The calm place to run a happy homeschool.
The all-in-one app to track attendance, plan and discover educational activities, build your own curriculum, log time spent in nature, and turn it all into the records your state needs.
10-day free trial, then $19.99/mo unless canceled
Looking for the free version? Start with HomeTrail Free →
Made by fellow homeschoolers in Fort Collins, Colorado.
— How HomeTrail works —
Built around how you actually homeschool
Whether you plan ahead, log as you go, or need ideas when you’re stuck — HomeTrail bends to your style instead of the other way around.
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Setup · about 5 minutes
Tell us about your homeschool
A quick guided setup walks you through your goals, your location, your students & grades, your school year, and the subjects and activities you care about — so your planner, attendance, and Journey are ready to go on day one.
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Included in Plus02
Hands-free logging
Connect TrailGuide — your learning assistant
Describe any learning moment — “Eli read for 30 min, we hiked Horsetooth and talked about ecosystems” — and TrailGuide turns it into a structured session with subjects, duration, and learning objectives identified, filed straight to your portfolio.
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Your way, every day
Homeschool the way you already do
Plan ahead, log after the fact, or land somewhere in between. Stuck on what to do today? Discover hands you vetted activities sorted by subject, age, and interest.
Planner Reverse-log Discover Journey -
Included in Plus04
When you need to grade or graduate
Set up grading & transcripts
Assign grades to student activities, run detailed progress reports, and produce official transcripts when you need them — formatted the way schools, umbrellas, and admissions expect.
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When records are due
Generate the records you actually need
Portfolio reports, attendance summaries, and Journey timelines — ready when you need to share progress, hand off records, or just look back on the year.
Portfolios Attendance Journey timeline -
Included in Plus06
Loop in your kids
Connect the dots with Nest
A safe student app where your kids check off lessons, journal what they learned, and submit work to you. You stay in control; they get ownership. The whole homeschool, finally on the same page.
Steps 2, 4 & 6 are HomeTrail Plus. Steps 1, 3 & 5 work on HomeTrail Free too.
— A peek inside HomeTrail Plus —
See it in action
TrailGuide and Nest are live in Plus. Compass is on the way.
Text in. Portfolio out.
Text a learning moment, a question, or a quick update. TrailGuide works across HomeTrail — logging, planning, attendance, reports, Nest, and more — so you rarely need to open the app. New capabilities land regularly.
- Log sessions and attendance by text
- Plan, check schedules, and ask what’s next
- Send articles and activities to Nest
- Growing what it can handle every week
Independent learning, no junk.
Nest is a distraction-free app for your child — only the learning packs you approve. Weather, reading, word searches, AI-generated activities, lessons. No feed, no ads, no endless scroll.
- Curated “Packs” per kid
- Parent-approved content only
- Configurable per age & level
- Updated daily with new work
The perfect teacher is you.
Compass preps every lesson — hands-on, age-matched, with a 5-minute teacher prep, supply list, and what to say. Know what to do. Know it’s working. You stay in the room — we just do the homework.
- Tailored to each kid’s level
- 5-min prep, full teacher guide
- Hands-on & screen-free
- Auto-logged to the portfolio
Plus the full HomeTrail app for your planner, reports, grading, and Journey — web & mobile.
— Same login · pick your pace anytime —
Free or Plus
HomeTrail Plus
The full homeschool stack
$19.99/mo · 10-day free trial, then $19.99/mo unless canceled
- TrailGuide: your homeschool assistant, a text away
- Nest: student app you approve
- Compass: smart guidance when you’re stuckComing soon
- Grading & transcripts
- Everything in Free, plus the above
HomeTrail Free
Core tracking, no card
Good for families who want the basics and nothing else.
- Planner, Journey & Discover
- Attendance & session logs
- Portfolio-ready reports
— Happy homeschoolers —
Loved by busy homeschool parents
“Not only is this app insanely helpful, but it’s beautiful too. Everything is laid out so well, you don’t have to search for anything.”
“I am so loving this app! HomeTrail is great! Thank you to all who created it and are maintaining it.”
“The best thing I’ve found for homeschooling families to customize their own routine and educational standards.”
Pick your starting point
Try Plus free for 10 days, or stick with the core tools on HomeTrail Free.
10-day free trial, then $19.99/mo unless canceled Same login either way.
