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Clareza Academy vs Prodigy

We make one of these, so read this the way you would read any comparison written by a seller. What we can do is be specific about our own product, accurate about the shape of theirs, and honest about where they are the better answer. Their current price is on their site, not on this page, and the reason is at the bottom.

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What Prodigy is

Prodigy Math is a fantasy role-playing game for elementary and middle school children. Kids answer math questions to win battles and explore a game world, and the questions are matched to their level. Many children love it, and many teachers use it for practice.

The pricing difference that actually decides it

Prodigy is free to play, with an optional paid membership that adds game features. Check their site for what the membership includes.

Clareza is $29 a month for every child in the household, month to month, with no per-child seats and no course limits. That is $348 a year whether you have one child or four, or $290 a year on the annual plan. The first 30 days are free, a card is taken and nothing is charged until day 30, and cancelling before then costs nothing.

The comparison to run is the same either way: monthly price, times the number of children, times twelve.

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When Prodigy is the better choice

  • You want math practice your child will ask to do. Prodigy is a game first, and that pull is real.
  • You need extra practice on top of a curriculum you already like. Prodigy is free to start.

Where Clareza is different

It teaches, not only practises

Clareza is a full course: Clara introduces each idea, asks questions and explains each wrong answer. She is an AI and can be wrong.

Every subject through Grade 12

Clareza covers English, science, history and electives as well as math, and math continues through Precalculus.

Games are optional, and nothing is for sale

From Grade 3 a child can choose to practise through one of nine learning games, and right answers earn coins for building their own world. Nothing in it is bought with money, and the "No timers" Learning Support hides the games if you prefer.

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What grade(s)? (optional)

Free for 30 days. We take a card now and charge nothing until then. $29 a month after that, for every child in the family. Cancel anytime in a couple of taps. Cancel before day 30 and you pay nothing at all.

Before your child starts: what we collect and why

We collect only what it takes to teach your child: the first name and sign-in you choose, their answers and progress, and their chat with Clara (written by Anthropic's AI, read aloud by OpenAI). Nobody trains AI on it or sells it, and you can see or delete it any time. You create your child's account yourself. Paying by card is how you give consent.

Read what we collect and why

Your consent is needed before we collect anything from your child, and we collect nothing without it. You create your child's account yourself; they never sign up alone.

  • What we collect from your child: the first name and sign-in you choose, their answers, time on lessons and progress, and their chat with Clara. Used to run the lessons, build their transcript and show you how they are doing.
  • Who else handles it: Anthropic (an AI company) receives the chat text and the lesson, with your child's first name but no last name or account details, to write Clara's replies. That is how Clara works, so it is part of the service. If you switch on answering out loud for a child, their voice is turned into text on our own server and then discarded; it is never sent to another company. OpenAI turns lesson text and Clara's replies (which can include your child's first name) into the read-aloud voice. Our email provider sends you reports about your child. Nobody trains AI on your child's data, and nobody sells it.
  • Your rights: see everything collected from your child, have it deleted, or stop further collection at any time, from your account or by emailingour support address. If you refuse the AI sharing above, Clara cannot teach, so the service cannot run. Chats are deleted after 30 days.
  • Safety: if your child writes something suggesting they may be hurt or in danger, we email you and Clareza's owner the same day.

Paying by card is how you give consent. Full details, including how long we keep each thing: Privacy Policy (version 2026-10-05).

By continuing you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy.

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Questions parents ask

Is Prodigy enough as a homeschool math curriculum?

Most families use Prodigy as practice alongside a curriculum rather than as the whole of math. Check their site for how they describe it.

Does Clareza have games?

Yes. From Grade 3 practice can run through optional learning games, but Clareza is a course first, not a game world.

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Why there is no price for Prodigy on this page

We checked in September 2026 and the sources contradicted each other, including the companies' own pages against the review sites. Publishing a competitor's price that turns out to be wrong is unfair to them and useless to you, and any figure here would be out of date within a month anyway. Ours is above, because it is ours and we can stand behind it. Theirs is one click away, on their site, where it is current.