What iStarpal does
iStarpal is an AI tutor, built by teachers, for primary and secondary students preparing for Cambridge IGCSE, Singapore O Level and Malaysian SPM, taking waitlist sign ups for an August 2026 launch. It is aimed at students, with parents as the main buyers and schools as a third tier. The site names guided tutoring with a hint ladder of up to five levels instead of direct answers, practice mapped to each syllabus, parent controls over how much help is allowed, a weekly parent email, an optional parent dashboard, and teacher visibility across a class. Three tiers are listed, One student, Family and School, with prices not yet set and promised to waitlist members before launch.
How iStarpal compares with its closest alternatives
1 of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan; iStarpal does not. Only Bloomy lists a starting price, $39 a month. 2 of the 5 offer an API. iStarpal offers a web app and a mobile app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app and 1 offers a mobile app. iStarpal was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2018 and 2025, 1 of them earlier. iStarpal is based in Singapore; 4 of its 5 alternatives are in Singapore too, and the others in the United States.