Starting with my own problem
When I needed help with homework, getting the final answer was only part of the problem. I wanted a tool that would explain the solution step by step, so I could follow the reasoning. I designed Solvee around that need.
Begin with the exercise
The starting point could be a photo or a typed exercise. The app classified the problem by subject and routed it to a suitable solution pipeline. A student could bring the exercise they already had, without first translating it into a carefully written prompt.
Make the reasoning readable
I built structured solution blocks with mathematical notation, rather than leaving every explanation as one long chat message. LaTeX rendering and interactive graphs supported the explanation where plain text was not enough. The work covered both generating the answer and presenting its steps clearly on a phone.
Leave room for the next question
A worked solution was followed by contextual questions and tools for generating practice exercises and quizzes. That kept the next step connected to the problem the student was working on. It followed the original motivation: help someone work through the subject, beyond displaying a final result.
Where it ended up
I took Solvee through product design, development, launch and iteration. It reached more than 25,000 downloads before being acquired in 2026. The project is now part of my past work; Clevr Apps no longer publishes or supports it.
Technical details
- Mobile stack
- Expo, React Native, React, TypeScript, Expo Router
- Multimodal AI routing
- Gemini 2.5 Flash classifies photographed or typed exercises by subject and routes them through specialized pipelines for mathematics, sciences, humanities, and languages
- Learning generation
- Structured step-by-step solutions, contextual follow-up tutoring, generated practice exercises and quizzes, translation, vocabulary, presentations, and lesson notes
- Technical content
- Custom structured-response blocks with LaTeX, MathJax, and KaTeX rendering plus interactive Desmos integration
- Backend & commerce
- Firebase Authentication, Firestore, Cloud Functions, Analytics, and RevenueCat entitlement management
