Introwise vs TutorBird
One invoice for the family, or a payment with each booking?
TutorBird is tutoring management software: a calendar, attendance, and invoices per family that can be prepaid, postpaid or paid automatically. Introwise is a booking page: students pick a time, pay, and join the lesson from the same place.
TutorBird facts checked on 12 November 2026.
With TutorBird
- TutorBirdCalendar and invoices, $16.95 a month
- Stripe or PayPalFamilies pay the invoice
- Zoom, Meet or LessonspaceThe lesson, in a tool you link
Billing by family account
With Introwise
- One booking pageStudents book, pay and come back to it
- Payment at bookingInto your own Stripe or PayPal
- The lessonVideo built in, opens from the booking
- Lessons leftCounted for you, visible to the student
From $0 a month
The short answer
Choose Introwise if
- You want every lesson paid for at the moment it is booked
- You sell lesson packages that students buy and book on their own
- You teach online and want the video call included
- You are starting out and want no monthly bill
Choose TutorBird if
- You teach children and bill their parents, often several children on one invoice
- You bill by the month or the term, with balances carried forward
- You give make-up credits for missed lessons and want them tracked for you
- You want text message reminders, or have other tutors working for you
- You want homework, notes shared with students and a lending library in the same tool
Introwise and TutorBird, line by line
For one tutor. TutorBird facts come from its own pricing page and help centre. Prices are its US prices.
We checked the facts about TutorBird on 12 November 2026.If a line here is out of date or unfair, tell us and we will correct it.
Report something out of dateWhat two tutors wrote
Two different answers to late cancellations and unpaid lessons
A commenter on r/TutorsHelpingTutors described what they wanted from software: "the main thing i'd pay for is something that handles late cancels and no-show billing without me having to have the awkward convo." Another, in a different thread, had picked their answer: "I have chosen TutorBird to manage attendance and billing." TutorBird handles it through billing: automatic invoices, prepaid or postpaid, Auto Pay from a saved card, billable absences and make-up credits. Introwise handles it at booking: the lesson is paid for up front, and on Pro a student cannot cancel inside your notice period. If parents expect a monthly invoice for several children, TutorBird fits how they already pay. If each student books and pays for their own lessons, payment at booking is simpler.
Sources: a comment on r/TutorsHelpingTutors, April 2026, a comment on r/TutorsHelpingTutors, June 2026. How we read forums
What each costs at your numbers
TutorBird is a flat $16.95 a month. Introwise is free to start and takes a share until you move to Pro.
We show Introwise on whichever plan works out cheapest for these numbers, billed monthly, assuming every session is a 1:1 call on its built-in video. Extra call minutes are $5 per 1,000. See Introwise pricing
At $800 a month in client payments: TutorBird costs $13 less a month than Introwise.
Before card processing, which your payment processor charges with either tool.
- TutorBird$16.95 a month$16.95 subscription. US price for one tutor; its pricing page lists no fee on payments Source
- Introwise Free$30 a month2.5% of your payments ($20) + $10 for extra call minutes. Video calls are built in.
TutorBird's public price is quoted by the month and differs by country. Stripe and PayPal charge their own processing fee with either tool, so it is left out.
What reviewers say about TutorBird
Most TutorBird reviews are on Capterra, and many are several years old. Trustpilot holds only 3.
What they like
- One tool for scheduling, invoicing, payments and notes.
Reviews on Trustpilot - Easy to set up.
Reviews on Trustpilot - Responsive and helpful support.
Reviews on Capterra - Automatic invoices get families to pay on time.
Reviews on Capterra
What they complain about
- No phone app, and weaker use on a phone.
Reviews on Capterra - Billing takes time to learn and can be rigid for unusual arrangements.
Reviews on Capterra - A dispute over losing access to an account.
Reviews on Trustpilot
Ratings are as Capterra and Trustpilot showed them on 12 November 2026.
Read the reviews yourselfDon't take our word for it.
Introwise
Introwise has far fewer public reviews than the tools we compare ourselves with, and most are a few years old.
Moving from TutorBird
TutorBird exports your student list as a spreadsheet. Introwise has no import yet; students join by booking through your page, or you add them by hand. Write to us with how you bill today and we'll tell you whether Introwise fits, and help you set it up if it does.
Questions about Introwise and TutorBird
Is Introwise cheaper than TutorBird?
TutorBird is a flat $16.95 a month in the US. Introwise Free takes 2.5%, so it works out cheaper until students pay you about $680 a month, as long as your lessons fit the 1,000 call minutes it includes (about 8 hours of 1:1 lessons). If you teach more hours than that, extra call minutes make TutorBird the cheaper one sooner. If you pay for a call tool alongside TutorBird, Introwise stays cheaper for longer.
Can a parent pay for a child on Introwise?
A parent can book and pay under their own name for a child. Introwise has no family accounts, so there is no single invoice for several children and no separate login for parent and student. If you need that, TutorBird is the better choice.
Does TutorBird have lesson packages?
It has them in beta. The tutor assigns a package of time to one student, and scheduled lessons draw from it. On Introwise, students buy a package on your page and book the lessons themselves.
Where does the online lesson happen?
With TutorBird, through a meeting link you store, such as Zoom, Google Meet or FaceTime, or through its Lessonspace integration. Introwise has video calls built in.
Get paid when the lesson is booked
Introwise is free to start, with no card and no time limit.