Everything needed to get started
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State requirements and sources, guided setup, homeschooler profiles, calendar basics, curriculum/library logging, marketplace access, referrals, record keeping, and basic assessments.
Free vs Pro
Start homeschooling with confidence for free. Upgrade when you want MonkeeBooks to do more of the work.
We do not put essential state homeschool requirements behind a paywall. Free helps families understand the path, organize the basics, keep records, and use the marketplace. Pro membership is live. Advanced Pro tools are being released progressively during beta, with the focus on automation, deeper personalization, polished multi-year records, and time savings.
Let MonkeeBooks handle more of the administration
$9.99/mo
$95.88 annually. Pro includes the paid membership layer now, while advanced comparisons, multi-year history, portfolio/transcript workflows, smarter assessment tools, and polished exports continue rolling out during beta.
| Area | Free | Pro direction |
|---|---|---|
| State compliance | Actual requirements, official sources, personalized checklist and basic forms | Automated reminders, deeper completion checks and annual compliance packages |
| Onboarding | Full resumable guided setup | Included — onboarding is never paywalled |
| Homeschoolers | Profiles, age/grade, curriculum, student access | Advanced year-to-year academic history |
| Curriculum | Search by state/grade/subject/approach, MonkeeBooks inventory and outside options | Compare up to 3 curricula side by side, cost/fit/pros-cons/coverage, saved shortlists |
| Calendar | Assignments, tests, events, basic grades | Auto-built school year, recurring schedules, progress tracking and rescheduling |
| Testing & quizzes | Basic assessment records, answer keys and scores | Quiz generation, reusable question banks, objective auto-grading and mastery tracking |
| Library | Log MonkeeBooks and outside curriculum, usage and resale readiness | Advanced organization and year-over-year curriculum history |
| Record keeping | Basic legal/academic records and checklists | Portfolio assembly, transcripts, GPA, report cards and polished packets |
| Historical records | Current-year records and access to your data | Full multi-year archive across homeschoolers, cumulative reports and exports |
| Marketplace | Buy and sell without a Pro subscription; transaction fees apply to selling | Marketplace remains accessible without forcing a subscription |