The short answer
- Choose TeachMate if you're in a UK school and want many different AI tools in one place, including report writing and EHCP outcomes, with a whole-school plan your school can buy.
- Choose Lesson Dino if your main job is planning lessons, and you want the plan, slides, worksheet and videos made together from one topic, with numbered sources, for any country.
What TeachMate is
TeachMate (formerly TeachMateAI) describes itself as "built around the lesson you're actually teaching", with "160 curriculum-aligned AI tools". Its tools include a lesson planner, a slideshow generator, a worksheet generator, a quiz generator, a report writer, a text differentiator, flash cards and an EHCP outcome generator.
It's focused on UK schools, with content for key stages and GCSE, and offers versions for Australia and the United States. There are paid plans for individual teachers and whole-school plans, and its site says it is UK GDPR compliant.
What TeachMate does well
- Many tools. Lesson planning, slides, worksheets, quizzes, reports and more, in one place.
- Made for UK schools. Built around UK key stages, exams and school life.
- Whole-school plans. Schools can buy licences for all their staff.
- Beyond lessons. Report writing and special educational needs paperwork, such as EHCP outcomes.
What Lesson Dino does differently
TeachMate gives you a separate tool for each job. Lesson Dino makes one lesson where everything fits together.
- One topic, one lesson. Type the subject, year group and topic once. You get nine lesson ideas, a timed plan, video clips, slides and a printable worksheet, all built on the same facts.
- Sources first. It looks the topic up before it writes, including your country's curriculum documents where it can find them, and numbers every source.
- Videos with timings. The best YouTube clips for the topic, and the exact part of each one to play.
- Worksheets with answers. Print-ready A4 pages and an answer sheet, from more than 100 kinds of task. For maths, it draws diagrams from the numbers and checks the answers with code.
- Any country. Your country's spelling, money, units and year group names, from Malta to the United States.
At a glance
| Lesson Dino | TeachMate | |
|---|---|---|
| How you use it | Type one topic, get a whole lesson | Pick a tool for each task |
| Lesson plans, slides and worksheets | Made together, from the same sources | Separate tools for each |
| Reports and EHCP outcomes | No | Yes |
| Countries | Any country | UK first, with Australia and the US |
| Price | Free during the beta | Paid plans for teachers and schools |
Which should you choose?
If you're in a UK school and want lots of different AI helpers, including reports, TeachMate covers a lot of ground. If you mainly want to plan great lessons, with slides, a worksheet and a plan that match and sources you can check, try Lesson Dino.
Lesson Dino is new and still in beta, and it's free while the beta lasts. Join the beta and we will send you an invite.
Questions teachers ask
Is Lesson Dino a free TeachMate alternative?
Lesson Dino is free while it's in beta. Join the beta with your email address and we will send you an invite. Our prices will be published on the pricing page soon.
Does Lesson Dino work outside the UK?
Yes. Lesson Dino uses your country's spelling, money and units, understands how your country names year groups, and looks for your country's curriculum documents.
Does Lesson Dino write school reports?
No. Lesson Dino is a lesson planner. It makes lesson ideas, plans, videos, slides and worksheets.
We checked TeachMate's website (teachmate.com, formerly teachmateai.com) on 14 October 2026. Features and prices change, so check its site for the latest. TeachMate is a trademark of its owner. Lesson Dino isn't connected with TeachMate.
