Lucy Learn vs TutorCruncher
Made for you, not an agency.
TutorCruncher is built for tutoring agencies, coaching companies and education providers. Lucy Learn is made for independent UK tutors. Keep your week organised, manage your families and get paid, all for one monthly price.
TutorCruncher is built for agencies. Lucy Learn puts your tutoring business first.
Agencies need tools for managing tutors, payroll and split payments. As an independent tutor, your priorities are different. Lucy Learn brings your teaching week, families and finances together, without the agency features you may not need.
Payments
What families pay you is yours.
Families pay directly into your own Stripe account. Lucy Learn takes nothing from those payments, so Stripe’s own fees are the only payment fees. You pay one monthly price for the software, however many lessons you teach.
TutorCruncher’s pricing lists a percentage fee on card payments, plus a 1% fee on lessons paid outside the system on its Pay as you go plan.
Nothing taken from what families pay, and every payment matched to its invoice for you. Stripe’s own fees are the only payment fees.
Annual plans
Spread the year into monthly payments.
An annual plan spreads the cost of a year’s sessions evenly across equal monthly instalments, holidays included, so parents and you know what to expect, with a fixed monthly cost. Each instalment joins your monthly invoice run and is collected by Direct Debit. Switch on automatic sending when you’re ready, or review the run yourself.
TutorCruncher’s help centre explains that subscriptions do not automatically bill clients. You still need to regenerate and raise the invoices.
Annual plan instalments join your monthly invoice run and are collected by Direct Debit. You choose whether the run sends automatically.
Ten equal payments. There is no August payment, and the year totals £1,575.00 exactly.
Your day
Know what’s happening today, at a glance.
See today’s sessions, who’s coming, money received and anything that needs your attention. Open Lucy Learn on your phone between sessions and take the register as each one ends: Attended or Absent. No waiting until you’re back at your desk to catch up.
TutorCruncher’s plans are built around agency work, including tutor payroll and payments split between tutors.
Today’s sessions, the register from your phone, and a Needs you list of everything waiting on you.
Tax
Your tax estimate, beside your invoices.
See estimates for income tax and Class 4 National Insurance, based on HMRC rates and what you’ve recorded. Lucy Learn brings your income, costs and mileage together, so you can understand what to put aside and when HMRC expects payment. You can also export your records for an accountant or use the self-filing guide.
TutorCruncher’s tax settings cover rates added to invoices, such as VAT.
Estimates income tax and Class 4 National Insurance on HMRC rates, with your costs and mileage counted, what to put aside and when to pay.
12pfrom every £1 you’re paid
Saved so far £1,078By now you’d want £1,378
The things that make your week easier.
What you get as an independent tutor, all in one place and at one monthly price.
includes all of theseNothing taken from payments
Families pay into your own Stripe account. Stripe’s fees are the only payment fees.
TutorCruncher: Percentage fees on card payments, plus a fee on certain lessons on Pay as you go
Made for independent tutors
Calendar, invoicing, family portal and tax estimates for one tutor, without an agency to run.
TutorCruncher: Built for agencies, coaching companies and education providers
Annual plans, collected by Direct Debit
Instalments join your monthly invoice run. You choose whether it sends automatically.
TutorCruncher: Subscriptions do not automatically bill clients. You raise the invoices
Your UK tax estimate
Income tax and Class 4 National Insurance on HMRC rates, with your costs and mileage counted.
TutorCruncher: Tax rates on invoices, such as VAT
Your school year, organised
Import council term dates and review which sessions are affected by changes.
TutorCruncher: No equivalent claim made
Each TutorCruncher cell is what TutorCruncher’s own website or help centre documents, checked on 31 October 2026. We do not list something as missing unless they say so.
Your tutoring business, run your way.
Your week, your families and getting paid, in one place and at one monthly price.
Every feature, every family, £29 a month. Try it free for 7 days.
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