Gradient Grades vs Grader+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gradient Grades
Track your current academic performance and predict future grades. Input completed assignments and predicted scores to see what you need to achieve your desired letter grade. Customize course parameters like grading scales and weighted sections.
- Track current grades
- Predict final grades
- Input predicted scores
- Customize grading scales
- Handle weighted assignments
- Mark assignments as completed
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Gradient keeps track of your current and predicted grades. Ever wonder what score you need on an exam to get an A in the class? Of course you have. Because whether you're acing a class or failing, it feels better to know where you stand. Now you can see what scores you need for the grade you want. Use Gradient to record your current grades –– and predict your final grades based on assignments that you have yet to complete. Here's how it works: 1. Set parameters for a course you want to track: things like grading scale and whether certain sections of the course are weighted differently. 2. Enter scores for assignments you've completed ... and enter predicted scores for assignments you haven't done yet. 3. As you complete coursework, mark predicted assignments as "completed" and adjust your scores accordingly. 4. Keep up with your Gradient and experiment with predicted scores. The goal is all green! Technical mumbo-jumbo: All grades are calculated using numbers rounded to three decimal places. The percent value shown for grades does not display decimals. This is just to save space. The values are truncated, NOT rounded. For example, an 87.4 and an 87.5 will both show up as an 87. The letter grade depends on the grade scale you set. So, if you set a B+ as an 87.5, an 87.5 would show up as a B+ and an 87.4 would show up as a B. Please send questions, suggestions, and comments to: GradientGrades@gmail.com.
Grader+
This app helps educators quickly grade assignments and tests. It allows for automatic percentage calculation, sorting of results, and statistical displays. Scores can be archived and exported for easy record-keeping.
- Automatic percentage calculation
- Sort results by name or score
- Display score statistics
- Archive scores
- Export results to CSV
- Dark mode support
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Other features include: * Enter the maximum score on the test to automatically calculate percentages * Sort results by name or by score * Display statistics for scores * Archive scores for reference * Export results to a CSV file for easy importing to a spreadsheet * Dark mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grader+ at 5.0 against Gradient Grades's 4.1. Gradient Grades's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (40 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Grader+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gradient Grades has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gradient Grades ships an update every 9 days, Grader+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gradient Grades | Grader+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ross Castillo | Peter Davison-Reiber |
Customer experience
Gradient Grades
Grader+
In-app purchases
Gradient Grades
No in-app purchases
Grader+
No in-app purchases
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