Ezra Learning vs Miacademy
Miacademy is a secular online K–8 curriculum with videos, games and a moderated online community, priced per student; Ezra is a Christian Grades 1–9 curriculum with no games or community, priced for the household. Power Homeschool, the Acellus program families often weigh beside Miacademy, is noted too. Here is how they compare, line by line. Facts checked October 14, 2026; sources at the end.
What each one is
Miacademy (and Power Homeschool) is a secular online homeschool curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 8, with Grades 7–12 on its sister site MiaPrep. It has more than 80 courses and 3,000 lessons in math, language arts, science, social studies, life skills, electives and world languages, written by its own teams of educators and delivered as short teaching videos, interactive practice, quizzes, PDF worksheets and learning games that are graded automatically into a gradebook with attendance and grade reports. Beside the lessons sits an optional, moderated community where students earn Gold, buy and sell in a virtual store, keep pets and play in an arcade. Its home page lists $48 a month or $480 a year per student, with the first month $1.99; Power Homeschool, which delivers Acellus video courses for PreK–12, is $99 a month per student for up to six courses at a time.
Ezra Learning covers Grades 1–9 in Mathematics, English, Spelling, Bible and Geography, with about 6,900 hands-on practice skills and 1,220 narrated lessons, each with a printable sheet. Scripture (Berean Standard Bible) is read word for word in every strand of every subject; there are no cartoons, games or characters. The Family plan is $15 a month per household, up to six children, and the first two sections of every subject and grade are free.
Miacademy fits best when…
Choose Miacademy if you want Kindergarten, Science and Social Studies in one program, a long list of electives and world languages, a child who is motivated by games, Gold and a store, a supervised online community where he can post, write for a newspaper and form groups, or WASC-accredited content with attendance and grade reports; choose Power Homeschool if you want Acellus video courses from PreK to Grade 12 with no games at all.
Ezra fits best when…
Choose Ezra if your children are in Grades 1–9, you want a Christian program with a Bible verse read aloud in every strand of every subject, you want no games, no site currency, no store, no pets and no online community anywhere on the screen, you prefer one calm narrated voice and a simple drawing, you want practice the child does with his hands, and you have more than one child — the price is for the household.
The facts, line by line
 | Miacademy | |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Grades 1–9 | K–8; Grades 7–12 on MiaPrep (Power Homeschool: PreK–12) |
| Subjects | Math, English, Spelling, Bible, Geography | Math, language arts, science, social studies, life skills, electives, world languages |
| Price | $15 USD a month for the household (up to six children) | $48 a month or $480 a year per student on its home page ($54 / $564 on its plans page); Power Homeschool $99 a month per student |
| Free to start | Two sections of every subject and grade, always free | First month $1.99; 30-day guarantee on yearly and lifetime plans |
| How a lesson is taught | Narrated by a voice, drawings only, watch-only | Short teaching videos, interactive practice, quizzes, worksheets, games |
| Practice | Hands-on: drag, tap, sort, build, drop a pin | Interactive practice and quizzes, graded automatically; learning games |
| Scripture | A Bible verse in every strand of every subject, read aloud | None; a secular curriculum |
| Printables | A PDF sheet for every lesson + a library of 147 books and packs | PDF worksheets with the lessons |
| High school | No | MiaPrep, Grades 7–12 (Power Homeschool to Grade 12) |
| Science | No | Yes |
| History | No | Social studies |
| Parent reports | Per child: minutes, mastery, needs-a-hand, PDF report | Gradebook; grade and attendance reports to download |
| Online community | None | Optional, moderated; posts, groups, a weekly newspaper; parent permission needed |
| Cartoons, games, characters | None | Learning games, an arcade, Gold (site currency), a virtual store and pets |
Facts checked October 14, 2026 on the two sites. Prices and plans change; the links at the end go to Miacademy's own pages, and we correct this table when we are told it is out of date.
What it costs your family
The biggest practical difference is how the price is counted. Miacademy is priced per student. Ezra is priced per household, so a second, third or fourth child costs nothing more.
Ezra: $15 × 12 at the introductory price (normally $19 a month). Miacademy: $480 a year or $48 a month per student, as listed on its home page; the chart multiplies by the number of children. On the day we checked, the membership plans page at parents.miacademy.co showed $54 a month and $564 a year per student instead; the first month is $1.99. Lifetime plans are $1,120 for one student or $2,520 for up to four. Power Homeschool (Acellus courses) is $99 a month per student, or $79 with its Roger Billings Scholarship.
How a lesson is taught
A Miacademy lesson is self-paced on the screen: the child watches a short teaching video, does the interactive practice and the quiz, and prints the PDF worksheet where there is one; many lessons add a learning game. The program grades the work and keeps attendance, and the parent sees the gradebook and downloads grade and attendance reports from the parent page. Around the lessons sits the community, which the parent can switch on: students earn Gold for their work, team up to compete for the most Gold each week, buy and sell in a virtual store, keep pets, race in the arcade, post statuses and write for a weekly newspaper, with a moderation team that screens every word before other students see it. Power Homeschool is different: each Acellus course is a set of video lessons by teachers with practice problems, reviews and exams, graded automatically, with no games or community.
An Ezra lesson is a short narrated slideshow: one voice reads every word while a simple line drawing builds up on the slide — no cartoons, no characters, no questions asked of the child inside the lesson. The lesson ends with a Bible verse read aloud, and every lesson has a printable sheet for the child to do on paper. Then the child goes to the practice skills of that strand, which are hands-on: drag the pieces, tap the picture, build the number, sort the words, drop a pin on the map.
Where the Bible sits
Miacademy is a secular curriculum: there is no Bible course and no Scripture in the lessons, and its site speaks of "diverse perspectives, cultures, and abilities represented in curricula content" rather than of any faith. Power Homeschool's site does not mention faith either. Neither argues against it; a family that wants the Bible in the school day adds it from somewhere else. In Ezra, Scripture is not a subject on the side. Every strand of Mathematics, English, Spelling and Geography closes with a verse from the Berean Standard Bible, read aloud word for word, and a Scripture practice skill sits at the end of every strand. Bible is also a subject of its own in every grade, with a character strand (obey right away, tell the truth, no quarrelling) in each. The verses are never paraphrased.
What Miacademy has that Ezra does not
Kindergarten, and Grades 7–12 on MiaPrep. Science and Social Studies as full subjects, with life skills, electives and world languages — more than 80 courses. Learning games, an arcade, Gold, a store and pets for a child who works for rewards. A supervised online community where a child can post, join groups and write for a newspaper. WASC-accredited content, attendance tracking and grade reports. A first month for $1.99 and lifetime plans. And Power Homeschool, for a family that wants Acellus video courses from PreK to Grade 12.
What Ezra has that Miacademy does not
A Bible verse in every strand of every subject, read aloud word for word from the Berean Standard Bible. Practice the child does with his hands — dragging, sorting, building, dropping a pin on a map — rather than ticking boxes. One calm narrated voice with a simple drawing on every slide, and no cartoons, games, characters or rewards shops. A printable sheet for every lesson and a library of 147 books and packs (copywork, handwriting, grammar, spelling, Bible, maps, a year planner). One price for the household, however many children. And two free sections of every subject and grade, so a family can see all of it before paying anything.
Questions families ask
Is Miacademy cheaper than Ezra Learning?
No. Miacademy's home page lists $48 a month or $480 a year per student (its membership plans page showed $54 a month or $564 a year when we checked), and each student needs his own account, so two children are $960 a year at the home-page price. Ezra is $15 USD a month for the whole household at the introductory price, $180 a year, for up to six children. Power Homeschool is $99 a month per student.
Is Miacademy Christian?
No. Miacademy is a secular curriculum with no Bible in it, and so is Power Homeschool; neither argues against faith. Ezra is a Christian curriculum: Bible is a subject in every grade, and every strand of Math, English, Spelling and Geography ends with a verse from the Berean Standard Bible read aloud.
Will my child see games, rewards or an online community?
On Miacademy, yes, if the parent allows it: learning games in the lessons, an arcade, Gold earned for work, a virtual store, pets and a moderated community with posts, groups and a newspaper; the parent can disable these on the parent page. Power Homeschool has none of these. Ezra has none of these either — one narrated voice, a simple line drawing on every slide, no games, no currency, no store and no community.
Does Ezra Learning cover high school or kindergarten?
No. Ezra covers Grades 1–9. Miacademy covers K–8, MiaPrep covers Grades 7–12, and Power Homeschool covers PreK–12, so a family with a kindergartner or a Grade 10–12 student needs one of those or another program for those years.
Does Ezra have Science or History?
No, on purpose. Ezra teaches Mathematics, English, Spelling, Bible and Geography. Miacademy and Power Homeschool both include Science and Social Studies as core subjects.
Can I try either one for free?
Miacademy's first month is $1.99 rather than free, and its yearly and lifetime plans carry a 30-day satisfaction guarantee; Power Homeschool lists no free trial. Ezra keeps the first two sections of every subject and grade free, with no time limit and no card.
Are these facts current?
They were checked on October 14, 2026 on miacademy.co, blog.miacademy.co, parents.miacademy.co, powerhomeschool.org and ezralearning.com. Prices and plans change; the links under Sources go to Miacademy's and Power Homeschool's own pages, and we correct this page when we are told it is out of date.
Where the facts come from
- Miacademy — home page (plans and prices)
- Miacademy membership plans — parents.miacademy.co
- The Miacademy difference — blog.miacademy.co
- Power Homeschool FAQ — powerhomeschool.org
- Ezra Learning: pricing and curriculum pages, October 14, 2026.
Miacademy is the name of its owner, used here only to identify the product. If you represent Miacademy and a fact here is wrong, write to hello@ezralearning.com and we will correct it.
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