Comparison

AskSia vs Otto Math

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

Head to head
About

AskSia

This AI-powered study tool helps students upload readings, transcribe lectures, ask questions, and organize notes. It offers a free tier with limited features and multiple premium subscription plans for enhanced capabilities and unlimited processing.

Highlights
  • Upload readings and documents
  • Transcribe lecture audio
  • Ask AI questions about content
  • Organize notes
  • Unlimited AI assistance (premium)
  • Document processing (premium)
Features
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AskSia is your AI tutor and AI study assistant. Upload lecture recordings, PDFs, slides, photos and class notes, and Sia turns them into notes, flashcards, practice tests and a study plan from your own courses. Trusted by 2M+ students at 2,000+ universities. RECORD, TRANSCRIBE AND TRANSLATE YOUR LECTURE LIVE Fast professor? Heavy accent? Tap record and read every word as it is spoken, whether the lecture is in English, Korean, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin or Spanish, translated into your language in real time. Recording continues when your phone is locked, a floating window keeps the transcript in view, and you can ask Sia questions mid-lecture. When the lecture ends you get a summary and an outline. Built for lectures and coursework, not meetings. 30+ languages supported. ASK SIA ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR FILES OR AUDIO Upload up to 20 files at once: PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint decks, Excel sheets, textbook chapters, audio files, YouTube links or photos. Ask a question and get an answer with citations that point to the exact page. Long readings become summaries with key points in your professor’s terms. LECTURE IN, NOTES OUT Any recording or file can become structured notes, a study guide, flashcards or a quiz, with spaced repetition built in so the cards you miss come back until you know them. Use the flashcard maker and quiz maker on one slide deck or a whole semester. PRACTICE BEFORE IT COUNTS Build timed practice tests and mock exams from your own course material, not from random question banks, with every miss explained. Use them for midterms, finals, college entrance and grad school exams. Preparing for a standardized test? Upload your prep materials and Sia turns them into practice sets and flashcards too. SIA SHOWS THE STEPS, NOT JUST THE ANSWER Snap a photo of a problem in math, physics, chemistry, biology, statistics, coding or engineering, or type it or say it out loud. Your AI tutor works through it step by step and explains the reasoning, not just the result. Ask why, ask again, or ask in your own language. KNOW WHAT TO REVIEW BEFORE THE EXAM Sia tracks what you get wrong across notes, flashcards and practice tests and tells you what to review next, so before an exam you know exactly what needs work. BRING YOUR WHOLE SEMESTER IN ONE CLICK Install the AskSia Chrome extension, import your courses from Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle or Brightspace, and your readings, slides and deadlines sync to the app. Sia builds a study plan from your syllabus that you follow on your phone. ANY FORMAT, EVERY DEVICE Photo, text and voice input. iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, web and Chrome extension, with your library, notes and chat history synced everywhere. FREE TO START • 300 minutes of transcription a month • 100 PDF pages a month PREMIUM PLANS PLUS, SUPER and A+ remove the limits. A+ includes the GPA Guarantee: use AskSia A+ for a full term and improve by at least one letter grade, or get 100% of your money back. Terms apply. A 3-day free trial is available on selected plans. Cancel anytime in the app. BUILT FOR • College and graduate students • High school students preparing for finals and entrance exams • International students studying in a second language • Anyone who learns faster with an AI tutor that explains AskSia is an AI study assistant that helps you understand your coursework rather than doing it for you: every answer comes with reasoning and citations. Contact: https://www.asksia.ai/contact-us Privacy: https://www.asksia.ai/policies/privacy Terms: https://www.asksia.ai/policies/termofuse

About

Otto Math

Features
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A small car. A missing piece of bridge. One answer that moves the adventure forward. Meet Otto and explore a warm, paper-crafted world where solving a math problem helps you build the road ahead. Choose an answer, watch what happens, and try again at your own pace. NINE WAYS TO PRACTICE Explore addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, times tables, puzzles, telling time, money, and fractions. Clock faces, coins, and fraction shapes make abstract ideas easier to see. Money activities use Polish złoty (PLN). SMALL ROUTES, ROOM TO GROW Each category has 60 routes across five difficulty stages, with eight questions per route. That is 540 routes to explore. Progress is saved separately for each category, and practice sessions can offer fresh sets of questions. A PAPER WORLD IN YOUR ROOM On compatible devices, optional augmented reality places Otto's road in your surroundings. You can also enjoy the game on screen without using the camera. MADE FOR CALM PRACTICE No ads. No account required. No limit on retries. Progress stays on your device. Purchase options are behind a parental gate. START FOR FREE The first five routes in every category are free to play and repeat. Unlock all routes with Otto Plus: choose a monthly subscription, an annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Each option provides the same full access. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase and does not automatically cancel an existing subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://growwithotto.com/privacy/

Screenshots

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Otto Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AskSia at 16.4 against Otto Math's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. AskSia sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Otto Math sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AskSia ships an update weekly, Otto Math every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
AskSia versus Otto Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAskSiaOtto Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (67 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings67 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperASKSIA INCKrzysztof Guz

In-app purchases

7 purchases

AskSia

Subscriptions7
  • AskSia - A+3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • AskSia - Plus1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • AskSia - Super$17.991 Month
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  • AskSia - A+1 Month trial$29.991 Month
  • AskSia - Plus$99.991 Year
  • AskSia - Super$143.991 Year
  • AskSia - A+$155.991 Year
3 purchases

Otto Math

Subscriptions2
  • Otto Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Otto Plus Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Otto Plus Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is AskSia free?
AskSia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Otto Math free?
Otto Math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AskSia or Otto Math have ads?
Neither AskSia nor Otto Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AskSia or Otto Math?
AskSia ships an update weekly, and Otto Math every 9 days. Most recently, AskSia was updated on October 30, 2026 and Otto Math on October 26, 2026.

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