Comparison

LessonNote vs LoiLoNote School

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

Head to head
About

LessonNote

This tool helps educators document classroom lessons by tracking student interactions, capturing notes, and recording time spent in various learning modalities. It facilitates data-driven conversations to improve teaching and learning outcomes.

Highlights
  • Track student interactions and conversation duration
  • Record handwritten notes and observations
  • Capture photos of student work
  • Measure time spent in different learning modalities
  • Review data for student-focused discussions
  • Ideal for peer observation and coaching
Features
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LessonNote is an innovative classroom observation tool for documenting the flow of a lesson and its impact on students. Capture both quantitative and qualitative data: • Track who is talking to whom, when, and for how long. • Jot handwritten, time-stamped notes about what is being said and what students are doing. • Take photos of student work. • Capture time spent in different modalities: whole-class, individual work, group work. Begin by creating a seating chart with icons representing the teacher, students, groups, and display areas such as blackboards or projection screens. Record observations by selecting an icon, or linking two icons for a note about an interaction. Take photos of student work. After a lesson, efficiently review your data for a student-focused conversation that improves teaching and learning. A small seating chart shows exactly who or what a note is about, so you don't need to know the names of the students. A timeline shows how much time was spent in whole-class lecture or discussion, individual work time, and group work time. LessonNote helps you create a fact-based and non-judgemental record of the lesson and its impact on students. LessonNote is ideal for peer observation, coaching, instructional rounds, and of course for Lesson Study. For administrators, LessonNote improves on simple checklists or rating scales by helping document how lessons affect students—which is, ultimately, what teaching is all about. Work with your colleagues and use LessonNote to improve teaching and learning! Read the Terms of Service at: https://LSAlliance.org/LessonNote/terms-of-service.html.

About

LoiLoNote School

This app helps teachers create personalized and collaborative learning experiences by allowing students to organize ideas on digital cards and share them. It provides a centralized platform for creating, distributing, collecting, and sharing lesson materials and student work.

Highlights
  • Organize ideas on digital cards
  • Connect cards with lines to structure thoughts
  • Save text, PDFs, photos, and videos as cards
  • Share creations with teachers and classmates
  • Create personalized lesson notes and learning records
  • Centralized platform for lesson materials
Features
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LoiLoNote School is a tool for organizing ideas and expressing them to others. What’s needed today is learning that is rich in personalization and communication. LoiLoNote School helps teachers to easily create these kinds of learning opportunities in their classroom activities. ● It’s as simple as drawing a line Write out your ideas on cards. Draw lines with your finger to connect the cards in the order of your choosing. In an instant you have collected your ideas in one place. Text, PDF, photos, videos, and any other kind of media can be saved as cards. ● Share your creations with others in the class. Send your cards to the teacher, or with your classmates. Present your work to the class or compare it with others’ to create a collaborative learning environment. ● Create personalized lesson notes Collect your in-class work, presentations, answers to exercises, and reflections in one place. As a result you have created a personalized record of learning that you can review anytime. ● Everything for the lesson in one place means “easy-to-use”. LoiLoNote School has all the basic digital tools needed for a lesson. Information can be created, distributed, displayed, collected, and shared all in one app. Please refer to the product’s website for details about these and other features.

Screenshots

LessonNote4 screens
LoiLoNote School4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LessonNote at 4.7 against LoiLoNote School's 3.5. LessonNote also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 38%). LoiLoNote School's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). 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. LessonNote sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per 3 months. LoiLoNote School asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LessonNote holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of LessonNote's written reviews are positive against 38% of LoiLoNote School's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LessonNote ships an update monthly, LoiLoNote School every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LessonNote versus LoiLoNote School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLessonNoteLoiLoNote School
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings) — better3.5 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews65.2% of reviews — better38.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1019 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLesson Study AllianceLoiLo inc

Customer experience

LessonNote

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral17.4%
Negative17.4%

LoiLoNote School

All ratings19 ratings
Positive57.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative36.8%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive38.5%
Neutral19.2%
Negative42.3%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

LessonNote

Subscriptions3
  • 3 Months of Pro$29.993 Months
  • 6 Months of Pro$44.996 Months
  • 1 Year Pro$64.991 Year
One-time3
  • 6-month LessonNote Pro subscription$89.99
  • 1-year LessonNote Pro subscription$149.99
  • 2-year LessonNote Pro subscription$249.99
None

LoiLoNote School

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LessonNote free?
LessonNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LoiLoNote School free?
LoiLoNote School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LessonNote or LoiLoNote School?
LessonNote is rated higher. LessonNote averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while LoiLoNote School averages 3.5 from 19 ratings.
Do LessonNote or LoiLoNote School have ads?
Neither LessonNote nor LoiLoNote School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LessonNote or LoiLoNote School?
LessonNote ships an update monthly, and LoiLoNote School every 3 weeks. Most recently, LessonNote was updated on September 13, 2026 and LoiLoNote School on September 24, 2026.

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