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Empathy Global vs Storypark
Run your school. Attract more families. Help your teachers thrive. Get administration, marketing, teaching support and built-in AI—with Harness to create curricula, classroom materials, images and school documents.
Fill your empty places.
Create adverts, give families a school page and keep enquiries moving.
Spend less time on admin.
Take attendance, collect fees and keep families close to the school day.
Help teachers feel prepared.
Create curricula, lessons, materials and images. Plan the week and practise teaching with AI.
✓ Available× No verified equivalent foundFeatures across each offering; plans and usage limits vary.
| What your team can do | Empathy Global | Storypark |
|---|---|---|
| Attract more families | ||
| Follow up with interested familiesEnrol | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create school adverts and invitationsEnrol | ✓ | × |
| Give your school a public web pageEnrol | ✓ | × |
| Write job adverts and prepare interviewsEnrol | ✓ | × |
| Make the school day easier | ||
| See who’s here todayBeacon | ✓ | ✓ |
| Get AI help with writingBuilt-in AI | ✓ | × |
| Share photos and updates with familiesTeacher + Parent | ✓ | ✓ |
| Accept school fees onlineBeacon | ✓ | ✓ |
| Send invoices and see who has paidBeacon | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create better teaching resources | ||
| Build curriculum frameworks with AIHarness | ✓ | × |
| Plan lessons and weekly routinesRhythm | ✓ | ✓ |
| Generate lesson plans and activitiesHarness | ✓ | × |
| Create worksheets and teaching materials with AIHarness | ✓ | × |
| Train and coach your teachersASK | ✓ | × |
| Generate original classroom illustrationsHarness | ✓ | × |
| Record and share children’s progressBeacon + Teacher | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use ready-to-teach preschool lessonsASK | ✓ | × |
| Rehearse a lesson with an AI coachASK | ✓ | × |
| Create teacher KPI workbooks with AIHarness | ✓ | × |
Payment-provider charges may apply. Included software access does not mean free transaction processing.
With Harness, your team can set a brief, review the framework, choose a module and develop its teaching guide and lessons. ASK supports preparation and practice with the available preschool curriculum. Explore curriculum creation · Explore teaching support
How many tools could you bring together?
School admin. Family updates. Marketing. Curricula. Materials. Images. AI.
Price, feature details and sources
Compare the full bill.
Empathy’s core package includes Beacon, Teacher, Parent, Enrol, ASK and Rhythm. Harness is separately priced. Compare the cost of the tools and AI usage your school needs, including any extra modules. Ask for a US-dollar quote for your school.
About this comparison
A check means the offering covers the named task; it does not mean both products work identically or include it in their lowest-priced plan. A cross means no equivalent was verified in the reviewed information—not proven absence.
Teacher development compares teaching support, not software onboarding. ASK offers curriculum guidance and teaching practice; this is not a claim of accredited CPD, a course-management system or staff appraisal records.
The lessons row covers ready-to-use teaching content, which can range from activity resources to a structured curriculum. Empathy has a free preschool curriculum library and a small number of premium curricula. Keep your own curriculum if you prefer. ASK’s current curriculum support is for preschool.
GPT and Claude means in-app model access, not every feature of separate ChatGPT or Claude subscriptions. AI usage limits and content permissions apply. Enrol helps prepare marketing and recruitment materials; you review them before sending or publishing.
Compare the specialist records, local requirements and integrations your school needs before switching.
This selected comparison uses documented Empathy workflows across its app family, plus competitor public information and the supplied research, reviewed 21 September 2026, with Harness and AI creation features checked 22 September 2026. It is not a complete feature inventory or independent product test.
Harness creates resources from your ideas and reference material; teachers review the result. AI creation rows compare generation tools, not a pre-written curriculum library or a manual lesson template. A cross records the limits of the evidence reviewed.