Tutoring business software

A calm plan for your whole tutoring week

tutor.red turns scheduling, attendance, invoicing, and family communication into a clear daily plan — so the next thing to do is always obvious.

For studios of twelve — and studios of one.

Tuesday · 14 July

Today at Harbor Light Tutoring

6 lessons
  • 15:30Maya K. · Algebra IIRoom A · Ms. IdowuConfirmed
  • 16:15Jonas P. · PianoOnline · Mr. ChenOnline
  • 17:00IELTS prep · group of 4Room B · Ms. Idowu1 make-up credit
  • 18:00Anong S. · MathsRoom A · Ms. IdowuConfirmed

Attendance marked

12 of 14

Overnight

8 invoices generated

INV-0142 already paid

Automation · 24h before lesson

Reminder sent to the Okafor family

SchedulingAttendanceInvoicingWallets & packagesPayrollAssignmentsMessagesAutomationsResourcesLending libraryReportsMileageLeadsIntake formsWebsite builderParent portal

See it move

Watch a Tuesday sort itself

thirteen seconds, no sound, all true

Attendance ticked, a make-up credit banked and honoured on the invoice, and the reminder sent while you were still teaching. This is the whole pitch, animated.

01Run the day

A schedule that holds itself together

your Tuesday, already sorted

Build a weekly series once and tutor.red keeps every occurrence, room, and attendance record straight — even when real life reschedules it.

Recurring lessons
Weekly rules, session counts, and per-lesson exceptions. Notes carry forward to the next occurrence automatically.
Attendance in a tap
Mark whole groups at once. A missed lesson banks a make-up credit that later invoices respect.
Rooms, availability, blocked time
Book physical rooms, protect tutor availability, and print the day when you need paper.

Mon

13

Tue

14

Wed

15

Thu

16

Fri

17

Piano · Jonas P.

16:15 – 17:00 · Online

Repeats weekly

IELTS prep · group of 4

17:00 – 18:00 · Room B

Room booked

Blocked · staff meeting

14:00 – 15:00

Attendance savedMissed lesson → 1 make-up credit banked

02Get paid

Invoicing that happens without you

no more invoice weekends

Generate a month of family invoices in one batch, with your numbering, currency, and tax settings — then watch payments, not spreadsheets.

Batch invoicing
Auto-generate from lessons taught, adjust the exceptions, send. Sequential numbers and your invoice prefix included.
Wallets & lesson packages
Families pre-pay into a wallet you can charge against, or buy a pack of lessons that draws down automatically as lessons happen.
Payroll, expenses & mileage
Tutor pay runs, expense tracking, and mileage at the standard rate — the whole money picture in one place.

Invoice

INV-0142

The Okafor family · July 2026

Paid
Piano lesson · 45 min × 4
$180.00
Theory workbook
$18.00
Make-up credit applied
−$45.00
Total
$153.00

Generated in the monthly batch · sent 1 July

Family wallet

$120.00

10-lesson pack · 4 left

03Keep families close

A portal parents actually understand

fewer “what time is piano?” texts

Parents and students get a mobile-first portal in plain language — schedules, homework, invoices, and messages, with none of your back-office terminology.

Self-service, within your rules
Families check lessons, submit homework, download resources, view invoices, and cancel within the policy you set.
Email and chat, together
Send and schedule email — attachments included — keep chat threads with families alongside, and reuse templates for the messages you send every week.
Automations that feel personal
Lesson reminders send themselves a day ahead, and event automations — welcomes, birthdays, invoices — run from templates written in your voice.

Good afternoon, Amara

The Okafor family

Next lesson

Piano · Thu 16:15

with Mr. Chen · Online

Scales practice sheet

Homework · due Friday

Submit

Invoice INV-0138

June lessons

Paid

Harbor Light Tutoring

Reminder: Jonas has piano tomorrow at 16:15. See you online!

HomeLessonsHomeworkBilling

04Grow

From first enquiry to enrolled student

from “found you on Google” to enrolled

Publish a real website in an afternoon, capture enquiries with intake forms, and walk each lead down a pipeline that ends in a student record.

Website builder
Reorderable content blocks, three themes, your own domain. Publish when you’re ready, edit any time.
Intake forms
Public forms feed enquiries straight into your pipeline — no copy-pasting from email.
Lead pipeline
Stages, activity history, and a one-click convert that creates the student and family records for you.
harborlight-tutoring.comPublished

Confidence in maths, one lesson at a time

Book a first lesson
MathsPianoIELTS

Request a spot

New leadMaya Kim · via intake form · trial lesson booked

Why tutor.red

Software for people who teach — not people who administrate.

Every screen is built around the job in front of you: dense enough for a busy front desk (even when the front desk is you), plain enough for a parent on a phone, and honest about what’s done and what’s next.

Who it’s for

One tutor, or twelve

same software, same calm

tutor.red doesn’t make you choose between a hobby tool and an enterprise suite. The same quiet system runs a kitchen-table tutoring practice and a fully staffed timetable — and grows with you from one to the other.

A team of one

you, doing everything

  • A website, intake form, and lead pipeline — marketing, handled.
  • Invoices and reminders that send themselves while you teach.
  • A family portal that makes you look impressively organised — because now you are.

A full studio

tutors, rooms, payroll — the lot

  • Tutor profiles, teams, roles, and privacy controls.
  • Pay runs, per-tutor colour-coded calendars, room bookings.
  • Reports across the whole roster, CSV-ready for your accountant.

The full inventory

Everything in the box

No add-on maze — the complete toolkit, from the first day. Every plan includes all of it; see pricing.

Teaching

  • Lesson notes that carry forward
  • Assignments & quizzes
  • Submissions & grading
  • Resource library with family sharing
  • Lending library — get your metronome back

People

  • Student & family records
  • Tutor profiles & documents
  • Teams, roles & permissions
  • Tutor privacy controls
  • Make-up credits

Money

  • Batch & one-off invoicing
  • Family wallets & lesson packages
  • Recurring billing plans
  • Expense tracking
  • Tutor pay runs
  • Mileage at the standard rate

Communication

  • Email sending & chat threads
  • Message templates
  • Event-triggered automations
  • Notifications with per-user preferences

Growth

  • Block-based website builder
  • Custom domains
  • Public intake forms
  • Lead pipeline with one-click convert

Platform

  • Magic-link, Google & Apple sign-in
  • Multiple studios per account
  • Reports with CSV export
  • Outbound webhooks
  • English · Lietuvių · ไทย
  • In-app help center

Questions, answered

Fair questions

asked by every careful tutor we know

Is tutor.red for solo tutors or tutoring studios?
Both, equally. A solo tutor gets a front office — website, scheduling, invoicing, and a family portal — without hiring one. A multi-tutor studio adds teams, roles, per-tutor calendars, payroll runs, and roster-wide reports. It’s the same system either way, so growing doesn’t mean migrating.
How long does setup take?
Minutes, not days. Create an account, add your first students, and you can be scheduling your first recurring lesson in the same sitting — no implementation project required.
Do parents and students need to install an app?
No. The family portal runs in any browser on any phone, and parents can sign in with a magic link sent by email — no password to invent or forget.
How does billing work for my families?
You send invoices generated from lessons actually taught — one at a time or a whole month in a batch. Families can also pre-pay into a wallet or buy lesson packages that draw down automatically, and every balance is visible in their portal.
Which languages does it support?
The interface is available in English, Lithuanian, and Thai — for your staff and for families in their portal.
Can I take my data with me?
Yes. Every report exports to CSV, and outbound webhooks can stream events to systems you run. Your data stays yours.

Private beta

Ready for a calmer week?

Join our invite-only beta for solo tutors and tutoring teams. Billing is off while we work closely with the first studios, and your reports remain exportable at any time.

— your Tuesday self will thank you