FastMath - Take Photo & Solve 4+

Let's get straight to the point: this app is useless without spending $20 something every 3 months. Don't take my word for it: there are countless other reviews mentioning this as well. When you first open the app, guess what? It immediately wants you to allow camera access (makes sense) and notifications (which doesn't make sense, why would a math app need to spam my notifications?), then it asks you to sign up for their subscription. I, like most people, ignored it and clicked the X. The next thing I did was scan a problem. Guess what? You can't get the answer or steps without paying! You read that correctly, you have to buy their subscription to even get access to the answer! What's the point of a calculator if it doesn't even give you the answer?? Imagine if your physical calculator (or calculator app on your phone) said something like "Please pay $9.99 to get access to the answer." This is basically what this app is. Yes, there is a free trial, but you gotta remember to cancel it immediately so it doesn't charge your card. It's just not worth it. Don't waste your time.

TL;DR, app wants money to solve math questions, which defeats the whole point of it being free.

I was looking for a better calculator that actually shows the steps of a problem without having to spend money. I used this app literally for 5 minutes (I’m not kidding) to put in one problem. Guess what happens, they didn’t even show me the answer. It was blurred. That’s right, the answer was blurred. Not the steps, the ANSWER. Maybe because it was a trigonometry equation (studying for final exam) so I put in a different equation, a simple algebra equation. NOT EVEN A SIMPLE EQUATION WITH ONE VARIABLE HAD AN ANSWER. WHAT THE HECKING HECK. The point of a calculator is to give you the answer, even a calculator from dollar tree can give me an answer. But this FREE app won’t even give you the ANSWER. I don’t mind not having the equation worked out for me, but cmon give me the answer. This app is basically a calculator that has no point. What kind of calculator doesn’t give you the answer? I still use photomath because it still shows me the process without having to spend money. Although to understand the process as to WHY, that’s when it costs money. But don’t waste your time on this app. It’s pointless.

I got this app because I had a frustrating problem and needing help. All the reviews said awful things, and I thought they were over exaggerating. THEY WERE NOT! the first thing that happened after I downloaded the app was it asked me for money. 20 something dollars a month. That’s insane. I ignored it and clicked the x. After I clicked my picture, guess what happened, they asked again for money!! Good people and apps who want to help should be for free. I truly recommend to anyone who’s reading this, find any other app to help, or ask a non crazy adult or friend. I couldn’t even get into it, but if you are willing to pay that, I hope it’s better then the outside of it. I don’t know if there are ads, but that would make it over the top awful. Thank you for reading this and I hope my opinion helped your decision.