Question 1

What is the best free AI for homework?

Accepted Answer

For explaining a concept, ChatGPT and Gemini are free to start and good at it. For a quick math answer from a camera, Photomath. For written-out work you can study from, ShowYourWork includes 3 handwritten pages a month free with unlimited explanations and practice problems.

Question 2

Which AI is best for math homework specifically?

Accepted Answer

Symbolab and Photomath are reliable for pure computation because they calculate rather than predict. ChatGPT is better for understanding why a method works. ShowYourWork is the one to use when you need the full work written out with the graph or diagram, or want to check your own attempt line by line.

Question 3

Is it cheating to use an AI for homework?

Accepted Answer

That depends on your course policy, so read it. Using a tool to understand a method, check your own work, and practice more problems is studying. Submitting work you cannot explain is not, whatever tool produced it. ShowYourWork has explain, grader, and practice modes for the studying part.

Question 4

Which homework AI works from a photo of the problem?

Accepted Answer

Photomath for math, Gauth for several subjects, ChatGPT and Gemini for most things, and ShowYourWork for any subject with a worked page as the output. Photo quality matters for all of them: flat, well lit, whole problem in frame.

Question 5

Why would I want the answer as a handwritten page?

Accepted Answer

Because it looks like the work you will do on the test. Steps on their own lines, tables as tables, diagrams drawn. It is easier to study from, easier to compare against your own attempt, and it lives in your library instead of scrolling away in a chat.

Question 6

Does ShowYourWork cover subjects other than math?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Physics, chemistry, biology, statistics, economics, accounting, computer science, and general written subjects. Every subject gets the same treatment: solved, explained, and rendered as a handwritten page.