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A Save My Exams alternative for your own study material
Save My Exams teaches from its own library: revision notes and exam questions written by teachers and examiners, and past papers, for GCSE, IGCSE, A Level, IB and AP.1
SymbioLearn works from the study material you add, so it can be used for courses that library does not cover, such as university and professional courses.
Side by side
- What you study from
Save My Exams
Its own library: revision notes and exam questions written by teachers and examiners, and past papers, for GCSE, IGCSE, A Level, IB and AP.1, 3
SymbioLearn
Your own study material: PDFs, Word and PowerPoint files, Markdown notes, websites, YouTube videos and past papers. A file can be up to 50 MB and 1000 pages or slides, and a video up to four hours.
- What it makes
Save My Exams
Revision notes, exam questions with model answers, past papers with mark schemes, mock exams, flashcards, video tutorials, practice tests you build, and Smart Mark, which marks your answers to its exam questions.2, 3, 5
SymbioLearn
The concepts in your material, and for each one a spoken Lesson, a Quick Quiz and Flashcards. Questions you miss are kept in Mistakes, and past papers are worked through a line at a time.
- Voice
Save My Exams
Video tutorials to watch.3
SymbioLearn
Live Voice Lessons: 15 minutes of spoken teaching on one concept, from the passages behind it. You can interrupt it or ask it to draw. 30 minutes free, once, and 300 a month on Pro.
- Review scheduling
Save My Exams
Flashcards you sort into “Still learning” and “I know this”, and on Premium a strengths and weaknesses tracker.2, 4
SymbioLearn
Today picks the concepts that need attention and says why: a review is due, one has caught you out, the exam is close. Flashcards you keep missing come back sooner.
- Where answers come from
Save My Exams
Its own resources, written by teachers and examiners. Smart Mark is built on mark schemes.1, 5
SymbioLearn
Your own study material. Every question, correction and explanation is written from a passage in it and shows you which one. Lessons add their own examples to make an idea concrete.
- Price
Save My Exams
Essential is $8 a month and Premium $16 a month, billed yearly at $96 and $192. Three-month and one-month terms are also offered.2
SymbioLearn
Free, or Pro at $19 a month or $190 a year. Extra Lesson minutes are 60 for $5 or 180 for $12.
- Free plan
Save My Exams
One topic question and five revision notes a month, its past papers with the official mark schemes, and a 7-day free trial.3
SymbioLearn
One module with five Sources in it at a time, five quizzes a week, one past paper, flashcards, and 30 Live Voice Lesson minutes, once. No card.
- What happens to your uploads
Save My Exams
Its study tools work from its own library.1
SymbioLearn
Its Privacy Policy says “We do not train any model on your material” and that deleting a Source “removes the stored file and its passages”.
- Apps
Save My Exams
Its website, including in a phone's browser. It says it “does not currently have a dedicated mobile app”.6
SymbioLearn
A web browser, on a laptop or a phone. There is no iPhone or Android app.
When Save My Exams is the better choice
You are revising for GCSE, IGCSE, A Level, IB or AP
Its notes, questions and flashcards are written by teachers and examiners for those qualifications, so you do not need study material of your own.1, 4
You want past papers with official mark schemes
Its past papers are free to use, with the official mark schemes.3
You want your answers marked
Smart Mark gives instant, exam-specific feedback on your answers to its exam questions, and is built on mark schemes.5
You are under 16
SymbioLearn's Terms say: “You need to be at least 16, or the minimum age of digital consent in your country if that is higher.”
You want to pay less
Essential is $8 a month, billed yearly at $96, against $19 a month or $190 a year for SymbioLearn Pro.2
When SymbioLearn is the better choice
Your course is not in its library
SymbioLearn works from the study material you add: PDFs, Word and PowerPoint files, Markdown notes, websites and YouTube videos. The course can be anything you have study material for, including university and professional courses. Save My Exams covers GCSE, IGCSE, A Level, IB and AP.1
You have past papers from your own course
Upload a past paper and work through it a line at a time, with the reason each line is allowed. The Free plan includes one past paper at a time.
You want to be taught out loud
A Live Voice Lesson is 15 minutes of spoken teaching on one concept from your own study material, and you can interrupt it or ask it to draw. Save My Exams offers video tutorials.3
You want it to decide what comes back, and when
Today picks the concepts that need attention and says why, from how your quizzes, flashcards and Lessons went. On Save My Exams, you sort flashcards into piles yourself.4
Prices
Save My Exams
- Essential
- $8 a month, billed at $96 a year. Revision notes, exam questions, mock exams and Smart Chat.2
- Premium
- $16 a month, billed at $192 a year. Adds downloads, a strengths and weaknesses tracker, instant feedback on your answers, practice tests you build, and guided practice.2
- Shorter terms
- Three-month and one-month terms are also offered.2
- Free
- One topic question and five revision notes a month, past papers with mark schemes, and a 7-day free trial.3
SymbioLearn
- Free
- $0. One module with five Sources in it at a time, five quizzes a week, one past paper, flashcards, and 30 Live Voice Lesson minutes, once. No card.
- Pro
- $19 a month, or $190 a year, which works out at $15.83 a month. No limit on modules, Sources, quizzes or past papers, and 300 Live Voice Lesson minutes a month.
- Top-ups
- 60 Lesson minutes for $5, or 180 for $12. They never expire, and are used after your included minutes.
Questions
Can I use SymbioLearn for GCSEs or A Levels?
Yes, if you are at least 16, or older where your country's age of digital consent is higher, and you bring your own study material for the subject. SymbioLearn has no revision library of its own, and it is made for university students.
Does SymbioLearn have past papers?
Not of its own. You upload a past paper you have and work through it a line at a time, with the reason each line is allowed. The Free plan includes one past paper at a time, and Pro has no limit.
Can I use both?
Yes. Save My Exams brings its own library for the qualifications it covers, and SymbioLearn works from the study material you add.1
Try it on your own study material.
One module is free. No card required.
Sources
- Save My Exams, home page · savemyexams.com
- Save My Exams, plans and prices · savemyexams.com
- Save My Exams, “Is Save My Exams Free?” · savemyexams.com
- Save My Exams, Flashcards · savemyexams.com
- Save My Exams, Smart Mark · savemyexams.com
- Save My Exams, “Is There A Save My Exams App?” · savemyexams.com