Synthesis Tutor
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Synthesis Tutor, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Synthesis Tutor's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Monthly | $45 a month | 1 child · Monthly payment |
| Individual Annual | $348 a year | 1 child · Billed annually |
| Family Monthly | $70 a month | Up to 10 students · Monthly payment |
| Family Annual | $400 a year | Up to 10 students · Billed annually |
| Individual Lifetime | $999, paid once | 1 child · One-time payment |
| Family Lifetime | $1,499, paid once | Up to 10 students · One-time payment |
The facts
Each one read from Synthesis Tutor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- For users under 7, text and answer choices are read aloud automatically, and users can adjust the Tutor's voice speed.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Adaptive guidance
- Lessons provide immediate, tailored guidance on each problem and adjust to the learner in real time.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Adaptive teaching
- The Tutor provides tailored guidance and targets gaps in a child's knowledge.checked 30 Sep 2026
- AI use
- Synthesis says it uses AI where appropriate and that educators and neuroscientists guide much of the pedagogy and interactive experience.checked 30 Sep 2026
- API and SDKs
- The published terms contain no public API or SDK offering and describe the software as proprietary.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The privacy policy states compliance with COPPA and applicable FERPA provisions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Curriculum
- It covers standard K–5 math, including counting, arithmetic, fractions, and algebraic thinking.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Data retention
- Children's data is retained for the service duration plus 30 days unless a parent requests deletion sooner.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding
- Crunchbase lists three funding rounds and investors including O'Shaughnessy Ventures, while the dollar amounts are obscured.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Lessons are offered in English and Spanish, with other languages being considered.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Learning design
- The product describes its lessons as hands-on, multisensory, and gamified.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Limit: content ceiling
- A Reddit parent worried that a child could exhaust the available multiplication, division, fractions and number-sense lessons and questioned whether new material arrived fast enough.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: grade coverage
- An independent review characterizes the product as supplemental practice that stops around grade 5 rather than a complete curriculum.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: not open-ended tutoring
- The same Reddit discussion said the product was not a true tutor that could answer arbitrary questions like a person.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: software bug
- A Trustpilot reviewer reported being unable to pass the division assessment because of a suspected software bug.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: speech recognition
- An independent review reports that speech recognition sometimes mishears correct answers and marks them wrong.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Apple app capability
- The iPad listing describes adaptive step-by-step lessons, manipulatives, progress tracking, gameplay and adaptive flashcards.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Apple complaint: missing features
- One reviewer said a redesign removed many flashcards and other activities and that the advertised trial did not expose the former feature set.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Devices
- It runs in Chrome, Safari or Edge on computers and has iPad and Android tablet applications.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founding
- Synthesis says Josh Dahn and Chrisman Frank cofounded the company in 2020.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- The maker states that it is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The maker identifies itself as Synthesis School, Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Synthesis as a privately held education company with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
