives 5 questions a day, all without a card. None of them is unlimited for free. Unlimited use always needs a paid plan.

What is better than Solvely for math?

For photographed math problems, Solvely is already one of the stronger options, and Gauth is the main phone-app alternative with a much larger review base. If you want to learn the method rather than get the result, Khanmigo walks you through each step without giving the answer.

Is Solvely free?

Solvely has a free version with basic homework help. Unlimited solutions and the full study tools are part of its paid plan. On the iPhone app, in-app purchases start at $6.99 a week, with $12.99 monthly and $46.99 yearly options listed on October 12, 2026.

Does Solvely work on Canvas quizzes?

Solvely's extension works from screenshots and an on-screen "solve all" button, so it can read anything visible in your browser, including a Canvas page. It does not list Canvas as a specifically supported platform. LMS page readers in the comparison table read the quiz page itself, so they see the full question structure, including dropdowns and matching questions.

Which Solvely alternative has the best reviews?

On the Chrome Web Store, AnswerAI has the most ratings (4.9 from 12.4K). Among phone apps, Gauth has about 1.5 million App Store ratings at 4.8. Solvely's own iPhone app is also well reviewed, with about 41,000 ratings at 4.8.

Can I use Solvely or its alternatives on graded quizzes?

That is decided by your instructor, not by the tool. Many courses allow AI help on practice quizzes and some homework and prohibit it on graded exams. Check the syllabus and your school's academic-integrity policy, and ask when it is unclear.