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Romeschool vs. My School Year

My School Year positions itself as: Affordable, flat-rate homeschool record-keeping with a price-lock.

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

Kindred spirits on price — they lock it too. We lock a whole platform.

What My School Year does best

Affordable record-keeping with a real price-lock guarantee — a philosophy we share.

  • A genuine price-lock: your annual rate doesn't climb (we believe in this too)
  • Inexpensive at $50/year, all students included
  • Transcripts, report cards, and instructional-hour tracking
  • A Community Edition for co-ops

Choose My School Year if

You want the most affordable locked-in record-keeper and you don't need the funding, law-alert, or field-trip layers. On price and principle, My School Year is honestly admirable.

Where the difference shows up for your family

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

1

One price covers more

We share their conviction that pricing should be fair and locked — ours is $999 for the first student at founding rates (siblings step down), planner free for every family. The difference is what membership covers: classical courses, a weekly speech scored on-device, state requirements, law alerts, and a field-trip finder (with ESA tracking on the way), not record-keeping alone.

2

A speech every week, scored on the device

One course takes the floor each week. Your student builds the speech Mon–Thu and stands 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.

3

Your state's rules, handled

Romeschool files your Notice of Intent, keeps a requirement sheet for all 50 states, and reminds you before each deadline. Most planners leave every word of that to you.

4

ESA dollars, audit-ready — coming soon

Romeschool is building first-class ESA support: capture receipts, tag approved categories, keep eligibility references for ClassWallet / Odyssey / MyScholarShop states. No other tool here is even attempting it — a generic expense field isn't the same thing.

Bottom line

My School Year locks the price on record-keeping. Romeschool locks the price on the entire homeschool operation — including a speech every week.

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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.

RomeschoolMy School Year
Notice of Intent filing helpYesGuided Notice-of-Intent wizard (FL/TN/GA + 22 template states)NoNo NOI submission feature found
Per-state requirement sheetsYesAll 50 statesPartial'Designed for state reporting'; no per-state sheets confirmed
Deadline remindersYesNOI renewal reminders, escalatingUnverified'Teacher's Aid' suggests next steps; reminders not confirmed
Evaluator-ready reportingYesEvaluator letter + portfolio presetsYesTranscripts/report cards/hours for reporting
Where we lead

Law & Policy Alerts

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

RomeschoolMy School Year
Legislative / policy alertsYesDaily law/policy alert engine with web-search discoveryNo
Per-state alertsYesSubscribe by state + impact levelNo
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.

RomeschoolMy School Year
ESA expense trackingComing soonESA Wallet expense ledger is in buildNo
Receipt captureComing soonNo
Approved-category taggingComing soonNo
Eligibility referencesComing soonStatute-cited eligibility referencesNo
ESA-platform awarenessClassWallet / Odyssey / MyScholarShopComing soonBuilt for ClassWallet / Odyssey / MyScholarShop statesNoNo ClassWallet/Odyssey/MyScholarShop integration
Where we lead

Field Trips & Resource Discovery

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

RomeschoolMy School Year
Field-trip finderYes24,000+ destinationsNo
Location-based discoveryYesMap + radius search from homeNo
Destination databaseYes17,600+ curriculum-classified destinationsNo
Where we lead

Curriculum Matching

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

RomeschoolMy School Year
Curriculum matchingYesPublic Curriculum Finder quiz (AI-ranked, no login)No
Marketplace / plan importCSV importMarketplace is listings; lesson-plan import is via CSVNo
AI curriculum augmentationYesOptional LLM augmentation on per-child free textNo

Curriculum & Instruction

The education itself — the courses, the weekly 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 speech-a-week ladder scored by an on-device AI rubric — a teacher substitute for the reasoning, while you judge presence.

RomeschoolMy School Year
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/PhysicsNoHolds the curriculum you pick; it doesn't include one
Live teacher instructionNo live Zoom classesSelf-paced, author-voiced lessons. The weekly speech is delivered to the household (not a remote teacher); cohort Forum days are on the roadmap—
Weekly speech / declamationStudent stands and delivers on a set weekly rhythmYes — every weekDeclamatio: one course takes the floor each week. Mon–Thu build inventio → actio; Friday the student stands and delivers to the household. Written finish if there's no recorder that weekNoNo 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 rubricsWeekly 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)—
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)—
Track recordYears running / alumniFounding (2026)New — the Founding Families cohort, with a published course calendar shipping through fall—

Identity & Platform

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

RomeschoolMy School Year
PlatformWeb / iOS / AndroidWebResponsive web app — runs in any phone, tablet, or desktop browser; no app-store downloadWeb-basedRecord-keeping/scheduling
Owner / publisherAtheneum Academy LLCUnverifiedNo owner/company entity found in sources
Founded2026UnverifiedYear not stated on site or reviews
Actively updatedContinuouslyBuilt and updated daily through pre-launchUnverified
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)1 monthFull feature access
Card required for trialNoNoFree signup; not explicitly stated

Core Planning & Logbook

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

RomeschoolMy School Year
Lesson planningYesAuto-generated, rhythm-aware year planYesLesson plans, course descriptions
Drag-and-drop rescheduleReshuffle queueLessons reflow via an explicit queue, not drag-and-dropUnverifiedScheduling exists; drag-drop not confirmed
Daily logbookYesPlus omnivorous intake — type, snap a photo, or speakYesRecord/track daily
Attendance & hoursYesMinutes/hours per subject, per childYesInstructional hours, attendance
Auto-reschedule missed workYesRedistribute engine folds missed work into lighter daysUnverified

Reporting & Portfolio

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

RomeschoolMy School Year
TranscriptsYesPrintable academic transcriptYes'Professional looking transcripts'
Report cardsNoTranscripts + year-end portfolio insteadYes
Year-end portfolioYesPer-child, per-year portfolio artifactUnverifiedRecords exist; 'portfolio' not named
PDF exportYesClient-side PDF (no print-dialog hacks)YesPrintable transcripts/report cards imply PDF/print
Custom reportsPortfolio presetsState / evaluator / full export presetsPartialMultiple report types; custom builder not confirmed

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.

RomeschoolMy School Year
AI presentNone / Matching / Generation / Speech scoringSpeech scoring + matching + assistantNoneNo AI marketed
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 deviceNo AI'Teacher's Aid' is rule-based guidance, not AI

Experience & Design

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

RomeschoolMy School Year
Mobile appResponsive webWorks in any mobile browser; no native app to downloadNo dedicated appWeb-based; QR 'Quick Record' for students
Setup effortLow / Medium / HighLowGuided onboarding + auto year-planMediumRecord-keeping setup; reviews note simplicity
DesignDated / Functional / ModernModernFunctionalUtilitarian record-keeping UI

Multi-Child

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

RomeschoolMy School Year
Multiple studentsYesParent-aware multi-child schedulingYesFamily Edition covers students
Shared subjects across studentsYesWhole-family subjectsUnverified

Community

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

RomeschoolMy School Year
Social / friends layerNoThe in-person HomeSocial layer was retiredNoCommunity Edition is co-op admin, not a social feed
Groups / co-op coordinationComing soonForays — group field-trip coordination, in buildPartial'Community Edition' for co-ops/groups

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.

RomeschoolMy School Year
You own your dataYesYour records are yours; export anytimeUnverified
Sells your dataNoUnknownNot stated
Ad-freeYesYesPaid subscription, no ads observed
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.

RomeschoolMy School Year
Support channelsEmail + in-app assistantsupport@romeschool.appUnverifiedNot detailed in sources
Training / docsIn-app guidanceHelp content still being built outPartial'Teacher's Aid' next-step guidance
Guided onboardingYesSetup wizard + dashboard checklistPartialTeacher's Aid guides setup steps

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.

RomeschoolMy School Year
Billing modelMonthly / yearly / per-studentYearly, per studentCurriculum graduated per student; planner, logbook & records free for every familySubscription (monthly or annual)
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$5/mo or $50/yrAll features in both (annual rose $40→$50, re-checked 2026-06-09)
Whole-family priceUnlimited childrenGraduated per studentFounders: $999 first, $499 second, $499 each additional — planner free for all$50/yrFamily Edition; all students included
Co-op / group pricingNot publishedNo separate co-op SKU yetUnverified'Community Edition' exists but price not published
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 closeslifetime-lockedAnnual rate never raised while uninterrupted
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 laterYesRe-locks at current rate if lapsed >1 mo
Free tierYes — OS + sample unitPlanner/logbook/records free forever with an account; A Sense of Scale Unit 1 free no account; full courses require membershipNoTrial only, then paid

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