Why pay $7.99/mo for a weaker AI—or $14.99/mo for dots injected into your DOM?
Quietly AI (usequietly.com) gives Starter users only 8 lifetime free questions (which never reset). If you upgrade to Premium ($7.99/mo), it still withholds its best accuracy—forcing you to pay $14.99/mo ($179.88/yr) for Pro just to unlock its “strongest AI for tough math and multi-step questions.” Even worse, its answer dots and docked tooltips are injected directly into your Canvas HTML tree.
ExamGhost gives you 50 Free Solves on install with our flagship multi-model STEM engine unlocked on every single tier, zero injected DOM elements, and full year-round access for $99/yr ($8.25/mo).
Starter gives only 8 lifetime questions. Paying $7.99/mo (Premium) still uses standard AI—you must pay $14.99/mo (Pro) to unlock their strongest math AI.
3 Reasons Students Switch from Quietly AI to ExamGhost
Click each tab below to inspect Quietly AI's injected `.ai-dot` markers, its $14.99/mo math accuracy paywall, and its sidebar focus leaks.
Hiding a dot with CSS doesn't remove it from the DOM
Quietly AI injects physical elements—<span class="ai-dot">, <svg class="option-trace">, and .helper-tooltip.docked—directly inside your Canvas or Brightspace question HTML. Even when you press Shift + Z, those elements stay inside the live page DOM where any university integrity script can query them via document.querySelector('.ai-dot').
Worse, Quietly writes its Firebase authentication token directly into the university domain's storage under localStorage.getItem('quietly.auth.v1').
Zero host DOM nodes. Zero university localStorage keys.
ExamGhost never injects classes like .ai-dot into Canvas and never touches the LMS page's localStorage. All credentials live inside Chrome's encrypted extension sandbox, and the HUD renders in a Closed Shadow DOM v1 container.
- 0%–100% Opacity Slider: Dial your HUD down to 5% opacity so even someone standing behind you sees only your exam.
- True Panic Kill-Switch (
⌘+Shift+U): Completely destroys the Shadow root and wipes RAM in 0.05 seconds.
Why pay $7.99/mo if it still uses weaker math AI?
Quietly AI splits its pricing into three tiers designed to upsell STEM students:
We never nerf your AI accuracy on lower plans.
Whether you are using your 50 Free Solves or our $99/yr ($8.25/mo) Academic Year Pass, ExamGhost routes every question through our full flagship STEM & multimodal vision engine.
Highlighting text spawns a focus-stealing popup
When you highlight text on an exam with Quietly AI, it injects a floating .quietly-ask-popup button and opens a docked .quietly-ask-overlay-inner sidebar—or opens usequietly.com/chat/ in a separate browser tab.
Because Quietly AI has no window.blur or visibilitychange interceptor, clicking that sidebar or opening `/chat/` immediately logs “Stopped viewing the Canvas quiz” in your professor's SpeedGrader audit log.
Continuous active focus locked on your Canvas tab
ExamGhost's Focus Shield overrides native browser window.onblur, focusout, and document.visibilityState getters before Canvas's event listeners ever run.
- Zero Departure Timestamps: Even when using
⌘+Shift+SSnap-It Vision OCR on a diagram, Canvas registers 100% unbroken focus. - No External `/chat/` Redirects: Everything solves in-place in 0.3 seconds.
What Your Professor Sees in SpeedGrader
Quietly AI's docked `.helper-tooltip` and `.quietly-ask-overlay-inner` sidebars cause focus departures and DOM snapshot anomalies.
Head-to-Head Feature Comparison (2026)
Complete technical benchmark comparing ExamGhost against Quietly AI (UseQuietly v2.8.8).
| Feature / Capability | ExamGhost | Quietly AI (usequietly.com) |
|---|---|---|
| DOM Mutation / Injected Artifacts | ✓ 0 Elements Injected (Closed Shadow DOM) | ✗ Injects .ai-dot, .option-trace & .helper-tooltip |
| Focus Shield (Window Blur Suppression) | ✓ 100% Intercepted (No tab-switch flags) | ✗ None (Sidebar & /chat/ fire blur events) |
| AI Model Quality Across Tiers | ✓ Flagship Multi-Model Consensus on All Plans | ✗ Basic AI on $7.99/mo; Strongest AI requires $14.99/mo Pro |
| Adjustable Opacity Ghost HUD | ✓ 0%–100% Opacity Slider + Invisible Mode | ✗ Shift+Z hides dots visually, leaves DOM intact |
| Snap-It Vision OCR (Locked Diagrams) | ✓ ⌘+Shift+S Snip & Solve Any Diagram | Auto-detect + highlight text sidebar |
| Panic Switch Hotkey | ✓ ⌘+Shift+U Instantly Wipes RAM & Shadow Root | ✗ Shift+Z only toggles dot CSS class |
| Free Starter Allowance | ✓ 50 Free Solves (No credit card required) | ✗ 8 lifetime questions total (never resets) |
| Pricing Model | ✓ $19/mo, $99/yr ($8.25/mo), or $199 Lifetime | $7.99/mo Premium or $14.99/mo Pro ($179.88/yr) |
| Chrome Web Store Footprint | ✓ Verified Zero-Trace Stealth Build | v2.8.8 (423KiB · 1,000 users · 4.6★ / 11 ratings) |
Technical Chrome Web Store Manifest & Domain Audit (UseQuietly / Quietly AI)
opmlbifgjdfgenkcejhdboookegdijcg · 423KiB)usequietly.com · Operated by Snap Education (1,000 users · 4.6★ / 11 ratings)span.ai-dot, svg.option-trace, .helper-tooltip.docked, .quietly-ask-popup, localStorage['quietly.auth.v1']“I tried Quietly AI for my business statistics quizzes on Canvas and burned through all 8 lifetime free questions on the first practice test. When I started the 3-day trial for the $7.99/mo Premium plan, it kept missing multi-step confidence interval questions because Quietly gates their ‘strongest AI’ behind the $14.99/mo Pro tier. Even worse, it injected visible colored dots next to the options and docked a huge Step-by-Step Solution panel inside my Canvas tab. Switching to ExamGhost gave me 50 free solves right away, zero injected `.ai-dot` elements, and the $99/year pass ($8.25/mo) gives me top-tier math accuracy on every single question.”
Frequently Asked Questions: UseQuietly vs ExamGhost
Why is UseQuietly's .ai-dot indicator system dangerous on Canvas and Brightspace?
Quietly AI (usequietly.com, v2.8.8) injects physical indicator dots (<span class='ai-dot'>), SVG option outlines (<svg class='option-trace'>), and docked step-by-step tooltips (.helper-tooltip.docked) directly into the exam page DOM. Even when toggled with Shift+Z, those injected DOM nodes remain attached to the live HTML tree where proctoring scripts and DOM snapshots can detect them.
How does ExamGhost display answers without modifying the page?
ExamGhost never adds .ai-dot spans, Ask Quietly buttons, or CSS classes to the exam page DOM. Solutions appear exclusively inside an isolated Closed Shadow DOM HUD with a variable 0-100% opacity slider (Ghost Mode), leaving the host page 100% untouched.
Does Quietly AI protect against Canvas tab-switch logs?
No. Quietly AI does not implement window blur or visibilitychange event suppression. When students interact with its docked .quietly-ask-overlay-inner sidebar or open the /chat/ web app, Canvas SpeedGrader logs 'Stopped viewing the Canvas quiz' timestamps.
How does pricing compare between UseQuietly (Quietly AI) and ExamGhost?
Quietly AI gives Starter users only 8 lifetime questions that never reset monthly, then charges $7.99/month for Premium (standard AI) or $14.99/month ($179.88/year) for Pro just to unlock its strongest AI model for tough math and multi-step questions. ExamGhost gives you 50 Free Solves on install with flagship multi-model accuracy on every tier, followed by $19/mo, $99/yr ($8.25/mo), or $199 Lifetime.
How does UseQuietly's 8-question lifetime free cap compare to ExamGhost's 50 Free Solves?
Quietly AI (usequietly.com) gives Starter accounts only 8 free questions total across the entire lifetime of the account (they never reset monthly) and restricts Starter users to its weaker baseline AI model. ExamGhost gives every student 50 Free Solves with full access to our flagship STEM and Snap-It Vision OCR engine with no credit card required.
Ditch the 8-question limit. Start 50 Free Solves on ExamGhost.
Why pay $14.99/mo ($179.88/yr) for Quietly Pro just to get accurate math answers? Get 50 Free Solves today, then pick $19/mo, $99/yr ($8.25/mo), or $199 Lifetime.