Hi LocalHijabi,
Not sure if you've seen this page already, but in case you haven't I suggest that you take a look:
http://www.brillkids.com/teach-reading/whats-in-it.phpIt's a list of Little Reader features (software and non-software) where you can easily see which ones are available only in the Deluxe kit, and which features are included in both Deluxe and Basic.
Regarding your question about the lesson content: whether you get Basic or Deluxe, you will get the same software and curriculum content. The content will differ if you choose to get LR Basic with only Semester 1 content (6 months' worth of lessons), as LR Deluxe comes with Semester 1+2 content (12 months' worth of lessons).
About the lesson planners, the printed planners come only with LR Deluxe, but LR 2.0 [Beta] has a built-in Progress Diary, which will be made to work just like the printed planners.
I hope this clears things up for you
