Comparison

smart_r vs Grade Britain

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

Head to head
About

smart_r

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smart_r is a fun, interactive GCSE Maths revision app built for UK secondary school students in Year 10 and 11. Designed to make revision feel like a game, smart_r helps students stay. Privacy policy: https://smartr.education/privacy-policy/ Terms of use: https://smartr.education/terms/

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Grade Britain

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Grade Britain shows every UK A-level and GCSE subject the way the data actually reads: nationally, honestly, and at a glance. Pick a subject and see its full grade distribution, where it ranks against every other subject, and how it has moved across 2022-2025. Compare every exam board that offers it. Zoom out to the whole national landscape in a single grid. And read the surprising facts buried in the numbers that no results-day headline tells you. Built by a teacher, for teachers, heads of department, and curious students. WHAT'S INSIDE โ€ข Your subject, nationally. The headline grade rate, the full A*-U distribution, and an "out of every 100 students" view. โ€ข The ranking. Where your subject sits among every national subject, on any threshold you choose (A*, A*-A, A*-C, or a pass). โ€ข The grade landscape. Every subject, every year, in one heatmap. The post-COVID grading reset reads as a whole column shifting paler. โ€ข Compare exam boards. One subject across AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas and Cambridge, with the cohort and region caveats made plain. โ€ข Swipeable charts. Distribution, trend over time, entries over time, and a grade funnel, all on one card. โ€ข You might not expectโ€ฆ Surprising cross-subject facts: how rare a top grade really is, the steepest year-on-year falls, and how a subject stacks up against its reputation. โ€ข Copy as Markdown. Drop a clean stat table straight into your notes, lesson plans, or a department meeting. HONEST BY DESIGN A subject's grade distribution reflects who chose to sit it, not how hard the spec is. Grade Britain says so plainly throughout: it separates national figures from single-board ones, flags small and regional cohorts, and never dresses a cohort effect up as difficulty. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No tracking. No analytics. Grade Britain makes no network calls and works entirely offline. Your pinned subjects stay on your device and nowhere else. Data: JCQ national results and awarding-body breakdowns, 2022-2025.

Screenshots

smart_r4 screens
Grade Britain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grade Britain at none against smart_r's 15. smart_r's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. smart_r sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Grade Britain asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

smart_r ships an update every 4 weeks, Grade Britain every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
smart_r versus Grade Britain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersmart_rGrade Britain
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks โ€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size48 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSMART-R TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDMichael Lehnert

In-app purchases

15 purchases

smart_r

Subscriptions1
  • monthlyplan$1.991 Month
One-time14
  • all topic discount 4Free
  • Gems50$0.49
  • all topic discount 3$0.99
Show 11 more
  • gems150$0.99
  • geometry topic$2.99
  • number topic$2.99
  • probability topic$2.99
  • ratio topic$2.99
  • stats topic$2.99
  • gems500$2.99
  • all topic discount 2$3.99
  • SeasonPass$3.99
  • all topic discount 1$6.99
  • all topics$10.00
None

Grade Britain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is smart_r free?
smart_r is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grade Britain free?
Grade Britain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do smart_r or Grade Britain have ads?
Neither smart_r nor Grade Britain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, smart_r or Grade Britain?
smart_r ships an update every 4 weeks, and Grade Britain every 2 months. Most recently, smart_r was updated on October 11, 2026 and Grade Britain on October 6, 2026.

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