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Trenodo vs My Music Staff

My Music Staff runs the business side of a music studio: calendar, invoices, payments and reminders. Trenodo Tutor is about the teaching itself: lesson notes, your material and a portal your students actually use. Here is the honest comparison.

Last checked 24 September 2026. Prices in US dollars.

The short answer

Choose My Music Staff if…

you need scheduling, invoices, online payments and reminders. That's the heart of My Music Staff, and Trenodo doesn't do any of it.

Choose Trenodo if…

your calendar and payments already work, and you want a better way to share notes, homework and material with your students. For free, right now. 🎓

Side by side

Feature by feature

Trenodo
My Music Staff
Price
Cost
Free right now. No card needed.
$16.95 a month for the first teacher, $4.95 for each extra. Unlimited students. 30 day free trial.
Running the studio
Scheduling and calendar
No. A calendar of past lesson notes only.
Yes. Calendar, rescheduling, cancellations and two-way calendar sync.
Invoices and payments
No.
Yes. Automatic invoices, online payments and late fees.
Reminders
No.
Yes, SMS reminders included.
Attendance
Lesson notes by date.
Yes.
Website builder
No.
Yes, with online registration and booking.
Teaching
Lesson notes
Yes. What you did, homework and the material used.
Yes, in the student portal.
Private notes
Yes. Every lesson note has a part only you see.
Not listed.
Material library
Yes. Sheet music, chord links and videos, tagged and searchable.
Learning management is included.
Pinned basics per student
Yes. Scales, theory, the piece they're working on, always on top.
Not listed.
For your students
Student login
Phone number and a 4 digit PIN. No app, no account, no password.
A student and parent portal.
What they see
Their notes, homework and material in one place.
Lesson notes, scheduling and payment history.

Credit where it’s due

Where each one wins

My Music Staff is stronger at

  • Scheduling, rescheduling and calendar sync.
  • Invoices, online payments and late fees.
  • SMS reminders and attendance tracking.
  • A website with online booking.

Trenodo is stronger at

  • Free right now. My Music Staff is $16.95 a month.
  • Private notes next to what you share.
  • A tagged library of your own material.
  • Students log in with phone and PIN. Nothing to forget.

Questions

Before you ask

Can Trenodo Tutor replace My Music Staff?

Only if you don't need its business tools. Trenodo has no scheduling, invoices or payments. If you handle those another way, Trenodo covers the teaching side well.

Can I use both?

Yes. Run the calendar and billing in My Music Staff, and share notes and material with Trenodo. The two jobs split well.

Is My Music Staff only for music teachers?

Yes. Their sister product, TutorBird, is for other kinds of tutors.

Sources

Spotted something that’s out of date? Tell us on the Ideas page, and we fix it. My Music Staff is a trademark of their owners. Trenodo is not connected to it in any way.

Try it with one student.

Add a student, write one lesson note, and see what they see. It takes about five minutes. 🎓

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