HOMESCHOOL RECORD KEEPER

HomeschoolBook

Hours, attendance & annual records

A year of small entries, one document at the end of it.

Log the hours as the days go by. Attendance fills itself in from what you logged, the subjects keep their own totals, and in June the whole year prints as one records document per child, ready to sign.

Free tier with one child.
Pro from $4.99/mo. Android and iPhone.

Per child
Works offline
No account
English & Spanish

How a school year adds up

Nothing here asks you to plan the year in advance or to fill in a timetable you will abandon by October. You record what actually happened, in the smallest useful unit, and the app does the adding.

Most days

Hours by subject

Open Today, pick the child, tap the subject and log the minutes. The day rolls into the week, the week into the year total.
As it happens

Attendance

Any day with logged time counts as a schooled day and fills in on the calendar. You never mark attendance separately.
Now and then

Work samples and trips

Photograph a piece of work against its subject, or log a field trip with where you went. Both land in the year-end document.
Once a year

The records PDF

Pick the school year and the child, and the app assembles everything above into one document with a signature line at the end.

Subjects belong to a child, not to the app, so one child can be doing Saxon Math while another is on something else entirely and neither total contaminates the other.

Four screens, four jobs

Captures from the current build. The children, subjects and books shown are the app's sample data.

Today. Pick the child, tap the subject, log the minutes. The records notice is on the screen, not buried.
The calendar. Every marked day is a day you logged time on, which is what makes it an attendance record.
Resources. Videos, PDFs and links filed against a subject and a child, so the good one is findable in March.
Library loans. Who has which book, when it is due, and one reminder before the fine.

What comes out in June

Choose a child and a date range and the app builds the year's records as a single PDF you can print, email or keep. It is assembled from what you logged, so there is nothing to write up at the end.

It ends with a signature and date line, because a parent's own signature is what a personal record usually carries. It is not a form and it is not addressed to anyone.

This PDF is your personal record. It is not a state-compliant submission. Verify your state's requirements at your state Department of Education.

Cover Child, school year, and the counts: days schooled, subjects, work samples, field trips.
Attendance summary Days schooled and total hours for the year you selected.
Hours by subject Every subject with its hours for the year.
Curriculum used The curriculum you named against each subject.
Work samples The photos you kept, with their captions and dates.
Field trips Each trip with its date and location.
Parent signature A signature and date line to sign by hand.

What it deliberately does not do

Homeschool law varies enormously between states and countries, and it changes. An app that told you how many hours your state wants would be wrong somewhere, for someone, eventually. So this one does not try.

No hour minimums

It stores no state's required hours, days, evaluator rules, notice-of-intent procedure or submission deadline, and it never tells you that you are compliant.

No interpretation

Reports show your own totals. They are not measured against a standard, because the app does not hold one.

Links, not law

A state list is built in, and every entry does one thing: opens that state's own Department of Education website. You read the rules from the source.

These are your personal records. HomeschoolBook does not check your state's requirements. Verify with your state Department of Education.

Free tier and Pro

Everything is unlocked for the first seven days. After that the free tier keeps working for one child and shows a banner ad. Nothing you logged is ever deleted or hidden from you.

Free

One child
Unlimited hour logging and the calendar
Last 30 days when browsing without a date range
10 saved resources
3 library books on loan
Banner ad

Pro

Unlimited children
Full history, any date range
The annual records PDF
Unlimited resources and library books
No ads
Priority support

PRO

$24.99a year

$4.99 a month
$49.99 once, for good

Seven days of full access first, with no card. Buy outright and it never renews; parents who bought the earlier one-time unlock keep Pro.

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Questions

Does it know what my state requires?

No, and that is on purpose. Homeschool law differs by state and changes. The app stores no hour minimums, no day counts and no filing deadlines. It lists your state education department and opens its site so you can read the rules from the source.

Is the annual records PDF a legal filing?

No. It is your own year-end record: attendance, hours by subject, the curriculum you used, work samples, field trips and a signature line. If your state wants a particular form, you copy the figures onto that form yourself.

Can I track more than one child?

Yes on Pro. Each child has their own subjects, curriculum names, hours, calendar, work samples and annual PDF. The free tier holds one child.

What does the free tier actually include?

One child, unlimited hour logging, the calendar, ten saved resources, three library books on loan, and the last 30 days of entries when you browse without picking a date range. It shows a banner ad. Pro removes all of that.

Does it need internet?

Only to open a saved video or link, and to serve the ad on the free tier. Hours, attendance, subjects, work-sample photos and field trips are stored on the phone with no account and no sign-in.

Does it remind me about anything?

Library books, yes. When you add a borrowed book with a due date the app schedules a reminder for that day and another the day after it falls overdue. Nothing else sends you notifications.

Start logging this week

Add a child, name their subjects, and log today. By the end of the year the record is already written.