What's new in Lesson Garden

Version 1.0.3 November 9, 2026

• Opens on today. Lesson Garden now opens on today, even if it was left open overnight. The Week tab and the Apple Watch app move on to the new day too.
• Quicker to open in the morning. Lesson Garden opens faster, even when earlier lessons need moving to today.

Lesson Garden for Android October 27, 2026

Lesson Garden is now on Google Play for Android phones and tablets. Thank you to our beta testers for trying it first.

• Everything you know from iPhone. Today, the Week view, students and books, practices, breaks and holidays, and the same planning that spreads every book across your school year so it finishes on time.
• Sharing across iPhone and Android. Your family can share the same plans and checkmarks, whether each person uses an iPhone, an iPad, or an Android phone or tablet.
• Made for Android. Sign in with Google, home screen widgets for what's next and each child's progress, a layout made for tablets, a daily reminder, and Lesson Garden Plus through Google Play.

Version 1.0.2 October 27, 2026

• Today on iPad, side by side. On an iPad, each child gets their own card on Today, next to each other, so you can see everyone's day at once.
• Undo on Apple Watch. Checked off the wrong lesson on your watch? An Undo button appears for a few seconds. Each day's list also ends with a button to the next day.
• Extra lessons, any book. One small "Did extra lessons today?" row on Today lets you check off the next lesson in any book, even one that wasn't planned for today. The rest of that book's plan moves up.
• Simpler sharing of a book. When you edit a book, one list shows your other children, each with a single choice: do it together, get their own copy, or not at all.
• Name your family. Rename your family in Settings → Sharing, and invite any family member to share plans and checkmarks.
• Quicker to open. Lesson Garden opens faster, especially when your kids do some books together.
• Ready for iPhone Duo. Lesson Garden fills the screen on Apple's new foldable iPhone, folded or open.

Version 1.0.1 October 10, 2026

• Practices. Piano, karate, soccer, or anything else your kids do on set days of the week. Choose the days, add how many minutes if you like, and practices show up on Today alongside lessons, even on weekends and breaks. A missed practice stays missed instead of piling up on the next day. Turn on practices in Settings.
• The plan updates itself. Change your school days or add a break, and every book re-plans automatically.
• An easier catch-up. When lessons from an earlier day weren't checked off, one simple card asks if they were done, with one tap to answer. Press and hold any lesson to mark just that one.
• See one book at a time. Pick a book from the top of Today or Week to see only its lessons. Week has its own calendar now, opens on today, and has a quick way back to this week.
• Quicker to get around. Add a Book is simpler, with the title first. Swipe a book to edit it, and tap a child's name on Today to open their page.
• Lessons left on the app icon. The Lesson Garden icon can show how many lessons are left today. It follows the Badges switch for Lesson Garden in iOS Settings → Notifications.
• Better widgets and Apple Watch. Tapping a lesson in a widget opens Today, where you check it off. The lessons-left count on your watch face updates sooner, and lessons you check off on your iPhone show up on the watch right away.
• Larger text. Lesson Garden follows your iPhone's text size throughout.
• Sharing with your family. Syncing plans and checkmarks between your family's devices is more reliable, and it's now simply called Sharing.

Version 1.0 October 6, 2026

The first release of Lesson Garden, on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, with a companion app for Apple Watch.

• Every book finished on time. Enter how many lessons or pages a book has, and Lesson Garden spreads them across your school year, or choose a routine like Mon–Thu or Mon/Wed/Fri and see the finish date first. Books with more than one part, like Math 2A and 2B, are planned as one year.
• A checklist for every child. Today shows each child's lessons for the day, and the Week view shows the whole week at a glance.
• The plan keeps up. Missed a day? Unfinished lessons move to the next school day and the rest of the plan shifts. Worked ahead? Everything moves up.
• Your school year, your way. Set your first day, number of school days, and which weekdays you do school, and add breaks and holidays. Together books, like history or a read-aloud, show up once and check off for every child.
• Handy extras. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, an optional daily reminder, and an Apple Watch app with a lessons-left count on your watch face.
• Lesson Garden Plus. The free version plans for up to 2 students. Plus adds up to 8 students and sharing with your family, so everyone sees the same plans and checkmarks.