Knowable – Open-Source Personal AI Tutor on macOS

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Knowable — The AI coach that practices with you How it works<br>For you<br>Privacy

Now available on the Mac App Store

The tutor that<br>follows along<br>as you think.

Meet Milo — an AI coach for high school students that sees your actual textbook through your Mac's camera and guides you through every subject without giving the answer away.

Download for Mac

See how it works

Socratic hints, never answers

macOS only — uses your Mac's camera

Physics — Chapter 4

F = ma → a = F/m

m = 5 kg, F = 20 N

a = 20 / 5 = ...

opt+M · "Explain equation 4.2"

What does Newton's second law tell us about force and acceleration?

Desk View<br>● Live

1,000 free credits each month

Built for high school students, any subject<br>🍁<br>Made in Canada

See it in action

Watch Milo coach a session

A real Knowable session: notebook on the desk, Milo following along, hints flowing as the student works.

Simple setup

Up and running in<br>three minutes

No special equipment. No complicated setup. Just your Mac and your notebook.

Desk View active

Aim your camera at your textbook

Open Knowable on your Mac and point your built-in webcam (or your iPhone via Continuity Camera) at your textbook or notebook. No extra hardware needed.

Any subject. Any textbook.

Milo is following along…

Hit opt+M and ask Milo

Press and hold opt + M to speak your question, or type it in chat. Milo sees the camera frame at that exact moment.

Think about what "net force" means. What forces are acting on the object?

Milo

Milo reads & replies

Milo writes a Socratic hint in chat — with LaTeX math rendered via SwiftMath — and speaks it aloud through TTS. You find the answer yourself.

What makes it different

Designed for how<br>high school students actually learn

Live coaching

Milo sees your textbook,<br>not just your screen

Traditional AI tutors only see what you type. Milo sees your actual textbook page through your Mac's camera. Press opt+M to ask a question by voice (or type it), and Milo grabs the current camera frame alongside your prompt so it answers about exactly what you're looking at.

opt+M push-to-talk voice + typed questions<br>Continuous camera feed via webcam or Continuity Camera<br>LaTeX-rendered math replies + spoken aloud via TTS<br>Never gives the answer — always a guiding question

Milo is following along

Live

Detected on paper:

∫₀² x² dx = [x³/3]₀²

= 8/3 - 0 = |

Milo says:

You've got the right setup. What happens when you substitute the upper limit into your antiderivative?

For everyone involved

Knowable works for you

Whether you're the one studying, the one paying for tutors, or the one teaching — Milo has something to offer.

✏️Students 👨‍👩‍👧Parents 🎓Teachers

Like having your smartest friend<br>in the room with you

Milo never makes you feel dumb for asking. No judgment, no impatience, no "just look it up." It sees your actual work and asks exactly the right question to unstick you — so you get the satisfaction of figuring it out yourself.

Available at midnight before the exam<br>No scheduling, no hourly rate. Milo is there whenever you are.

Builds real understanding<br>Because Milo guides you to the answer, it actually sticks. Not just memorized steps.

Speaks in your language<br>Warm, encouraging, slightly playful. Not a robot reciting formulas.

11:47 PM · Any subject Session active

Problem 7: A ball is thrown upward at 15 m/s...

t = v/g = 15/9.8 ≈ ???

You're on the right track! What does it mean physically when the velocity equals zero?

Milo · just now

The $80/hr tutor,<br>without the $80/hr

You want your high schooler to succeed across every subject — without spending thousands on tutoring every semester. Knowable gives them patient, personalized coaching available 24/7. If your child's teacher uses Knowable in class, you can see the same stats and activity the teacher chooses to share.

Coaches every high school subject<br>Math, science, English, history, languages — anything in their textbook.

Confidence without dependence<br>Milo teaches your child to think, not to rely on having answers handed to them.

Start free, upgrade only if they love it<br>1,000 free credits every month — enough to try Milo across multiple subjects before you commit to a paid plan.

Plans For your family<br>Free Forever

1,000 credits

every month · all subjects

Knowable Plus 7-day trial

7,000 credits

every month · cancel anytime

No commitment to start

Students who arrive<br>actually prepared

Knowable reinforces what you teach across every high school subject. Create a class on platform.knowable.ca, share an invite code, and your students see Milo coaching aligned to your curriculum. You choose how much insight to share back to families — off, stats only, or stats + activity.

Aligned to what you teach<br>Any high school subject — math, science, ELA, social studies, languages. Students practice the methods you cover.

Surfaces the real gaps<br>The educator portal shows which concepts students struggled with before class, so you can address them.

Tri-state student sharing<br>Decide...

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