A+Papers vs Past Code
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A+Papers
This app provides A-Level past papers with an AI tutor to explain mark schemes and examiner expectations. It offers timed exam simulations, progress tracking, and offline access to study materials. Designed for students to practice effectively and improve exam performance.
- Offline AI tutor for mark scheme explanations
- Comprehensive collection of past papers
- Real exam timing simulations
- Personalized practice plans and progress tracking
- Cross-device syncing
- Offline paper access and note-taking
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Ever finished a past paper, opened the mark scheme, and still wondered what the examiner actually wanted? A+Papers turns CIE and Edexcel A-Level past papers into a complete revision loop: sit the paper against the clock, understand every mark with Hugo, keep your work, and watch your progress build week by week until exam day. Built for AS and A-Level students who want less searching and more practicing. Key features: • Hugo, your offline AI tutor Pick any question and Hugo explains it from the official mark scheme, walking you through the examiner's working step by step. Ask for a simpler explanation, the points examiners look for, a full-mark answer, or the common mistakes that quietly lose marks. Hugo runs right on your phone, so it works without internet and without an account. • Every past paper in one place Question papers, mark schemes, examiner reports and inserts for A-Level subjects across the years, now including 2026 papers in 44 subjects. No more juggling a dozen browser tabs. • Real exam timing Tap a paper's title to start the timer. The time printed on the cover is filled in for you, the timer shows which question you should be on, warns you as the end approaches, and finishing ticks the paper off and shows your time against the time allowed. • Share with friends Send a paper or a Hugo explanation to a friend as a card. It opens at exactly the same question, ready to talk through. • Your own practice plan Set your subjects, target grades, exam date, weak areas and weekly rhythm. A+Papers turns them into a weekly route you can actually follow. • Progress you can see Completed papers, weekly targets, subject progress and route history, so revision feels measurable instead of vague. • Sync across devices Your plan, targets, completed papers and history stay in step. Start on iPhone, continue on iPad, and pick up the same weekly route wherever you study. • Offline papers Download papers to your archive and keep the important ones for when you have no connection. • Notes on the paper Write on papers, highlight key parts and add handwritten notes that stay with the paper. • Saved tutor answers Keep the Hugo explanations you want to revisit before mocks, trials and final exams. • Built for iPhone and iPad Study in portrait or landscape, with your papers, notes and saved explanations close at hand. No account. No ads. No cost. A+Papers was created by students for students: less searching, more practicing, and a clearer route from past paper attempt to better answer. Disclaimer: A+Papers is an independent study app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to Cambridge Assessment International Education, Pearson Edexcel, PapaCambridge, Physics & Maths Tutor, or any related organizations. All trademarks and brand names belong to their respective owners. Feel free to contact us at apluspapers1208@gmail.com for any further enquiries or suggestions to improve our app. Thank you.
Past Code
Instantly find mark schemes for IGCSE and A-Level past papers by scanning their codes with your camera. Save time and effort by accessing the correct resources directly.
- Scan past paper codes with camera
- Instant mark scheme retrieval
- Supports IGCSE papers
- Supports A-Level papers
- User-friendly interface
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Stop wasting your time and effort looking for mark schemes online. With the help of Past Code, you can use your camera to scan any IGCSE or A-Level past paper code and find the mark scheme associated with it instantly. For further information you can email us at omarayyanapps@hotmail.com or at my personal email omarayyan@hotmail.com A Omar Rayyan Production Copyrighted 2021
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: A+Papers at 4.4 against Past Code's 4.0. Past Code's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
A+Papers holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of A+Papers's written reviews are positive against 50% of Past Code's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
A+Papers ships an update every 5 weeks, Past Code every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A+Papers | Past Code |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Danesh Rajasolan | Omar Rayyan |
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In-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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