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Comparison

MagicSchool vs HeyOtto

MagicSchool is built for teachers. HeyOtto! is the AI platform for kids and teens. Teachers already have a strong tool for planning, assessments, and classroom comms. Students still need a place that's actually theirs — in AI club, STEAM, science, coding, and other enrichment, not as a replacement for core curriculum.

Teachers vs students · Not core curriculum · Can use both

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Choose MagicSchool or HeyOtto

  • Choose MagicSchool

    If you want AI for teachers

    MagicSchool is the right pick when the job is adult work: lesson planning, differentiation, assessments, and communication. Their site lists teacher tools, Free / Plus / Enterprise plans, and integrations with Google Docs, Classroom, and Canvas. They also have teacher-led student rooms and student study tools. The student side is still a classroom product a teacher launches and guides.

  • Choose HeyOtto

    If you want AI for students

    HeyOtto is the AI platform for kids and teens. Students use it themselves — AI tutoring, research, coding, stories, and projects — with a classroom dashboard and conversation visibility. Teachers and advisors can also build lesson plans, rubrics, quizzes, and other materials with the artifacts and documentation tools, then share them with a class. In a school it belongs in AI clubs, STEAM classes, science, coding, and after-school programs. It is not a core-curriculum product and it does not replace a full teacher toolkit like MagicSchool.

Side by side

MagicSchool vs HeyOtto at a glance

  • Built for

    MagicSchool

    Teachers (and districts)

    HeyOtto!

    Students — kids and teens

  • Best when

    MagicSchool

    You want AI that helps adults plan, assess, differentiate, and write school comms

    HeyOtto!

    You want students to use AI themselves, with an adult who can see the thread

  • Where it lives

    MagicSchool

    Core classroom workflow

    HeyOtto!

    AI clubs, STEAM, science, coding, enrichment

  • Core curriculum

    MagicSchool

    Yes — that is their lane

    HeyOtto!

    No. We do not replace core curriculum

  • How students get in

    MagicSchool

    Teacher-launched rooms and study tools

    HeyOtto!

    School- or advisor-granted access

  • What students do

    MagicSchool

    Classroom activities a teacher sets

    HeyOtto!

    AI tutoring, coding, science and STEAM projects, club work

  • Adult view

    MagicSchool

    Teacher visibility in the room

    HeyOtto!

    Classroom dashboard, plus school alerts when tools connect through Passport

  • Start

    MagicSchool

    Free teacher account on their site

    HeyOtto!

    Request a school or club pilot. Offered, not required

Features

What each product includes

MagicSchool

  • Teacher tools — lesson plans, quizzes, rubrics, IEP drafting, text leveling, presentation slides, school communication, writing feedback
  • Raina — the teacher's own AI chat assistant, built as an instructional coach for planning and classroom questions
  • Studio Mode — a document-based space for generating and editing AI outputs in place (draft, rearrange, add images, export), rather than scrolling through a chat
  • Custom Tools & Custom Chatbots — teachers build their own AI tools or classroom chatbots trained on their own materials, no coding needed
  • Student Rooms — teacher-guided spaces where educators pick the tools, set learning goals, and get real-time engagement insights
  • LMS integrations — Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology
  • Multilingual — 24 interface languages, content translation into 98 languages
  • Plans — Free, Plus, Enterprise (district-wide access, SSO, admin controls)

HeyOtto

  • AI Assistant — age-adaptive chat students use on their own
  • AI Tutor — step-by-step, Socratic-style guidance rather than finished answers
  • Student Tools — Books/Stories, artwork, images, and video (idea-to-video, storybook-to-video, image-to-video; no face uploads)
  • Coding — learn-to-code projects students build and debug themselves
  • IEP & neurodivergent-friendly supports — text-to-speech, dyslexia-friendly formatting, ADHD focus tools, and scaffolded learning built in
  • Safe web search — age-filtered search
  • Voice — AI voice interaction
  • Group chat — classroom mode for shared projects and club work
  • Marketplace — student-made apps classmates can explore

Safety

  • Age-adaptive responses tuned to developmental stage, not one-size-fits-all
  • Content filtering and real-time monitoring of conversations
  • Real-time alerts to teachers and advisors, plus topic controls and student profiles
  • Crisis situations surface in-chat resources and notify school staff

Classroom & school

  • Teacher artifacts & documentation — create lesson plans, rubrics, quizzes, worksheets, and other classroom materials in the teacher chat, then turn them into shareable artifacts
  • Classroom dashboard — full conversation visibility, filters, and alerts in one place
  • HeyOtto for Schools — educator visibility into class-wide usage with clear classroom privacy boundaries
  • Passport — one student identity, record, and alerts feed across connected tools (select schools and developers)

At school

What HeyOtto is for at school

  • AI clubs

    Student club, faculty sponsor, school-granted student access. Not a district curriculum buy.

    See AI Clubs

  • STEAM and coding

    Students build, debug, and ship small projects in a browser.

  • Science and enrichment

    Research, lab write-ups, science-fair planning — help, not finished answers.

  • Not English 1, Algebra, or the pacing guide

    Those stay with the teacher. MagicSchool is the better fit for that prep work.

FAQ

Common questions

Straight answers for schools choosing teacher tools, student platforms, or both.

Next step

Ready to bring HeyOtto to your school?

Schools and club sponsors: talk to us. HeyOtto is offered — you do not have to buy a district package to start a club.

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