It started at a kitchen table.
It is 9:47 pm and homework is still unfinished. Your child needs another explanation, and you could use some support too. A familiar scene?
It is nearly ten. You and your child are tired, with a few maths questions still to finish. You have tried explaining the same idea in different ways. They nod, but need a little more time and guidance to understand.
We wanted a tutor who remembered what needed practice and could explain it clearly when help was needed. Finding support that fits a family’s time and budget can be difficult.
We had both experienced evenings like these. The idea for Tutor Wong began with our everyday needs as mums.
Two mums, five children, one shared hope.
Yayu Chan
UBC Family Studies · Kindergarten founder
“I studied Family Studies at UBC and later founded a kindergarten in Hong Kong. After more than a decade in education, I saw how easily families with fewer resources could be left behind. When my daughter started bringing homework home, that concern became personal.”
Cami Fu
HKU Counselling MSc · 10 years tutoring and music teaching
“I have taught children for ten years as a private tutor and music teacher, and I completed a master’s degree in Counselling at HKU. After having three children of my own, I understood the late-night homework struggle from the parent’s side too.”
We kept asking: how could more families get clear homework explanations that fit their child’s level, whenever they need them?
Good learning support notices what a child needs: which times tables need practice, how confident they are with addition, or where a word problem becomes difficult. It adapts to their pace.
We wanted to bring that care into more families’ everyday learning.
We spent two years building Tutor Wong 補習天王 (official site tutorwong.com, also written TutorWong / tutorwong) with more than 500 Hong Kong teachers and parents, testing ideas at kitchen tables and in WhatsApp groups. Today, a homework photo can lead to question-by-question feedback, explanations and a learning record that helps you decide what to practise next. Tutor Wong is an AI photo homework grading assistant, not a private-tutor matching service.
This is the support we wanted at 9:47 pm: available when needed and attentive to how each child learns.
Homework can be a place where your child makes sense of what they learned in class, rather than another task to finish before bed.
When the focus is only on finishing, the useful part can disappear. Parents end up spending their limited free time reteaching a difficult topic instead of reading together, building Lego or talking about the day.
Understanding is more valuable than completion.
Good support does not need to replace a teacher. It needs to understand where your child is starting, explain the next step clearly and be there when a question comes up.
Let us help with grading, explanations and progress records, leaving you more time together.
No app will ever replace a parent who believes in their child.
What we can do is give you your evenings back. Less time arguing over fractions. More time for curiosity, discovery, and the things that actually bond a family.
We want homework to help understanding grow, while leaving more time for families to spend together.
Understanding grows from one idea to the next
When one idea makes sense, it gives the next one somewhere to start.
One child, one profile
Hints and practice that adapt to each child’s strengths, needs and learning pace.
Give parents their evenings
With help for homework, there is more time to share discoveries, read together and enjoy bedtime stories.
Learning support for more families
Every family deserves clear, useful feedback. Our free plan lets you try the support and see how it fits your needs.
We built this for the 9:47 pm parent.
For the parent who would rather read with their child than explain borrowing again. Try it tonight — it’s free.
Try It Tonight