A student who searches for a homework helper usually wants the answer. This page is for the parent, who wants a tool that makes the kid do the work. It gives four checks and then holds three tools up to them, as of October 2026.
Four things to check
- Does it hand over the answer? Type in one of your kid's homework problems and see what comes back.
- Can you see what your kid asked? Some tools show a parent the history. Some show nothing.
- Is your kid old enough under its rules? Several of these tools set 13 as the minimum.
- What does it cost? Look for the monthly price and for limits inside the paid plan.
Khanmigo
- Answer: Khan Academy says, "Unlike ChatGPT, Khanmigo never gives the answer."
- What you see: the history of your kid's conversations, plus alerts for flagged content.
- Age: a parent subscribes and adds kids from elementary school up.
- Cost: $4 a month or $44 a year for up to ten kids. U.S. billing address only.
ChatGPT study mode
- Answer: study mode is meant to give hints and questions before solutions. Common Sense Media tested it in October 2026 and reported that it "still did kids' homework for them." OpenAI disputes that review.
- What you see: nothing. Parental controls do not show chats. You can set study hours so that new chats start in study mode.
- Age: 13 and up.
- Cost: study mode is available without a subscription.
Gemini Guided Learning
- Answer: Google's Guided Learning mode works through questions and step-by-step explanations.
- What you see: we could not confirm what a parent sees. Check Family Link before you rely on it.
- Age: Google opened Gemini to kids under 13 on parent-supervised accounts in 2025.
- Cost: check Google's current page. Published prices for students changed more than once in 2026.
Whichever one you pick
Sit in on the first session. After that, ask your kid to explain one answer back to you without the screen. If they cannot, the tool did the homework for them.
Sources: khanmigo.ai, OpenAI help center, Common Sense Media's assessment as reported on October 7, 2026, published comparisons of study modes.