Comparison
Quanta vs Save My Exams
For practising Cambridge exams, Quanta is the better choice — and it is free. On Quanta you sit the real Cambridge past paper and it is marked against that paper’s official mark scheme, with every lost mark traced to the skill that cost it. On Save My Exams, the real past papers are PDFs you download and mark yourself; its AI marking works on questions it has written, and sits in its paid plan.
Save My Exams is built around revision notes. Quanta is built around the thing that actually moves a grade: doing real papers and finding out exactly where the marks went.
Updated 5 October 2026
At a glance
| Quanta | Save My Exams | |
|---|---|---|
| What you practise on | 196 real Cambridge past papers, sat online. | Its own exam-style questions; real past papers as PDF downloads. |
| Marking | Against the paper's official mark scheme, included free. | AI marking of its own questions, in the paid plan. Past papers: mark them yourself. |
| Tracking | Every lost mark tied to a syllabus skill, across every paper. Free. | Strengths-and-weaknesses tracker in the paid plan. |
| Price | Free. No paid tier, no ads. | Free account: one topic question and five notes a month. Paid plans £72–£144 a year in the UK. |
| Built for | Cambridge International only — every paper mapped to its own scheme. | Many exam boards, with Cambridge one among them. |
Why the real paper beats a question written to look like one
Cambridge examiners write each paper with its own command words, its own mark allocation and its own traps — and examiner reports name the same lost marks every series. An exam-style question written by a revision site can cover the topic and still miss the thing the real paper tests.
On Quanta you practise on the papers themselves: the actual 9709 Paper 1, the actual 9609 Paper 2 case study, the actual 9701 multiple choice. When a mark goes, it goes on the same question a real examiner set.
Marking is the whole point, so it should not cost extra
Reading the answer tells you what was right. Being marked tells you what you did wrong — the method mark you did not show, the reason you did not give, the evaluation that stayed generic. That feedback is where improvement comes from, which is why on Quanta it is included for every student, on every paper.
And because each mark is tied to a syllabus skill, it adds up: ten papers in, Quanta can tell you which three skills cost you the most — not just your average. See which topics carry the most marks.
What practising on Quanta gets you
- The real Cambridge paper, not a lookalike. 196 past papers across IGCSE Maths 0580, A Level Maths 9709, A Level Economics 9708, A Level Business 9609 and AS Chemistry 9701, sat in the browser — the actual questions, command words and mark allocations you will meet in the exam.
- Marked against that paper’s official mark scheme. Maths part by part, method marks included; Business objective by objective, the way Cambridge grids it; Economics and Chemistry multiple choice with every answer explained.
- Every lost mark tied to a skill, across every paper. Not “68%” but which skill keeps costing you — and Quark points you at it next.
- What the paper needed for each grade. Paper pages show that paper’s own grade boundaries for every series Cambridge has published, and a calculator works out what you need on the papers you have left.
- Free, with nothing behind a paywall. Marking, tracking and the AI tutor are included. No ads.
- Your teacher can join you. Classes, set papers and a per-skill view of the whole class — and a student can invite their teacher in.
When you would need something else
Quanta covers IGCSE Maths 0580, A Level Maths 9709, A Level Economics 9708, A Level Business 9609 and AS Chemistry 9701 for Cambridge International. If you sit Edexcel, AQA or OCR, or need a subject outside that list, you will need another site for it.
Common questions
Is Quanta better than Save My Exams?
For practising Cambridge papers, yes. Quanta marks the real past paper against its official mark scheme and tracks which skill lost each mark, free. Save My Exams leaves real past papers for you to mark yourself and charges for its own marking.
Is there a free alternative to Save My Exams for Cambridge?
Quanta — free for students, with marking and tracking included. It covers IGCSE Maths 0580, A Level Maths 9709, Economics 9708, Business 9609 and AS Chemistry 9701.
Is Quanta actually free?
Yes. Free for individual students, with no paid tier, nothing locked behind one, and no ads.
Can I use both?
Read your notes wherever you like. When it is time to find out whether you can get the marks, sit the real paper on Quanta.
Details about other sites were checked on 5 October 2026 (sources: pricing, free account, Smart Mark, past papers, a published plan guide). Features and prices change — check their site before relying on them.
Practise real Cambridge past papers against real mark schemes
Quanta has real Cambridge A Level Maths 9709 past-paper questions, broken into skill checkpoints, marked criterion by criterion the way examiners mark — and it tracks which skills you’re missing. Free for individual students.
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