Comparison

Canvas Teacher vs Mathly AI

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Canvas Teacher

This app allows educators to grade assignments, provide feedback, and manage their classes remotely. It offers tools for annotating work, communicating with students, and updating course content directly from a mobile device.

Highlights
  • Grade assignments with annotations
  • Provide audio/video feedback
  • Post class announcements
  • Reply in discussions
  • Send messages
  • Update assignment content
  • Manage Inbox
Features
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Save time. Teach on the go. Canvas Teacher helps educators, instructors, and teachers grade, give feedback, and manage their classes from anywhere. What you can do • Grade or mark work: Use mobile friendly SpeedGrader to annotate assignments, apply rubrics and give written, audio, or video feedback • Communicate: Post class announcements, reply in discussions, and send messages right from your device • Update content: Adjust due dates, publish/unpublish assignments, or fix typos in seconds • Stay connected: Manage your Inbox, reply to student questions, and keep class communication flowing on the move Canvas Teacher is designed for educators—making mobile grading and class management faster and easier.

About

Mathly AI

This app acts as a personal AI math tutor, providing step-by-step explanations for a wide range of math problems. It features a powerful graphing calculator and includes over 140 formulas across six subjects. Notes sync across devices, and an Apple Watch app is also available.

Highlights
  • AI step-by-step solver (text or photo)
  • Scientific & calculus calculator
  • Graphing calculator with calculus tools
  • 140+ formulas across 6 subjects
  • Cross-device notes sync
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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Mathly is your personal AI math tutor — built to help you actually understand math, not just get answers. SOLVE ANY PROBLEM Type a question or snap a photo, and Mathly explains it step by step, the way a good tutor would. From basic algebra to calculus, you'll see how to get the answer — not just the answer. POWERFUL GRAPHING CALCULATOR Plot multiple functions, find intersections, see derivatives as live curves, shade the area under a curve, and tap any point to read its slope and coordinates. EVERYTHING YOU NEED - AI step-by-step solver (text or photo) - Scientific & calculus calculator - Graphing calculator with calculus tools - 140+ formulas across 6 subjects - Notes that sync across your devices - Apple Watch app included MATHLY PRO Upgrade for unlimited AI solving, photo solving, unlimited notes, and unlimited saved formulas. Made for students, by a student. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: [https://sites.google.com/view/mathlyai/home]

Screenshots

Canvas Teacher4 screens
Mathly AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mathly AI at 100% against Canvas Teacher's 26%. Mathly AI also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Canvas Teacher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (96K vs 9). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mathly AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Canvas Teacher asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mathly AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canvas Teacher has 96K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Canvas Teacher's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mathly AI's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Canvas Teacher versus Mathly AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanvas TeacherMathly AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (96K ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings96K — better9
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInstructure Inc.Karen Nochimowski

Customer experience

Canvas Teacher

All ratings95,931 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews330 reviews
Positive26.4%
Neutral17.6%
Negative56.1%

Mathly AI

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Canvas Teacher

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Inability to save grades and annotations
  • Inconsistent behavior when rotating device
  • Issues with loading student submissions
  • Problems with syncing data between app and web version

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to access and edit modules
  • Improve grading tools and functionality
  • Allow customization of notification settings
  • Enhance integration with other platforms
  • Improve stability and reliability

Mathly AI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Canvas Teacher

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Mathly AI

Subscriptions1
  • Math Pro$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Canvas Teacher free?
Canvas Teacher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mathly AI free?
Mathly AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Canvas Teacher or Mathly AI?
Mathly AI is rated higher. Canvas Teacher averages 4.6 out of 5 from 96K ratings, while Mathly AI averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Canvas Teacher or Mathly AI have ads?
Neither Canvas Teacher nor Mathly AI shows ads.

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