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Company

Brainly

Founded: 2009
Country: Poland 

SAM Learning

Founded: 1993
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

Brainly

A knowledge-sharing community where 200 million students and experts put their heads together to crack their toughest homework questions.
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SAM Learning

SAM Learning is an online learning resource for secondary schools that caters for all major GCSE and KS3 subjects and...
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Educational Impact

Brainly

build student knowledge92%
reduce teacher workload75%
increase student collaboration100%
Not measured 
Not measured 
 

SAM Learning

build student knowledge83%
reduce teacher workload84%
Not measured 
improve attainment77%
reduce attainment gap72%
 
Recommended Usage
Vendor has not supplied this information

Independent studies commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation and the Family Fisher Trust from 2002 to 2020 report that SAM Learning significantly improves students' GCSE grades with as little as 10+ hours of usage.

Most Helpful Reviews

Brainly

Kezia Happy, Student: Brainly is very helpful for all grade-level subjects. There are multiple tutors that provide thoughtful, detailed responses quickly, as well as moderators that ensure answer quality. Questions that are above high school level have slightly slower response times.
Bill Hughes, Student: I would rate it a 9. As a student, I understand how important it is to ask questions and get answers to understand subjects that I am struggling on. Brainly proves to be a terrific resource where I can find help on concepts in many different areas. I wouldn't rate it a 10 as there can be some improvements. The whole "game" systematic where you gain points and give "brainliests" can be more emphasized in my opinion. I also think (although it is not the site's fault one bit) that there can be someway to stop spam answers, maybe like a pre-post answering check bot.
Luke Graham, Tutor: I often recommend my peers and teachers to Brainly. Once you join, you'll feel a sense of community, and have a desire to help as many people as you possibly can. I want anyone that wants to help or get help to join Brainly, and that's why I recommend it to so many people.
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SAM Learning

Chris, Second in Science: Its mostly good. Some activities are well written and fun, others need reviewing and improving.
Gillian, 2nd in Department of MFL: I use Sam Learning mainly for homework to consolidate learning done in class and to give students the opportunity to try out short exam style tasks for independent learning. Students find the tasks accessible and easy to navigate and appreciate getting their scores immediately. Other schools should use Sam Learning to save time in planning and marking as there is a good range of tasks available on all aspects of the course and if you want something specific which is not there, you can create your own tasks as well.
Sam Frith, Teacher of ICT & Computer Science: Really good
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Subjects
Age Range

Brainly

8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18 

SAM Learning

11-13, 14-16 
Features

Brainly

Ask QuestionsAnswer QuestionsEarn PointsSnap Homework Photos 

SAM Learning

RevisionHomeworkInterventionReporting SuitePre-made Activities Personalised Learning Artificial IntelligenceAdaptive LearningQuestion Level AnalysisAdaptive Teaching Adaptive Learning 
Languages

Brainly

English, French, Italian, Spanish 

SAM Learning

English 
Accessibility

Brainly

Vendor has not supplied this information 

SAM Learning

Few to no features 
Policies

Brainly

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

SAM Learning

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

Brainly

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

While Brainly can be used on all browsers, we recommend using the most recent version of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.

The official Brainly app is available for iOS and Android compatible devices. We update our app regularly, so please be sure you're running on our latest software to guarantee you have access to all of our latest features.

 

SAM Learning

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

Launch and setup is supported by our technical team - we work with school Network Admin.

 
Training

Brainly

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos 

SAM Learning

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos 
Set Up

Brainly

A Brainly account can be set up via email, Facebook or using your Apple ID.

SAM Learning

48 hours

Support

Brainly

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 

SAM Learning

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 
Home Learning

Brainly

Parent Access 

SAM Learning

Not available To parents 
Video

Brainly

Not available
Pricing

Brainly

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

Brainly pricing starts from $2 / month

Brainly Plus is currently offered in two different subscription plans: The Semi-Annual subscription plan costs $18, which is billed every 6 months unless cancelled. The Annual subscription plan costs $24, which is billed once annually unless cancelled. This option averages out to $2 per month.

SAM Learning

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

SAM Learning pricing starts from £2 / per-pupil