Brainly

About Brainly

Brainly is a homework help platform started in Kraków in 2009 as Zadane.pl. Students ask questions, other students answer them for points, and Brainly AI explains tasks step by step. Brainly Tutor adds 20 live sessions a month with human tutors in maths and sciences. On the US App Store Brainly Plus costs $9.99 a month or $39.99 a year, Brainly Tutor $29.99 or $95.99. Brainly runs local sites in more than 35 countries and reported about 5.5 million monthly active users in the EU in 2025.

Brainly runs a question-and-answer community for school homework. A student spends points to post a question, and answerers earn half of those points. Moderators check the content, and Brainly’s experts mark some answers as Verified. Brainly AI, Math Solver and Test Prep sit on top of this knowledge base, and Brainly Tutor connects a subscriber with a live tutor.

Michał Borkowski, Tomasz Kraus and Łukasz Haluch launched Zadane.pl in Poland in September 2009. The company Zadane.PL sp. z o.o. was registered in Kraków in April 2010 and took the name Brainly sp. z o.o. in 2014. The Russian site Znanija.com followed in 2011. Brainly now runs separate sites for Poland, Brazil, Indonesia, India, Turkey, Romania, France, the Philippines, Latin America and Spain, and Russia.

Brainly raised $80 million in a Series D led by Learn Capital in December 2020, when it reported 350 million users. TechCrunch put total funding at about $150 million. The US parent Brainly Inc. owns the Polish company, which sells the apps. Brainly calls itself an AI Learning Companion, and in 2026 its US app listing addresses parents and offers live human tutors.

History

1. 2009 Zadane.pl, a Polish homework Q&A site, goes live in September.
2. 2010 Zadane.PL sp. z o.o. is registered in Kraków on 21 April. Łukasz Haluch is its first CEO.
3. 2011 The Russian-language site Znanija.com starts in January.
4. 2014 The company becomes Brainly sp. z o.o. in September. In October it raises $9 million from General Catalyst, Runa Capital, Learn Capital and Point Nine.
5. 2016 Naspers leads a $15 million Series B in May. In June Brainly buys OpenStudy, a US peer study platform.
6. 2018 Buys Bask, a US video learning start-up, in January.
7. 2019 Naspers Ventures leads a $30 million Series C in July. Brainly reports 150 million monthly users in 35 countries.
8. 2020 Learn Capital leads an $80 million Series D in December. Users grow from 150 million to 350 million during the pandemic.
9. 2023 Launches AI features built with OpenAI’s GPT-4 in beta in April.
10. 2024 Releases Test Prep, which builds practice sets from a student’s exam material, in May.
11. 2025 Borkowski leaves the board of the Polish company in August, according to the register. In September he attends the White House AI education pledge event as CEO.

Brainly funding and investors

1. October 2014
   Series A $9 million

   General CatalystRuna CapitalLearn CapitalPoint Nine Capital

   Source: Antyweb
2. May 2016
   Series B $15 million

   Lead: Naspers General Catalyst

   Source: Marketwired via Yahoo Finance
3. July 2019
   Series C $30 million

   Lead: Naspers Ventures Runa CapitalManta Ray

   Source: Emerging Europe
4. December 2020
   Series D $80 million

   Lead: Learn Capital Prosus VenturesRuna CapitalMantaRayGeneral Catalyst

   Source: TechCrunch

EdSurge put the total at $68.5 million after the 2019 Series C. The rounds below add up to $54 million by then, so earlier amounts are missing from the public record. Antyweb reports a first round of more than PLN 1.5 million from Marcin Pytel, the team behind Niania and Point Nine Capital. PitchBook, quoted by TechCrunch, estimated a $180 million valuation after the Series C. Brainly did not disclose valuations. Naspers invested through its venture arm, later Prosus Ventures.

Leadership

• MB Michał Borkowski CEO and co-founder
• BS Bill Salak CTO
• TP Tomasz Prokurat Management board member, Brainly sp. z o.o.

Borkowski appears as CEO in a Brainly press release of September 2025. The register shows that he left the board of the Polish company in August 2025, so he leads the group through Brainly Inc. Salak is CTO in a Forbes article of August 2025 and was also COO in 2024. Co-founder Łukasz Haluch left the Polish board in 2017.

Video, blogs and resources

• Help centerSubscriptions, refunds, tutoring and account questions↗
• Honor CodeWhat Brainly counts as cheating and plagiarism↗
• EU user numbersMonthly active users reported under the Digital Services Act↗
• Brainly in other countriesThe list of local sites from Poland to the Philippines↗

Products

• Ayer voy fui al mercado.

  LNative speaker · corrected

  ♥ 3

  Community answers Students post questions for points and answer other students’ questions to earn them. The asker can mark one answer as Brainliest, and moderators remove answers that break the Honor Code. How points work ↗

• Why is the answer x = 4?

  Subtract 3, then divide both sides by 2

  Give me a similar one to try

  Brainly AI Explains a typed or scanned question step by step. In 2023 Brainly said its AI worked on a moderated knowledge base of more than 250 million answers. Brainly Plus features ↗
• Equation recognised

  2x + 3 = 11

  x = 4x = 7x = 5.5

  Homework
  Math Solver Scan to Solve reads a photo of an equation and returns a step-by-step solution. Microsoft powers the solver, and it is a paid feature. Math Solver ↗
• Live

  TTutor

  AMJL
  Brainly Tutor Up to 20 live sessions a month with vetted tutors in maths, physics, biology and chemistry, from middle school to college. Sessions run in chat with images and drawings and take about 10 minutes on average. Tutor features ↗

• Leaderboard

  1Ana980

  2Tom860

  3Lea790
  Test Prep A student uploads exam material, and the AI writes extra multiple-choice questions. With an exam date set, Test Prep splits the work into daily sets and repeats the questions the student got wrong. Test Prep ↗

How much is Brainly?

• Plus, US $9.99/mo $9.99 a month, App Store, renews monthly
• Lowest monthly price, US Plus, US $3.33/mo $39.99 a year, App Store, renews yearly
• Tutor, US $29.99/mo $29.99 a month, App Store, renews monthly
• Tutor, US $8.00/mo $95.99 a year, App Store, renews yearly
• Plus, Brazil R$7.08/mo R$84.90 a year, App Store, renews yearly
• Tutor, Brazil R$40.83/mo R$489.90 a year, App Store, renews yearly

Is Brainly free?

Free: Brainly Basic with community answers, limited AI help and ads.

In-app prices on the App Store on 6 October 2026: United States in dollars, Brazil in reais. The stores also list cheaper promotional items, for example $2.00 a month and $15.00 a year in the US, and a 6-month plan at R$66.90 in Brazil. The help center names only monthly and annual plans and says prices vary by platform. Web prices sit behind the brainly.com checkout, which blocked our checks.

• brainly.com ↗
  1. Log in on Brainly Web and open Account Settings
  2. Select Subscription
  3. Select Cancel subscription at least 24 hours before renewal
• App Store ↗
  1. Open the App Store and tap your profile icon
  2. Tap Subscriptions
  3. Select Brainly and tap Cancel Subscription
• Google Play ↗
  1. Open Google Play and tap the profile icon
  2. Choose Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions
  3. Select Brainly and cancel, or cancel in the app under Me, Settings

• A plan bought on Brainly Web cannot be cancelled in the iOS app, which sends the user to the website.
• Deleting the app or the account does not cancel an App Store or Google Play plan.
• After cancelling, the plan stays active until the end of the paid period, and the account then returns to the free version.
• Subscription questions go to subscriptions@brainly.com.

Refund rules

Brainly refunds

The help center says Brainly gives no refunds for Plus and Tutor once a subscription has started.

App stores

Apple and Google handle refunds for in-app purchases. Brainly asks users to cancel in the store after requesting a refund.

App Store listing, US

The US app description promises a full refund within 30 days. The help center does not mention this guarantee.

Free trial

Only first-time users get the trial. A user who tries again is billed at checkout.

From the Brainly help center, articles modified on 13 February 2026, and the US App Store listing, checked on 6 October 2026.

Apps and ratings

• Webbrainly.com and 10 local sites, including brainly.com.br and brainly.pl
• iPhone and iPad4.7 on the App Store, US
• Android4.5 on Google Play, 100M+ downloads

• 4.7 App Store, United States284,199 ratings
• 4.5 Google Play4.47M ratings
• 4.8 App Store, Brazil160,285 ratings
• 4.8 App Store, Poland29,608 ratings

App details, App Store United States

Current version

4.231.0, released 7 September 2026

First release on iOS

28 November 2013

Requires

iOS 18.0 or later

Size

216.6 MB

Age rating

13+

Seller

Brainly sp. z o.o.

App languages

10

Downloads

100M+ on Google Play, Editors’ Choice

Is Brainly worth it?

What students and parents write in reviews, not our rating. Brainly Basic is free, and Plus costs $39.99 a year on the US App Store.

Brainly reviews

• Brainly is good, and it also has a good heart

  “the support team for Brainly was wonderful in helping me find the correct email for my order and then helping me cancel it without any hassle.”

  Susan Hanemann · 22 September 2026 · App Store
• It helps me with completing my…

  “I simply upload my problems and it gives me a detailed explanation and also helps me identify my mistakes.”

  Pheonix · 27 July 2026 · App Store
• DEFINITELY NO

  “They sent an email stating they were going to charge me on the 18th. They charged on the 16th. NO REFUNDS, NO EXCEPTIONS.”

  Erin Pinney · 16 September 2026 · App Store

Latest news

1. 4 September 2025Brainly CEO joins leaders at the White House to advance AI investment in America’s youth ↗
2. 29 August 2025Brainly is finding the right role for AI in education, Forbes ↗
3. 30 May 2024Brainly unveils AI-powered test prep, EdTech Innovation Hub ↗
4. 17 April 2023Brainly announces beta AI features built with GPT-4, eSchool News ↗
5. 17 December 2020Brainly raises $80M as its user base reaches 350M, TechCrunch ↗
6. 17 December 2020Brainly raises an $80m Series D, Sifted ↗
7. 25 July 2019Brainly raises $30 million in Series C, EdSurge ↗
8. 25 January 2018Brainly acquires Bask to add video, TechCrunch ↗

Contacts and company data

• Help centerfaq-us.brainly.com
• Generalcontact@brainly.com
• Subscriptionssubscriptions@brainly.com
• Jobsjobs.ashbyhq.com/brainly

Legal entity

Brainly sp. z o.o., Aleja Pokoju 62/8, 31-564 Kraków, Poland

National Court Register

KRS 0000354511, registered 21 April 2010

Former name

Zadane.PL sp. z o.o., until 2014

Tax ID

NIP 7010215208

REGON

142128951

Share capital

PLN 17.4 million, all shares held by Brainly Inc.

EU users under the DSA

5,523,827 monthly active recipients on average, January to July 2025

Brainly vs StuDocu, Knowunity and others

	Brainly	StuDocu	Knowunity	Quizlet	StudySmarter	simpleclub
Founded	2009, Kraków	2013	2019	2005	2017	2011
Headquarters	Kraków and New York	Amsterdam	Berlin	San Francisco	Munich	Grünwald, near Munich
Model	Free with ads, Plus and Tutor subscriptions	Free, Premium subscription	Free with ads, Pro subscription	Free with ads, Quizlet Plus	Free with ads, Premium subscription	Subscription
Yearly plan, App Store	$39.99 (US)	$79.99 (US)	€83.99 (DE), $49.99 (US)	$44.99 (US)	—	€69.99 (DE)
App Store rating	4.7 US (284K)	4.8 US (6K)	4.6 DE (60K)	4.8 US (1.1M)	4.5 DE (9K)	4.4 DE (13K)

Prices and ratings from the App Store on 6 October 2026, in the store named in each cell. Apple does not always label the billing period, so yearly prices are the yearly items shown in the store. Founding years from Wikipedia and the companies’ websites.

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• Knowunity🇩🇪 Germany Notes from school students and an AI tutor, free with ads, Pro from €83.99 a year in Germany, from Berlin. →
• StuDocu🇳🇱 Netherlands Student notes, past exams and AI study tools, Premium from $79.99 a year on the US App Store, from Amsterdam. →
• StudySmarter🇩🇪 Germany A study app for university and school students, from Munich. →
• simpleclub🇩🇪 Germany A learning app for school and vocational training, by subscription, from Germany. →
• QuizletUnited States Flashcards and study sets, free with ads, Quizlet Plus at $44.99 a year on the US App Store. ↗
• C CheggUnited States US homework help service, named by TechCrunch in 2020 as Brainly’s main competitor in the US. ↗

How we built this profile

1. Sources. Facts come from the company’s own website, press room, imprint and careers page, from Wikipedia, the App Store, Google Play and Trustpilot. Every source is listed on the page.
2. Checks. Kinescope checked every number on 6 October 2026. Prices, ratings and job counts change, and we refresh them with each update.
3. Our words. Descriptions are written by the Kinescope team. Quotes from reviews are marked with the author and source, and we do not rate the company ourselves.
4. Corrections. The company can send new facts or corrections, and we update the profile.

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