The best AI for McGraw Hill Connect and SmartBook, compared

Quick picks

For most students the best AI for McGraw Hill is one that shows the answer in the page and lets you click it yourself: it is fast, and you stay in control of what you submit.

The tools below differ on four points. How does the tool get the question: from the page, from a screenshot, or from you? Does it only show the answer, or fill it in and move on? Does it cover Connect, SmartBook or both? And what does it cost for a semester? The table answers each point from the tool's own page.

Checked on 2026-10-21 from each tool's own page or store listing (linked on its name). We tested only our own tool. We left out accuracy percentages, because none of them is independent. One-to-one comparisons: auto-mcgraw, BetterBook and QuizMate.

Canvas Quiz Solver

Canvas Quiz Solver shows an AI answer right under each McGraw Hill question, in the same tab, and you pick and submit it yourself. It is our product, so read this section as our own pitch, with the limits included.

It reads the question from the page, so it sees your own numbers, choices and math, with no screenshot. In Connect, the answer appears under the question. In SmartBook, it appears above the High, Medium and Low confidence buttons, so you can read it, pick it and rate your confidence without leaving the question. It never fills in, clicks or submits anything for you.

• Connect question types: multiple choice, true/false, yes/no, check all that apply, fill in the blank, numeric, matching, ranking, short answer and essay.
• SmartBook question types: multiple choice, true/false, multiple select, fill in the blank, matching and ordering.
• Not supported yet: Connect worksheets with several parts (such as accounting problems), the accounting tool, external tools, surveys, document uploads and the older Connect player. It says "This question type isn't supported yet." on those.
• Setup: open the assignment, click the extension icon and tap "Keep it on for this site". One Chrome prompt, then it is on for every assignment there.
• Price: free answers to try, then $14.99/month or $48.99 per 4-month semester. The same plan works on Canvas quizzes.

McGraw Hill support is in beta, and answers come from AI, so they can be wrong. It stays off on proctored exams. More on Canvas Quiz Solver for McGraw Hill Connect and SmartBook answers.

SnapGPT

SnapGPT is a screenshot tool: you click its button, it captures the question, and the answer shows in its own box.

Its McGraw Hill Connect page says it "screenshots the question exactly as Connect renders it, then reads it with vision AI", and that it works on Connect homework, chapter quizzes and SmartBook. Reading an image is good for graphs and tables. The cost is one capture per question, and the answer is in SnapGPT's panel or, in its Subtle Mode, in the URL bar, not under the question.

On the paid plan, its Autopilot "can click through a question set for you, one question at a time". SnapGPT says "it never submits". The free plan gives 5 screenshot answers a day; Plus is $7.99 a week, $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year. On proctored exams, SnapGPT says lockdown software disables all extensions, SnapGPT included. Our full comparison is on SnapGPT vs Canvas Quiz Solver.

Apex Vision AI

Apex Vision AI is a general homework extension with a SmartBook guide; it reads highlighted text or a screenshot and shows the answer with steps.

Its SmartBook page lists three ways in: select the question text and click a pop-up, open a side panel, or press Ctrl + Shift + Z and drag over an image. The same page also says "Press Ctrl + Q (Cmd on Mac) and watch the correct option auto-fill", and describes methods that "mimic human typing/clicking speed". The page names SmartBook; it does not list Connect assignments as a separate feature.

Pricing is per request. The pricing page gives 30 free requests, refilled every 12 hours, then $7.99, $14.99 or $19.99 a month for 500, 1,000 or 2,000 requests. A long SmartBook can use many requests. See Apex Vision AI vs Canvas Quiz Solver.

SolveX

SolveX is built only for McGraw Hill, and it fills in answers rather than showing them.

Its Connect page says it "reads supported Connect questions, chooses an answer, and enters it on the page", and that Auto-Solve "can move through supported homework activities from one question to the next". You can pause it or use one-question mode. The page also says the extension can use a second model "before it submits". If you want to decide each answer yourself, that is the opposite of what Auto-Solve is for.

New accounts get 60 minutes and 100 solves free, with no card. The pricing page lists Starter, Pro and Beast plans from $4.99, and a $2.99 day pass. Its home page also says it supports multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, multi-select, drag interactions, matching, ordering and some image questions, with "availability" that "varies by plan". SolveX says not to use it on proctored or locked assessments.

QuizMate

QuizMate is a general study extension that adds its own button to SmartBook questions and shows the answer in its popup box.

Its Chrome Web Store listing (30,000 users, checked 2026-10-21) says it works with "Canvas, McGraw Hill, Blackboard, Moodle, and many more". We read the code of version 5.1.87: it adds a button to SmartBook multiple choice, multiple select and matching questions, and the answer shows in QuizMate's popup box on the page, not under the question. An "Auto Select Answers" setting, off by default, clicks the choice for you when you turn it on. We found no code for Connect assignment pages, so there you highlight a question and pick "Ask QuizMate", or capture it with Snapshot.

The QuizMate site lists $7.99 a week, $19.99 a month, or $10.99 a month billed yearly. The pages we read say nothing about proctored exams. Full comparison: QuizMate vs Canvas Quiz Solver.

Silent Student

Silent Student is a desktop agent, not an extension: it opens the assignment in its own browser, works it and submits it.

Its comparison page for this exact search ranks in Google, and it is Silent Student's own page; it says "Silent Student makes one of these tools" and names itself as "Our pick". By its own description, it is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that opens Connect or SmartBook from your Canvas course, "works it" and submits with the platform's own button. It has a dedicated SmartBook solver, and it runs Connect homework on a general agent that its pricing page calls "less predictable".

It costs $11.99, $24.99 or $49.99 a month, with no free plan. It says it does not take proctored exams. If you want the work done without you, this is that kind of tool. If you want to see each answer and choose, it is not.

auto-mcgraw on GitHub

auto-mcgraw is a free, open-source extension that runs your SmartBook through a ChatGPT, Gemini or DeepSeek tab and fills in the answers.

Its README explains the setup: download a zip, turn on Developer mode in Chrome and load it unpacked. It is not on the Chrome Web Store, and the README warns that copies there are "fraudulent/unofficial reuploads". Once started, it sends each question to your AI tab, "automatically fills in answers", clicks the confidence button itself (High by default) and moves through the assignment. Version 3.0 also loads on Connect quiz pages for multiple choice, true/false and fill in the blank.

Its settings include Randomize Confidence and a Pause Before Submit option, which makes it wait for you before each submit. It is free because you bring your own AI account. When SmartBook changes, a volunteer project can break until someone fixes it, so check the last update before you rely on it. Full detail: auto-mcgraw, how it works and what to use instead.

ChatGPT or Gemini in a second tab

A chatbot in another tab works on any question you can get into it, but on McGraw Hill that means typing or screenshotting every question.

Connect quiz pages turn off the right-click menu, and math and images do not paste well, so many students retype or screenshot each question. The loop is: capture the question, switch tabs, paste, read, switch back, enter the answer. On a long SmartBook that is dozens of round trips. Math also suffers when you retype it. The plus side: free tiers exist, and the chatbot can explain the method if you ask.

Our guide on how to get answers on McGraw Hill compares this with Connect's own feedback and answer keys.

McGraw Hill's own AI Reader

McGraw Hill's AI Reader explains your textbook; it is a study tool inside the eBook, not an assignment helper.

McGraw Hill's AI page says AI Reader lets students "highlight specific textbook passages, generate simplified explanations and quiz themselves", and that more than 2.5 million students have used it. Its student help page calls it "a generative AI learning tool within your eBook" that "directly references the content your instructor chose". The same AI page describes Learning Coach, a "conversational AI tutor" that reviews concepts and gives step-by-step explanations.

These tools are good for learning a chapter. McGraw Hill does not describe them as giving answers to your graded questions, and they are only in courses that include them.

Gone: SolveMyBook and SmarterBook

Two names that still show up in searches no longer work.

SolveMyBook now shows one line: "This website and the associated browser extension have been discontinued." (checked 2026-10-21). SmarterBook added search buttons above each SmartBook question. Its developer writes that on February 7, 2024 he received a cease-and-desist letter from McGraw Hill's law firm, and that on March 9 he shipped an update that turned the extension off. For what to use instead, see what happened to SolveMyBook.

Can McGraw Hill detect AI?

McGraw Hill does not document a tool that flags AI-written answers on Connect homework or SmartBook. What it documents is attempt reports with time on task, an originality checker for writing assignments, and Proctorio on proctored exams, which can disable extensions and record the screen.

The full answer, with sources: can McGraw Hill detect AI? For everything else Connect logs, read does McGraw Hill Connect detect cheating?

How to choose

Pick on three points: who clicks the answer, how the tool gets the question, and the price for a full semester.

Show or fill

A tool that shows the answer leaves every click to you. A tool that fills in and moves on does the clicking, and with Auto-Solve or an agent, you may not see each answer before it counts. Showing is slower by a second per question. It also means you can skip an answer that looks wrong.

Page or screenshot

A screenshot tool needs a capture for every question, and the answer appears in its panel. A tool that reads the page sees the question as soon as it loads, with the exact numbers and math, and can put the answer right where you are looking.

Price per semester

A semester is about four months. On the prices above: Canvas Quiz Solver is $48.99 on its semester plan; SnapGPT Plus is about $40 on monthly billing; QuizMate is about $80 on monthly billing; Silent Student starts near $48 and goes to about $200; Apex Vision AI is $32 to $80 with a request cap. Check how each one counts answers: a per-request cap or a daily limit can run out in the middle of a long assignment.

Sources we checked

• McGraw Hill Connect Answers in One Click and Pricing (SnapGPT), checked 2026-10-21
• SmartBook answers guide and Pricing (Apex Vision AI), checked 2026-10-21
• Connect page, home page and Pricing (SolveX), checked 2026-10-21
• QuizMate (Chrome Web Store), version 5.1.87 of its code, and quizmate.io, checked 2026-10-21
• Best AI for McGraw Hill Connect and SmartBook, compared (Silent Student), checked 2026-10-21
• auto-mcgraw README and v3.0 code (GitHub), checked 2026-10-21
• betterbookextension.com and the SmartSolve listing it links to, checked 2026-10-21
• AI-Powered Learning Tools and The McGraw Hill AI Reader within eBook (McGraw Hill), checked 2026-10-21
• Proctorio in Connect (McGraw Hill), checked 2026-10-21
• Writing Assignment Plus user guide (McGraw Hill, PDF), checked 2026-10-21
• Viewing Your Grades - Student Experience (McGraw Hill, PDF), checked 2026-10-21
• solvemybook.com, checked 2026-10-21
• I got a cease and desist letter (Micah Lindley, SmarterBook developer), checked 2026-10-21

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