For music teachers

Light, honest software for music teachers.

Crestio supports music teachers via free-text subjects and session notes. Log what was covered, polish it for the parent, invoice at the end of the week. The instrument-specific stuff — recital scheduling, repertoire databases, exam grade progressions — Crestio doesn't have yet.

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Free-text session notes · AI polish · card payments

Music teaching has its own admin.

  • You finish a piano lesson and need to write the parent in two minutes — but you taught five kids today and they're blurring together.
  • Parents want to know what piece their child is on — you tell them, then forget you told them, then tell them again.
  • Invoices for the term lag behind because you're focused on next week's lesson, not last week's billing.
  • Half your students are mid-grade and half are beginner — your notes mix together.
  • Crestio's per-student session notes and AI-polished parent updates handle the part that's the same for every tutor.

What Crestio doesn't do for music teachers.

Honest list of things music teachers sometimes need that Crestio does not handle today:

  • No instrument library or repertoire database.
  • No recital scheduler or ticket sales.
  • No exam grade tracker (AMEB, ABRSM, Trinity, RCM, etc.).
  • No practice-time logging app for students.
  • No sheet music storage as a structured library — you can attach PDFs to sessions, but not browse a catalogue.

If those would change your decision, email lenin@crestio.ai. They're not on the roadmap right now.

What's in the box

Six things you stop doing manually.

AI session polish

Rough notes in, parent-ready summaries out. Calibrates to your voice over weeks.

Stripe parent payments

Parents pay invoices by card from email. Funds in your bank in two business days.

Calendar with drag-to-reschedule

Drag a session to move it. Recurring templates run themselves up to 8 weeks ahead.

Lesson plan generator

Generate first drafts in seconds. Edit in a real rich editor. Save as templates.

Polished PDFs for parents

Send watermarked PDFs of polished session summaries. View-only, never downloaded.

Team mode for small practices

Owner sees revenue and payouts; tutors see only their own students. Real role separation.

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Log a session in 8 seconds.

Open the inline composer, type the way you'd text yourself: "Tue 4pm Hector 1h Macbeth". Crestio parses the student, time, and topic. Add a note, hit Enter, done.

  • Natural-language parsing — no calendar drilldown
  • Works on phone, laptop, in 8 seconds flat
  • Backfill last Tuesday with the same form
Log session
Tue 4pm Hector 1h | Macbeth Act III essay plan
We parsed
Student
Hector P.
When
Tue 28 Apr · 4:00 PM
Duration
60 min
Topic
Macbeth Act III essay plan
·8 seconds
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AI polishes your notes into a parent update.

Write the rough version while the session's still fresh. One tap and Crestio rewrites it into something a parent can read — short, warm, specific. You review and send. Your notes stay yours.

  • Polish in your voice — calibrates over time
  • You review every send. Edit or discard before it goes
  • Internal notes stay internal. Always.
Polish queue · 3 ready
Your notes

essay plan good. struggles with thesis statements still. need to revisit appearance vs reality next week. confident on quotations.

Polished for parent

Hector worked through an Act III essay plan today. He's confident with his quotations and is identifying themes well. Next session we'll keep working on his thesis statements — that's the area where extra polish will make the biggest difference.

Average polish time · 12s
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Send the invoice. Get paid by card.

Completed sessions become line items. One tap turns them into an invoice. Email it to the parent. They click a link and pay with their card. Funds settle in 2 days.

  • 1% Crestio fee on parent payments — no Stripe knowledge needed
  • Auto-reconciles when the payment lands
  • Bank transfer still works if you prefer
Invoice · INV-204
Hector P. · April 2026
$320.00
Paid · 2 Apr
4 Apr
HSC English · 1h
$80.00
11 Apr
HSC English · 1h
$80.00
18 Apr
HSC English · 1h
$80.00
25 Apr
HSC English · 1h
$80.00
Paid by cardSettled in 2 days · 1% Crestio + 2.9% Stripe
Pricing

Simple pricing. Real margins.

All plans include unlimited sessions, students, and parents. No per-seat tax for solo tutors.

Solo

For one tutor and a list of students.

$24/mo
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
  • Unlimited students, sessions, parents
  • AI session polish (~500/mo soft cap)
  • Parent portal with messaging
  • Invoicing + Stripe parent payments
  • Drag-to-reschedule calendar
  • Lesson plan generator
  • Email support, 24h response
  • 7-day free trial, no card
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Team

For owners running a small practice.

$59/mo
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
  • Everything in Solo, plus:
  • Up to 5 tutors with role-based access
  • Per-tutor payouts and reporting
  • Owner sees rev/payouts; tutors don't
  • Owner Mondays brief
  • Team-wide calendar view
  • 14-day free trial, no card
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Growth

For practices scaling past 5 tutors.

$129/mo
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
  • Everything in Team, plus:
  • Up to 15 tutors
  • Priority support, 4h response
  • Custom onboarding call
  • Advanced reports + CSV export
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Doesn't fit?

Solo tutor with 1–2 students? Use Crestio Solo free for 7 days, no card.

Bigger practice or unusual setup? Email lenin@crestio.ai.

Prices in AUD. Inclusive of GST where applicable. Cancel anytime.

Questions tutors ask.

Can I log what was practised in each session?

Yes. Each session has a free-text notes field — write what you covered, what to practise this week, and what's on for next time. Polish converts that into a parent-friendly update.

Does Crestio have a recital scheduler or ticket sales?

No. There's no recital event type and no ticket sales. You can use a session at a custom date as a placeholder, but if you run regular recitals you'll want a separate tool. TutorBird is the closest fit for music-school operations.

Can I share sheet music PDFs with parents?

Yes — attach a PDF to a session or a student. Parents view it watermarked through the portal. There's no library view; PDFs live alongside the session or student you attached them to.

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