Is there a good app for scan and solve a problem from a photo?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
69
Opportunity /100
78
Demand /100
44
Competition /100
89
Execution gap /100
3
Apps serving it
15
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to scan and solve a problem from a photo, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| photo solve errors out | bug | 1 | always has an error with a photo |
| solves a different problem from photo | reliability | 1 | по фото ничего не решает, показывает решение совсем других задач |
| cannot read clear photo of problem | reliability | 1 | it was a perfect pic and it said unable to read or find the math problem |
| wrong answers from photo scan | reliability | 1 | It keeps giving me wrong answers when I take a picture of the question |
| requires multiple photos of same problem | ux | 1 | it will make you take a picture of the problem multiple times |
| can't solve any scanned problem | reliability | 1 | Cannnot do I single problem I scan |
| switches the problem after photo | bug | 1 | when i take a photo it switches up the whole problem |
| can't recognize clear problem photos | reliability | 1 | I make it as CLEAR as possible it acts like it can't recognize the problem |
| wrong answers even with clear photo | reliability | 1 | sometimes it gives wrong answer even when ur picture is clear |
| camera cannot detect simple math problem | bug | 1 | Camera can’t detect a photo with a simple math problem on it |
| solves a different problem than scanned | bug | 1 | give you a totally different problem then gives you the answer to something you didn’t even scan |
| confused by multiple problems in photo | ux | 1 | the app gets confused which one you want to focus on |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photomath | 4.8★ | 733,187 | Free |
| Mathway: Math Problem Solver | 4.9★ | 424,715 | Free |
| QR Reader for iPhone | 4.7★ | 1,416,256 | Free |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 69 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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