Vibecode pbmate.ro

track this build5 steps, step by step
NOT REALLY · don't bother
price $17.57/moyou'd save $210.84/yrbuild time one sitting for the trainer, months for the problemscategory 🎓 educationreplaced by 0 people

The trainer is not the product. An agent will hand you a clean multiple-choice runner with LaTeX, hints and a mastery chart in one evening, and then you will be staring at an empty database. What is actually being sold here is roughly 5.000 published problems mapped chapter by chapter to the Romanian programa, the official Bacalaureat and Evaluare Națională papers rebuilt as interactive tests with every marking scheme re-derived rather than trusted, and four role surfaces (pupil, parent, teacher, plus an iOS app) grown over more than 2.300 commits. A language model will cheerfully generate a thousand Romanian maths problems for you, and a worrying share will carry a wrong answer key, a hint that leaks the answer, or a chapter label that does not match the programa. You will not find out which until a child gets one wrong for the wrong reason. Check a hundred by hand and the price stops looking mysterious. Build the trainer if you enjoy building; the honest free move is the ministry's own paper archive, not a rebuild.

the project pack4 files · fastest path to a working personal build
README.md
# pbmate.ro indie build

## Goal

Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core pbmate.ro workflow for one developer or a tiny team.

## Scope

A local trainer for maths problems you author yourself: pick a chapter, work through five problems, reveal graded hints, then the full solution, and watch a per chapter mastery bar move.

## Quick start

1. Install the documented dependencies.
2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`.
3. Run the development command chosen during implementation.
4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`.

## Honest limits

This build deliberately does not replace:
- roughly 5.000 vetted problems, each tied to a chapter of the Romanian programa and a difficulty tier
- official exam papers rebuilt as interactive tests, with each marking scheme re-derived point by point
- three progressive hints and a written solution on every problem, not just the correct letter
- the parent and teacher surfaces, assigned homework, and the iOS app
- somebody maintaining all of it when the programa or the exam format shifts

If those capabilities are essential, use KaTeX instead of pretending the gap is solved.

$ choose a build depth, inspect the files, then open the complete pack in your agent

why people still pay

People pay because the maths is the easy part. A Romanian parent is buying problems that are correct, at the right difficulty, in the right chapter of the right programa, with a solution that reads like a teacher wrote it, and papers that behave like the real exam. That is an editorial job with no shortcut: every item has to be solved by a human before it can be trusted with a child's grade. The subscription buys somebody else doing that work, and continuing to do it when the exam format moves.

what you lose

xroughly 5.000 vetted problems, each tied to a chapter of the Romanian programa and a difficulty tier

xofficial exam papers rebuilt as interactive tests, with each marking scheme re-derived point by point

xthree progressive hints and a written solution on every problem, not just the correct letter

xthe parent and teacher surfaces, assigned homework, and the iOS app

xsomebody maintaining all of it when the programa or the exam format shifts

share on X ↗"I just replaced pbmate.ro ($17.57/mo) with one prompt"
the escape hatch

Don't feel like building it? These folks already made it free.

Khan Academy RomâniaFull maths courses, exercises and hints in Romanian, free forever. It teaches the subject well and ignores the exam calendar entirely.$0freeSSubiecte și bareme oficialeEvery exam paper and marking scheme the ministry publishes, free, and the single best reason not to pay anyone for PDFs. It serves the current session only, so the archive is whatever you saved or the Wayback Machine kept.$0freeManuale digitaleThe state's digital textbooks with their built-in exercises, free for every grade. Coverage is the textbook rather than exam drilling, and the interactive parts have aged the way state web projects age.$0free

all 3 free alternatives to pbmate.ro →· no votes, no pay-to-list · just what's real

the numbers

pbmate.ro pricing

premium$17.57/mo · monthly, per child · $210.84/yr

free tierThere is a permanent free tier and no trial: the daily challenge, three practice problems a day and a dozen library problems stay free, and the rest of the bank, the tests and the written solutions are behind the subscription.

verified 2026-08-14 · source ↗

questions
Is pbmate.ro free?

There is a permanent free tier and no trial: the daily challenge, three practice problems a day and a dozen library problems stay free, and the rest of the bank, the tests and the written solutions are behind the subscription. Paid is Premium at $17.57/mo (checked 2026-08-14).

Vibecode pbmate.ro

Not really. pbmate.ro's value is not the code: Prices read off the live landing page on 2026-08-14. See the honest breakdown above.

How much does pbmate.ro cost?

pbmate.ro costs about $17.57/month (Premium, checked 2026-08-14), which is $210.84 per year.

What do I lose by replacing pbmate.ro?

Honestly: roughly 5.000 vetted problems, each tied to a chapter of the Romanian programa and a difficulty tier; official exam papers rebuilt as interactive tests, with each marking scheme re-derived point by point; three progressive hints and a written solution on every problem, not just the correct letter; the parent and teacher surfaces, assigned homework, and the iOS app; somebody maintaining all of it when the programa or the exam format shifts. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to pbmate.ro?

Yes: Khan Academy România (Full maths courses, exercises and hints in Romanian, free forever. It teaches the subject well and ignores the exam calendar entirely.) Subiecte și bareme oficiale (Every exam paper and marking scheme the ministry publishes, free, and the single best reason not to pay anyone for PDFs. It serves the current session only, so the archive is whatever you saved or the Wayback Machine kept.) Manuale digitale (The state's digital textbooks with their built-in exercises, free for every grade. Coverage is the textbook rather than exam drilling, and the interactive parts have aged the way state web projects age.) All 3 curated free alternatives are at vibecodeit.com/pbmate/alternatives. The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.