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Our Impact

Loved by over 35,000 students

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Leaders in AI for Education

  • #1 VCE platform

    Victoria's largest VCE student community

  • 35K+

    Australian students trust Polarbear for revision

  • 1.5M+

    Learning activities completed by Australian students

  • 1,000+

    Australian school communities represented by students School count methodology available below.

How we count school communities

Based on self-reported school names matched against Australia’s official school registry and deduplicated by parent-school identifier. Ambiguous and unverified entries excluded.

A better answer to “what should I do next?”

Start with the thing in front of you: a question that won’t click, a draft that needs work or a topic you need to practise. Polarbear can help with an explanation, specific feedback or focused questions you can act on straight away.

9:40pm. Question 4 still won’t click.
Why does the sign change here?
You’re subtracting the whole bracket. Let’s do one line: what does −(x − 3) become?

When a topic isn’t landing

Ask the question you actually have

Bring in your notes and point to the exact step that lost you. Tutorbear can explain it another way, take a follow-up and turn the idea into a quick knowledge check.

Draft due tomorrow. Paragraph three feels off.

Shakespeare uses the dagger to show Macbeth’s fear before the murder.

Go one step further: what does that fear reveal about his choice?
Clear point ✓Evidence · add a quote

When your draft needs another pass

Find the next edit before you submit

Essay Marking puts criterion-level feedback and comments beside your writing, so you can see which part to strengthen while the draft is still in front of you.

You’ve read it twice. What actually stuck?

Which factor most shifted the verdict?

The witness timeline The closing argument
See why, then try a harder one →

When revision turns into rereading

Test it instead of highlighting it again

Exam Cram turns a topic into focused questions, shows an explanation after each answer and lets you try again while the idea is still fresh.

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144K+
all senior curricula covered
Australia + IB

Our Features

Everything you need to make studying bearable.

Our Features

Essay Marking

Essay Marking

Questions before you jump in?

Straight answers about what's free, what's supported and how Polarbear uses AI.

Yes. Create a free account without entering card details and get limited use of every Polarbear study feature. You can also try any paid plan free for three days before deciding whether to upgrade.

Still unsure?

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Used by students from over 1000 schools

Don’t take our word for it. Start with theirs.

100% HHD SAC

I was sooo behind with content and studying for my SACs at the start of the year, but Tutorbear helped sooo muchhhh — I actually got a 100% on my last HHD SAC! I love using Polarbear AI. It’s so good. Thank you so much for making such a good study tool!
N.G.VCE HHD student

VCE English

What to do in the final days before the exam

Creator video

94% Health SAC

Polarbear has been a great help, especially when understanding how to format responses to ensure full marks! I just got a 94% on Health because of this, so thank you. You guys are doing great, and these emails are really considerate.
E.C.VCE Health student

HHD + lecture recording

I am in Year 10 at the moment doing HHD 1/2 and maths pre-Methods. I LOVEEE the Polarbear website, as it has helped me so much and I get a lot of use out of the feature where you can record your lectures.
A.B.Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Written responses

I absolutely love Polarbear! Having my written responses marked is incredible, as I rarely get accurate results when I grade my own work. I also really appreciate the targeted questions, which let me focus on the areas where I need the most help.
K.L.VCE student

ATAR perspective

How hard is it to reach an ATAR of 70?

Creator video

English + Biology

Polarbear has immensely helped me in English and Biology. I thought it was just an essay marker, then I leveraged Exam Cram for Bio — the subject I struggled with most — as well as perfecting my creative writing.
N.M.VCE English + Biology

Exam Cram

The feedback given back for short-answer questions is so specific and detailed — extremely helpful, not just a few vague points like other AI websites.
S.K.VCE Exam Cram student

English Language

I absolutely love Polarbear for marking my English Language essay. I was wondering if you could drop some practice exams for EngLang as well? That’d be truly incredible.
H.VCE English Language

VCE study skills

How to remember your class notes

@polarbear_ai · creator video

Latin

I’ve been using Tutorbear for my Latin studies and it’s helping a lot! I was wondering whether having Latin mock exams could be a possibility? Thanks so much!
L.S.VCE Latin student

VCAA aligned

I love how you tailor everything to the case study and VCAA and give honest marking and don’t sugar coat everything.
M.T.VCE student

Whole platform

This is such a nice email with amazing tips! I just wanted to say Polarbear is such an amazing platform, and I definitely appreciate the work you all have been doing.
A.A.VCE student

Used across the year level

Thank you! So appreciated. I love Polar, and so do people in my grade — it is a lifesaver.
K.Z.VCE student

Targeted lessons + questions

I’ve been loving using this site for random lessons in content I can’t quite grasp, and then following up with ten questions to lock in my understanding.
AnonymousThornbury High School

Exam season

When your teachers are impossible to reach

@polarbear_ai · creator video

Tutorbear

I am loving Polarbear as a whole. I mainly use Tutorbear as a substitute for ChatGPT, and it is way better than it too.
AnonymousVCE student

Exam Cram

This platform is amazing — thank you so much for creating it. For Exam Cram, I appreciate how our recent feedback has been reviewed, including having specific topics to study.
AnonymousVCE student

VCAA marking

Very helpful — it marks according to VCAA, which gives students an idea of where they’re at.
AnonymousVCE essay student

Essay improvement

You guys have really helped me with improving my essays, so thank you.
AnonymousVCE English student

Study rooms

This website is adorable! I love all the features it has, especially the study rooms.
AnonymousVCE student

Staying focused

Thank you for all your lovely emails throughout the year — they always remind me to refocus.
B.K.VCE Accounting student

Beyond Year 12

I love what was done with the holiday mode and resume and career-letter features. It makes the platform have a lot more use, and the university mode is great too — it gives VCE students who are done this year a reason to continue using it.
A.U.VCE graduate

Listening notes

I really like Polarbear! I really like the listening feature that spits out notes.