LessonKeeper vs Ella Teacher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LessonKeeper
Create and share engaging lessons with students using rich media like text, images, audio, and video. Students can access lessons via a web link without needing the app. Track student progress, manage payments, and sync data across devices.
- Create multimedia-rich lessons
- Share lessons via web link
- Real-time lesson edits
- Student progress tracking
- Payment and invoice management
- Cross-device data sync
- Export lesson data to CSV
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LessonKeeper is a virtual lesson notebook that lets you stay in-sync with your students, whether you’re doing lessons online or in person. Easily create shareable lessons filled with text, images, audio, YouTube clips, PDFs, and more. Then, send the lesson to your student via email, Messages, or any other system where they can receive a link. The student doesn’t need an app to access the lesson — all they need is an internet-enabled device that can access a webpage. Students can view the lessons on their device, including listening to sound clips you’ve recorded, watch embedded YouTube videos, etc. Plus, if you edit the lesson, the student sees the edits without you having to send the information again — it just appears on their lesson. LessonKeeper is free to use for up to 3 students and 5 lessons per week, with limits on how much multimedia you can upload. With a monthly or yearly subscription plan, you unlock all of the app’s features. LessonKeeper features: - Easily keep records of your students and their lessons - Build multimedia rich lessons including text, checklists, images, PDFs, YouTube clips, audio clips, and more - Send lessons to students in a variety of ways including email, Messages, etc - Sync your data between LessonKeeper on multiple devices - Students can respond to assignments, including uploading their own audio clips - Keep track of what students owe and pay using LessonKeeper’s ledger system - Easily send invoices to students - Export CSV (spreadsheet) files with lesson data for all your lessons and students, or filtered by search criteria Subscription info: - LessonKeeper offers monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription plans in order to access its full set of features. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase - Privacy policy: https://lessonkeeper.app/privacy.html / Terms of use: https://lessonkeeper.app/terms.html - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
Ella Teacher
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Ella Teacher offers a mobile solution to simplify teachers' daily teaching tasks, optimize their teaching approach, and improve interaction with students and parents. With Ella Teacher, teachers can effortlessly manage their lesson plans, create schedules, and centralize teaching materials in a single location. The swift adjustment feature allows teachers to make real-time changes to their teaching activities, ensuring adaptability to their class's evolving needs. Ella Teacher provides timely reminders for upcoming teaching sessions, alterations in class timetables, and pending discussions with parents, helping teachers stay organized and responsive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ella Teacher at none against LessonKeeper's 2. LessonKeeper's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. LessonKeeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Ella Teacher asks for nothing beyond the download.
LessonKeeper ships an update every 2 weeks, Ella Teacher monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and May 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LessonKeeper | Ella Teacher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | John Nastos | FileString Inc. |
In-app purchases
LessonKeeper
- Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$79.991 Year
Ella Teacher
No in-app purchases
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