Head to head

Romeschool vs. Mother of Divine Grace

Mother of Divine Grace positions itself as: Catholic classical syllabi with a personal consultant who guides your year.

Compiled by Romeschool AI. Take it with a grain of salt — probably true though, and current as of 2026-07-12.

The one rival that prices the way we do — by the family, not the child. The difference is everything built around the curriculum.

What Mother of Divine Grace does best

Catholic classical education with a real human consultant — a guide who knows your family and walks the whole year's plan with you.

A personal consultant assigned to your family — genuinely the product, not a feature
A coherent Catholic classical curriculum (Laura Berquist's method), refined since the 1990s
Family-based tuition — you're not billed per child (a model we share and admire)
Decades of trust and alumni among Catholic classical families

Choose Mother of Divine Grace if

You want a faithfully Catholic curriculum with a personal consultant guiding your year, and the system around it — the planner, your state's filings, records technology — isn't what you're buying. That consultant relationship is MODG's real moat, and we don't offer it.

Where the difference shows up for your family

The places a single-purpose tool leaves a gap — and Romeschool fills it.

A speech a month, scored on the device

One course carries the speech. Your student works a single question for four weeks — gather the evidence, draft it, argue the other side — and stands on the last Friday. On-device transcription + an AI reasoning rubric scores thesis, structure, and whether they answered the other side; you score presence. The voice never leaves your device. Most tools on this list plan the week or grade a worksheet — they do not form a speaker.

The whole school, not just the lessons

They give you the curriculum; you still run everything around it. Romeschool bundles the planner (free for every family), your state's requirements and NOI filing, records and transcripts, ESA tracking, and a 24,000-destination field-trip finder with the Academy membership.

Priced per student too — but carrying more

MODG and Romeschool both bill per student. Our founding $999 first student — siblings step down from there — sits well under MODG's $1,678 for grades 8–12; for the youngest grades MODG can cost less. The real difference isn't the price tag — it's that ours also carries your state's requirements, records, ESA tracking, a field-trip finder, and a free planner for every family.

Authored core + an honest finder

MODG is one Catholic program you follow. Romeschool gives you an authored classical core plus a Curriculum Finder that recommends the best fit per child — including programs we don't sell — so you form your own shelf instead of installing one.

Bottom line

MODG gives you a Catholic classical plan and a consultant to walk it. Romeschool gives you an authored classical core, a monthly speech scored on-device, and the whole system to run the year.

The receipts

Every realm, side by side

The full comparison behind the argument — sourced and dated. We lead with the realms we own.

Where we lead

State Requirements & Filing

Staying on the right side of your state's rules — the part most planners leave entirely to you.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Notice of Intent filing helpYesGuided Notice-of-Intent wizard (FL/TN/GA + 22 template states)NoA Catholic curriculum + consultant, not a state-requirements tool

Per-state requirement sheetsYesAll 50 statesNo

Deadline remindersYesNOI renewal reminders, escalating—

Evaluator-ready reportingYesEvaluator letter + portfolio presets—

Where we lead

Law & Policy Alerts

When the rules change, you hear about it — automatically, for your state.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Legislative / policy alertsYesDaily law/policy alert engine with web-search discoveryNo

Per-state alertsYesSubscribe by state + impact level—

Where we lead

ESA Funds Support

Education Savings Account money is real and growing. Romeschool is building first-class ESA support — capture, categorize, and keep it audit-ready — and no other tool here is even attempting it.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

ESA expense trackingComing soonESA Wallet expense ledger is in buildNo

Receipt captureComing soon—

Approved-category taggingComing soon—

Eligibility referencesComing soonStatute-cited eligibility references—

ESA-platform awarenessClassWallet / Odyssey / MyScholarShopComing soonBuilt for ClassWallet / Odyssey / MyScholarShop states—

Where we lead

Field Trips & Resource Discovery

Tens of thousands of real, curriculum-classified destinations — not a blank calendar.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Field-trip finderYes24,000+ destinationsNo

Location-based discoveryYesMap + radius search from home—

Destination databaseYes17,600+ curriculum-classified destinations—

Where we lead

Curriculum Matching

Help choosing what to teach — not just a place to type in what you already chose.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Curriculum matchingYesPublic Curriculum Finder quiz (AI-ranked, no login)NoYou enroll in the MODG program; it doesn't match you across the market

Marketplace / plan importCSV importMarketplace is listings; lesson-plan import is via CSV—

AI curriculum augmentationYesOptional LLM augmentation on per-child free text—

Curriculum & Instruction

The education itself — the courses, the monthly speech, the teaching, and the record that stands behind them. Most planners include none of this; most schools include only this. Romeschool includes a full classical humanities core (and names the gaps: math, discrete labs) plus a four-week ladder to a delivered speech, scored by an on-device AI rubric — a teacher substitute for the reasoning, while you judge presence.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Curriculum includedThe actual courses — not just a place to plan themYesA full classical humanities core — ~25 courses across five tracks, climbing to Via Rhetorica — plus a ~1,100-title curriculum finder for everything else. We name our gaps: no math curriculum (deliberate), one integrated lab science, not discrete Bio/Chem/PhysicsYesA full Catholic classical curriculum (Laura Berquist's 'Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum')

Live teacher instructionNo live Zoom classesSelf-paced, author-voiced lessons. The monthly speech is delivered to the household (not a remote teacher); cohort Forum days are on the roadmapNoSyllabi + a personal consultant who guides the plan, rather than live classes

Monthly speech / declamationStudent stands and delivers on a set rhythm — a four-week ladder to one speechYes — every monthDeclamatio: one course carries the speech. A single question is worked for four weeks — the question, gather, draft, then the other side — and on the last Friday the student stands and delivers to the household. Written finish if there's no recorder that monthNoNo weekly household speech / declamation cadence

AI speech scoring (on-device)Transcription + rubric on reasoning; voice stays on deviceYes — on-device AI rubricSpeech is transcribed entirely on your device (voice never touches our servers). AI scores the reasoning — thesis clear, argument holds, answers the other side — and clocks delivery (pace, pauses, ums). You score the one thing only an audience can: presence. Two judges, one score, logged to the recordNoNo on-device transcription + AI reasoning rubric

Outside grading / evaluationAI speech rubric + parent writing rubricsMonthly speech: on-device transcription + AI reasoning rubric (teacher-substitute for the argument). Quizzes/tests auto-scored where built. Writing and capstones ship with a rubric you score — students write outside the app. No human outside-evaluator service yet (roadmap)Consultant-guidedParent teaches and grades; an assigned consultant advises on the plan and progress — the relationship is the product

Accreditation / diplomaRecords, not accreditedNo homeschool curriculum is accredited — but Atheneum Academy LLC issues the transcript and you keep a per-child year-end portfolio + evidence trail (evidence beats accreditation; see /guides/is-romeschool-accredited)Records availableTranscripts/records service; not marketed as an accredited diploma program

Track recordYears running / alumniFounding (2026)New — the Founding Families cohort, with a published course calendar shipping through fallSince ~1995Founded by Laura Berquist — decades of Catholic classical alumni

Identity & Platform

Who builds it, on what, and how long free access runs before a card is required.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

PlatformWeb / iOS / AndroidWebResponsive web app — runs in any phone, tablet, or desktop browser; no app-store downloadSyllabi + consultants (Catholic)

Owner / publisherAtheneum Academy LLCMother of Divine Grace School

Founded2026~1995

Actively updatedContinuouslyBuilt and updated daily through pre-launchActively enrolling

Free trial lengthFree OS + free sample unitPlanner, logbook & records free with an account (no card). Free public sample: A Sense of Scale Unit 1. Full Academy curriculum is membership (founders rates)—

Card required for trialNo—

Core Planning & Logbook

The daily workhorse — planning lessons, logging what got done, tracking hours.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Lesson planningYesAuto-generated, rhythm-aware year planConsultant-plannedThe consultant helps build the year; there's no self-balancing planner app

Drag-and-drop rescheduleReshuffle queueLessons reflow via an explicit queue, not drag-and-drop—

Daily logbookYesPlus omnivorous intake — type, snap a photo, or speak—

Attendance & hoursYesMinutes/hours per subject, per child—

Auto-reschedule missed workYesRedistribute engine folds missed work into lighter days—

Reporting & Portfolio

The records that prove the year happened — transcripts, portfolios, clean exports.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

TranscriptsYesPrintable academic transcriptYesRecords/transcript service available through the school

Report cardsNoTranscripts + year-end portfolio instead—

Year-end portfolioYesPer-child, per-year portfolio artifact—

PDF exportYesClient-side PDF (no print-dialog hacks)—

Custom reportsPortfolio presetsState / evaluator / full export presets—

AI Features

What the software actually does for you with AI — not a checkbox, a capability. Romeschool's headline: on-device speech transcription scored against a reasoning rubric (thesis, argument, answering the other side, pace) so the voice never leaves the household device.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

AI presentNone / Matching / Generation / Speech scoringSpeech scoring + matching + assistantNone

What the AI doesOn-device speech transcription scored by a reasoning rubric (thesis, structure, other side, delivery clocks); family assistant with tool loop; curriculum matching; logbook intake. Voice never leaves the device—

Experience & Design

How it feels to live in every day — on the couch, on the phone, mid-school-morning.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Mobile appResponsive webWorks in any mobile browser; no native app to downloadNo

Setup effortLow / Medium / HighLowGuided onboarding + auto year-plan—

DesignDated / Functional / ModernModern—

Multi-Child

Running more than one student without doing the work more than once.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Multiple studentsYesParent-aware multi-child scheduling—

Shared subjects across studentsYesWhole-family subjects—

Community

Finding other families — safely — for group trips and shared days.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Social / friends layerNoThe in-person HomeSocial layer was retired—

Groups / co-op coordinationComing soonForays — group field-trip coordination, in build—

Data & Privacy

Whose data it is, and whether it's the product. Romeschool's speech feature never uploads a child's voice — transcription stays on the household device.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

You own your dataYesYour records are yours; export anytime—

Sells your dataNo—

Ad-freeYes—

Child voice on vendor serversWhether speech audio leaves the deviceNo — never uploadedRecording and transcription for Declamatio happen entirely on-device; nothing is submitted until a parent has read the transcript and pressed send—

Support & Onboarding

How much hand-holding you get when you're new and it's August.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Support channelsEmail + in-app assistantsupport@romeschool.app—

Training / docsIn-app guidanceHelp content still being built out—

Guided onboardingYesSetup wizard + dashboard checklist—

Pricing & Value

What it costs over the years you'll actually homeschool — not just the first sign-up. Romeschool is priced per student (rates step down for siblings); the planner, logbook, and records are free for every family.

RomeschoolMother of Divine Grace

Billing modelMonthly / yearly / per-studentYearly, per studentCurriculum graduated per student; planner, logbook & records free for every familyPer family, by highest grade levelFamily-based tuition — the same billing model Romeschool uses

Entry price$999/yrFounding rate for the first student — founding price for year one. renewal rate guaranteed forever. (half the $1,499 standing rate). Planner free$368–$1,678 / yr (by grade)2026–27 annual tuition for one family, set by the oldest child's grade: PreK $368 → grades 8–12 $1,678

Whole-family priceUnlimited childrenGraduated per studentFounders: $999 first, $499 second, $499 each additional — planner free for allYes — family-basedBy highest grade (2026–27): PreK $368 · K–2 $474 · 3–5 $828 · 6–7 $1,160 · 8–12 $1,678. Plus $100 new-family + $100–150 registration (waived if paid in full)

Co-op / group pricingNot publishedNo separate co-op SKU yet—

Price over timerises-annually / flat / lifetime-lockedLocked for foundersFounding Families hold the founder per-student rate for life; the standing schedule is higher once the founding closes—

Lifetime price lockYesFounding price for year one. Renewal rate guaranteed forever. — founders pay below the standing per-student schedule, held for the students they have now and any they add later—

Free tierYes — OS + sample unitPlanner/logbook/records free forever with an account; A Sense of Scale Unit 1 free no account; full courses require membershipNo

The whole homeschool, in one place.

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