High School Notes vs ATARMAxxing compared
High School Notes pricing checked October 2026, from High School Notes’s own site. Prices change — if the figures here no longer match theirs, believe theirs.
High School Notes is a marketplace. Past and current students upload their own notes, and each seller decides whether a listing is free or what it costs. It covers VCE, HSC, QCE, WACE, SACE, TCE and IB, and buyers can leave reviews on listings.
That makes it good at something we do not do: notes written for one specific text, module or topic, by someone who has just studied it, in their own style. If you want notes on a particular English text or HSC module, a marketplace is a sensible place to look, and some of it is free.
ATARMAxxing sells one complete pack per subject instead, written to the current study design or syllabus: 20 full-length model exams with mark-by-mark answer guides, 20 revision note sets, 64 practice questions with worked solutions and 200 flashcards. You can preview all of it before paying.
Side by side
High School Notes figures as at October 2026. ATARMAxxing figures are our current published offer.
| High School Notes | ATARMAxxing | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Set by each seller per listing; some notes are free. | A$20 one subject (list A$40), A$50 three (list A$100), A$60 five (list A$120) in the Helping Hand Sale to 17 Nov 2026. One-time payment. |
| What you get per subject | Whatever a listing contains. Notes vary by author and can cover a whole subject or a single text, module or topic. | 20 full-length model exams with mark-by-mark answer guides, 20 revision note sets, 64 practice questions with worked solutions and 200 flashcards. |
| Who writes it | Students who upload and sell their own notes. | Original material written by ATARMAxxing to each state's current study design or syllabus. |
| Answers and marking guides | Depends on the listing. | A mark-by-mark answer guide for every exam. |
| Free preview | Some notes are free, and reviews from other buyers are shown on listings. | Preview everything in every subject free, no card. |
| Curricula covered | VCE, HSC, QCE, WACE, SACE, TCE and IB. | 154 Year 12 subjects across VCE, HSC, QCE, WACE, SACE and TCE. |
| Subscription or one-off | Bought per listing. | One-time payment, lifetime online access. |
Where High School Notes is better
No product wins on everything, and a comparison that pretends otherwise is not worth reading. Here is what High School Notes genuinely does better than we do.
- Notes for specific texts and modules — for example a single English text or HSC module — which a whole-subject pack does not break out the same way.
- Many different authors, so you can choose notes written in a style that suits you.
- Some notes are free, and buyer reviews are shown on listings.
- Covers IB as well as all six Australian Year 12 curricula.
Where ATARMAxxing is better
- One complete pack per subject, so you are not piecing together notes from several sellers.
- 20 full-length model exams per subject, each with a mark-by-mark answer guide.
- Notes, practice questions and flashcards written to one consistent standard against the current study design or syllabus.
- A published price, and every subject can be previewed in full before you pay.
Our exams are original full-length model exams written to the public study designs and syllabuses — they are not past papers. Every subject hub also links to the official VCAA, NESA or QCAA past papers, which those authorities publish free.
High School Notes vs ATARMAxxing — your questions
Is High School Notes worth it?
It suits students who want notes on a specific text, module or topic written by another student, and some notes are free. Read the reviews on a listing before buying, as quality varies by author. The official past papers your state's board publishes free are worth using alongside any notes.
Who writes the notes on High School Notes?
Students. It is a marketplace where people upload their own notes and choose whether to share them free or set a price.
How much do notes cost on High School Notes?
Each seller sets the price for their own listing, and some notes are free, so there is no single price. Check the listing you are interested in.
What is an alternative to High School Notes?
Options include other student-notes sites such as Thinkswap, published study guides such as ATAR Notes or Cambridge Checkpoints, the free official past papers from your state's board, and ATARMAxxing's complete subject packs.
Decide for yourself
You do not have to take our word for any of this. Preview a subject free — the notes, a full exam and the flashcards — without entering a card, and compare it against whatever else you are considering.