The modern music-studio platform

From the practice room to center stage.

Methodica runs your whole studio — lessons, billing, and family communication — and turns practice into a game your students can't put down. Fuller classes, on-time payments, students who stick around.

30-day free trial · No credit card required
12-day streak
Skill unlocked
Fewer no-shows On-time payments Students who stick around Less time on admin
The problem with studio software

Your students deserve better than a 2010 parent portal.

Older tools schedule lessons and send invoices — then stop. Practice happens in the dark, motivation fizzles, and students quietly drift away. Methodica closes that loop.

The old way

Admin software

  • A calendar and invoices, and that's about it
  • Practice is invisible between lessons
  • Parents get a spreadsheet; students get nothing
  • Clunky, dated, built for a desktop
  • Students leave before you see it coming
The Methodica way

An engagement engine

  • Runs the whole studio — and the practice
  • Streaks & quests keep students coming back
  • A progress map that shows parents the value
  • Gorgeous in every student's pocket
  • Flags who's about to quit — before they do
Everything in one place

Run the studio. Keep students hooked.

The admin you need to keep the lights on, plus the engagement layer that keeps students practicing between lessons.

Fill every slot

Recurring lessons, rooms, make-ups and one-tap check-in. Fewer gaps in the calendar, fewer no-shows to chase.

Get paid without chasing

Packages, autopay and automatic reminders. Families pay on time and you stop playing collections agency. Payments are built in — no separate gateway to wire up.

Practice they won't skip

XP, streaks and weekly quests turn "go practice" into the part of the day your students actually look forward to.

Progress everyone can see

A visual map of every skill and song learned. Students feel momentum; parents see exactly what they're paying for.

Lesson plans in 30 seconds

Pick a song or skill, attach the materials, set a quest. The whole plan is ready before the student sits down.

Grow, don't just manage

Leads, revenue and retention in one dashboard — with prompts that tell you who needs attention and what to do next.

The Practice Arcade

Nine practice games. Free in every plan.

Note reading, rhythm, ears, chords, scales — drilled in five-minute arcade runs that reinforce what the teacher assigns. Capped off by World Tour: 96 hand-tuned gigs where their 3D avatar plays ever-bigger venues.

🎯 Note Quest 🎼 Staff Sprint 🥁 Rhythm Rush 🐸 Leap Frog 🎧 Soundcheck ⛰️ Chord Mountain 🧭 Scale Explorer 📆 Daily Mix 🌍 World Tour

Don't want games? Flip one switch in studio settings and students get a clean, focused studio app. Optional, free, never forced.

Explore the arcade →
Everyone in your studio, covered

One studio. Four happy people.

Owners, teachers, parents and students each get a view built for exactly what they need — and nothing they don't.

Owner

Grow the studio

Revenue, retention and a leads funnel — with prompts that tell you the next best move.

Teacher

Teach, not admin

Build lessons in seconds, track skills, and set quests your students race to finish.

Parent

See the progress

Watch your child level up, manage family billing, and book lessons — all from your phone.

Student

Level up

Streaks, XP and quests make daily practice feel like leveling up in your favorite game.

Wherever your students are

In every student's pocket.

Methodica lives on the web and as a real app on iPhone and Android — students practicing on the couch, teachers at the piano, you running the studio from anywhere.

iPhone Android Web
Simple, honest pricing

One price per studio. Never per student.

Start free for 30 days — no credit card. Every plan includes the full practice game, built-in family billing & payments, and the student & parent apps.

Solo
For the independent teacher building a studio.
$19/mo
billed monthly
Up to 50 students · 1 teacher
Start free
  • Scheduling, recurring lessons & attendance
  • Family billing & autopay (integrated payments)
  • Practice arcade — 9 games + XP, streaks, quests
  • Student & parent apps
  • Import from My Music Staff
School
For the established multi-location school.
$99/mo
billed monthly
Up to 400 students · 15 teachers
Start free
  • Everything in Studio, plus
  • Advanced cohort analytics
  • Multi-location
  • Teacher payroll & commission reports
  • Priority support
Academy
For the large academy or franchise.
$199/mo
billed monthly
Unlimited students, teachers & locations
Start free
  • Everything in School, plus
  • White-glove onboarding & migration
  • Dedicated success manager
  • Custom branding

Prices in USD. "Active students" = enrolled with a lesson in the last 30 days — paused and archived students never count toward your cap. See the full plan comparison →

Free 5-day email course

The Practice Retention Playbook.

Five tactics the best studios use to keep students practicing and enrolled — streak boards, 30-second quests, parent progress pings, at-risk saves, and level ladders. One per day, all runnable this week with zero software.

Also handy: the free Student Churn Calculator — see what quitting students cost you per year.

Ready when you are

Fill your studio. Keep it full.

Set up your studio in minutes, invite your teachers and families, and watch practice turn into progress. 30-day free trial — no credit card, cancel anytime.