Skoolio vs CENTURY Tech

CENTURY is an established AI learning platform built first for schools. Skoolio is built for the home and changes how a child is taught, not just what comes next. An honest comparison.

What CENTURY Tech is

CENTURY Tech is a well-established British AI learning platform, originally built for schools and colleges and later opened up to families. It builds a model of what a student knows and serves adaptive pathways through English, maths and science, with strong analytics for teachers. It is one of the more credible adaptive-learning products in the UK market.

Best for: Families who want structured, exam-oriented practice in core subjects, especially around GCSE, from a platform with a long track record and a large school user base.

Where CENTURY Tech is better than us

If one of these is what matters most to your family, choose them. We would rather you had the right thing than ours.

  • Track record and scale — years in classrooms, with substantial school adoption behind it
  • GCSE and exam preparation, which is a specific strength of its content library
  • Institutional credibility, if your child is also using it at school
  • Depth of content in the core three subjects it focuses on

Where Skoolio is different

  • CENTURY adapts what comes next and at what difficulty. Skoolio also adapts the way a concept is taught — seven distinct modes, chosen by the child.
  • Skoolio measures mastery rather than producing scores against a curriculum sequence.
  • Skoolio treats emotional intelligence as a first-class part of the system rather than an add-on.
  • Skoolio is built for the home first, so the parent view is designed for a parent rather than adapted from a teacher dashboard.

Choose CENTURY Tech if

  • •Your main goal is exam performance in English, maths or science
  • •Your child is already using CENTURY at school and continuity matters
  • •You want a platform with a long institutional track record

Choose Skoolio if

  • •Adaptive difficulty alone has not worked, because the problem is how your child is being taught
  • •You want a picture of your child as a learner rather than a performance score
  • •Your child needs more than three subjects, or learning beyond the core curriculum

Cost

CENTURY has advertised home plans from around £7.99 per month on an annual plan. Skoolio is £29.99–£99.99 per month depending on how many children you have.

Pricing checked July 2026. Prices change — please confirm on their site before deciding.