Daytical vs TeacherHero

Daytical is a digital teacher planner and micro learning management system for K–12 educators. It supports yearly, unit and lesson planning, as well as daily and weekly routines. Teachers can run lesson rooms to share classwork and review submissions; course tools include rosters, checklists and attendance tracking. Worksheet exercises can be marked automatically with feedback, though teachers remain responsible for accurate and fair assessment. Its AI agent helps draft teaching materials and can search the web, generate images and access Google Drive files selected by the user. Google sign-in is available, and Drive access is limited to individually selected files. Users can export materials in PDF and CSV formats and export account data. The installable progressive web app works on laptops and phones. The maker says roster data is not sent to AI providers and lists FERPA, COPPA and GDPR compliance. A 14-day trial is available, and the teacher plan is $12 a year, billed $144 once a year.

TeacherHero is a web-based AI lesson-planning and instructional-coaching platform for K–12 teachers. It organizes courses into units, weeks, and lessons, then uses that connected curriculum context to generate lesson plans. Generated lessons follow six gradual-release sections: Warm-Up, I Do, We Do, Y’all Do, You Do, and Exit Ticket. Teachers can choose among 24 teaching strategies. Pro adds unit assessments, learning-target alignment checks, lesson audits, differentiation, rewrites, and source enhancements. Lessons can be exported as PDFs, slides, and Google Drive files; listed formats also include PowerPoint and Word. Google sign-in is available, and optional Drive access is limited to files the app creates. TeacherHero says it uses OpenAI’s API for every AI call, does not use curriculum or uploaded materials to train models, and sends uploaded excerpts to AI only after teacher confirmation. The maker says it does not collect student names, records, or work, and the product has no student accounts. A free account is available; Pro costs $8.99 per month after a 7-day free trial and renews monthly until canceled.