LessonLoop VS Teachworks
Teachworks is tutoring software that also serves music schools — billed in dollars, priced per student lesson, with its most-requested features sold as paid add-ons. LessonLoop is one flat GBP price, music-first. Watch what happens to their bill when you teach groups.
A usage meter vs a flat fee.
Teachworks charges a base fee plus a fee for every student lesson — and a group lesson with five pupils counts as five. Your bill literally rises when you teach more. Ours doesn’t.
Their most-requested feature ever — 2-way Google Calendar sync — shipped in Nov 2025 as a paid add-on. Third-party billing: $5/mo. SMS: $0.022/msg. Bulk email past quota: metered. LessonLoop sells no feature add-ons at all.
Teachworks is tutoring software with a music-school skin. No practice tracking, no streaks, no repertoire, no native Xero — and your subscription is charged in USD with FX exposure every month.
Breadth and flexibility: 70+ integrations, 46 languages, genuinely powerful custom-field and multi-branch setups for large tutoring agencies. Their UK Split Invoice Payments add-on is a real (and rare) feature for self-employed-tutor agency compliance. If you run a mixed tutoring agency at scale, it deserves a look.
Group lessons multiply their meter.
Teachworks charges per student lesson — every pupil in every lesson, every month. We always grant them their cheapest plan for the volume. Drag to your monthly lesson volume.
The full comparison.
| Feature | Teachworks | LessonLoop |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Base fee + $0.32 per student lesson (Starter) | Flat £15 / £39 / £119 — unlimited lessons |
| Group lessons | Each pupil in a group is billed as a lesson | Unlimited — per-pupil billing for parents, not for you |
| Billing currency | USD only — FX exposure every month | GBP, VAT-aware invoicing |
| AI | Support chatbot only — none in the product | LoopAssist in every plan + MCP connector for ChatGPT & Claude |
| 2-way Google Calendar sync | Paid add-on (shipped Nov 2025 after years of requests) | Included |
| SMS / messaging | SMS at $0.022/msg; bulk email metered past quota | Free push, email & in-app + WhatsApp |
| Accounting sync | QuickBooks only — 2025 reviews flag VAT mismatches; Xero via DIY Zapier | Automatic Xero sync |
| UK Direct Debit | No Bacs (ACH/SEPA/BECS only) | Stripe cards — clear & simple |
| Practice tracking & streaks | — | Yes — forgiving streaks parents love |
| Mobile app | Web only | Native iOS app |
| Support | Mon–Fri 9–5 Eastern (2pm–10pm UK) + AI chatbot | UK team, replies within one working day |
| Built for | Tutoring agencies first; music is one vertical | Music schools & teachers, only |
| Free trial | 21 days, no card upfront | 30 days, no card + live demo, no signup |
Sourced from Teachworks’s public pricing & product pages · last verified 20 Jul 2026 · spot something stale? Tell us — we fix it fast.
Move from Teachworks in a day.
We do the heavy lifting — free, on every plan.
Export
Export your students, families and lesson history from Teachworks as CSV.
We import
Send it over. We map and import it for you, free, and check it together.
You’re live
Invite your parents and you’re running — usually within a day.
Straight answers.
Is Teachworks bad?
What does “per student lesson” actually cost me?
Can I import my Teachworks data?
What does Teachworks have that LessonLoop doesn’t?
Does Teachworks have AI?
See it on your own studio.
30-day free trial. No card. Bring your Teachworks data — we’ll move it with you.
