What Socratic Solve is
Socratic Solve (on the App Store as "Socratic Solve: School Answers") is a homework help app for iPhone, iPad (iOS 16 or later) and Android. You take a picture of a printed or handwritten question, upload a photo, or type it, and the app explains the solution step by step with properly rendered math notation.
It covers math (algebra, geometry, trigonometry, logarithms, matrices and calculus), physics, chemistry, biology, history and more, and saves every question to a searchable history tagged by subject. It works in 20+ languages. The app is free to download with free credits to start; an optional auto-renewing subscription unlocks more.
Who makes it
Socratic Solve is built and run by Talha Yavcin, an independent app developer, who is also the seller listed on the App Store. The first version was released on the App Store in September 2025, and the app is now available on iPhone, iPad and Android.
Socratic Solve is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Google LLC or the former Socratic by Google app. If you're looking for what happened to that app, our guide "Socratic App Not Working?" explains it.
How we write our guides
The guides on this site are written to answer the question a student actually searched for, not to sell the app. These are the rules every guide follows:
- The answer comes first. Each guide answers the question in its opening lines, then explains the details.
- Facts about other apps come from official sources. Prices, free tiers, features and ownership come from each company's own website, help center or App Store and Google Play listing. Our comparison guides say when we checked them, and if we can't confirm something from an official source, we leave it out or say so.
- Other facts come from primary sources. For example, our history guide quotes the National Archives transcript of the Declaration of Independence, and our Homeworkify guide is based on federal court records and legal reporting.
- Every worked example is checked by calculation. Math, physics and chemistry examples are verified before a guide is published. A wrong answer on a homework help site isn't acceptable.
- We say where other apps are stronger. Socratic Solve is our app, comparison guides disclose that, and they point out when another app (often a free one) is the better fit.
- We fix mistakes. When a fact changes or we get something wrong, we correct the page and update its date. In October 2026, for example, we updated our comparisons after rechecking how Mathway describes its free version on its own website.
Our view on homework help
We think an explanation is only useful if you can solve the next problem yourself. That's why every solution in the app is broken into steps, and why our guides keep repeating the same advice: try the problem first, read the steps, then redo it without looking. Copying answers into graded work usually breaks school rules and doesn't help on the test. Always follow your school's academic integrity policy.
Contact
Questions, feedback or a correction for one of our guides? Email talhayavcin23@gmail.com. If you're writing about the app, you can also use the support option inside Socratic Solve, which includes your app version and device details so we can help faster.
See also our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Try Socratic Solve free
Scan a question in any subject and get a step-by-step explanation. Free credits to start on iPhone, iPad and Android.
