Almanack

Almanack is a curriculum-focused planning platform for teachers preparing lessons and resources across subjects and grade levels. It is best suited to educators who need to adapt instruction for varied learners while keeping a class aligned to common standards. The free plan offers a broad starting set of planning tools; differentiation and team workflows sit on plans with custom pricing.

Overview

Almanack connects lesson adaptation, classroom planning, and assessment creation around curriculum units. Teachers can adjust a lesson’s reading level, topic, content, or pacing without changing its underlying unit structure. That makes it a stronger fit for adapting an existing sequence than for generating a single disconnected worksheet.

Assessments are aligned to standards and mapped to letter grades and curriculum units, with gradebook-ready artifacts. The result is a planning workflow that can carry from lesson design into assessment, though the most distinctive learner-specific adaptation is not part of the free tier.

Key features

Adaptation and differentiation

Almanack can create below-grade, above-grade, ELL, and IEP versions tied to the same standards. For teachers balancing different readiness or language needs, that shared alignment is more useful than producing unrelated versions of a lesson. Differentiation is included with Pro, so free users can plan and generate materials but do not get this key capability.

Planning and assessment

The Free plan includes standards-aligned lesson planning, curriculum and long-range planning, lesson and unit planners, slides, basic worksheets and activities, quizzes and assessments, educational games, and custom video recommendations. This is a substantial core toolkit for an individual teacher deciding whether the platform fits their workflow. Assessment generation adds value when teachers want work connected to curriculum units and letter grades rather than just a generic quiz.

Exports, integrations, and school access

Pro adds Google Slides, PowerPoint, and PDF export, tool integrations, and custom report card comments. Almanack lists connections with Google Classroom, Google Forms, Kahoot, GimKit, Blooket, Wayground, Quizlet, Google Slides, Google Docs, PowerPoint, Word, and PDF. Its Google Classroom integration can import courses, publish lessons as assignments, and display classwork in Almanack course pages, making it particularly relevant to teachers already organizing work there.

Schools and districts can use Google, Microsoft Entra ID, Clever, or ClassLink sign-in, depending on district configuration. The security policy describes TLS 1.2+ encryption in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, access controls, and least-privilege access. Student data is stored in the United States or approved territories including Canada, the EU, UK, Australia, and New Zealand; the policy says its practices align with FERPA, PIPEDA, applicable GDPR principles, NIST CSF, CIS Top 20, and SDPC NDPA Standard 1.0.

Pricing

Almanack uses a freemium model and offers a 14-day trial. The Free plan costs nothing and includes the planning, slides, basic activity, quiz, assessment, game, and video recommendation tools described above. It is the sensible place for an individual teacher to start, but it gives up differentiation, unlimited generation, and the collaboration and export features of paid plans.

Pro has custom pricing and includes unlimited resource generation and adaptation, differentiation, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and PDF export, custom report card comments, tool integrations, limited collaborators, and a 2-week free trial. It fits teachers who need differentiated materials and sustained generation; its limited collaborator allowance makes it less suited to a team sharing work closely.

Small Teams also has custom pricing. It includes all Pro features, unlimited collaborators, shared curriculum adaptation libraries, and team planning tools. This is the more appropriate step for a group coordinating curriculum rather than separate individual planning.

Schools/Districts has custom pricing and includes all Teams features, SSO and rostering, a curriculum coverage dashboard, priority support, and LMS integration. Those administrative and support capabilities make it the plan aimed at institution-wide use, not a cost-conscious individual teacher. Almanack also offers an API for some services, currently Almanack.

Platforms

Almanack runs on the web and offers an API for some services. Its published platform coverage does not include a separate mobile app, so teachers seeking a dedicated Android or iOS application should consider a mobile-supported alternative.

Who it's for

Almanack is a good fit for teachers who plan around curriculum units and classroom calendars, need materials adapted across reading levels or learner needs, and want assessments tied to standards. It is less compelling for someone who needs only occasional resource generation or a clearly priced paid plan before committing; its paid tiers use custom pricing.

Pros and cons

Pros: Lesson adjustments preserve unit structure, and differentiated versions remain aligned to shared standards.

Pros: The free tier includes planning, slides, worksheets, quizzes, assessments, games, and video recommendations.

Pros: Google Classroom course import and assignment publishing connect planning with classroom work.

Cons: Differentiation and unlimited generation begin with Pro, so the free plan omits a central reason to choose Almanack.

Cons: Paid plans have custom pricing, making it harder for individuals and schools to compare costs in advance.

Cons: Pro limits collaborators; shared libraries and unlimited collaborators require Small Teams.

Alternatives

For a broad comparison of tools in this category, see AI Lesson Plan Generators. Choose Make My Lesson if Android or iOS access matters and a free allowance of five generations or a $9.99 a month plan with 30 generations better suits your needs. AILA Schools is an option for readers seeking a paid tool with Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows coverage.

Education Copilot may suit teachers who want a free plan with three core AI templates, document editing and export, and a $9 a month Pro tier. Pick GradeAid if a free allowance of five resources a week with PDF and Word export, or a $8.99 a month plan for 200 monthly resources, is a closer fit. TeacherMatic uses GBP pricing and offers a free daily generation allowance with PDF, DOCX, and Google Docs export.

TeachShare is worth considering for a browser extension workflow with five free resources a week and Google Classroom assign/export. Brisk Teaching has a free teacher plan with more than 20 tools and a separate custom-priced district plan. Common Planner offers a free teacher plan with an AI lesson assistant, planning across daily, weekly, and monthly schedules, and Google Classroom posting.

Verdict

Choose Almanack if your work centers on adapting curriculum lessons, differentiating for learners, and keeping assessments connected to standards and units. Its strongest reason to choose it is that those jobs fit into one planning workflow, with a free tier broad enough to evaluate the core tools. Look elsewhere if you need differentiation without a paid plan, a published paid price, or a dedicated mobile app.