Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to BrainAround
Q&A site for college textbook problems & solutions
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. BrainAround launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Good math problems are hidden inside textbooks and online documents. To keep up with all the sources in the world is hard. For someone who just wants to continuously solve problems, finding and going through all the sources feels like a hassle. I wished for a website that could just dump all the math problems available in the world out there. And if I could filter the problems by topics, that would be beautiful. teachyourselfmath is a side project that was born out of this need. At its core, it is a math PDF extraction engine. The engine has some machine learning going on behind the scenes…
2024 · teachyourselfmath.app · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone! I’m the founder of Explanations (https://explanations.app). I’m building a website where students can get college level math & physics help for 1/10th the cost of private tutoring. You’d type a question, and your teacher replies by drawing a Youtube/KhanAcademy-style video; and this happens asynchronously throughout the week. When I was studying at MIT, I often had to wait 40-60 minutes in line just to get 5 minutes of “help” from a TA - when I needed 1-2 hours. I understood that TAs can’t spend all their time helping me. That’s understandable. But what made…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Learn your way▲139Reimagining textbooks for every learner
Sep 2025 · learnyourway.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →
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Understand every answer with AI study support
Nov 2025 · collegehelpai.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I'm Dris, a 17y/o solo founder. Over the past few weeks, I've been developing LIRA, a free Chrome extension that helps you take notes & get instant answers on any site. Instead of switching tabs or copying/pasting to ChatGPT, just select and right-click text, images, or links to save a note or ask LIRA anything. LIRA can instantly find accurate answers, summaries, and explanations, and automatically highlights correct answers. I made LIRA to help busy students like myself study smarter, not longer! That being said, LIRA is still a work in progress. There may be a few bugs &…
2024 · lira.study · its alternatives →
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Short courses on paractical application for school students
2022 · its alternatives →
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Smart answers built for your success
Sep 2025 · getsolved.ai · its alternatives →
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2013 · bookturf.com · its alternatives →
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Turn boring textbooks into something you’ll remember.
26d ago · inquisitive-lollipop-f1a400.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Textbooks to AI Knowledge Graphs The Ultimate Learning Hack
2025 · textbookgraph.com · its alternatives →
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