Medly AI vs Physics & Maths Tutor (PMT)
PMT is a free library of past papers and notes that you mark yourself. Medly is built for exam practice where every answer is marked.
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Physics & Maths Tutor (PMT) is a free revision website with past papers, mark schemes, notes and topic questions, reporting around 560,000 users a month. Medly gives you exam-style GCSE and A-Level questions and marks every answer you write. The biggest difference is who does the marking.
The short answer
Choose Medly if you want your answers marked for you, with feedback tied to your exam board's specification, and an AI tutor to work through questions with you. Choose PMT if you want free notes, past papers and mark schemes and you're happy to mark your own work.
How Medly and PMT differ
| Medly AI | PMT | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Exam practice for GCSE, A-Level, IGCSE, IB, AP and SAT, matched to AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas, CCEA and CIE specifications | Free notes, past papers and topic questions for GCSE, IGCSE, AS, A-Level and IAL, across AQA, CAIE, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC |
| Where the questions come from | Thousands of exam-style questions across 14+ question types, written to exam board specifications and checked by teachers and examiners | Past papers, plus topic questions drawn from past papers, worksheets and solution banks |
| Marking | Every answer marked, with annotations showing where each mark was won or lost | Mark schemes, plus selected model answers and video solutions, for marking your own work |
| AI tutor | Works through questions with you and remembers what you've covered | Not listed on its website |
| Handwritten answers marked | Write your answer on a canvas and have it marked, or upload a paper you've done with Upload & Mark | Not listed on its website |
| Mock exams | Medly Mocks: free mocks set by examiners and sat nationwide, with grade boundaries and a results day | Mock and predicted papers, with mock papers needing a free account |
| Published trial | Randomised controlled trial in GCSE science: 22% higher post-test scores (details below) | None listed on its website |
| Ads | No ads | Ad-supported, with no ad-free option |
| Free plan | 5 marked questions, 20 tutor messages and 1 uploaded paper a day, plus lessons, notes and flashcards with no daily limit | All revision resources are free, and most need no account |
| Paid plan | £24.99 a month or £180 a year | None for the revision resources. PMT Education sells tutoring from £20 an hour and revision courses |
We checked PMT's details on its own websites on 7 and 8 November 2026. You can verify them on its home page, past papers page, advertising page and PMT Education courses.
What PMT does well
PMT is free, and there's a lot of it. Its archive of past papers and mark schemes is wide, and alongside it you'll find topic-organised exam questions, revision notes, worksheets, solution banks, model answers, video solutions, and mock and predicted papers. Most of it needs no account; the mock papers need a free one.
It covers GCSE, IGCSE, AS, A-Level and IAL across AQA, CAIE, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC, in Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, Economics, Psychology and Computer Science, plus university admissions tests. PMT Education separately sells one-to-one tutoring from £20 an hour and revision courses.
Where Medly is different
Marking done for you
With PMT, you check your own answers against the mark scheme, with model answers and video solutions on selected questions. On Medly, every answer you write comes back annotated, showing which marking points you hit, where marks were lost and what to change. The marking is tied to the specification points and assessment objectives for your board, and each result feeds a mastery score for that topic, so Medly can suggest what to practise next.
Bring your PMT papers with you
You can keep using free past papers. If you've done one on paper, such as a paper downloaded from PMT, Upload & Mark lets you upload it and have it marked, and the results feed into your mastery scores. For questions on Medly itself, write your answer on the built-in canvas with a pen, eraser and text tools, and handwriting recognition reads it so it can be marked.
A tutor when you're stuck
Medly's AI tutor works through a question with you when you're stuck, and it remembers what you've covered before. PMT's website doesn't list an AI tutor; PMT Education offers paid human tutoring instead.
Mocks run like the real thing
Medly Mocks are free mock exams set by examiners and sat by students across the country at the same time. They come with grade boundaries, a results day and a percentile showing where you sit in the cohort. PMT publishes mock and predicted papers, which need a free account.
Does Medly raise marks?
In a randomised controlled trial in GCSE science, students using Medly for 30 minutes a week for four weeks scored 22% higher on the post-test than classmates revising the same topic in their usual way, adjusted for where they started. That's 2.56 more marks out of 35 across 644 students, an effect size of 0.33.
The trial was designed, randomised and analysed by WhatWorked Education with Professor Steve Higgins of Durham University. You can read our summary of the trial or the paper on arXiv.
Price
PMT's revision resources are free and supported by advertising, with no ad-free option. PMT Education separately sells one-to-one tutoring from £20 an hour, revision courses and printed resources.
Medly has no ads. Its free plan includes 5 marked questions, 20 AI tutor messages and 1 uploaded paper a day, with lessons, notes, textbooks and flashcards that have no daily limit. Medly Mondays unlock unlimited practice in one subject from 9am on Monday to 9am on Tuesday. You don't need a card to sign up. Full access costs £24.99 a month or £180 a year and covers every subject on Medly.
Frequently asked questions
Is Medly or PMT better for GCSE and A-Level revision?
It depends what you need. If you want free past papers and notes and you're comfortable marking your own work, PMT has a wide archive. If you want every answer marked against your board's specification, with a tutor to help when you're stuck, Medly is built for that.
Is PMT completely free?
Its revision resources are free and ad-supported. PMT Education separately sells one-to-one tutoring from £20 an hour, revision courses and printed resources.
Does PMT have AI features?
As of November 2026, PMT's website doesn't list AI tutoring, AI marking or handwriting recognition.
Can I use PMT and Medly together?
Yes. Download a past paper from PMT, do it on paper, and use Upload & Mark to have it marked on Medly.
Does Medly cover as many subjects as PMT?
They overlap. PMT covers Maths, the sciences, English, Economics, Geography, History, Psychology and Computer Science, plus university admissions tests. Medly also covers languages (AQA French, German and Spanish at GCSE and A Level), which PMT doesn't list, and more qualifications, including IB, AP and SAT.
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