Looking for a MARKS alternative?
Most people looking for a MARKS app alternative are looking for one of two things: a way to practise previous-year questions without installing anything, or previous-year papers for the olympiads as well as JEE. Those are the two places AcadXL is genuinely different — not question count, where MARKS is ahead.
Every paper is a real CBT. All of them. Free.
Every paper — and any chapter mix you build — runs as a real timed CBT with the actual marking scheme, free. Not a sample set, and nothing held back for a paid tier.
That matters because a PDF cannot time you, cannot apply the marking scheme and cannot tell you that you scored 48 with nine minutes left. MARKS is an app with its own in-app practice and daily-challenge modes, so of everything here it is the closest on this point — the difference is that AcadXL runs the full papers in a browser with nothing to install.
What each one is
A free previous-year-question platform for JEE Main, JEE Advanced, NSEP, NSEC and IOQM. Runs in a browser, marks your attempt, and lets you download the papers.
A free IIT-JEE and NEET preparation app for Android and iOS, built around a very large previous-year-question bank.
What MARKS does well
Written honestly — if MARKS is the better fit for you, we would rather you knew it here.
- A much larger question bank than ours — they advertise over 1 lakh previous-year questions across JEE and NEET.
- NEET coverage, which AcadXL does not offer at all.
- Per-question difficulty tagging, daily practice challenges and goal tracking.
- Offline access to downloaded questions inside the app.
Use MARKS instead if: You are preparing for NEET, or you want the largest possible bank of practice questions and are happy to install an app. On raw question count MARKS is ahead of us, and we would rather say so than have you find out.
Where AcadXL is different
Nothing to install
AcadXL runs in a browser on any phone, tablet, library desktop or shared computer. There is no APK, no store listing and no storage cost — useful if your phone is full or is not yours.
Olympiad papers, not just JEE
NSEP, NSEC and IOQM past papers sit beside the JEE banks. If you are writing the olympiads as well as JEE, that is one place instead of two.
PDFs without an account
Full paper PDFs download without signing up. Nothing is gated behind a login just to read a question paper.
Full papers, properly timed
Whole papers in an NTA-style CBT interface with a live timer, marking scheme and instant scoring — practice for the exam, not only for the topic.
What you get on AcadXL, free
Every paper, timed
Full papers in a real NTA-style CBT interface with instant scoring
JEE and Olympiad
Papers for JEE Main, JEE Advanced, NSEP, NSEC and IOQM.
PDFs, no account
No account needed to download a paper PDF.
Common questions
Is AcadXL free like the MARKS app?
Yes. Every previous-year question, full paper, answer key and solution on AcadXL is free, and there is no premium tier holding back the good ones.
Does AcadXL have more questions than MARKS?
No. AcadXL has 22,000+ official JEE and Olympiad previous-year questions. MARKS advertises over 1 lakh across JEE and NEET, so their bank is larger. AcadXL's difference is that it runs in a browser, needs no login for PDFs, and includes NSEP, NSEC and IOQM papers.
Do I need to install an app to use AcadXL?
No. AcadXL opens in any browser, so it works on a shared or low-storage phone and on a desktop.
Does AcadXL cover NEET?
No. AcadXL is JEE Main, JEE Advanced and the Physics/Chemistry/Maths olympiads (NSEP, NSEC, IOQM). For NEET you will want a different resource.
Try it before you decide
22,000+ official previous-year questions, chapter-wise and full papers, with answer keys and solutions. Free.
Start with the PYQ libraryOther comparisons
MARKS is a trademark of its respective owner. AcadXL is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by MARKS. Statements about MARKS on this page describe their publicly available product and were last checked on 25 August 2026. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.