Tutoring and after-school program software: parents book, you teach

Bookicorn is booking and management software for tutoring centers, after-school programs and independent tutors. Parents book one-to-one lessons in your tutors’ open hours, weekly sessions or holiday courses, and pay online or with credits from a lesson package. In-person and online tutoring share one calendar. The free plan stays free forever, and you pay 0% commission on your bookings.

  • Free plan, free forever
  • 14 days of every feature
  • No credit card
  • Servers in Frankfurt

Last updated: September 2026

  • 1:1 lessons
  • Self-scheduling
  • Parent booking
  • Lesson packages
  • Holiday courses
  • Online tutoring
  • 0% commission
  • Invoices

Key facts

Free plan, free forever
€0
per month for paid plans
from €17
commission on your bookings
0 %
minimum term
No
database and servers, GDPR-compliant
Frankfurt
for you and your customers
7 languages
Does this sound familiar?

Scheduling with parents by text, lessons tracked on paper?

Before3 unanswered
  • Can Emma come Wednesday instead of Monday this week?
  • How many lessons are left on our package?
  • Math test on Friday. Any chance of an extra session?

At many tutoring centers, parents arrange lessons by text and phone, the schedule lives on a whiteboard and prepaid lessons are ticked off by hand. Every change means asking the tutor, texting the parent back, updating the list and fixing the invoice.

With Bookicorn

With Bookicorn, parents book the lesson themselves, in the time slots your tutors open up. Credits, confirmations and reminders run automatically, and every tutor sees their own schedule.

Features

Everything your tutoring center needs for scheduling and admin

Self-scheduled 1:1 lessons

You set when a tutor is available, and parents or students pick an open slot within those hours. Length, buffer and time grid are set per offer, for example 45 or 60 minutes.

Parents book for their kids

Parents book and pay through their own account and see every booked lesson. Signing up several siblings in one step works with the Group Booking extension.

Lesson packages and credits

Sell packages of 5, 10 or 20 lessons, each with its own price and validity. Every booking deducts credits automatically, oldest first.

Weekly sessions and small groups

Create recurring sessions, like math every Tuesday at 4 pm, as a private lesson or a small group with a participant limit.

Holiday courses and exam prep

Parents book an intensive holiday course or an exam prep series as a whole, with every session included. Block courses are an extension.

Online tutoring via link

Set up a lesson as an online offer and add your link, for example for Zoom. The video session runs in the tool you already use, since Bookicorn has no built-in video calling.

A login for every tutor

Each tutor sees only their own lessons, bookings and payouts, with exactly the permissions you set. The Trainer Portal is an extension.

Notes for every session

Write down what you covered after each lesson and store consent forms or contracts with the student. Documentation is an extension.

Automatic invoices

Every purchase creates an invoice in the ZUGFeRD e-invoice format, with no extra work. The Invoicing System is an extension.

Your start

Start your tutoring business on Bookicorn for free

The free plan stays free forever. For the first 14 days you also test every feature, no credit card needed.

  • 14 days free
  • No credit card needed
  • No minimum term
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The lesson schedule on your phone, for you and for parents

With the Bookicorn Manager app you see today’s lessons, check who is coming, add a student after a phone call or cancel a session. You get a notification for every booking and every cancellation.

Parents and students use the free Bookicorn app: pick an open slot, book, check their credits. Both apps are on Google Play, and the iPhone versions are in preparation. Everything works the same way in the browser.

The lesson schedule on your phone, for you and for parents

A booking page that looks like your tutoring center

Choose one of seven design themes and add your logo, colors, images and text. Parents see your center with your subjects and tutors, not a third-party marketplace.

The page runs at your own address on bookicorn.net. If you already have a website, embed your schedule and booking there as a widget (Website Integration extension) or use your own domain.

A booking page that looks like your tutoring center

0% commission on your tutoring lessons

Bookicorn takes no commission on your bookings, unlike many tutoring marketplaces. You pay for your plan and nothing more. For online payments, only the payment provider’s fees apply, for example from Stripe or PayPal.

When parents pay by bank transfer or in person, you keep the full amount. The transaction overview shows your revenue, sold lesson packages and refunds at any time.

0% commission on your tutoring lessons

Pay with credits, online or by bank transfer

At checkout, parents choose how to pay: with credits from their lesson package, by credit card, SEPA Direct Debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna or PayPal. Payments are recorded automatically and the confirmation arrives by email.

You can also allow bank transfer or payment on site and confirm receipt yourself. You decide which payment methods apply to each offer, for example credits only for private lessons and online payment for holiday courses.

Pay with credits, online or by bank transfer
In figures
160+
studios, schools and trainers registered
20
countries
4,700+
sessions made bookable online
7
languages for you and your customers
Why Bookicorn

Why tutoring centers work with Bookicorn

Bookicorn is built for people who would rather teach than organize: from the independent tutor to the learning center with several tutors and locations.

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One calendar for every tutor

Private lessons, small groups and holiday courses for all tutors in one view. Moving or cancelling a lesson takes seconds, and parents are notified automatically.

Booking confirmednowYour spot is reserved. A reminder follows the day before.

Booking without back-and-forth

Parents see the open slots, then book and pay in under a minute. No more texting about times, even in the evening or at the weekend.

  • Deutsch
  • English
  • Español
  • Français
  • Italiano
  • Nederlands
  • Polski

In the browser and as an app, in 7 languages

You manage your center on your laptop or phone. Parents book wherever they are and see everything in their own language, including Spanish, French and Polish.

your-studio.bookicorn.net
Your studio

With or without your own website

You get your own tutoring page on bookicorn.net and can start right away. If you already have a website, embed the booking there.

What Bookicorn looks like today

The Manager in the browser, next to the app for parents and students and the Manager app. All three work with the same data.

Apps

For you and your customers: both as an app

With Bookicorn Manager you run appointments, bookings and customers from your phone. In the Bookicorn app, your customers book in a few taps.

For managing

Bookicorn Manager

  • Calendar with all sessions and bookings
  • Customers, credit and check-in in one place
  • A notification on your phone for every booking and cancellation
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For booking

Bookicorn

  • Book, reschedule and cancel sessions
  • Credit and purchases in view at any time
  • Check in on site with a QR code
Get it on Google PlayDownload on the App Store
Bookicorn
Bookicorn Manager
Extensions

Extensions that fit your tutoring business

These are the add-ons Bookicorn suggests for businesses like yours. Add only what you need: the Free plan includes one add-on, paid plans include more.

Missing an extension?We develop custom features exclusively for your studio.
  • Tailored features
  • Dedicated contact person
  • Fast implementation
Free: 1 add-on · Starter: 3 add-ons · Professional: 8 add-ons · Premium: all regular add-ons · Pay add-ons always cost extraView all add-ons
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about tutoring software

Answers about booking, parents, tutors and billing for tutoring centers and after-school programs

Your question is not here?

The best tutoring software combines one-to-one lessons, recurring sessions and prepaid packages in one place. Bookicorn does exactly that: parents book online in your tutors’ open hours, pay online or with lesson credits, and you see everything in one calendar. It works for independent tutors as well as tutoring centers with several tutors and locations.

Get started

Ready to let parents book tutoring online?

Create your account in a few minutes and open up your tutors’ first time slots. The free plan stays free, and you don’t need a credit card.

  • 14 days of every feature
  • No credit card
  • 0% commission
  • No minimum term
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