Planbook vs TeacherHero

Planbook is a web-based lesson planning and assessment service for teachers and schools, with Android and iOS apps. Teachers can organize classes, lessons, units, schedules, and school events, then use student accounts to track attendance, grades, performance, and standards achievement. Plans can be shared and developed collaboratively without a school account; school accounts add shared school items and administrator oversight. Planbook connects with Google Classroom and can sync selected Google Calendars and classes. Users can attach files from Google Drive or Planbook Resources, with a 500 MB limit per file. Sign-in options include Apple, ClassLink, Clever, Google, and Microsoft. Exports include PDF, Microsoft Word, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. Planbook lists a free plan and a 90-day trial. Individual teacher subscriptions are $16 a year for three years, $18 a year for two years, or $20 a year for one year. School and district licenses range from $14 a year per license for 250+ accounts to $18 a year per license for 1–49 accounts.

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.