iUgo vs Lesson Maker Pro

iUgo is a web-based digital teacher planner with a resource library aligned to the Australian Curriculum. It supports long-term, unit, lesson, weekly, and daily planning, linking plans to curriculum maps. Teachers can manage multiple timetables, school events, tasks, activities, reminders, classrooms, year levels, priority learners, and unlimited groups. Co-authoring lets users share units and plan across classes and groups. Listed curricula include the F–10 Australian Curriculum, K–6 NSW Curriculum Syllabus, and F–10 Victorian Curriculum; other users can link to ACARA and request state-curriculum support. Teachables resources link to plans, with unlimited downloads on Pro. Google integration connects planning with Drive. iUgo runs in a browser on internet-connected devices; current Chrome on a computer or tablet is recommended, and some tasks may be difficult on mobile. Planner costs $15 a year as listed, displayed as $15 per user monthly and billed annually.

Lesson Maker Pro is a web app for teachers to plan lessons, organize a teaching week, and create classroom materials. Its weekly planner is a drag-and-drop board for placing lessons into a bell schedule and switching days. The Teaching Assistant can brainstorm ideas, draft lesson plans, suggest activities, and discuss teaching questions. Plans can align with Common Core, NGSS, and state standards drawn from a catalog of more than 455,000 standards. The app generates worksheets, handouts, assessments, student notes, teacher guides, graphic organizers, infographics, card sheets, and presentations. Materials can be downloaded as PDF, DOCX, or PPTX, or exported to Google Docs, Slides, Forms, and Classroom. Free accounts include sub plans that can be printed or shared by private link. Student accounts, rosters, and student data are not needed; Digital Experiences also need no student accounts, installs, or app, and their links work for two weeks. The free plan allows five generated lessons and one unit plan monthly, ten standalone materials monthly, and 25 Teaching Assistant messages monthly. Pro costs $7.99 a month, billed annually.