The 8 best Physics & Maths Tutor (PMT) alternatives in 2026

Physics & Maths Tutor is a quiet hero of UK revision: a free, enormous bank of past papers, mark schemes, topic questions and PDF notes across the sciences, maths and beyond, organised by exam board. For a certain job, finding and drilling past-paper questions, it is genuinely hard to beat, and it costs nothing.

But most people searching for a Physics & Maths Tutor alternative are running into the same limit: PMT is a library, not a teacher. It hands you the papers and the notes, then leaves the learning, the feedback and the “why did I get this wrong?” entirely to you. These are the eight alternatives worth adding, depending on whether you want more papers, or something that actually teaches and tests you. Prices were checked against public sources in July 2026 and are linked at the end.

Why students look beyond PMT

None of this is a criticism of what PMT is for. It is a brilliant free resource, and for many students it is a permanent part of their revision. But it is built to a deliberately narrow brief, and that shows up in a few specific ways:

• It doesn’t teach the topic. PMT assumes you already learned it in class. If a topic never clicked, a folder of past papers on it will not fix that.
• There’s no feedback. You mark yourself against a scheme. Nothing tells you why you were wrong or what to revise next.
• It’s static PDFs. No interactivity, no recall testing, no spaced repetition, none of the things the evidence says make revision stick.
• It doesn’t adapt or track you. Everyone gets the same PDFs, and nothing remembers what you struggle with.

So the right alternative depends on your reason for looking. Want more papers and notes? Some tools below match PMT for free. Want to actually learn and be tested? Others do the part PMT leaves out.

The 8 best Physics & Maths Tutor alternatives

1. Aicademy — for learning the topic behind the questions

If your frustration with PMT is that it gives you questions but never teaches, Aicademy is the opposite tool. Type in the exact topic you keep getting wrong (or upload your notes or a PDF) and it generates a structured lesson, a self-marking quiz that explains every answer, and spaced-repetition flashcards, with an AI tutor, Aica, that already has the context of what you are studying. Where PMT tells you that you got a question wrong, this helps you understand why and drills it back until it sticks.

Being straight about the trade: Aicademy does not have PMT’s bank of real past papers, which is PMT’s whole strength, so it complements PMT rather than replacing it. It generates exam-style questions instead. It is free to start, with a generous monthly allowance; unlimited use and the full tutor are £4.99 a month.

Best for: turning the questions you keep missing into a lesson, quiz and flashcards that teach and test you · Free · £4.99/mo

2. Save My Exams — for organised notes and marking

Save My Exams is the polished, paid version of the job PMT does for free: concise examiner-written notes, topic questions with model answers, and a large past-paper bank, all tightly organised by specification. Its Smart Mark tool uses AI to mark your written answers against exam-board criteria, which is the feedback PMT never gives you.

The catch is cost. The free account is limited, so real value means paying (from around £5 a month billed annually, with a 7-day free trial). If you like PMT because it is free, this may feel like paying for tidier organisation, but for exam technique the notes and marking are a genuine step up. We put the two head to head in Save My Exams vs Physics & Maths Tutor, and cover cheaper routes in the best Save My Exams alternatives.

Best for: examiner-written notes and past papers, organised, with AI marking · Free tier · paid

3. Seneca — for learning topics actively, free

Where PMT assumes you already know the topic, Seneca teaches it: free, interactive courses mapped to your exam board, built around quick recall questions and smart-learning modes that resurface what you get wrong. It is the free way to do the learning PMT skips, and it is especially strong for the sciences.

It is lighter on real past papers than PMT, and its most useful exam extras (more open-ended questions and mini-mocks) sit on paid tiers from £6.99 a month. Learn on Seneca, then drill papers on PMT, and you have covered both halves for free.

Best for: actively learning and memorising a topic, free · Free · Premium from £6.99/mo

4. MME Revise — for free past and predicted papers

MME (Maths Made Easy) is the closest free like-for-like to PMT for maths, English and science: past papers with model solutions, worksheets, revision pages and, usefully, free predicted papers. A free MME Premium account adds online topic tests and progress tracking, which nudges it slightly beyond PMT’s static PDFs.

Its coverage is narrower than PMT’s across the full subject range, and its fuller Premium features and physical predicted-paper packs are paid. But for free maths and science papers with worked solutions, it is a strong second library to have open alongside PMT.

Best for: free past papers and predicted papers in maths and science · Free · paid Premium

5. Khan Academy — for mastering the concepts

When a maths or science topic simply has not clicked, Khan Academy goes deeper than any past paper can: free video lessons paired with practice questions that adapt as you go, and genuinely excellent for building understanding from the ground up, especially in maths.

The trade-off for UK students is alignment: Khan follows a US curriculum rather than AQA, Edexcel or OCR specs, so you use it to understand the idea, then return to PMT for board-specific practice.

Best for: understanding a maths or science concept from scratch, free · Free

6. Cognito & freesciencelessons — for free science video teaching

Two free YouTube channels do the teaching PMT leaves out, specifically for GCSE science: Cognito (clear animations, plus quizzes on its site) and freesciencelessons (concise, spec-aligned walkthroughs). They are a natural “learn it first” step before you drill PMT’s questions.

They are science-only and, being videos, passive unless you pair them with practice, but as a free way to actually understand a topic they are hard to fault.

Best for: learning GCSE science from short, clear videos, free · Free

7. CGP — for structured, offline revision

If the problem is that PMT is yet another set of tabs, CGP’s revision guides and workbooks put concise, exam-board-specific content on paper, with worked examples and practice questions in a structured order. Some students simply focus better away from a screen.

They are paid (a few pounds per book), static, and rely on your own discipline to work through, but they pair neatly with PMT’s free papers for exam practice.

Best for: revising in a structured order, on paper, away from screens · Paid (per book)

8. Your exam board’s website — for the latest official papers

Worth saying plainly: a lot of what PMT hosts originates from the exam boards, and AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and the rest publish their own past papers and mark schemes free, including the most recent ones PMT may not have yet. For the official, up-to-date source, go straight to the board.

The catch is that it is bare and unsorted by topic (whole papers only, no topic-question filtering or notes), which is exactly the convenience PMT adds on top. Use the board for the newest papers, PMT for topic-sorted practice.

Best for: the most recent official past papers, straight from the source · Free

How to choose

Start from why you are leaving PMT. Want more free papers? MME Revise and your exam board’s site. Want notes and feedback? Save My Exams (paid) for organised, marked practice. Want to learn the topic that keeps costing you marks? Seneca or Khan Academy for free, or Aicademy to generate a lesson and quiz on that exact topic and drill it back.

The honest pattern is that PMT does one part of revision superbly and leaves the rest to you: learn the topic, practise it, then find out why you are still getting it wrong. Pair PMT with a tool that covers that second half and you have a complete routine. For a wider list, see the best A-level revision apps and our guide to how to revise for A-levels.

To be upfront: Aicademy is our own app, and we have listed it first. We have been just as clear about what PMT does better, including the one thing it is unbeatable at, its free past-paper bank, which Aicademy does not try to replace. You can try Aicademy free and generate a lesson on your weakest topic in a couple of minutes.