aitutors.me gives you two ways to reach the exact same tutors. The website tutor is the simplest: sign in at aitutors.me, open the tutor, and your child is learning — nothing to install. The Claude connector is for families who already use the Claude app and want the tutors to live inside it. Same Mentor, same professors, same teaching; you just pick the door that fits your household. For most families the answer is "start with the website tutor" — here is why, and when the connector earns its place.

The short version

If you take nothing else from this article: you cannot get it wrong, because both go to the same brain. Whichever you choose, your child talks to the same tutors, and their progress follows them across both. So this is a convenience decision, not a commitment.

The two surfaces, side by side

Website tutor Claude connector
Where it runs The aitutors.me website (/tutor) Inside the Claude app
Setup Sign in and open it — nothing to install Add aitutors.me as a custom connector, once
Best for Everyone; especially families new to this Families already using the Claude app daily
Devices Any browser — laptop, tablet, phone Wherever the Claude app runs
Needs a Claude account? No Yes
The tutors and teaching Identical Identical

The website tutor is the front door we point most parents to, because the fastest route to actual learning is a page that just opens.

When the website tutor is the right call

Choose the website tutor if any of these sound like you:

  • You do not use the Claude app, and don't want to sign up for one more thing.
  • You want your child learning tonight, without a setup step.
  • Your child studies on a shared family laptop, a tablet, or a phone.
  • You'd rather keep things simple — one login, one place.

This is the majority of families, and it is why we built it. The setup step in the connector flow was quietly stopping good parents from ever reaching the good part.

When the Claude connector makes sense

The Claude connector shines for a narrower group:

  • You (or your teen) already use the Claude app every day and would rather not switch surfaces.
  • You want the tutors available right alongside your other Claude conversations.
  • You value Claude's richer features — its native document and artefact handling, for example.

If that is you, the connector is a lovely fit: set it up once, and the tutors are simply there inside an app you already open. The trade-off is the one-time setup, which is more involved than opening a web page. We wrote about why we chose to build on Claude in Why We Built on Claude.

What stays in sync — and what doesn't

This is the part parents worry about, so let us be precise. If you use both surfaces, these are shared across them:

  • Your child's session notes and learning state, subject by subject.
  • Their weekly energy level (set it on the website Monday, the connector knows it Tuesday).
  • Which subjects each child studies.
  • Safeguarding alerts and wellbeing signals.

The one thing kept separate is the raw, word-for-word chat transcript. Website conversations live in our storage, on a rolling 30-day deletion window; Claude-app conversations live in Anthropic's storage, which we never see. Continuity between the two is at the summary level — which is both the honest privacy posture and, frankly, all a good tutor needs to carry forward. A full session on either surface looks the same in practice; we walk through one in What Actually Happens in a Tutoring Session.

Our honest recommendation

Start on the website tutor. It is the shortest path from "we subscribed" to "my child is learning". If you already live inside the Claude app and miss the tutors there, add the connector later — nothing is lost, and your child's progress simply appears on the other side. You are allowed to use both; plenty of families do, reaching for whichever is closest to hand. On a phone, the website version behaves like an app, which we cover in AI Tutors on Your Phone.

FAQ

Do I have to choose one or the other?

No. Both reach the same tutors and share the same record of your child's progress, so you can use whichever suits the moment. Many families start on the website tutor because there is nothing to install, and add the Claude connector later if they already use the Claude app.

If we use both, does progress stay in sync?

Yes, at the summary level. Session notes, your child's learning state, weekly energy and subject choices are shared across both. Set the energy on the website on Monday and the Claude connector knows it on Tuesday. Raw chat transcripts are the one thing kept separate.

Which should a family with no Claude subscription use?

The website tutor. It needs no Claude account and nothing to install — you just sign in at aitutors.me and open the tutor. The Claude connector is only worth setting up if you already use the Claude app day to day.

Duke Harewood built aitutors.me for his own KS3-aged daughter. Two doors to the same tutors — because families are different, and the learning shouldn't depend on which app you happen to like. Updated 09 July 2026.