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What Happened to MathsGenie?
If you’ve used MathsGenie before, you might have got a bit of a shock recently. The old, simple MathsGenie website has changed alot: there are now accounts, paid plans, AI features and a completely different look.
So, what actually happened to MathsGenie? And more importantly, can you still access all the old free stuff?
Here’s what you need to know.
Old MathsGenie vs New MathsGenie
The old MathsGenie was ridiculously simple, which is its greatest strength. You would have:
1. Picked your topic
2.Watched a short video
3.Downloaded the exam questions and checked your answers against the solutions
There were no accounts to create, no dashboards to navigate and very little standing between you and the actual maths.
For years, that formula worked.
MathsGenie became one of the best-known free maths revision websites in the UK, particularly for GCSE students. Teachers recommended it. Parents knew about it. Students could find exactly what they needed without spending ten minutes figuring out where everything was.
The new MathsGenie is very different.
The website has been rebuilt into a much broader learning platform, with student accounts, progress tracking, AI-powered features and paid subscription options. Instead of simply being a library of videos and exam questions, MathsGenie is clearly trying to become a more complete online maths learning platform.
On paper, that makes sense.
The problem is that when people love a product because it is simple, adding more features doesn’t automatically make it better. That’s where much of the frustration around the new MathsGenie seems to come from. Students who had used the website for years suddenly landed on something that looked and felt completely different. The resources hadn’t necessarily vanished, but finding them wasn’t as obvious as it had been before.
Hence the sudden spike in one very simple question: What happened to the old MathsGenie?
The good news is that MathsGenie hasn’t disappeared. The familiar GCSE and A Level revision resources are still available, and MathsGenie has also kept access to its old-style website. So if you came here because you just want the old MathsGenie back, don’t panic.
It still exists. But the question now is whether the new MathsGenie is actually better than the old one.
The Upgrades
The new MathsGenie is trying to be much more than a revision website. The biggest new features include:
AI marking: Upload your working or even a full past paper and MathsGenie can mark it, identify where marks were lost and give feedback.
Ask Genie: An AI maths tutor that can explain questions, work from uploaded photos and help when you get stuck.
Teach Genie: Instead of the AI teaching you, you explain a topic to Genie and it questions you to find gaps in your understanding.
78,000+ exam-style questions: A much larger question bank with instant marking and thousands of worked solutions.
Revision planning: MathsGenie can track your performance and build a revision plan around your subjects and exam dates.
Custom mock exams: Build your own mock paper based on the topics you want to practise.
So yes, the new MathsGenie can do considerably more than the old version. But there’s one big change that has caused most of the controversy:
MathsGenie is no longer completely unlimited and free.
Why are people so unhappy with the new MathsGenie?
If you head onto GCSE forums, the reaction has been pretty brutal.
Across Reddit, the same complaints keep coming up: the new website is harder to navigate, requires more logging in, pushes AI heavily and has lost the simplicity that made the old MathsGenie so popular.
I’ve seen a student summed it up simply: “The old one was wayyy better.” Another complained that they now struggle to even find a mark scheme without searching for it separately on Google.
There is also a lot of frustration around the timing. The major changes arrived during GCSE exam season, exactly when thousands of students were already used to revising through the old website. Trustpilot tells a similar story. Recent reviewers have criticised the new interface, the increased use of AI and the move away from the completely free experience they associated with MathsGenie.
It isn’t universally hated. Some students like the new features and broader range of resources, and others point out that much of the old MathsGenie can still be accessed.
But the overall message from long-time users is hard to miss: they wanted the old MathsGenie to keep being as accessible as it used to be.
Why are people so unhappy with the new MathsGenie?
If you head onto GCSE forums, the reaction has been pretty brutal.
Across Reddit, the same complaints keep coming up: the new website is harder to navigate, requires more logging in, pushes AI heavily and has lost the simplicity that made the old MathsGenie so popular.
One student summed it up simply: “The old one was wayyy better.” Another complained that they now struggle to even find a mark scheme without searching for it separately on Google.
There is also a lot of frustration around the timing. The major changes arrived during GCSE exam season, exactly when thousands of students were already used to revising through the old website. Trustpilot tells a similar story. Recent reviewers have criticised the new interface, the increased use of AI and the move away from the completely free experience they associated with MathsGenie.
It isn’t universally hated. Some students like the new features and broader range of resources, and others point out that much of the old MathsGenie can still be accessed.
But the overall message from long-time users is hard to miss: they wanted the old MathsGenie to keep being free.
Is it still free?
Yes. MathsGenie is still free, but there are now limits.
Past papers and mark schemes remain completely free, while the free plan also gives students limited weekly access to lessons, revision notes, flashcards, question-bank topics and some of the newer AI tools.
If you want heavier use of features such as AI marking and the wider learning platform, you’ll need one of the paid plans. And importantly, the old MathsGenie still exists. So if you just want the familiar videos, worksheets and exam questions, you haven’t lost them.
Best MathsGenie alternative?
If the new MathsGenie isn’t for you, I’ll give you plenty of good alternatives.
1.Corbettmaths
Closest to the old MathsGenie experience. It’s free, simple and packed with videos, worksheets and its excellent 5-a-day questions.
2. Dr Frost
Particular useful for Higher GCSE Maths. It has a huge bank of questions, worked examples and more structured practice.
3. Physics and Maths Tutor
Best when you simply want more exam-style questions and past-paper practice. It’s particularly useful once you’ve learned a topic and want to hammer questions.
4. Save My Exams
Get exam-board-specific notes, worked solutions and question banks, although much of the platform sits behind a paid subscription.
5. Breakthrough Maths
We’re obviously biased here. Breakthrough Maths combines independent study resources with live teaching and in-class testing. Students can revise independently using our resources, then attend weekly maths classes where they answer questions in real time, receive support from a teacher and are regularly tested to keep them engaged and track their progress.
If you’d benefit from a combination of high-quality resources, live teaching and regular testing to keep you engaged and on track, that’s where Breakthrough Maths starts to make more sense.
Should you still use MathsGenie?
Yes.
Despite all the noise around the redesign, MathsGenie is still one of the best free maths resources in the UK. The past papers, mark schemes, videos and topic questions that made it popular are still there. And if you like the new AI tools, progress tracking and revision features, there’s actually more on offer than before.
The new website won’t be for everyone. It’s busier, some features are limited unless you pay, and plenty of students preferred the simplicity of the old version.
But don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
MathsGenie is still a brilliant revision resource. It’s just a very different one.
