MathGPT (now renamed Mathix) is an AI math solving and tutoring platform for students. Its official website states that it has solved more than 134,834 problems and has more than 141,000 users from over 200 countries. Its positioning is not just to give answers, but to help users truly understand solution methods through step-by-step explanations.
Uses and main capabilities:
- Step-by-step math solving: The AI math solver breaks each problem down into individual steps, explaining what each step is doing, why it is done that way, and which formulas apply, covering everything from basic arithmetic to differential equations, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and probability, and also supporting STEM subjects such as physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering.
- Photo recognition: You can directly use your phone to photograph handwritten notes, printed problems, or messy diagrams, and the AI instantly reads them and provides a complete solution, with no need for a formula editor or special symbols.
- AI video explanations: You can request a customized video lesson generated for the current problem, including animations, step-by-step calculations, and voice explanations, making it suitable for visual learners.
- Unlimited follow-up questions: If you do not understand a certain step, you can ask for it to be explained in another way, or request more examples; the AI remembers the entire conversation, and answers build progressively on what has already been discussed.
- Graphing calculator: Plot functions and equations, view intersection points and maxima and minima, adjust variables in real time to observe changes, and visualize abstract concepts.
- Practice problem generator: Generate unlimited practice problems by any topic and difficulty, with each problem accompanied by a complete solution.
- Math flashcards: Create study sets for any topic, formula, theorem, problem type, or definition, with the question on the front and a clear explanation on the back; when you get stuck, you can directly ask follow-up questions for immediate tutoring.
- Custom practice worksheets: Choose the topic and difficulty and the number of questions, and generate a complete practice worksheet and answers within seconds.
- Kids mode: Designed for elementary and middle school students, using simpler language, more encouraging feedback, colorful visual examples, and age-appropriate explanations.
- Discord bot: Bring Mathix into Discord servers, so study groups can solve problems together, share answers, and get instant help.
- Chrome extension: Without leaving the current page, you can highlight math problems on a webpage or capture a screen area to get instant step-by-step solutions, making it suitable for scenarios such as online textbooks and homework portals.
How to use it: Users can ask questions by typing input, taking a photo with a phone, or pasting a problem from homework, with no special formatting required. Mathix handles handwritten homework, printed textbooks, online homework, and typed problems. After getting a step-by-step solution, you can continue asking follow-up questions until you understand; you can also use tools such as the practice problem generator, flashcards, graphing calculator, and video explanations to reinforce learning.
Applicable scenarios:
- Understanding the method when you get stuck on homework, rather than copying answers;
- Exam preparation: generate practice problems, flashcards, and video explanations based on exam content;
- Catching up through tutoring: review from the basics at your own pace;
- Learning ahead: explore advanced topics such as calculus while studying algebra;
- Get 24/7 instant help when stuck on a problem at 2 a.m.;
- Group study: solve problems together through the Discord bot.
Limitations and pricing: The official website mentions that free users have a daily usage limit, and creating a free Mathix account unlocks more daily help and allows you to save history and problem sets; premium provides unlimited access, including AI video generation. Specific prices and the full benefits of premium are not yet provided. Mathix is available in mobile and tablet browsers and supports solving problems by photo.
