Duolingo Max vs SchoolAI
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Duolingo Max
Premium Duolingo tier that adds AI features like Explain My Answer and Roleplay conversations, available for select courses and platforms.
SchoolAI
SchoolAI is a K to 12 classroom AI platform where teachers use Spaces and PowerUps to run guided student activities, with Mission Control dashboards for visibility and safety, offering a free teacher plan plus school and district plans that require contacting SchoolAI.
Feature Tags Comparison
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Key Features
Duolingo Max
- • Explain My Answer gives instant grammar and usage feedback
- • Roleplay simulates conversations with adaptive prompts
- • Integrated with normal lessons and streak progress
- • Available on select languages and primarily iOS first
- • Supports speaking and listening drills with feedback
- • Works offline for core lessons with sync later
SchoolAI
- • Spaces library access: Pricing page lists access to more than 200000 premade Spaces and resources for teachers and students
- • PowerUps toolkit: Free plan includes 1 PowerUp per Space and higher tiers add unlimited PowerUps per Space
- • Teacher insight dashboard: Includes dashboards for usage and insight so teachers can monitor activity and outcomes
- • Chrome Extension: Pricing page lists a Chrome Extension that brings SchoolAI into everyday Chrome workflows
- • RAG support: Pricing page lists Retrieval Augmented Generation to ground activities in teacher provided materials
- • Compliance claims: Pricing page states FERPA and COPPA compliance and SOC2 and 1EdTech certification
Use Cases
Duolingo Max
- → Drill grammar with step by step explanations after mistakes
- → Practice conversation in a safe AI dialog before travel
- → Prepare for placement tests with targeted Roleplay sessions
- → Build confidence answering tricky listening prompts
- → Supplement classroom learning with tutor style feedback
- → Maintain streaks while getting deeper corrections
SchoolAI
- → Guided practice: Run a Space for step by step practice in math writing or reading aligned to your lesson goals
- → Writing support: Use a PowerUp to provide structured feedback prompts that encourage revision not answer giving
- → Formative checks: Use in session insights to see who is stuck and adjust instruction during class time
- → Small group support: Create differentiated Spaces for groups with different readiness levels and monitor progress
- → Language access: Use translation oriented tools to support multilingual learners where permitted by policy
- → Teacher planning: Remix premade Spaces to build lesson activities faster and reuse them across units
Perfect For
Duolingo Max
language learners students travelers and professionals who want AI supported feedback and conversation practice inside Duolingo
SchoolAI
teachers, instructional coaches, school leaders, district administrators, curriculum teams, edtech coordinators, and district IT teams that need structured student AI activities with monitoring and compliance controls
Capabilities
Duolingo Max
SchoolAI
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