We've compared the tools, features, and price — so your students don't have to choose blind. Built for UK schools. AI at the core. Free plan with no time limit, paid plan from £3.50/mo.
Features students and teachers actually need — compared honestly. Tags show what is on BrightRevision's Free plan and what is part of the Paid plan (from £3.50/mo).
| Feature |
BrightRevision
Best choice
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SaveMyExams
Popular
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SmartRevise
CS & Business only
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Seneca
Premium £6.99–£14.99/mo
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| Student tools | ||||
| Quiz / practice questions | ✓7,000+ auto-markedFree: 5 quizzes a day · unlimited on paid plan | ✓Topic questions by difficulty | ✓Adaptive spaced quizzes | ~Adaptive topic questions; unlimited quiz & cram modes and the exam-question bank are Premium (£8.99/mo) |
| Flashcards with spaced repetition | ✓5,000+ flashcardsFree: 5 decks a day · unlimited on paid plan | ✓ | ✓Terms mode | ~Smart-learning recall |
| Photo & stylus written answers | ✓Snap or hand-write — AI marks itPart of paid plan | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Revision notes | ✓Every note free; AI explain on paid planFree, unlimited | ✓Expert/examiner-written | ✗ | ~Course-based content; the full course library and e-books require Premium (£6.99/mo) |
| Past papers | ✓Real papers, interactive & AI-markedFree: 1 a month · unlimited on paid plan | ~Static PDFs only | ✗ | ~AI predicted papers (premium) |
| Mock exam builder | ✓Pick subject, tier & boardPart of paid plan | ✓ | ✗ | ~Mini mocks (premium) |
| Day-by-day revision planner | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Progress tracking & weak topic alerts | ✓ | ~Basic topic progress | ✓Flight paths & goals | ✓Course progress |
| Clean, distraction-free interface | ✓Focused UI, no ads | ✓Clean & content-led | ✓Simple & functional | ~Memes/animations interrupt revision (common in reviews) |
| AI features | ||||
| AI "explain this" on demand | ✓On any note or topicPart of paid plan | ~Smart Lessons (new, limited) | ✗ | ~AI assistant (premium) |
| AI marking on written answers | ✓Past papers, questions + photo/stylusPart of paid plan | ~Smart Mark (short answers only) | ~Advance questions only (extended answers) | ~AI-marked questions (premium) |
| AI predicted grade | ✓Part of paid plan | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Personalised weekly study goals | ✓Revision plannerFree | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Computer Science & coding | ||||
| In-browser Python IDE | ✓Live, no install neededFree, no login | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Python coding challenges | ✓164 challenges; AI hints on paid planFree: 1 a day · unlimited on paid plan | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Teacher & school tools | ||||
| Class management & assignments | ✓Full assignment tracking | ~Teacher portal (view only, no assignments) | ✓Set tests & peer mark | ✓Free assignments |
| Live class game (Kahoot-style) | ✓Whole-class quiz battles | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 1-v-1 duels against classmates | ✓Challenge a classmate on any topic — same questions, both sides | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Points, badges & leaderboard | ✓XP, 58 badges, seasonal leaderboard — opt-in, so it's never forced | ✗ | ~Leaderboard | ~XP and streaks |
| Homework reminders & tracking | ✓ | ✗ | ~Task-setting only | ✓Assignment-based |
| Answer sheets & class insights | ✓ | ✗ | ✓Performance reports | ✓Teacher analytics |
| Student view for teachers | ✓See the tools exactly as a pupil does, without signing in as them | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Multiple teachers per class | ✓Co-teaching, with shared class visibility | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Parent reports & progress updates | ✓Teachers send reports & set targets | ✗ | ✗ | ~Parent accounts & insights |
| School seat licences & bulk enrolment | ✓From £6.50/student · no VAT added · all subjects · seat control + CSV import | ~Institutional pricing, no seat control | ~From £6.70/student + VAT (£8.04) · CS & Business only · bulk discounts to 30% | ~Seneca Premium for schools |
| School controls its own licences | ✓Allocate and reclaim seats yourself, individually or in bulk — no ticket, no waiting | ~No seat control | ~Vouchers assigned per course | ~Premium managed centrally |
| School admin resets pupil passwords | ✓Reset in-app, no support ticket | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| UK-based data & GDPR compliance | ✓UK-hosted, fully GDPR compliant | ✗Not confirmed UK-hosted | ✗Not confirmed UK-hosted | ✓UK-based company |
| Content & exam boards | ||||
| GCSE subjects covered | ✓Core GCSE subjects | ✓20+ subjects | ~CS & Business only | ✓20+ subjects |
| 11+ exam preparation | ✓Full 11+ content included | ✗ | ✗ | ✗KS2, not 11+ |
| In-depth A-Level content | ✓6 subjects incl Further Maths — notes, papers & questions | ✓Multiple subjects | ✓CS & Business | ~Often too thin for A-Level (per reviews) |
| All 4 exam boards (AQA, OCR, Edexcel, Cambridge) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓For CS & Business | ✓Major boards |
| Individual pricing & access | ||||
| Free access | ✓Free plan with no time limit and no card: every note, 5 quizzes, 5 flashcard decks and 1 Python challenge a day, 1 marked past paper a month | ~Free tier (limited content) | ✓Free tier (limited topics) | ~Free tier, but exam questions, mock exams, cram modes and AI feedback are all Premium-only |
| Student price | from £3.50/mo | from ~£4/mo (premium) | From £7.80/12 months · CS & Business only | Premium from £6.99/mo · £8.99/mo for exam questions & mock exams · £14.99/mo with AI feedback |
| Dark mode / light mode | ✓Both light & dark | ✓Both light & dark | ✗ | ~ |
| School & tuition centre pricing | ||||
| School licence pricing See full details → | ✓From £6.50/student · no VAT added · all subjects · bulk discounts to 30% · MAT pricing | ~Institutional pricing on request | ~From £6.70/student + VAT (£8.04) · CS & Business only · bulk discounts to 30% | ~Seneca Premium for schools |
Competitor pricing checked 27 July 2026 and quoted as each platform publishes it. Seneca Premium from £6.99/mo (Supreme), £8.99/mo (Exam Boost — adds unlimited quiz and cram modes, the exam-question bank and mini-mocks) and £14.99/mo (Amelia — adds AI feedback on written answers). SmartRevise £6.70 per student excluding VAT, so £8.04 invoiced. BrightRevision prices have no VAT added — we are not VAT registered, so the price shown is the price invoiced. Prices change; please check their own sites before deciding.
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* Comparison based on publicly available information from the SaveMyExams, SmartRevise and Seneca websites, accurate as of July 2026. Features may have changed — we aim to keep this page up to date. SmartRevise covers Computer Science and Business only. SaveMyExams covers 20+ GCSE and A-Level subjects. Contact us if you spot anything that needs updating.