Comparison

Set the Tune vs StudioGrowth.

StudioGrowth is all-in-one studio management - invoicing, a parent portal, lesson notes, a branded app, and marketing automation, with a drag-and-drop calendar you arrange yourself. Set the Tune is the engine that builds the schedule. Here is the honest split.

What StudioGrowth is good at
  • Stripe invoicing and automated billing
  • Parent and student portals with lesson notes and video uploads
  • Drag-and-drop calendar with waitlist management
  • A branded mobile app for your studio
  • Marketing automation - email campaigns and loyalty rewards
Where it stops
  • Scheduling is a drag-and-drop calendar - nothing optimizes the roster for you
  • No drive-time awareness for teachers who travel between homes
  • No teacher workday rules - 8-hour caps or meal-break compliance
  • No alternating A/B week balancing
  • No conflict engine catching double-books and availability misses before they happen
CapabilitySet the TuneStudioGrowth
One-click schedule optimization (whole roster)♩ Yes-
Automatic conflict detection - double-booking, availability, overlaps♩ YesManual
Drive-time-aware scheduling for traveling teachers (real traffic data)♩ Yes-
Teacher workday rules - 8-hour cap, meal-break compliance♩ Yes-
A/B (alternating) week balancing♩ Yes-
Messy-file roster import (CSV/DOCX) with AI cleanup♩ YesCSV import
Waitlist management♩ Yes♩ Yes
One-click placement from the waitlist (engine-ranked)♩ Yes-
Drag-and-drop workbench with live conflict checks♩ YesCalendar only
Tuition invoicing & family billing-♩ Yes
Parent / student portal-♩ Yes
Attendance tracking-♩ Yes
Branded mobile app for your studio-♩ Yes
Marketing automation - email campaigns, loyalty-♩ Yes

Based on each product's published feature list and pricing page, June 2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

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What Set the Tune doesn't do.
Tuition invoicing, attendance, parent portals, family messaging. On purpose. Set the Tune is the scheduling layer - it builds the calendar your admin tools manage. If you need full studio admin, keep it and use both.
Set the Tune
  • Starter $79 / Pro $129 / Studio $199 per month, per school
  • Sized by students you actually schedule, not your raw roster
  • Unlimited teachers on every tier - one price per school, never per teacher
  • Free look at signup: build your real schedule free, pay only to export and keep it
StudioGrowth
  • From $95 per month, scaling with your studio
  • Capped at $250 per month, including a branded app and marketing automation
  • Free trial, no credit card

Can you use both?

Yes. StudioGrowth can run your billing, portals, branded app, and marketing. Set the Tune sits in front as the scheduling brain: import the roster, let the optimizer place every lesson around availability, drive time, and teacher workdays, then manage the studio wherever you already do.

Schedule the season in an afternoon, not a week.