78 apps photograph homework and hand back the answer, from 77 developers, four in the $250k+ band and nine more at $50–250k. Gauth: AI Study Companion has led since March 2021 and adds 22,485 ratings a month on top of 1,445,956, five times the pace of the next leader. Eight apps launched in the last 18 months and hold under 1% of the review pace, and the best band any of them holds is $20–50k. The one star reviews attack the answer itself: "wrong answers" runs 62 times across six leaders.
Appaloma readings · All-subject homework AIs · 2026-09-01
- OpeningFewer newcomersOpen when a quarter or more of the niche launched in the last 18 months
- Demand100Revealed by rating velocity across the niche, 0–100
- Crowding49How much of the niche the top apps already hold, 0–100
- Apps7817 researched over $20k a month
- New8launched in the last 18 months, holding 0% of the niche's review pace
- Floor$2.0M+a month, adding the band floors of 78 researched apps
What the niche is
Point the camera at the worksheet and the app reads the question, returns the answer and shows the working underneath, then takes follow-ups in a chat. A student with an assignment due tonight pays for it, middle school through college, and 17 of the 78 apps clear $20k a month on that.
The trail runs homework and study help, then AI homework solvers, then the ones that answer every subject instead of math or chemistry alone. The 39 AI English tutor apps sell the same student a microphone instead of a camera, and Learna leads them on 351,476 ratings. The 134 AI chatbot apps answer the same question inside a general chat box and six of them hold $250k+.
Who leads
| App | Since | Ratings | Stars | Prices | Band | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gauth: AI Study CompanionGAUTHTECH PTE. LTD. | Mar 2021 | 1,445,956 | 4.8 | $6.99–$49.99 | $250k+ |
| 2 |  Answer.AI - Your AI tutorANSWER AI LAB INC | Mar 2023 | 166,248 | 4.7 | $1.99–$99.99 | $250k+ |
| 3 |  Question.AI-Math Calculator3HOUSE | May 2023 | 159,256 | 4.7 | $6.99–$11.99 | $250k+ |
| 4 |  Nerd AI - Math Problem SolverDEEP FLOW SOFTWARE SERVICES | Jul 2023 | 33,061 | 4.7 | $4.99–$39.99 | $250k+ |
| 5 |  Quizard AI: Homework HelperQuizard AI, Inc. | Jan 2023 | 58,116 | 4.7 | $6.99–$79.99 | $50–250k |
| 6 |  Quiz AI: Homework Helper帅 惠 | Mar 2024 | 5,646 | 4.7 | $2.99–$59.99 | $50–250k |
| 7 |  Solvo: AI Homework HelperAIBY | May 2023 | 5,574 | 4.6 | $2.99–$59.99 | $50–250k |
| 8 |  PhotoSolve: AI Homework HelperCoincircle, Inc | Jul 2023 | 2,677 | 4.8 | $9.99–$69.99 | $50–250k |
| 9 |  Homework Helper: Scan & solveKrobe.net | Jun 2024 | 2,337 | 4.8 | $5.99–$44.99 | $50–250k |
| 10 |  PhotoSolve: Answer Pic SolverZipoApps | Mar 2023 | 1,404 | 4.4 | $2.99–$49.99 | $50–250k |
| 11 |  StudyX: AI Homework & StudyStudyX Inc. | Aug 2021 | 951 | 4.7 | $6.99–$77.99 | $50–250k |
| 12 |  SolveX - Ai Homework HelperBYTEBURST (PRIVATE) LIMITED | Jan 2024 | 638 | 4.6 | $6.99–$49.99 | $50–250k |
Band: our researched estimate of peak monthly revenue, published only for apps we have researched one by one. Every app in the catalog sits above the $5k a month floor.
Gauth: AI Study Companion, from GAUTHTECH PTE. LTD., launched in March 2021 and holds 1,445,956 ratings at 22,485 a month in the $250k+ band. It sits in the top grossing and top free charts and Apple featured it in 2026 under Great apps for studying STEM. It charges $6.99 a week, $11.99 a month, $26.99 or $31.99 a quarter and $49.99 a year behind a three day trial.
Answer.AI - Your AI tutor, from ANSWER AI LAB INC, launched in March 2023 and holds 166,248 ratings at 4,086 a month at $250k+ with a pace at 0.1x its own earlier rate, and it prices the widest spread of the 14: $2.99 a week, $9.99 a month, $71.90 or $99.99 a year and $1.99 for 50 answer credits.
Question.AI-Math Calculator from 3HOUSE launched in May 2023 and holds 159,256 ratings at 4,152 a month at $250k+ on four prices from $6.99 to $11.99 with no year anywhere, while Nerd AI - Math Problem Solver from DEEP FLOW SOFTWARE SERVICES holds the same band on 33,061 ratings at 901 a month since July 2023 out of a portfolio of 20 apps.
Quizard AI: Homework Helper, from Quizard AI, Inc., holds 58,116 ratings at 1,370 a month at $50–250k since January 2023 and charges the most of the 14, $17.99 and $19.99 a month and a year priced five ways from $29.99 to $79.99, while Solvely - AI Study Tools from Aignite Inc. holds 38,981 ratings at 978 a month at $20–50k.
Four leaders hold $50–250k on fewer than 1,500 ratings, Filo: Homework & Exam Help on 348 at 5 a month and StudyX: AI Homework & Study on 951, while PhotoSolve: Answer Pic Solver comes from ZipoApps and its 134 other apps and carries 4.4 stars, the lowest of the 14.
Twelve of the 14 shipped an update in 2026 and five come from one app developers: Gauth, Question.AI, Quiz AI: Homework Helper, PhotoSolve: AI Homework Helper and Filo. Homework Helper: Scan & solve is the newest leader at June 2024 and stopped updating in November 2024, holding $50–250k on 2,337 ratings as one of nine dormant apps.
How they make money
Twelve of the 14 leaders sell a weekly plan and eight price it at $6.99, while Quiz AI alone prices the week four ways from $2.99 to $12.99. Nine charge by the month, from $3.99 at PhotoSolve: Answer Pic Solver to $19.99 at Quizard, with Gauth and Question.AI at $11.99. Nine sell a yearly plan from $19.99 at Solvo and SolveX to $99.99 at Answer.AI, and StudyX lists $36.99 and $77.99.
Three sell a lifetime, Nerd AI and PhotoSolve: Answer Pic Solver at $39.99 and SolveX at $49.99, and two sell answers by the piece: Answer.AI at $1.99 for 50 credits and Solvo at $2.99 for five requests. Gauth alone sells a quarterly plan at $26.99 and $31.99 while Quizard, StudyX and Solvely sell six months at $39.99, $35.99 and $38.99.
Two leaders never say how long a plan runs: Homework Helper: Scan & solve sells five plans from $5.99 to $44.99 all named Premium and Filo sells two named Filo - SuperAI at $9.99 and $59.99.
The angles that get installs
- photo the homework, get the answer76 apps
Seventy-six of the 78 apps run one angle: photograph the homework and get the answer. The other five each run in one app: one cross-checks every answer against GPT, Claude and Gemini, one runs a slow deep mode for the problems the fast one misses, one makes the student explain the topic back in their own words, one answers Vietnamese homework in Vietnamese and one hands back circuit and anatomy diagrams you can edit as vectors. Solvely runs that cross-check at $20–50k on 38,981 ratings.
What the one star reviews keep saying
“Gauth will give you wrong answers it gave me wrong answers for my reading and others!!”Gauth: AI Study Companion, 2026-08-17
“wrong answers” recurs in 6 of the top 12 apps“One, I was doing my assignments and my answers kept getting marked as wrong when I used gauth! and it broke my 50 day streak, so now my streak is gone gauth is giving me wrong answers making me fail my lesson! Then two, ”Gauth: AI Study Companion, 2026-08-04
“wrong answer” recurs in 6 of the top 12 apps“One, I was doing my assignments and my answers kept getting marked as wrong when I used gauth! and it broke my 50 day streak, so now my streak is gone gauth is giving me wrong answers making me fail my lesson! Then two, ”Gauth: AI Study Companion, 2026-08-04
“giving wrong” recurs in 6 of the top 12 apps“STOP PUTTING SO MANY ADS TO TRY TO MAKE ME SPEND MONEY AFTER EVERY LIKE 3 QUESTIONS I TAKE PICTURES OF”Gauth: AI Study Companion, 2026-08-09
“take pictures” recurs in 6 of the top 12 apps“I recently got the free trial and i tried canceling it before it was over but on the website and on its official app there is no way to cancel any subscription. I tried contacting their email but they have never responde”Answer.AI - Your AI tutor, 2026-05-19
“cancel subscription” recurs in 5 of the top 12 apps“If you don’t plan on buying Gauth Premium, good luck. They’ll still let you use the app, but they are sure to show you an ad for their premium tier every 4 scans. LITERALLY, over the course of a 25 question assignment, I”Gauth: AI Study Companion, 2026-08-02
“free trial” recurs in 5 of the top 12 apps“Terrible app especially when it comes to solving algebra it gives the wrong information and doesn’t helps at all don’t get wrong it did work in the beginning but now it’s miserably fails me”Gauth: AI Study Companion, 2026-07-16
“gives wrong” recurs in 5 of the top 12 apps
Phrases that recur in one and two star reviews across 8 of the niche's top 12 apps.
Eight leaders with pooled reviews carry three complaints and the loudest one hits the answer itself.
The answer is wrong. "Wrong answers" runs 62 times in six apps, "gives wrong" 22 times in five, "wrong answer" 20 times in six and "answers wrong" 16 times in five. A Gauth reviewer worked assignments from the app's answers, kept getting marked wrong and lost a 50 day streak, and "every question" runs 12 times in five behind a reviewer who scored 68% and said the app guessed.
Cancelling does not work. "Cancel subscription" runs 38 times in five apps and "won't let" 14 times in five, behind an Answer.AI reviewer who found no way to cancel a free trial on the website or in the app.
The upsell sits between the answers. "Free trial" runs 25 times in five apps and "take pictures" six times in six, and a Gauth reviewer cleared a premium ad every four scans through a 25 question assignment.
What works, from the five star side
The volume praise says little: "good good" runs 27 times in seven apps, "it's good" 26 times in five and "best ever" 26 times in six. The specific praise names the working: "highly recommend" runs 16 times in six apps and "high school" 15 times in five, and those quotes describe step by step solutions and keeping up with an algebra class.
New in the last 18 months
- Sovi.AI - AI Study CompanionFeb 2025 · 4,751 ratings · $20–50k
- AcadAIJan 2025 · 1,969 ratings · $20–50k
- Socratic Homework AIAug 2025 · 442 ratings · $10–20k
- AI Homework Helper - MathGoJun 2025 · 186 ratings · $5–10k
- AI Homework Helper Ask,SolverAug 2025 · 132 ratings · $5–10k
- AI Help Answer Homework HelperJan 2025 · 119 ratings · $5–10k
Eight apps launched in the last 18 months and hold under 1% of the review pace, six of them past 100 ratings. Sovi.AI - AI Study Companion from Edgewise PTE launched in February 2025 and reached $20–50k on 4,751 ratings and AcadAI reached that band on 1,969 ratings after a January 2025 launch. Socratic Homework AI from Driftwave Labs LLC holds $10–20k on 442 ratings 13 months after an August 2025 launch, and the three below it sit at $5–10k on under 200 ratings. None of the 14 leaders launched after June 2024.
Four leaders run cached ad creative: Question.AI on "Scan, solve, succeed", Quiz AI on "Homework? Handled", Answer.AI on the latest AI technology and Gauth in Portuguese.
What to copy and what to avoid
Copy: the week at $6.99, the price eight of the 12 leaders with a weekly plan picked.
Copy: the step by step working, which "highly recommend" names 16 times in six apps.
Copy: cross-checking the answer across models, which one app of 78 runs at $20–50k while "wrong answers" draws 62 one star mentions in six leaders.
Avoid: a cancel path the reviewer cannot find, where "cancel subscription" runs 38 times in five leaders and "won't let" 14 times in five.
Avoid: the upsell between answers, where "take pictures" runs six times in six leaders behind a premium ad every four scans.
Our read: accuracy drives the one star pile, 62 plus 22 plus 20 mentions of a wrong answer against 38 about cancelling, while the one app that checks each answer with three models holds $20–50k on 38,981 ratings.
Our read: every scored leader's pace runs under its own earlier rate, Answer.AI at 0.1x and Solvely at 0.5x, while Gauth adds 22,485 ratings a month against 4,152 at the next leader. The two entrants at $20–50k got there on 4,751 and 1,969 ratings, and all four $250k+ apps launched before August 2023.
FAQ
Is the homework AI app market saturated?
No. 77 developers ship 78 apps and 17 of them clear $20k a month as of September 2026. Eight launched in the last 18 months and two hold $20–50k on 4,751 and 1,969 ratings.
Which homework AI apps make the most money?
Four sit in the $250k+ band as of September 2026: Gauth: AI Study Companion, Answer.AI - Your AI tutor, Question.AI-Math Calculator and Nerd AI - Math Problem Solver. Gauth leads on ratings with 1,445,956 at 22,485 a month.
How do homework AI apps make money?
Twelve of the 14 leaders sell a weekly plan at $2.99 to $12.99 and eight land on $6.99. Nine charge by the month at $3.99 to $19.99 and nine sell a yearly plan at $19.99 to $99.99. Three charge $39.99 once for lifetime access and $49.99 and two sell answers as credit packs from $1.99.
Do homework AI apps give the right answers?
Their own one star reviews say not always: "wrong answers" runs 62 times across six of the eight leaders with pooled reviews, behind reviewers who failed a test and got homework back marked wrong. On the five star side "highly recommend" runs 16 times in six apps and those quotes praise the step by step working.
What should a new homework AI app do differently?
Check the answer with more than one model: one app of 78 does it at $20–50k while "wrong answers" draws 62 one star mentions in six leaders. Put the cancel button where reviewers look, since "cancel subscription" runs 38 times in five. Keep the upsell out of the answer flow, where "take pictures" runs six times in six leaders.