Overview

Adagio is a studio-management app for music teachers who want scheduling, student practice, and billing in one place. It suits independent teachers as well as schools and larger studios, but its strongest value is the unusually broad set of core tools available without a subscription.

Key features

Lesson scheduling, homework, goals, a class feed, and a calendar give teachers a shared structure for work between lessons as well as during them. Teachers can track practice time, while students use the Practice app to log sessions, notes, and personal to-do lists. Comments, a social feed, and practice-session points and levels add ways to keep students involved; however, practice information reaches the teacher only when the student opts in to sharing it.

Billing combines manual invoicing with the option to generate an invoice after a completed lesson. Digital payment options such as PayPal and overdue-invoice email reminders reduce routine follow-up, while Premium is required for automated billing and invoices. The homepage also describes API connections for bringing existing tools and data into Adagio.

Schools and larger studios can use the Organization Plan for multiple teachers and classrooms, administrative oversight, and shared class access. The Practice app is available through the Apple and Google app stores by searching for Musopen.

Pricing

Plan	Price	What it includes
Free Plan	0.00 USD per month (billed $0 USD/mo)	Unlimited students, calendar, lesson scheduler, homework, goals, class feed, billing, and a free website.
Premium plan	5.00 USD per month (billed $5 USD/mo)	All Free Plan features, automated billing and invoices, custom domain support, newsletters, practice audio, and free Musopen Pro membership.

The free plan is a substantial fit for teachers who can manage invoices themselves: it includes unlimited students and billing alongside the core teaching tools. Premium makes more sense when automated invoicing, practice audio, newsletters, or a custom domain matter. Organization Plan supports multi-teacher operations, but is a separate option suited to schools and large studios.

Platforms

Adagio is available on Android, iOS, and the web, making it suitable for teachers and students who need access across mobile devices and browsers.

Who it's for

Independent music teachers can use the free plan to organize lessons and student work without a student cap. Studios that need several teachers, classrooms, and administrative oversight have an Organization Plan. Students must be at least 13 years old under the Terms of Use.

Pros and cons

Pros: Unlimited students and a free website on the $0 plan make it viable for a growing teaching roster without a per-student cap.
Pros: Scheduling, homework, goals, billing, and class communication sit alongside student practice logging, connecting studio administration with between-lesson engagement.
Pros: Students control whether practice data is shared with teachers, and the privacy policy says personally identifiable information is not shared with other organizations for their marketing or promotional use.
Cons: Teachers cannot count on seeing student practice records unless each student opts in to sharing them.
Cons: Automated billing and invoices are reserved for Premium, so free users must rely on manual invoicing or lesson-triggered invoices.
Cons: Adagio says it uses commercially reasonable security measures but cannot guarantee that internet transmission is completely secure.

Alternatives

Browse Music Lesson Scheduling Software for more options by category.

Clefwise is worth comparing if you use iOS or the web and want a free plan capped at three students with scheduling, invoicing, online payments, a parent portal, and lesson notes.
Nova Music is an alternative for iOS and web users who want a free tier for up to 10 students, including group lessons, basic attendance, messaging, a student portal, and 100 MB of file storage.
CogNote may suit studios considering self-hosting; its project says it was built by a working piano studio for its daily use.
Trio is another web-based freemium option.
My Music Staff is a paid alternative with a free trial and Android, iOS, and web support; its $14.95 USD per month plan covers one teacher, with each additional teacher or administrator costing $4.95/month.
GroovConnect is a free web-based alternative.
LessonLoop is a paid option with a free trial and support for API, iOS, and web; its Solo plan costs 15.00 GBP per month, billed monthly or annually.
MusicDesk is a paid alternative with a free trial and Android, iOS, and web support; its plan starts at 14.99 USD per month for one team member.

Verdict

Adagio is a strong choice for music teachers who want unlimited students and a practical mix of lesson management, billing, and practice tools without paying at the outset. Choose Premium when automated invoicing or its additional student-engagement tools are worth $5 USD/mo; look elsewhere if your studio needs practice data shared by default or prefers a different operating model.

	Adagio	Trio
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	No	No
Paid from	$5/mo	$5/mo
Open source	No	No
Platforms	Android, iOS, Web	Web
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Paid from	5 /mo	5 /mo
Student records	Yes	Yes
Attendance tracking	Yes	Yes
Online payments	Yes	Yes
Student portal	Yes	Yes
Recurring lessons	—	Yes
Calendar sync	—	Yes

Adagio vs Trio

Adagio

Trio