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Khan Academy Review
A nonprofit's free K-12 course library, with the Khanmigo AI tutor
By AppDuo Editorial Team · Updated
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Our verdict
Suits students and parents who want structured, free maths and science material with no ads. Khanmigo costs 4 USD a month and is sold only to US buyers, and AI output can still be wrong.
Best for: Students self-studying maths, science and economics with videos and exercises that give feedback
Skip it if: Learners who need content matched to a national curriculum other than the US one
Pros
- 840+ K-12 and early-college courses free, run by a nonprofit
- No third-party ads and a stated commitment not to sell personal information
- The App Store lists 26 app languages (including English, Vietnamese, Spanish), and videos can be downloaded for offline use
Cons
- The mobile app lacks some website features, such as test prep and programming content
- The Google Play rating of 4.1/5 is well below the App Store's 4.6/5
All pros and cons · Who is it for?
Pros
- Khanmigo is free for teachers; the learner plan is 4 USD a month
Cons
- Khanmigo requires US buyers; Wikipedia records that a Wall Street Journal reporter found basic calculation errors in February 2024
Best for
- Teachers who want a free AI lesson-planning assistant
- Parents who want ad-free material for their children
Skip it if
- Buyers outside the US who want to subscribe to Khanmigo
Problems it solves
Experience & key features
Khan Academy is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. According to its About page the platform offers 840+ free courses for K-12 and early college, covering maths, science, English language arts, social studies, economics, computing and test prep.
Learners follow subject and grade paths: watch videos, read articles, do exercises with step-by-step hints, then get suggestions for the next skill. The Google Play description says a free account syncs progress with the website and videos can be downloaded for offline viewing, but community discussions, programming content, test prep and parent and teacher tools are web-only.
Khanmigo and pricing
Khanmigo is an AI tutor and teaching assistant built on Khan Academy's content; per the Khanmigo site it guides learners toward answers rather than handing them over. According to the pricing page teachers use it free, learners and parents pay 4 USD/month or 44 USD/year, and district pricing is by quote. Free access for US teachers began on 21 May 2024 through a Microsoft partnership. The paid plans are sold only to US buyers.
Unlike many comparable platforms, Khan Academy's core library is fully free and run by a nonprofit. Content follows a US curriculum, so students elsewhere need to cross-check it against their own national curriculum. Wikipedia also records criticism of the accuracy of some maths and physics videos and of calculation errors by Khanmigo, so AI answers are worth checking.
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Plans & pricing
Prices last verified Nov 10, 2026
Khan Academy
PersonalFree
All courses, exercises and videos are free, with no third-party ads. The About page cites 840+ free courses for K-12 and early college.
Khanmigo For Teachers
PersonalFree
The pricing page lists it as free for teachers: lesson planning, summaries of student work, rubrics and exit tickets. The Khanmigo site requires teachers to be 18+ and live in an eligible country or territory.
Khanmigo For You / For Families
Personal$4/mo/user
$3.67/mo billed yearly
4 USD/month or 44 USD/year (about 3.67 USD/month), excluding sales tax. Includes AI tutoring, writing and debate practice, career coaching and coding feedback. For Families adds child accounts under the parent, the child's chat history and moderation alerts. The Khanmigo site says buyers must be 18+, live in the US and have a US billing address.
Khanmigo District Tools
BusinessContact sales
No public price; request a quote. Covers Khanmigo for a district's teachers and students, rostering and single sign-on through Clever or ClassLink, and a customer success manager.
- Free plan limits
- The core learning library is free. The mobile app lacks some features: per its Google Play description, community discussions, programming content, test prep and parent, teacher and district tools are on the website only.
- Free trial
- No free trial
Cancellation & refunds
The Khanmigo pricing page does not describe refunds, free trials or cancellation terms.
Privacy
Khan Academy is a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Its privacy policy (updated 30 January 2026) states it does not sell personal information to third parties and shows no third-party advertising. Child accounts are restricted so they cannot post or disclose personal information, and a separate notice covers children under 13. Sponsored content is always labelled and sponsors cannot track users. Khan Academy may still use de-identified or aggregated data for research and product development. Its App Store privacy label lists only usage data as linked to the user; email, name, user ID, search history and diagnostics are listed as not linked. On Google Play the developer declares no data shared with third parties, encryption in transit and the option to request deletion. The Khanmigo site says teacher and student data is kept private and secure but does not describe how content is moderated.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Khan Academy free?
Yes. The About page says the courses are free. Only Khanmigo for learners and parents is paid, at 4 USD/month or 44 USD/year.
Does Khan Academy support Vietnamese?
The App Store page lists Vietnamese among the app's 26 languages. The sources read do not say how much of each course is translated.
Can Khanmigo be bought outside the US?
Not the paid plans: the Khanmigo site requires parents and learners to live in the US with a US billing address. The free teacher version is open in a set of eligible countries and territories, listed on a separate page the Khanmigo site links to.
Does Khan Academy sell data or run ads?
The privacy policy says it does not sell personal information or show third-party ads. Sponsored content is labelled.
Review evidence & sources8
Scores
- Ease of use
- 8.3
- Features
- 8.6
- Value for money
- 9.4
- Performance
- 7.8
- Support
- 7.0
- Privacy & security
- 8.6
Why this score
Clear subject and grade paths with suggested next skills. The app scores 4.6/5 on the App Store but 4.1/5 on Google Play.
Why this score
A broad library of videos, exercises and articles plus an AI tutor. The mobile app lacks some website features.
Why this score
Core content is free and ad-free; Khanmigo is free for teachers and 4 USD/month for learners, low next to most paid AI tutors.
Why this score
A 4.1/5 Google Play rating across 174K reviews suggests uneven Android experience. No speed measurements were found in sources.
Why this score
A Help Center with a support request form, and the developer replies to Google Play reviews. Sources show no chat or phone channel.
Why this score
No data sales, no third-party ads and a dedicated children's notice. Held back because de-identified data is still used for research and product development.
What users say
- App Store (US)4.6/5 · 113,000
- Google Play (US)4.1/5 · 174,000
Sources
- Vendor-providedKhan Academy About pageNov 10, 2026
- Vendor-providedKhanmigo pricing pageNov 10, 2026
- Vendor-providedKhanmigo websiteNov 10, 2026
- Vendor-providedKhan Academy Privacy PolicyNov 10, 2026
- storeApp Store listingNov 10, 2026
- storeGoogle Play listingNov 10, 2026
- Community-reportedWikipedia: Khan AcademyNov 10, 2026
- pressTHE Journal (2024-05-21)Nov 10, 2026
Specs & compatibility
- Developer
- Khan Academy, Inc.
- Headquarters
- United States
- Launched
- 2008
- Category
- Education
Capabilities
- AI features
- Mobile app
- Works offline
Platforms
- Web
- iOS
- Android
Interface languages
- Vietnamese
- English
- French
- Spanish
- German
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Indonesian
- Chinese
Integrations
- Clever
- ClassLink
Support
- Help center
Change history
- Update.Privacy policy last updated, per the policy page.
- Price.Microsoft partnership: Khanmigo became free for US K-12 teachers, previously 4 USD/month, and moved to Azure.
- Feature.Khanmigo introduced, an AI tutor initially based on OpenAI's GPT-4.
Full change history (6)
- Launch.Khan Academy Kids launched for children aged two to seven.
- Company.Google donated 2 million USD through its Project 10100 program.
- Company.Sal Khan incorporated Khan Academy as a nonprofit and left his finance job to work on it full time.
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