Comparison

LessonKeeper vs Nova Music Studio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Nova Music Studio

This app streamlines music lesson management for teachers and families. It offers tools for scheduling, communication, invoicing, and resource sharing, with a dedicated portal for families to track progress and assignments.

Highlights
  • Customizable teacher dashboard
  • Student and family management
  • Lesson scheduling
  • Messaging families
  • Invoice creation
  • Lesson notes publishing
  • Family portal for progress tracking
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Nova Music helps independent music teachers and their families manage the daily work around music lessons. Teachers can view a customizable dashboard, manage students and families, work with lesson schedules, message families, create lesson invoices, publish lesson notes, share resources, manage forms and programs, and update studio settings. Families can use the native Family Portal to review schedules, assignments, practice, progress, messages, forms, resources, settings, and lesson invoices. Lesson payments and autopay management continue securely on Nova's website through an authenticated handoff. Nova Pro is available to teachers as an auto-renewable subscription purchased through Apple In-App Purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trynovamusic.com/privacy

Screenshots

LessonKeeper4 screens
Nova Music Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LessonKeeper at 100% against Nova Music Studio's 50%. LessonKeeper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LessonKeeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Nova Music Studio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LessonKeeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of LessonKeeper's written reviews are positive against 50% of Nova Music Studio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LessonKeeper ships an update every 2 weeks, Nova Music Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LessonKeeper versus Nova Music Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLessonKeeperNova Music Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn NastosNova Music LLC

Customer experience

LessonKeeper

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nova Music Studio

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LessonKeeper

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$79.991 Year
2 purchases

Nova Music Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Nova Pro Monthly$15.001 Month
  • Nova Pro Annual$150.001 Year

Questions

Is LessonKeeper free?
LessonKeeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nova Music Studio free?
Nova Music Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LessonKeeper or Nova Music Studio?
LessonKeeper is rated higher. LessonKeeper averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Nova Music Studio averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do LessonKeeper or Nova Music Studio have ads?
Neither LessonKeeper nor Nova Music Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LessonKeeper or Nova Music Studio?
LessonKeeper ships an update every 2 weeks, and Nova Music Studio monthly. Most recently, LessonKeeper was updated on October 9, 2026 and Nova Music Studio on October 6, 2026.

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