Lesson Lineup vs Teachworks
A flat-priced Teachworks alternative for solo music teachers.
On Teachworks' Starter plan you pay $16.49 a month plus 32 cents each time a student attends a lesson, so the bill climbs with every student you take on. Lesson Lineup costs the same at ten students as at forty, and it keeps the records a music teacher works from: practice, repertoire, make-up credits and what each family owes.
Teachworks prices and features as its own pages listed them in October 2026.
Per month, one weekly lesson per student
$444.24 a year less than Teachworks Starter for twenty students
Starter figures, with a weekly lesson counted as about 4.3 a month (52 weeks over 12). A student who comes twice a week counts twice, and a group lesson of three counts three times. Growth and Premium start at $47.99 and $187.99 a month, so Starter is the cheapest of the three at these sizes.
Why teachers move from Teachworks to Lesson Lineup
Price
A bill that stays put as you grow
On Teachworks, a new student, a second weekly lesson or a group class all add to the month's charge. Lesson Lineup charges one monthly price for every account, and none of those changes it.
Attendance
Your cancellation policy, applied for you
Every attendance status says whether the lesson is billed and whether it earns a make-up credit. Mark a late cancellation "Absent, Issue Make-Up Credit," and the lesson is billed while the student gets a make-up to book later.
Practice
A practice log on every student
A student who practiced 15 minutes on Tuesday and 40 on Saturday has both sessions on their record, with a count of practice days for this week and for the last thirty, and a daily average. Their repertoire has a tab of its own. Teachworks lists a repertoire add-on but no practice log.
Offline
Attendance in a room with no signal
Mark attendance, record a payment or move a lesson while you're offline. The change is saved on the device and syncs when the connection comes back.
Money
Every charge behind a family's balance
Each family has an account listing the lessons charged and the payments made, whether they paid in cash, by bank transfer or on your card reader. Invoices are built from what's owed, in your own layout, numbered from 1, and emailed with the PDF attached.
Records
Reports and records for tax time
Twelve report types, from billable hours to retention, download as PDFs or CSV files. Each expense can carry a photo of its receipt, and the mileage log totals the miles you drive for work each month.
Lesson Lineup vs Teachworks, side by side
| What | Lesson Lineup | Teachworks |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | 21 days |
| Price, one teacher | $6.99 a month, however many students or lessons you have | Starter: $16.49 a month plus $0.32 per student lesson. Growth: $47.99 plus $0.189. Premium: $187.99 plus $0.065 |
| Twenty students, weekly lessons | $6.99 | About $44.01 on Starter (86 student lessons) |
| Made for | Music teachers who teach on their own | "Every type of teaching business": tutoring centers, music, driving and language schools, test prep |
| Cancellation policy | Decided by how you mark the lesson, which sets whether it's billed and whether it earns a make-up credit | Custom attendance statuses, and families canceling from reminder emails, as add-ons. How a late cancellation is billed isn't mentioned |
| Practice log and repertoire | Yes: sessions per student, practice days this week and over 30 days, a daily average; pieces with a status | A repertoire tracker add-on for music teachers. No practice log mentioned |
| Works with no connection | Yes: attendance, payments and moves are saved on the device and synced later | Not mentioned |
Teachworks as its own pricing, home and integrations pages described it, next to Lesson Lineup as it is now (the features page has more).
"Not mentioned" means their pricing, home and integrations pages don't cover it. Their help center may cover more.
Questions
Is Lesson Lineup affiliated with Teachworks?
No. Lesson Lineup is independent of Teachworks, which is named on this page only to compare the two.
What does Teachworks cost a solo music teacher?
On their pricing page in October 2026, Starter is $16.49 a month plus $0.32 for each lesson each student attends. Twenty students with a weekly lesson each comes to about 86 student lessons a month, or about $44.01. Lesson Lineup is a flat $6.99 a month.
Can Lesson Lineup import my Teachworks data?
No. Only expenses come in from a CSV file, and you enter students, families and lesson history yourself. The switching guide is written for MyMusicStaff, and the same plan works from Teachworks: run both through the trial, then switch at the end of an invoice period.
Try Lesson Lineup for 30 days before you cancel anything.
You don't need a card to start, and a card you add during the trial isn't charged until the trial ends. Keep Teachworks running alongside while you take a full month of lessons from attendance through to billing.
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