Most music teacher software handles scheduling and billing. Where they differ is price as your studio grows, and what happens between lessons. Here’s a plain comparison of three options, including ours.
| Allegrow Studio | My Music Staff | Music Teacher’s Helper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $9 a month, up to 25 students | $16.95 a month, unlimited students | Plans by number of students. See their site for prices |
| Free trial | First month, no card | 30 days, no card | 14 days, no card |
| Practice | Timed automatically by the student’s app | Student progress tracking | Practice log |
| Scheduling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Billing and online payments | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Music schools | $29 a month, any number of teachers | $4.95 a month per extra teacher | See their site |
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Allegrow vs My Music Staff, in detail · Allegrow vs Music Teacher’s Helper, in detail
You see each student for half an hour a week, and everything that decides how they progress happens in between. Allegrow Studio does the scheduling and billing, and its free student app counts real practice automatically. So you start every lesson knowing how the week went.
It depends on what you need most. For scheduling and invoicing alone, established tools like My Music Staff and Music Teacher’s Helper work well. If you also want to see how much your students really practice, Allegrow Studio times practice automatically through a free student app.
Allegrow Studio is free for your first month with every feature, and the student and parent app is always free. My Music Staff offers a 30-day free trial and Music Teacher’s Helper a 14-day one.
Music schools need several teachers in one place. Allegrow’s Music school plan is $29 a month for any number of teachers and up to 150 students. My Music Staff charges $4.95 a month for each extra teacher.
Allegrow publishes this page, so read it with that in mind. We’ve tried to be fair and to stick to what each company says publicly. Other companies’ details come from their own websites, checked November 9, 2026: My Music Staff’s pricing and features pages, and Music Teacher’s Helper’s pricing and features page. Details change, so check their sites for current prices. My Music Staff and Music Teacher’s Helper are trademarks of their owners. Allegrow isn’t affiliated with them. Spot something out of date? Email hello@allegrowmusic.com and we’ll fix it.