Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Mobility: Students can check their work anywhere, anytime

  • Accessibility: The basic features of the app are free and available to anyone with a smartphone

  • Self-Study Tool: Photomath allows for students to check their work when no teacher or tutor is available. This is valuable as many parents cannot help students with their math homework.

  • Beyond students: photomath advances the ease and accessibility of math for all

Cons

  • Learning avoidance: Students can finish assignments without doing any of the work themselves.

  • As a teacher, it is hard to tell when a student is using exclusively photomath on their assignments

  • Holes in understanding: in the free version, steps are listed and not explained. Students may lack the comprehension of why they are doing each step.