Canvas Teacher vs Mathly AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Grade assignments with annotations
- Provide audio/video feedback
- Post class announcements
- Reply in discussions
- Send messages
- Update assignment content
- Manage Inbox
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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.
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.
- 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
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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]
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Canvas Teacher | Mathly AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (96K ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Instructure Inc. | Karen Nochimowski |
Customer experience
Canvas Teacher
Mathly AI
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
Canvas Teacher
No in-app purchases
Mathly AI
- Math Pro$3.991 Month
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