LessonApp vs TeacherHero

LessonApp helps teachers plan lessons, support student engagement, and reduce work outside the classroom. Its tools arrange lessons into pedagogically structured stages and offer research-based teaching methods. Teachers can browse lesson plans from other users; Premium users can keep lessons private and share them in groups. LessonApp says it is not tied to a particular curriculum and follows a socio-constructivist approach. The free Basic Licence includes 50+ teaching methods, up to 10 draft lessons, printing, and the ability to browse and apply others’ plans, with limited access to plans, videos, and pedagogy instructions. Premium costs $99 per year, equivalent to $8.25/month, with a one-year minimum; possible VAT is not included. It adds over 150 teaching methods, unlimited private lessons, full pedagogy instructions and videos, self-assessment, groups, and whole-unit design. Schools can request an offer for Premium features, volume discount, training, and the School Manager Dashboard. The app works on Android, iOS, and web, and requires an internet connection and browser.

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.