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Homeschool Up compared with what you use today

Most families keep the plan in one place, attendance in another and the transcript in a third, and the three never agree. Each of those tools stores what you type. Homeschool Up also acts on it: it hands out the next lesson, moves the plan when a day is missed, and builds the record as you teach.

Feature by feature

Homeschool Up and a spreadsheet, feature by feature
What you need	Homeschool Up	Spreadsheet
A missed day moves one lesson, not the whole plan	Yes	Partly, with manual work
Every child's next lesson in every subject on one screen	Yes	Partly, with manual work
An ordinary day recorded for every child in one tap	Yes	No
Attendance and hours worked out from what you recorded	Yes	Partly, with manual work
Field trips and read-alouds count for attendance and hours	Yes	Partly, with manual work
State presets with the official source and a check date	Yes	No
Transcript with credits and a GPA	Yes	Partly, with manual work
Year-end packet with work samples	Yes	No
Works on a phone between lessons	Yes	Partly, with manual work
No accounts for children	Yes	Yes
Export everything, any time	Yes	Yes

Homeschool Up compared feature by feature with a spreadsheet, a paper planner and a notes app
What you need	Homeschool Up	Spreadsheet	Paper planner	Notes app
A missed day moves one lesson, not the whole planA dated page strands the lesson on the day it was missed; you move it by hand.	Yes	Partly, with manual work	No	No
Every child's next lesson in every subject on one screen	Yes	Partly, with manual work	No	Partly, with manual work
An ordinary day recorded for every child in one tap	Yes	No	No	No
Attendance and hours worked out from what you recorded	Yes	Partly, with manual work	No	No
Field trips and read-alouds count for attendance and hours	Yes	Partly, with manual work	Partly, with manual work	Partly, with manual work
State presets with the official source and a check date	Yes	No	No	No
Transcript with credits and a GPA	Yes	Partly, with manual work	No	No
Year-end packet with work samples	Yes	No	Partly, with manual work	Partly, with manual work
Works on a phone between lessons	Yes	Partly, with manual work	Yes	Yes
No accounts for children	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Export everything, any time	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

"manual" means it can be done with effort you repeat every time: a formula you maintain, a page you rewrite, a count you add up by hand. The columns describe each kind of tool in general, not any one product.

What is different

It knows what comes next. Each subject works through a sequence, so Today shows every child's next lesson without you looking it up.
A missed day costs nothing. The lesson that was due is simply the next one on the next school day; nothing has to be rewritten.
The record is a by-product. Attendance, hours, grades and the transcript all come from the lessons you tick off, so they agree with each other.
It says where its numbers come from. Every state figure links to the official page it was read from, with the date it was checked.

Compared with what most families use

Homeschool Up vs. a homeschool spreadsheet
A sheet holds whatever you type into it. What it takes to keep a plan, attendance and hours in one, and where it stops.
Homeschool Up vs. a paper planner
Writing it down works until the first missed week. How a dated page and a sequence that moves along compare.

Compared with specific tools

Homeschool Up vs. Google Sheets
Shared and flexible. What a homeschool record in Google Sheets asks of you every week.
Homeschool Up vs. Notion
A blank workspace you can shape into a planner. What you build yourself and what you get ready-made.

Homeschool Up is independent of Google and Notion and not affiliated with them. Product names belong to their owners.

Fair questions

Is a spreadsheet ever the right answer?

Yes: one child, one subject, no reports to produce. Plenty of families teach a year that way. The case for switching starts with the second child, the first missed week, or the first request for records.

Does it replace my curriculum?

No. Homeschool Up contains no lesson content. You teach from whatever you already use; it keeps the plan and the record.

What if I switch and want to go back?

Export a child, a sequence or your whole account as CSV or JSON at any time, on any plan. Your record leaves with you.

What does it cost?

Family is $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year for up to 5 children, with a 15-day free trial. Co-op plans cover larger groups.

Try it against whatever you use now

Set up two children, teach for a week, and compare the record you have with the one you had.

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15-day free trial on every plan. Everything exports.

Homeschool Up compared with what you use today

Feature by feature

What is different

Compared with what most families use

Homeschool Up vs. a homeschool spreadsheet

Homeschool Up vs. a paper planner

Compared with specific tools

Homeschool Up vs. Google Sheets

Homeschool Up vs. Notion

Fair questions

Try it against whatever you use now