SmartScroll
Parent-managed AI tutor for grades 6–12. Lumi guides the next step and does not dump the answer.
TL;DR
SmartScroll is a parent-managed AI tutor for grades 6–12. Lumi guides the next step and does not dump the answer, and the parent — not the student — owns the account. The honest trade-off is math-first structured sessions and a still-filling six-subject map, against a privacy design that stores a first name only and does not keep tutor chats on their servers.
Recommend it if
Try this if you want a grades 6–12 homework and tutoring app you can see, with a no-card demo before the $19.95/mo floor.
Skip it if
Skip if you need a school-procured tutor with a FERPA DPA, a complete humanities library, or a free ongoing Khan-style course catalog.
Quick facts
- Platforms
- WebiOSAndroid
- Languages
- EnglishSpanish
- School fit
- 6-8 9-12
- Subjects
- MathScienceEnglishHistorySpanishPersonal Finance
- Time to first output
- < 5 min
- Learning curve
- Easy
- Setup
- Open the free demo in a browser with no signup. A parent later links the device with a 6-character code and an email sign-in link.
- Works offline
- —
Real-world use cases
How a teacher, student or parent actually puts this tool to work.
| Who | Scenario | Time | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parents | Sunday evening — open the no-card demo, run one 15-minute tutoring session, and read the parent report before a 14-day trial asks for a card. | 15 min | One session report plus a feel for whether Lumi guides or just solves |
| Students | Tuesday 8 PM — stuck on tonight's Algebra 1 homework, snap the problem, get the method, then take the next step themselves. | 10 min | Worked method, not a dumped answer |
| Parents | Homeschool Friday — check the mastery map after the week's three scheduled sessions and use the dinner-table question from the latest report. | 5 min | Per-skill progress plus one concrete question to ask |
- Parents
Sunday evening — open the no-card demo, run one 15-minute tutoring session, and read the parent report before a 14-day trial asks for a card.
- Time
- 15 min
- Output
- One session report plus a feel for whether Lumi guides or just solves
- Students
Tuesday 8 PM — stuck on tonight's Algebra 1 homework, snap the problem, get the method, then take the next step themselves.
- Time
- 10 min
- Output
- Worked method, not a dumped answer
- Parents
Homeschool Friday — check the mastery map after the week's three scheduled sessions and use the dinner-table question from the latest report.
- Time
- 5 min
- Output
- Per-skill progress plus one concrete question to ask
SmartScroll is a parent-managed AI tutor for grades 6–12, including homeschool. The student gets a short adaptive feed. Lumi, the in-app tutor, gives a hint or a guiding question and then hands the problem back. The parent owns the only account — students have no email, password, or login.
The wedge versus ChatGPT or a $50–$80/hour human tutor is visibility. A structured session is 15 minutes — warm-up, teach, guided practice, exit ticket. The parent report lists what was covered, the focus skill, the exit-ticket result, time on task, what is next, and one question to ask at dinner. It describes what happened. It does not predict a grade.
Workflow
- Open the free demo in a browser — no signup, no card. One day of the feed, one homework snap, one complete tutoring session with its parent report.
- If it fits, start a 14-day trial on Good ($19.95/mo), the Tutoring Program ($49.95/mo), or the Full Program ($99.95/mo, up to 3 students). A card is collected at checkout; cancel in two taps before day 14 and you pay nothing.
- The parent links the child’s device with a 6-character code and an email sign-in link, then checks the COPPA consent box. The student works the feed; you read the dashboard and the weekly summary email.
This is not the doomscroll blocker at smartscrollapp.com. Same name, no connection. Lumi here is the tutor character inside SmartScroll — other products use the same name and are not this app.
What we like
- + Parent owns the only account — students have no email, password, or login.
- + Lumi gives a hint or guiding question, then hands the problem back instead of dumping the answer.
- + After each 15-minute structured session, a parent report covers the skill, exit-ticket result, and one dinner-table question.
- + Free no-card demo, then paid plans from $19.95/mo after a 14-day trial that cancels in two taps.
Heads up
- − Structured tutoring sessions are deepest in math today — other subjects sit more in the feed than in the calendar program.
- − Coverage varies by subject and skill while educator review continues — not a finished six-subject library.
- − Same name as an unrelated doomscroll blocker at smartscrollapp.com — easy to mix up in a search.
- − No published FERPA or SOC 2 attestation — sold parent-direct, not as a school-procurement product.
Pricing breakdown
Pricing
Verified directly on the vendor site. We re-check every quarter.
Demo
- · A full day of the adaptive learning feed
- · One complete tutoring session with its parent report
- · A homework solve and a few tutor messages
- · No signup and no card
Good
Most useful- · Adaptive feed across six subjects for grades 6–12
- · Mastery map, streaks, and progress tracking
- · Snap-to-solve homework helper
- · AI tutor chat with fair daily limits
- · Parent dashboard with cross-device sync
- · 14-day free trial
Tutoring Program
- · Everything in Good
- · Intake screening plus an AI-built learning pathway
- · Three 15-minute structured sessions a week, deepest in math today
- · Parent-visible report after every session
- · Monthly progress report and analytics page
- · Parent-logged grade-benchmark tracking
Full Program
- · Everything in the Tutoring Program
- · Unlimited tutoring sessions
- · Up to 3 students on one account
- · Test-prep intensives pointed at an upcoming test
- · Printable weekly practice packs from weak skills
- · Monthly parent-conference report
Privacy & compliance
Privacy & compliance
What we found in the vendor's terms, DPA, and trust center. Verify with your district before deploying.
- FERPA
- Unclear
- SOC 2
- Unclear
- COPPA
- Compliant
- GDPR
- Unclear
- Trains on your data
- No
- Data retention
- Inactive family data is deleted after 24 months. Parents can hard-delete a student or the whole account immediately from the family page. Tutor chats and homework photos are not stored on SmartScroll servers.
- Hosting regions
- US
Operated by SmartScroll LLC in Wheatland, WY. Students have no accounts. Typed tutor text and homework photos go to Google Gemini on a paid no-training API tier and are not kept on SmartScroll servers. Crisis-shaped messages skip the model and show 988 resources. No FERPA or SOC 2 claim is published.
Works with
- Apple App Store
- Google Play
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
Is this the app that blocks TikTok?
No. The grades 6–12 learning app lives at smartscroll.org. The doomscroll blocker is an unrelated product at smartscrollapp.com. Same name, no connection.
Do students get their own account?
No. Only the parent does. Students have no email, password, or login. A parent links the device with a 6-character code, an email sign-in link, and a COPPA consent checkbox.
How is Lumi different from Khanmigo or ChatGPT?
Khanmigo is Socratic tutoring inside Khan Academy's library and is strongest when a school or teacher already lives there. ChatGPT will solve the problem if asked. Lumi is always-on guidance inside a parent-managed grades 6–12 feed — it guides, hands the step back, and the parent sees a practice report.
What do I get before paying $19.95 a month?
A one-time free demo with no signup and no card — a day of the feed, one homework solve, and one complete tutoring session with its parent report. Every paid plan then starts with a 14-day trial. Cancel before it converts and you pay nothing.
Does it train on my child's messages?
SmartScroll says it does not store tutor chats or homework photos on its servers, and it calls Google Gemini on a paid API tier that the vendor states is not used for model training. Student records are a first name, optional grade, and learning progress. Inactive families are purged after 24 months.
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