Lesson Notes vs MusicDesk

Lesson Notes is the teaching studio app built for how you actually work — between lessons, in the studio, on your phone. Track every student's progress, repertoire, and practice assignments in one place. Before each lesson, pull up their history in seconds. During the lesson, dictate notes hands-free with live transcription. After the lesson, tap once and let AI transform your shorthand into a polished parent update ready to send. What teachers use it for: • Student roster with lesson history and contact info • Per-lesson notes with live Speech-to-text dictation • AI-generated parent summaries from your raw notes • Practice assignments with completion tracking • Repertoire tracker — what each student is learning, polishing, or has mastered • Technique tag analytics — spot skill gaps across lessons • Progress milestones and achievement timeline • Studio recital planner with AI-generated program order • Payment tracking for outstanding balances • Today widget showing your daily lesson schedule AI that stays private: All AI features run on-device using Apple Intelligence. Your student data never leaves your phone. Lesson Notes syncs across your iPhone and iPad via iCloud. No subscription required to get started — track up to 5 students for free. Free to try. Pro unlocks unlimited students, AI summaries, parent email export, and more. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brainrash.com/apps/lesson-notes/privacy

MusicDesk is the studio app built for private music teachers. Every student, every lesson, every payment — organized in one place, right on your phone. STUDENTS • One profile per student: instrument, skill level, goals, contact and guardian details • Recurring weekly slot feeds your schedule automatically • Archive former students instead of deleting — their full history stays LESSON LOG • Log what you covered and this week's assignment in seconds • Attendance outcomes: Completed, Cancelled, No-Show, Teacher Cancelled • Private teacher notes that never leave your device GROUP LESSONS • Build groups like "Tuesday Beginner Guitar" with their own weekly slot • Log once — MusicDesk creates an entry for every attending student • Edit each student's assignment individually afterward SCHEDULE • This Week lists every solo and group lesson in order • Month calendar with dots for scheduled and logged days • Mark a slot done to pre-fill the lesson log • Optional reminders before each upcoming lesson REPERTOIRE & PROGRESS • Move pieces from Assigned to Working, Polished, Performed • Date-stamped skill-level milestones • Charts: lessons per month and repertoire completed PDF ASSIGNMENT SHEETS • Export a clean sheet after any lesson — covered, assignment, current repertoire • Share by WhatsApp, email, AirDrop, or print. Private notes are never included BUSINESS • Payments by student with method and monthly totals • Prepaid lesson packages that count down automatically • Revenue reports and a year-end PDF summary for taxes • Auto-filled lesson agreements from your own template SIRI • "What's on today in MusicDesk?" — answers without opening the app PRIVATE BY DESIGN • All data stays on your device — no account, no cloud database • Daily automatic iCloud Drive backup you control FREE TRIAL • 14 days of full access, no account needed • Then $7.99/month or $59.99/year Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://latitude360advisors.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://latitude360advisors.com/privacy