I built a simple app to help evidence home education (UK)

Hi everyone,

I'm a dad and developer, and my partner and I home educate our children. Like a lot of home ed families, we found that the learning happens naturally throughout the day. Like cooking, trips, conversations, nature walks, but actually recording it all felt like a chore. Especially if the local authority would come knocking.

So I built LearnLog, a small app to make logging activities as quick as possible. You pick a category, add a note, optionally snap a photo, and you're done. Typically under 15 seconds. It auto-maps activities to National Curriculum areas so you can see at a glance what's being covered, and it can generate a PDF report if the LA would ask for evidence. Reports are tailored to England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.

A few things that were important to us:

Privacy: no accounts, no cloud, no tracking. Everything stays on the phone.

Works with any approach: we like Charlotte Mason personally. But unschooling, classical, structured curriculum, or any own blend. There are 25+ activity categories including things like Narration, Copywork, and Picture Study.

Multi-child support: it can log for one child or several at once, with age-appropriate categories.

No judgement: the insights show a picture of what you're already doing, not targets to hit.

It's on the iOS App Store for £4.99 (one-time, no subscriptions or in-app purchases).

I know it won't be for everyone: plenty of families have their own systems that work just fine. But if you've been looking for something simple, I'd genuinely appreciate you giving it a look and letting me know what you think. Happy to answer any questions.

Thanks for reading.

Submitted March 18, 2026 at 07:12AM by Substantial_Pop5305 https://ift.tt/TJcnk3r