Comparison

Best study apps for GCSE revision: a ranking for Year 10 and Year 11

The best study apps for GCSE revision, by our ranking: WeSolve+, Quizlet, Knowt, Anki, NotebookLM, StudyGlen and Photomath. The WeSolve+ team wrote it, so we say up front what we ranked on: revising many subjects at once from your own class notes and revision guides, with the questions you miss coming back before the mocks.

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WeSolve+ reads the whole document and writes the questions for you

Upload your PDF, photograph your notebook, or point the camera. WeSolve+ writes questions from that material, explains why each answer is right, reads the chapter back to you as a podcast, and remembers every item you missed until you own it.

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The tool below is a small browser-only tool and it is not WeSolve+: paste a few lines and text rules turn them into cards on the spot. The real app, the one that uses AI, is behind the link above.

Quiz maker

This tool runs only in your browser, and that is all it isIt splits the text you paste by rule, and nothing else. WeSolve+ is a different thing entirely: it reads your whole PDF with AI, writes the reasoning behind every question, speaks the chapter back to you, and remembers what you missed so it can return it. Try the real app now, free!

This tool uses text rules, not AI. It looks for lines written as "term: definition" or "term = definition" and makes a two sided item; for any other line it removes the longest word and asks you to supply it. Your text stays in the browser and is never sent anywhere. The copy button produces tab separated rows, the format Anki and Quizlet both accept.

Who it's for, and who it isn't

Year 10 or 11, exercise books and revision guides in every subject, and mocks coming up? Photograph a page and WeSolve+ asks you questions on it, then brings back the ones you got wrong. It's rated 13+, which fits GCSE age. It won't do your homework, and it won't solve maths questions step by step. Nor is there a bank of ready exam board questions; it only uses your pages. Two quizzes and two PDF uploads a day are free. Premium is ₺299.99 a month on the web; the App Store shows it in your own currency.

What GCSE revision needs from an app

GCSE is unusual because you revise many subjects in the same months, and each one is examined on your exam board's specification. That makes three things matter. The app should work from what your teachers actually covered, since class notes follow the specification more closely than a random online set. It should bring topics back over weeks, because the first subject you revise will fade while you revise the last. And it should test you the way the papers do, which means writing and choosing answers, not just flipping cards.

The ranking

Please read this first: WeSolve+ is our app, and our team wrote this list. We ranked on the three needs above and kept each entry honest about who would do better elsewhere. Our source for the other apps is the AI study app comparison on this site, based on each tool's own pages as read on 26 August 2026 and looked over again on 28 September 2026.

  1. WeSolve+: turns photos of exercise book pages, revision guide PDFs and screenshots of class slides into quizzes, flashcards and audio recaps, makes a booklet from a PDF with text on Ultra, and schedules the questions you miss. Suits students revising from their own notes across many subjects.
  2. Quizlet: the largest library of sets made by other people, so for a common GCSE topic somebody has often built one already. Suits students who want ready sets and do not mind checking them for accuracy.
  3. Knowt: calls itself a free Quizlet alternative and has an unusually wide free tier. Suits students who want a library without paying.
  4. Anki: you write the cards and it decides when you see them again, with more settings than any rival. Free and open source on a computer or Android phone; on iPhone the app costs money. Suits the organised student who enjoys building their own deck.
  5. NotebookLM: you add documents and ask it questions; it replies from those alone and can also make quizzes and cards, though it will not remind you to review. Suits getting unstuck on a long text such as a set novel's study notes.
  6. StudyGlen: no login, happy with a scanned worksheet in PDF form, and fast. Suits a quick check on one past topic.
  7. Photomath: points a camera at one maths problem and shows the steps, as our comparison of the two describes. Suits checking your working on a single maths question, not revising a whole topic.

Photomath details come from our WeSolve+ and Photomath comparison, checked on 11 August 2026.

Our data on true or false against multiple choice

In the WeSolve+ study data for 24 August to 29 September 2026, students got 66.2% of true or false questions right and 54.8% of multiple choice. Much of that gap is luck, because a guess on a two option question is right half the time. For GCSE that matters: papers ask you to write and choose answers, so a revision session full of true or false can make you feel more ready than you are. Use it to warm up, then switch to multiple choice and open ended questions.

A revision plan from now to the mocks

Make a list of every subject and topic, then give each one a first pass early rather than finishing one subject before starting the next. For each topic, photograph the relevant exercise book pages or upload the revision guide section and answer the questions that evening. After that, spend most sessions on what the app brings back. In the last fortnight before the mocks, look at the weak topic list and go back to your notes and past papers for those topics.

When another app is the better choice

If your class notes are thin and the topic is common, a ready set in Quizlet or Knowt will get you started faster. If maths is where you are losing marks, you need worked practice and your teacher's feedback more than any quiz app. If you like designing your own cards, Anki rewards that. And if your school sets work through a learning platform, WeSolve+ cannot send sets or scores into it.

Sources used on this page

GCSE revision needs, app by app. Cells for the other apps come from our AI study app comparison (sites read 26 August 2026, page reviewed 28 September 2026); Photomath is left out because it only solves maths.
For GCSE revisionWeSolve+QuizletKnowtAnkiNotebookLMStudyGlen
Exercise book pagesPhotograph themType them into a setUpload imagesType them into cardsAdd documents as sourcesScan them to PDF
Sets other people madeNoneLargest libraryLibrary with a wide free tierShared decksNoneNone
Quiz questionsFrom your notesFrom a setGeneratedNoneGeneratedUp to twenty
Topics come back before mocksYesYesYesYes, adjustableNoNo
Works with no accountNoNoNoYesNoYes

What is the best study app for GCSE?

If you revise from your own exercise books and revision guides, our ranking puts WeSolve+ first because it works from photos of those pages and schedules your misses. If you want ready made sets for common topics, Quizlet and Knowt have large libraries.

Can I use WeSolve+ if I am in Year 10?

Yes, if you are 13 or older. The app is rated 13+ on the App Store, which covers students in Year 10 and Year 11. It works in the browser as well as on iPhone and Android phones.

Are study apps good for GCSE maths?

They help with definitions, formulas and when to use each method. The marks in maths mostly come from working problems, so past papers and your teacher's feedback should stay at the centre. A solver app can check one question's steps, but it will not revise a topic for you.

Last updated: 2026-10-01 · Written with AI assistance and reviewed before publishing.