Free apps from Be Wise
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Free apps on the law, your rights, everyday decisions and professional learning, with guides and tools built on official sources. Designed and built by the Be Wise team.
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Pick the subject you need. Every app explains the rules, what they mean for you and your options, with tools to help you act.
Law and your rights
8 apps
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Contracts
England and WalesBe Contract Wise (England & Wales)
Very powerful, carefully prepared tools to draft and review simple or complex contracts under the law of England and Wales: 25 contract types, professional layout, and a review tool that rates every risk and suggests better wording.
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Contracts
ScotlandBe Contract Wise (Scotland)
The same powerful, carefully prepared drafting and review tools, built around Scots law: Scottish execution and witnessing, the Scottish courts and Scotland-specific statutes.
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Consumer rights
UKBe Consumer Wise
Know your rights when buying goods and dealing with faulty purchases, for England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
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Small claims
England and WalesBe Small Claims Wise
Owed money? From the letter before claim to enforcing the judgment: check whether a claim is worth it, draft the documents, calculate interest and fees, serve someone you only know from WhatsApp or Facebook, and follow every deadline.
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Criminal law
England and WalesBe Crime Wise (England & Wales)
Your rights if you're stopped, arrested, questioned or charged in England and Wales, plus a spent convictions checker, a penalty points calculator and 30 offence guides.
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Criminal law
ScotlandBe Crime Wise (Scotland)
The same help built around Scots criminal law and procedure: the Procurator Fiscal, Scottish courts, Disclosure Scotland and 28 offence guides.
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Personal injury
England and WalesBe Injury Wise (England & Wales)
Work out what your options are if you get hurt and the compensation you might be entitled to.
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Personal injury
ScotlandBe Injury Wise (Scotland)
The same guidance, built around personal injury regulations in Scotland.
Everyday life
5 apps
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Electric and hybrid cars
UKBe EV Wise
Pure EV, hybrid or plug-in hybrid? Compare cars on sale in the UK, understand batteries, fire risk, charging and grants, and find your shortlist.
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Health
WorldwideBe Wellness Wise
General health information for you, your children, and older relatives.
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Solar panels and batteries
UKBe Solar Wise
Solar panels, plug-in solar, home batteries and tariffs in the UK, from the very beginning: step-by-step guides with diagrams, calculators and the rules for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Universities
UKBe University Wise
Compare UK universities on official data, work out your UCAS points, find courses that could suit you and check living costs. For UK and international students.
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Pet care
By species and breedBe Pet Wise
Care, health, and information guidance by species and breed, from first aid to what the rules say about owning them.
Business abroad
2 apps
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Business law
RwandaBe Rwanda Wise
Doing business in Rwanda for foreign and Rwandan investors: an eleven-chapter guide to registering, operating and meeting local rules, including mining, oil and gas, and agriculture, plus how to find and check a lawyer in Rwanda.
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Business law
VietnamBe Vietnam Wise
Doing business in Vietnam for foreign and local investors: registering, operating and meeting local rules, including mining, oil and gas, and agriculture, with a contact page for enquiries about your own project.
Courses
1 app
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Course
Software architectureBe Software Architecture Wise
A complete course in software architecture, from how software works to AI-enabled systems: thirteen chapters to read in any order, 117 narrated video lessons, optional tests and a Be Wise certificate. For beginners and working engineers.
A free software architecture course
Be Software Architecture Wise takes you from how software works to designing AI-enabled systems: thirteen chapters, 104 sections and 117 narrated video lessons, with optional chapter tests and a Be Wise certificate. Read the chapters in any order; no account is needed.
New to software? Start with Chapter 0The path for beginnersThe route for experienced engineers
- 0Start Here: How Software WorksBeginner
- 1What Software Architecture IsBeginner to intermediate
- 2Quality Attributes and Architecturally Significant RequirementsIntermediate
- 3Design Principles and FundamentalsIntermediate
- 4Documenting and Communicating ArchitectureIntermediate
- 5Architectural Styles I: Monoliths and Modular DesignsIntermediate
- 6Architectural Styles II: Distributed SystemsIntermediate to advanced
- 7Data ArchitectureIntermediate to advanced
- 8Security, Privacy and Compliance by DesignIntermediate to advanced
- 9Performance, Scalability, Resilience and OperabilityIntermediate to advanced
- 10Cloud-Native and Infrastructure ArchitectureIntermediate to advanced
- 11Evaluation, Decision-Making and GovernanceAdvanced
- 12Architecting AI-Enabled SystemsAdvanced
About the courseAll 104 sectionsGlossaryTests and the certificate
Three countries, five legal systems
Apps for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with separate versions where the law differs, and Doing Business guides for investors in Rwanda and Vietnam.
Prepared by a retired solicitor qualified in England and Wales (LLB, LLM), with over 30 years’ international commercial law experience.
Latest updates
What has changed in the apps and guides recently, newest first.
- New: a complete software architecture course, with 117 video lessons, chapter tests and a certificate
- Peak rapid-charging figures for every pure EV, and 97 more car versions
- 58 investor FAQ answers brought into line with the Doing Business in Rwanda guide
- A new Contact us page, and the guide in Vietnamese from the home page
- Housing (Scotland) Act 2025: rent control framework
- New: portable power stations and solar panels
- Glossary, family guide and more tools added
- New Clearing 2027 section and free Clearing tools
- Compensation calculator updated to the Judicial College Guidelines 18th edition
- 17 consumer rights guides published
- 17 new Health Library guides
- Claimant names now recorded on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines
- Renters’ Rights Act 2025 in force in England
- A new condition for XL Bully exemptions
Websites and apps, designed and built for you
Every Be Wise app is planned, written and built by the Be Wise team. We offer the same work to businesses and professionals who want a clear, useful presence online.
- Websites and web appsFast, mobile-friendly sites and tools, designed around what your clients need to do.
- Information apps with a chat assistantGuides, calculators and question flows, with an assistant that answers from your own material.
- Search and AI-search visibilityPages structured so search engines and AI assistants can find, read and quote them.
- Advertising on the Be Wise appsReach people at the moment they are looking for a professional in your area.
Informed decisions start here.
Each Be Wise app explains a complicated subject and provides tools to make your life easier.
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Written from official sourcesLegislation, government guidance and regulators, linked so you can check them yourself.
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Checked and kept up to dateThe guide sections explain how they are checked and list recent changes.
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Free to useThe apps are paid for by advertising, so the information stays free.