Tassomai vs Educake for GCSE revision: daily goals or teacher-set quizzes

Tassomai and Educake are both used in UK schools for homework and revision, and both mark pupils' answers automatically. Educake is an online homework and revision platform built on a bank of questions: teachers build quizzes from the bank and set them for their classes, and pupils can make quizzes for themselves. Tassomai is a daily practice programme that sets every pupil a personal Daily Goal, without anyone having to set it.

Tassomai is used by more than 300,000 students in over 500 schools and is ranked fifth in TIME's World's Top EdTech Companies of 2026. Each pupil's Daily Goal is chosen by an algorithm from their own answers, so practice keeps returning to the topics they are weakest on and the ones they are starting to forget.

The difference between the two is what happens when nobody sets a quiz. This comparison covers who sets the work, how pupils remember what they learn, what teachers and parents see, the evidence behind Tassomai, subjects and what each costs families at home.

• Tassomai sets every pupil a Daily Goal automatically, so practice happens every day without a teacher building a quiz. On Educake, a teacher sets a quiz or the pupil sets their own.

• Tassomai chooses different questions for each pupil and brings topics back before they are forgotten. On Educake, spacing depends on teachers scheduling quizzes on earlier topics.

• When a pupil gets stuck, Tassomai's AI tutor Mai gives step-by-step guidance mapped to UK mark schemes.

• Teachers get the Understanding Grid, the Tree and Group Quiz, and parents get a progress email every Monday.

• In Tassomai's study of over 68,000 exam results, 90% of strong users achieved a strong pass or better, against 68% nationally.

With Tassomai, each pupil gets a Daily Goal in each subject, about 10 to 15 minutes of short quizzes. No teacher has to choose questions, build a quiz or set a deadline. The work is there for every pupil every day.

One partner school, St John Bosco College, estimated that Tassomai saved each GCSE teacher 2 hours per week per class.

Educake works differently. Its bank holds thousands of questions written by teachers and subject editors. A teacher picks the questions, sets the quiz for a class and gets the results marked automatically. Pupils can also create their own quizzes, and Educake says its adaptive algorithm generates personalised revision quizzes based on what a pupil needs help with.

That is quicker than writing and marking a worksheet. It still means the work exists only when someone sets it: a teacher choosing a quiz for a class, or a pupil choosing to start one.

Tassomai's algorithm picks each pupil's questions from their past answers, including how accurate and how quick they were. Two pupils in the same class get different questions on the same evening. Weak topics come up more often, earlier topics come back before they are forgotten and questions from across the course are mixed together.

This is the retrieval practice and interleaving that cognitive science research supports, and it happens for every pupil every day whether or not anyone remembers to schedule it.

Educake points to the same research. On its platform the teacher puts it into practice: its site says teachers can schedule tests in advance, have pupils revisit earlier tests and mix questions from different topics, and its Revision Wizard helps pupils balance their practice before exams.

When a pupil gets a question wrong on Tassomai, Mai, Tassomai's AI tutor, gives step-by-step guidance mapped to UK mark schemes. The topic then comes back in later quizzes, so a mistake turns into extra practice on exactly that point.

Educake tells pupils straight away whether their answer is right and shows an answer explanation.

Because every pupil practises across the whole course every day, Tassomai's data covers every topic, not only the ones a quiz has been set on:

• The Understanding Grid shows every pupil's accuracy on every topic, colour-coded, so a teacher can see a class's gaps at a glance.

• The Tree shows how much of the course each pupil has covered.

• Group Quiz turns the class's own data into a ready-made starter on the board, using the questions the class finds hardest.

• Leaders can see usage and Daily Goal completion by class and year group.

Parents get a dashboard and a progress email every Monday showing the days their child was active, how many questions they answered, their accuracy and their strongest and weakest topics of the week.

Educake gives teachers the results of the quizzes they set. Its site says teachers can assess each pupil's understanding, compare class and national averages and spot learning gaps. Parents who subscribe at home get regular progress updates.

Tassomai publishes the results of its own data studies on its impact page:

• A 2017 study took in over 68,000 exam module results from schools using Tassomai. 90% of strong users achieved a strong pass or better, against 68% nationally, and 50% achieved a top grade.

• A 2018/19 trial followed a randomised sample of 1,500 students. Students of all abilities improved their knowledge recall, the improvement grew with use, and the effect was more marked for students who started with lower attainment.

The more a student uses Tassomai, the better their results, which is why the Daily Goal matters: it makes regular use the default for every pupil.

Tassomai covers KS2 maths, English and science, then KS3 and GCSE science, maths, English language and literature, history, geography, computer science and languages. Questions are matched to each pupil's exam board.

Educake covers science, English, maths, geography, history, computer science, PE, business and languages (French and Spanish) for secondary schools, with a primary product for KS2 English, maths and science and A-level biology, chemistry and physics. Its at home subscription covers science, English and maths for ages 11 to 16.

Tassomai families pay monthly by year group, and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial:

• Years 3 to 6: £8.99 a month

• Years 7 and 8: £29.99 a month

• Years 9 to 11: £44.99 a month

Educake at home is £30 a month after a 7-day free trial and covers science, English and maths.

For GCSE years, Tassomai costs more because it does more than give access to a question bank. It plans each pupil's practice every day, brings back what they are forgetting, gives step-by-step help from Mai and sends parents a progress report every week.

The hard part of revision is getting each pupil to do a little practice every day, on the topics they personally need, for two years. Tassomai is built for exactly that. It sets the work, brings back what is being forgotten, helps when a pupil is stuck and shows teachers and parents whether it is happening.

If your school wants a daily retrieval habit that runs without teachers setting tasks, or you want to know your child is revising the right things, Tassomai is designed for you.

Schools can book a demo below. Parents can start a 7-day free trial on our families page.