Mathway: Scan & Solve Problems

Chegg, Inc.

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Mathway is the world’s smartest math calculator for algebra, graphing, calculus and more! Mathway gives you unlimited access to math solutions that can help you understand complex concepts. Simply point your camera and snap a photo or type your math homework question for step-by-step answers.

Ratings and reviews

Update 1/18/23: Removed a star. They changed the photo feature where now you have to crop a photo of a problem WHILE taking a photo with shaky hands instead of taking a photo and then cropping 1 problem out. This is insanely inconvenient. The app is still great aside from that, but holding a camera steady while trying to crop a problem is nuts. Or else you have to take a regular photo on your phone, then pull that photo up in the app. This takes even longer. Please change this feature back.

New calculator is clunky, messy, and annoying to use. I enjoyed being able to see the answers I just worked on without having to go to a history tab. I can't click a previous problem to auto generate into the input bar. I never plan to use the camera feature but now it seems the app is designed around the whole thing. I just wanted a calculator. This one stood out because I could narrow down specific subjects. Even those options are in a more annoying place with the update. Not what I paid for.

I would have rated it 4 out of 5 or even a solid 5, but they updated it. Now when you solve a problem, it takes you to a different screen, and then you have to go back to the original screen. If you need to reference the calculations you just made, you have to go to a separate "History" tab instead of just scrolling upwards. Each shift to a different screen takes a second to load, which doesn't seem like long, but you definitely start to notice very quickly.