LessonLoop VS My Music Lessons
A fellow UK product — genuinely, credit for that. My Music Lessons is a booking-and-payments tool where money routes through their platform to weekly payouts. LessonLoop is a full studio system where parents pay into your own Stripe account, directly. The difference matters.
A booking tool vs a studio system.
On My Music Lessons, parents pay the platform and you’re paid out weekly, on Tuesdays. Card fees were once published (1.4% + 20p per booking, 20p per payout) — those numbers have since been removed from their site. With LessonLoop, money lands in your own Stripe account the moment a parent pays.
Booking, payments and a homework diary is most of their product. No payroll, no P&L, no Xero, no VAT tooling, no AI, no native app. LessonLoop runs scheduling, attendance, invoicing, payroll reports, Xero sync and a parent portal in one place.
No AI anywhere in My Music Lessons. LoopAssist drafts invoices, chases balances and answers plain-English questions in every LessonLoop plan — plus the MCP connector for ChatGPT & Claude.
It’s UK-built, cheap at solo scale (£9.95/mo), has a genuinely nice teacher directory with free listings, offers gift vouchers and equipment add-ons, and can arrange DBS checks. For a solo teacher who mainly wants bookable slots and prepayment, it’s an honest little tool at a fair price.
Close at solo scale. Different leagues after that.
My Music Lessons charges £2.95/month per teacher for schools. Drag to your team size — then remember the products aren’t doing the same job.
The full comparison.
| Feature | My Music Lessons | LessonLoop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £9.95/mo + £2.95/teacher | £15 / £39 flat, unlimited teachers / £119 |
| Where parent money goes | Through their platform — weekly Tuesday payouts | Straight into your own Stripe, instantly yours |
| Card fees | No longer published (previously 1.4% + 20p/booking + 20p/payout) | Standard Stripe rates only — we take nothing |
| AI assistant | None | LoopAssist — drafts & proposes, you confirm |
| Connect to ChatGPT & Claude | — | Yes — the MCP connector |
| Payroll & P&L reports | Basic finances | 13 reports — payroll, P&L, each figure traceable |
| Accounting sync | None (Google Calendar is the closest integration) | Automatic Xero sync |
| VAT invoicing | Not documented | VAT-aware invoicing, UK GDPR |
| Mobile app | PWA (install from browser); no App Store app | Native iOS app |
| Practice streaks & achievements | Homework diary; no streaks | Yes — forgiving streaks parents love |
| Teacher directory | Yes — free public listings | — your brand, your pupils |
| Company scale | UK Ltd, single director; 6 Capterra reviews, newest Oct 2023 | UK, built & proven at a 500-pupil school |
| Free trial | 1 month, no card | 30 days, no card + live demo, no signup |
Sourced from My Music Lessons’s public pricing & product pages · last verified 20 Jul 2026 · spot something stale? Tell us — we fix it fast.
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Export
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Straight answers.
Is My Music Lessons bad?
Their £9.95 is cheaper than your £15. Why pay more?
What about the fees on parent payments?
What does My Music Lessons have that LessonLoop doesn’t?
Can I import my My Music Lessons data?
See it on your own studio.
30-day free trial. No card. Bring your My Music Lessons data — we’ll move it with you.
