BetterBook alternative for McGraw Hill SmartBook and Connect

What BetterBook is

Two websites use the BetterBook name. They look different, make different claims, and do not link to each other. Neither one names the company behind it on its pages.

betterbookextension.com

Its page title is “BetterBook Extension - AI SmartBook Question Solver”. It says you can “solve your smartbook and other site questions”, and it shows four modes: Snapshot, Direct Integration, Highlight and Visual Mode. It claims “+100,000 students” and a “98.97% accuracy rate”, and says it cannot be detected. The page gives no source for those claims (betterbookextension.com).

Its Chrome button goes to a Chrome Web Store listing with a different name: SmartSolve - AI Homework Tutor. Its App Store and Google Play buttons go to SmartSolve apps too.

betterbookchromeextension.com

This site calls itself “The Best McGraw Hill Chrome Extension” and claims “10,000+ students”. It promises “Auto Solve”: “Automatically solve assignments with one click” (features page). Its steps say to create an account, install from the Chrome Web Store, then “let BetterBook do the rest”.

When we checked, every Get Started button on the page linked nowhere, so we could not install it. Its terms say the extension is free and “does not require user registration or account creation”, which does not match its own steps. A Chrome Web Store search for betterbook showed only an unrelated book recommendation extension.

How it works on SmartBook

The only BetterBook download we could reach is SmartSolve, so this is what SmartSolve does.

• Listing: 30,000 users, 1.0 out of 5 from 144 ratings, version 1.0.11, updated 24 August 2026. The developer is NIKNEA, LLC of La Jolla, California.
• How you ask: highlight a question and right-click “SmartSolve It!”, take a snapshot of the page, or use its one-click helper.
• Where the answer shows: in SmartSolve's own window, not under the question.
• Auto-answer: the listing does not claim it. We read the code of version 1.0.11 and found nothing written for SmartBook or McGraw Hill pages, and nothing that clicks answers for you.
• Price: no price on the BetterBook or SmartSolve pages. The SmartSolve terms describe a subscription that renews automatically.

A highlight or snapshot tool works on any page, but it works one question at a time. Every question means a selection or a capture, a wait, and a look at another window.

In SmartBook, each question has two steps: answer it, then rate your confidence (McGraw Hill's SmartBook guide). An answer in a separate window means switching back and forth on every one of them.

BetterBook vs Canvas Quiz Solver

Checked 2026-10-21 on betterbookextension.com, betterbookchromeextension.com and the SmartSolve listing. Listings change; check each site.

Where each one does not run

Canvas Quiz Solver turns off on proctored exams: the popup says “Not available on proctored exams.” and nothing shows on the page. On Connect, accounting worksheets, the accounting tool, external tools and file uploads show “This question type isn't supported yet.”

BetterBook says nothing about proctored exams on either site, and the SmartSolve listing does not either. A highlight or snapshot tool reads whatever is on your screen, so it has no list of question types. Its highlight mode uses the right-click menu, and Connect quiz pages turn that menu off (see copying on McGraw Hill).

Canvas Quiz Solver on SmartBook

Canvas Quiz Solver shows the answer right on the SmartBook page, above the High, Medium and Low buttons. You read it, pick the option, choose your confidence, and go on. No highlight, no snapshot, no second window.

Setup is one tap on the first assignment.

• Connect assignments and quizzes: multiple choice, true/false, yes/no, check all that apply, fill in the blank, numeric, matching, ranking, short answer and essay.
• SmartBook: multiple choice, true/false, multi-select, fill in the blank, matching and ordering.
• Setup: add it from the Chrome Web Store, open the assignment, click the extension icon, and tap “Keep it on for this site”. After that it is on for every assignment there.
• Where it stops: it does not run on proctored exams. Accounting worksheets, the accounting tool, external tools such as virtual labs, SIMnet and ALEKS, file uploads and the older Connect player show “This question type isn't supported yet.”
• One account: the same plan covers Canvas quizzes too. It is in beta on McGraw Hill. Answers come from AI and can be wrong, so you stay the one who decides.

Full details: Canvas Quiz Solver on SmartBook and on McGraw Hill Connect.

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