Tutor Doctor alternative
Considering Tutor Doctor? Here’s how it compares with Tuterly.
Tutor Doctor and Tuterly do two different jobs. Tutor Doctor is a global tutoring franchise: a local franchisee matches a tutor to your child, often for in-home lessons. Tuterly is an iPhone app for Years 7 to 10 maths (Android coming soon), where your child practises the exact questions they get wrong. Both have their place. This page is an honest comparison.
The franchise model
How Tutor Doctor works.
Tutor Doctor runs as a franchise. Each metropolitan area has a local franchisee who buys the brand, recruits tutors locally, and handles all the customer-facing operations. When you enquire, you’re really enquiring with your area’s franchise owner, who then matches a tutor from their roster to your child.
The model’s strength is the hands-off matching experience: you fill out a form, someone calls you back, a tutor turns up. Pricing is set by the franchisee and typically ranges from $80 to $130 an hour depending on year level and subject.
The app
How Tuterly works.
Tuterly isn’t a tutor and doesn’t send one to your home. It’s for the practice that happens between lessons, or instead of them when that’s what your child mostly needs. They snap a maths question they got wrong (or upload a whole marked test), see the full worked solution when they’re ready, and straight away get a similar question on the same idea. Each one they get right earns a star, and three stars means it’s mastered.
They can also use Topic check for a short test on any topic in their year, Fix my mistakes to work through the questions they got wrong, and Study notes for a revision sheet before a test. Parents link with a 6-character code and see Week in review: what was added and mastered, test scores and the trickiest topic, not their child’s photos.
It was designed by Australian educators at Bayside Academics, one of the leading tutoring companies in Melbourne, with topics from the Victorian Curriculum 2.0. It’s $8.99 a week or $29.99 a month at the launch price (from 1 April 2027, $17.99 a week or $59.99 a month), with a 7-day free trial on the monthly plan only. Cancel any time. Coming soon to the App Store on iPhone, with Android soon after.
Side by side
Tuterly vs Tutor Doctor.
| Tuterly | Tutor Doctor | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An iPhone app for maths practice (Android coming soon) | A tutoring franchise with local franchisees |
| Live sessions with a tutor | No | Yes |
| In-home tutoring | No | Yes |
| Who explains a new topic | No live teacher. Worked solutions, Explain this and Study notes | Your matched tutor |
| Getting started | Open the app and snap a question. Nothing to book | Fill in a form, the local franchisee calls back and matches a tutor |
| Practice on the exact questions your child got wrong | Yes: snap it, then similar questions until it’s mastered | You can bring them to a session |
| When it happens | Any day, a few minutes at a time, on their phone | At booked session times |
| What parents see | Week in review: questions added and mastered, test scores, trickiest topic | Ask your local franchisee |
| Covers | Years 7 to 10 maths only | Check with your local franchisee |
| Cost | $8.99 a week or $29.99 a month at the launch price (from 1 April 2027, $17.99 a week or $59.99 a month), with a 7-day free trial on the monthly plan only | Set by the franchisee, typically $80 to $130 an hour |
Tutor Doctor is the better fit if
- Your child needs a person to teach them, sitting beside them
- You want someone else to handle every detail of matching and onboarding
- You want in-home tutoring from a brand that’s been doing it for decades
- They need help outside Years 7 to 10 maths
Try Tuterly if
- Your child is in Years 7 to 10 and keeps getting the same kinds of maths questions wrong
- What they mostly need is practice on their own mistakes, not another lesson
- You want something they can do any day, without booking a time
- You’d like a weekly view of what was added and mastered
Or use both. A tutor teaches the topic, and Tuterly keeps the questions your child got wrong coming back until they’re mastered. Tutors can link to the app, see the bank before a session and set snap goals.
A lower-cost option
For Years 7 to 10 maths, there’s also Tuterly.
If what your child mostly needs is practice on the maths they keep getting wrong, Tuterly can do that on its own, or alongside Tutor Doctor or any other tutor. It isn't a tutor. It's an iPhone app (Android coming soon) where your child snaps a question they got wrong, sees the worked solution, then practises fresh versions until it's mastered.
- Cost: $8.99 a week or $29.99 a month at the launch price (from 1 April 2027, $17.99 a week or $59.99 a month), with a 7-day free trial on the monthly plan only.
- Covers: Years 7 to 10 maths only, on iPhone. Android coming soon.
- Designed by Australian educators at Bayside Academics, with topics from the Australian Curriculum.
- Parents see a weekly summary and topic test scores, not their child's photos.
Better maths marks start with the next wrong answer.
Tuterly turns every missed maths question into practice tailored towards the student, not just a generic worksheet.
Coming soon on iPhone. Android soon after.