Lesson Lineup vs Duet Partner
A Duet Partner alternative built around attendance, make-ups and practice.
Typing musicteachershelper.com now lands you on Duet Partner. Lesson Lineup is another option for a teacher working alone. Mark a lesson "Absent, Notice Given" and it isn't billed; mark it "Absent, Issue Make-Up Credit" and the student gets a make-up. Practice logs and pieces live on each student's record, and you can mark attendance in a room with no signal.
Duet's prices and features as its pricing and home pages showed them in October 2026.
One teacher, per month
Over a year, Lesson Lineup costs $24.12 less than Duet's monthly plan and $15.12 less than its annual plan.
Why teachers move from Duet Partner to Lesson Lineup
Attendance
Billing that follows how you mark the lesson
Each attendance status says whether the lesson is billed, so the same policy applies every time. Mark a lesson you had to call off yourself "Teacher Cancelled" and there's no charge. Mark a no-show "Absent, No Make-Up Credit" and the lesson is billed as usual.
Make-ups
Make-up credits from issue to expiry
Some statuses give the student a make-up credit. You can book it against a later lesson, use it up or let it expire, and each student's record shows the credits still open.
Practice
Practice minutes and pieces on each record
Log practice with the time spent, such as 20 minutes on Monday and half an hour on Thursday. From those sessions the record works out how many days the student practiced this week and in the past thirty, and a daily average. Each piece they're learning is listed with its status.
Money
A full account for every family
Every lesson charge and payment sits on the family's account, so when a parent asks what the balance is for, you can show them line by line. Invoices are built from what's owed, in your own layout, and emailed with the PDF attached.
Reports
Twelve reports, as PDF or CSV
Among them are attendance, billable hours, make-up credits and student retention. Each expense can keep a photo of its receipt, and the mileage log totals each month's work trips.
Offline
Lessons marked with no signal
In a basement studio or a school with patchy reception, you can still mark attendance, record a payment or move a lesson. The change is saved on the device and syncs once you're back online.
Lesson Lineup vs Duet Partner, side by side
| What | Lesson Lineup | Duet Partner |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | 30 days |
| Price | $6.99 a month | $9 a month or $99 a year, the same for any size of studio. Families pay a 1% transaction fee |
| Cancellation policy | Set by the status you mark: billed or not, with or without a make-up credit | Not mentioned, though students can book make-up times you open |
| Practice log and repertoire | Yes: sessions per student, days practiced this week and in the last 30, a daily average, and pieces with a status | Not mentioned |
| Reports | Twelve report types, each downloaded as a PDF or a CSV file | No list of reports; its FAQ says Duet automates the tasks needed to "report activities" |
| Works with no connection | Yes. Attendance, payments and moves save on the device and sync later | Not mentioned |
Duet Partner as its own pricing and home pages described it, next to Lesson Lineup as it is now. There's more on the features page.
"Not mentioned" means Duet's pricing and home pages don't cover it.
Questions
Is Duet Partner the same as Music Teacher's Helper?
In September and again in October 2026, musicteachershelper.com redirected to duetpartner.com. Duet's pricing and home pages don't mention Music Teacher's Helper, so the redirect is all we know about how the two are related. This page compares Duet Partner with Lesson Lineup.
Is Lesson Lineup affiliated with Duet Partner?
No. The two are unrelated, and Duet Partner is named on this page only to compare them.
Is Lesson Lineup cheaper than Duet Partner?
Yes. In October 2026 Duet Partner charged $9 a month or $99 a year. At $6.99 a month, Lesson Lineup saves you $24.12 a year against the monthly plan and $15.12 against the annual one.
Can Lesson Lineup import my Duet Partner data?
No. Expenses can be imported from a CSV file; students, families and lesson history are typed in. Our switching guide covers MyMusicStaff, and its plan works from Duet too: run both for a month and switch when an invoice period ends.
Keep Duet running and try Lesson Lineup for 30 days.
You can start without a card. Add one partway through and you still won't be charged until the trial is over. Put a month of your own lessons through Lesson Lineup, from marking attendance to sending invoices, and then decide.
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