Show WorkingWhy Show WorkingAn honest comparison
Free GCSE maths questions, or Show Working?
You can find GCSE maths questions all over the internet for free. So why pay for an app? Here is an honest answer, including when free past papers are the better choice.
The short version: free questions give you something to do. Show Working shows you how to do it, every time, and picks what to do next.
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01 / Side by sideNo names, just the usual picture
Three ways to revise, compared
| What matters | Free questions online | A typical revision app | Show Working |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questions | Run out, and you start to remember the answers | A fixed bank you work through | Made fresh every time, so they never run out |
| When you get one wrong | The final answer, or a mark scheme written for examiners | Often just the right answer | Every step, in plain words |
| What to do next | Up to you to work out | Sometimes suggested | Today's ten minutes, picked for you |
| Exam practice | Past papers, once each | Varies | New mock papers under exam rules, as often as you like |
| Cost | Free, often with adverts | Often a monthly subscription | First topic free, then one payment. Nothing renews |
| Your data | Often adverts and trackers | Usually an account | No account, no adverts, no tracking |
| No signal | Needs the internet | Varies | Works offline, on the bus or anywhere |
"A typical revision app" describes what is common, not any one app. Some free sites and apps do some of these things well.
02 / Row by rowWhat each difference means
Questions that never run out
A past paper can only surprise you once. After that, you start to remember the answers. Each question in Show Working is made fresh as you practise, so the tenth go at a topic is as useful as the first.
The working, not just the answer
Answer sheets usually give the final answer, and mark schemes are written for examiners. Show Working shows every step in plain words straight after you answer, so you can see exactly where yours went a different way. That matters because GCSE maths gives marks for the method, not only the final answer.
Knowing what to do next
With free questions, you decide what to practise. Show Working builds today's ten minutes for you: something new, plus the topics you find tricky.
Exam practice you can repeat
Quick mocks are 12 questions in 20 minutes under exam rules, with a fresh paper every time and an honest score you can track.
Cost, privacy and no signal
The first topic of each subject is free. Maths is one payment of £9.99, with no subscription. There is no account, no adverts and no tracking in the app, and it works offline.
03 / Be fairWhen free is better
When free past papers are the right choice
- In the final weeks before the exam. A full real paper, done in one sitting, is the best rehearsal there is. Your exam board publishes past papers and mark schemes.
- When your teacher sets one. School papers match what your class has covered.
- For topics we don't have yet. Shape, probability and statistics are on the way, but not in the app today.
Show Working is for the days in between: short, fresh practice with the method every time.
See the difference yourself.
Try the first topic free.
No account, no card needed to start, and nothing that renews.
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