Comparison

homeworkAI vs Soya

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

Head to head
About

homeworkAI

Features
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homeworkAI is a tutor for Singapore primary school students (P1โ€“P6) โ€” and the parents who care about how they learn, not just the answer. WHY HOMEWORKAI IS DIFFERENT Most homework apps optimise for "give me the answer fastest." homeworkAI optimises for understanding. Hints first, guided steps next, full worked solution last. Locked to your child's grade, so the AI never explains P3 division using algebra. BUILT FOR THE SINGAPORE SYLLABUS โ€ข MOE / PSLE-aligned โ€” working shown the way markers expect โ€ข Grade-locked from P1 to P6 โ€ข PSLE heuristics โ€” Model Drawing, Guess-and-Check, Working Backwards, Before/After, Units & Parts โ€ข Bilingual โ€” English + ็ฎ€ไฝ“ไธญๆ–‡, switch any time SUBJECTS (v1) โ€ข Math โ€” with model drawing helper โ€ข English โ€” comprehension, grammar (cloze, editing), vocabulary, composition feedback โ€ข Chinese (ไธญๆ–‡) โ€” Hanyu Pinyin, stroke order, ๅฌๅ†™, ็œ‹ๅ›พไฝœๆ–‡ โ€ข Science โ€” P3โ€“P6 MOE topics โ€ข General Study โ€” anything else, flagged as off-curriculum HOW IT WORKS 1. Snap the question with the camera, pick from your library, paste text, or type it out. 2. Get a hint first โ€” "what to think about." 3. Tap to reveal each guided step. 4. See the final answer with units, in PSLE-style working. 5. Tap "Try a similar one" to practise. PARENT DASHBOARD (PIN-gated) โ€ข Weekly questions solved by subject โ€ข Most-struggled topics โ€ข Hide "Show answer" so your child stays in tutor mode โ€ข Daily usage cap โ€ข Choose which subjects are available PRIVACY FIRST This is a kids' app, and we treat it that way. โ€ข PDPA-aligned, kids-policy compliant โ€ข Photos cropped on-device before upload โ€ข Signed URLs, auto-delete schedule โ€ข No advertising SDKs. Ever. โ€ข "Delete all data" button in Profile PRO SUBSCRIPTION โ€ข Unlimited scans (free tier is 3/day) โ€ข All subjects + Tutor Mode + Practice loop โ€ข Voice follow-ups in English or Chinese โ€ข PSLE-style working, full marker formatting โ€ข Parent dashboard with weekly progress email โ€ข Full history with photo โ€ข Bilingual UI 3-day free trial. Cancel anytime in Settings โ†’ Apple ID โ†’ Subscriptions Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://maxlibin.com/homeworkai/privacy/

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Soya

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Soya turns the things you already want to read into reading practice at exactly your level. Paste a link, share an article from Safari, or name a book โ€” Soya rewrites it in Chinese, Japanese or Korean pitched at the level you choose, and hands it back as something you can actually read. AT YOUR LEVEL, NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S Pick HSK 1โ€“6, JLPT N5โ€“N1 or TOPIK 1โ€“6. The same article at HSK 2 and HSK 5 is genuinely two different texts, not the same text with a glossary bolted on. Change your mind halfway and re-translate it at another level. FOUR LANGUAGES, INCLUDING BOTH CHINESE SCRIPTS Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Traditional is a first-class choice, not a conversion pass over Simplified. TAP ANY WORD Every word carries its reading โ€” pinyin, hiragana or the pronounced hangul โ€” and a tap gives you the definition, the word in that exact sentence, and examples. Tap "Break it down" and the sentence is walked through part by part. PRACTICE THAT COSTS NOTHING Five games built from the words you have actually looked up: fill the gap, pair match, sentence order, listening and a mixed session. They never call a model, so they work on a plane, on the underground, and on no signal at all. A bundled vocabulary catalogue means there is something to practise from the first minute. READ ALOUD Any sentence, any article, at your pace. NEWS, ALREADY TRANSLATED A daily corpus of short news stories, translated ahead of time, so browsing them costs nothing and opening one is instant. YOUR READING STAYS YOURS Your library, your words, your practice history and your reading positions live on your phone. There is no account to make. Sign in only if you want your library on a second device โ€” it is off by default and always optional. FREE, OR YOUR OWN KEY Soya works out of the box with a monthly free allowance and no account. If you would rather use your own model provider โ€” Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint โ€” add your key in Settings and it goes straight from your phone to them. Your key stays in the keychain and is never uploaded.

Screenshots

homeworkAI4 screens
Soya4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Soya at none against homeworkAI's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. homeworkAI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Soya asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
homeworkAI versus Soya: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterhomeworkAISoya
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerli binJames Gwee

In-app purchases

2 purchases

homeworkAI

Subscriptions2
  • homeworkAI Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • homeworkAI Pro Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Soya

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is homeworkAI free?
homeworkAI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Soya free?
Soya is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do homeworkAI or Soya have ads?
Neither homeworkAI nor Soya shows ads.

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