Maths
Taught with something to move before the numbers — bones in bowls, blocks to group, a clock to set.
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Times tables
- Division
- Fractions
- Money
- Telling time
Homework, reading & maths · ages 8–13
Homework help that teaches — not just gives answers.
Professor Paws works through your child's real homework, reading and maths with Max, a friendly learning companion. When they're stuck, the help gets stronger one step at a time — without simply handing over the answer.
- iPhone & iPad
- No ads
- No chat
- Parent-controlled
$14.99/month or $99.99/year, with a free trial for eligible Apple IDs. See pricing
A real screen from the appNot a mock-up
A real session, start to finish
From tonight's worksheet to “I did it.”
Professor Paws works from the homework your child actually has. These are real screens from the app — not mock-ups.
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Bring the real homework
Snap a photo of the worksheet, or type what school sent home. A photo isn't turned into answers: Professor Paws reads the task and builds steps from it.
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Max shows how, first
Before your child answers, Max walks through how this kind of problem works — then hands the next move back to them.
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They do the step themselves
Your child builds or types the answer. If it isn't right yet, a short hint points at what to look at — not at the answer.
Screens captured from the app in October 2026 with a demo profile. The three examples come from different tasks.
Reading Coach
Reading practice that feels like a story, not a test.
Your child reads one page at a time with Max beside them — then answers questions about what they just read.
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One page at a timeShort pages, comfortable text sizes, and practice stories with their own pictures. Or add the passage school assigned.
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Help is one tap awayHear it reads the page aloud whenever they want. Help is there when a word is tricky.
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Questions grounded in the storyThe story is right there to look back at. If they're not sure, they can say so — and get a clue that points back to the part of the story with the answer.
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Done means doneA session finishes with what they actually completed. No streaks, and no guilt for a missed day.
Reading out loud to Max is optional: the microphone starts only after your child presses Start and you have allowed access. How it works is set out in our Privacy Policy.
Stories with their own pictures
Leo and the Leaky BoatPage 1 · Leo and his sister Jen set their milk-carton boat on the pond. 
Maya's Bird FeederPage 1 · Maya hangs her juice-bottle feeder from a low branch.
Original illustrations from the app's built-in practice stories, each drawn for one page of its story. A passage you add is shown in its own words, without a picture.
Not an answer machine
Most AI homework tools are built to answer. Professor Paws is built to teach.
An answer finishes tonight's worksheet. Understanding is what helps with the next one.
| When | Answer-giving AI tools | Professor Paws |
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| The answer | Type in the question and the answer comes back. | Your child produces every answer, one step at a time. |
| When they're stuck | Help is all or nothing. | Help grows a little at a time — a hint, a smaller step, something to move or count, then a worked example if needed. |
| Chat | An open chat box. | No chat box anywhere in the app. The AI writes the lesson; it doesn't chat. |
| Arithmetic | Answers written by the model. | Checked in code, not guessed. |
| What you see | No way to tell what your child did alone. | Work done with help is recorded as assisted, separate from independent work. |
When your child is stuck, the help gets stronger — slowly.
Each rung gives a little more, and your child still does the step. More about how it works
- They have a goEvery step asks for something — a digit, a choice, a tap on the blocks.
- A hintA short clue points at what to look at, not at the answer.
- A smaller stepSomething to move, shade or count makes the step doable.
- A worked example, if neededIt helps them move on — and that work stays recorded as assisted.
What it covers
Everything school sends home, in one calm place.
Spelling & phonics
Hear the word and its sounds, trace and write it, and meet it again across the week.
Homework
Photograph the worksheet or type the assignment. Professor Paws teaches first, then guides your child through each step.
Reading
Practice stories or their own assigned passage, one page at a time, read aloud on request.
Comprehension
Questions about what they just read, with the story one tap away to look back at.
Encouragement that's earned
Max cheers your child on when a step is hard. Finished work earns Bone Bucks to spend in Paw Mart and the Playhouse. Bone Bucks are an in-app reward — they can't be bought with real money — and there is no streak pressure.
For parents
See what they did — and where they needed help.
The Progress report, in the parents-only area, shows what your child completed — and, where the app has real data for it, where they needed help.
- What they finishedActivities by subject, and when.
- How often they practiseDays of reading practice in the last 7 days.
- What they're working onThe sound or skill in progress.
- What comes nextWhen a quick review is due.
- A parents-only area behind your PIN. You create the account and hold the subscription.
- No ads, no chat, no social features.
- Your child's data is never sold and never used to train AI.
- Delete your child's data from inside the app, any time.
Why it exists
Professor Paws exists because of one kid.
“I couldn't find a homework app that combined the kind of help he needed with the privacy and control I'd expect for a child.”
“Somewhere along the way, he started opening it without being asked.”
Pricing
Simple pricing. Try it free first.
Managed by the parent through the App Store. Prices and trial terms are shown in full before you buy.
Monthly
$14.99 / month
2 weeks free
Then $14.99 a month. Cancel any time in Apple settings.
Get Professor PawsYearly
$99.99 / year
1 month free
Then $99.99 a year — about $8.33 a month.
Get Professor Paws- US prices. Free trials are for eligible Apple IDs; the App Store shows your local price, eligibility and offer terms before you buy.
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your Apple subscription settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription.
- Children can't make real-money purchases. Bone Bucks are earned by learning, never bought.
Using a Florida education scholarship?
Professor Paws has been added to the Step Up For Students seller onboarding queue for future consideration.
Questions parents ask
Does it give children the answer?
Professor Paws teaches first. Help can include visuals, manipulatives, hints and a worked example when needed. In reading comprehension, a child can have a first try and a supported retry before seeing an explanation from the story. Moving on with help is recorded as assisted, not as an independent answer.
Is Professor Paws an AI tutor?
It teaches the next step, checks arithmetic in code, and has no chat. The AI writes the lesson — pacing, wording, encouragement — and every phonics letter sound is real recorded human speech.
Is a diagnosis required?
No. It's for children who learn differently or regularly find homework overwhelming — with or without a formal diagnosis.
Does it replace school or tutoring?
No — it supports the work your child is already learning, and makes home practice calmer and more accessible.
Make homework feel doable.
Professor Paws is preparing for public App Store launch.