Legato vs LessonLoop
Legato
getlegato.com
LessonLoop
lessonloop.netSide by side
| Figure | Legato | LessonLoop |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19.99/mo | £15/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Music Lesson Scheduling Software | 8.1 (#9) | 7.9 (#15) |
| Billing | Legato uses Stripe for invoices, recurring charges, payment tracking, and reminders. | Billing includes family accounts, automatic invoicing, card payments and Bacs Direct Debit through the school's own Stripe account. |
| Purpose | Legato is a studio management platform for music educators to schedule lessons, manage students, send invoices, and track payments. | LessonLoop combines scheduling, attendance, invoicing and a parent portal for music schools. |
| Scheduling | Scheduling supports recurring lessons, rescheduling, student reminders, and conflict detection. | Its calendar supports multiple teachers, rooms and locations, group lessons, substitutes and recurring lessons. |
| Support | The help center says the support team typically responds within a few hours during business hours. | The maker says its UK-based support team replies within one UK working day. |
Plans
In their own words
Legato
Legato is a studio management platform for music educators and studio managers. It supports lesson scheduling, student records, invoicing, and payment tracking across Android, iOS, and the web. Legato AI can take actions on a teacher’s roster through voice or chat, including scheduling, charging, cancelling, and invoicing. Scheduling includes recurring lessons, rescheduling, student reminders, and conflict detection. Stripe handles invoices, recurring charges, payment tracking, and reminders. Students can use a portal to view lessons, notes, assignments, and invoices, while a practice tracker provides a timer, weekly streaks, and goals. Teachers can import student information from CSV files or notebook photos. Listed integrations include Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, email notifications, SMS reminders, and PDF export; Zoom, push notifications, and an analytics dashboard are marked as upcoming. Legato is a progressive web app installable from a browser on mobile and desktop, with offline support. Legato Pro costs $19.99 a month, billed monthly. Legato says it takes no additional cut from payments; Stripe’s standard processing fee typically applies at 2.9% + 30¢ per US transaction.
LessonLoop
LessonLoop has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.