Finale vs Grade Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Finale
This application helps students determine the exact grade they need on a final exam to achieve their desired overall course score. It offers a clean and efficient user interface, designed for optimal ergonomics and user experience.
- Calculate final exam grade needed
- Determine target overall score
- Simple and clean interface
- Efficient performance
- User-driven design
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Introducing Finale! Finale is a simple but eloquent calculator that is used to find the grade necessary on a final. Finale is simple and clean while running very efficiently. Each aspect has been fine tuned to ensure optimal ergonomics. Bottom line, Finale is driven by the users of the app to make it the best calculator you'll ever use.
Grade Control
Easily track your school courses, assignments, and GPA. This app automatically calculates your GPA and helps you set and achieve grade goals by showing you what you need on future assignments. Manage your academic progress with customizable grade scales and assignment tracking.
- Automatic GPA calculation
- Set and track grade goals
- Course and assignment tracking
- Customizable grade scales
- Assignment due date notifications
- Weighted and non-weighted courses
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The Grade Control app is a convenient way to track school assignments, courses, and your GPA. GPA is calculated for you, so you'll always know what your grade is and what grade you need to reach your goal. GPA Know where you stand with automatic GPA calculation. Goals Set goal course grades and let Grade Control tell you what grade you need on future assignments. Courses Track courses and watch as both your overall GPA and semester GPA is automatically calculated. Assignments Track assignments or syllabus items. Get notifications or set calendar events when specific assignments are due and more. Customization Enter custom overall grade scales, course grade scales, schedules, weighted and non weighted courses, extra credit assignments and more. Privacy We believe privacy is a human right and do not collect any user data. And so much more... Terms of Service: https://kangostudios.com/#/terms Privacy Policy: https://kangostudios.com/#/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Finale at 100% against Grade Control's 30%. Finale also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 17.0). Grade Control's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Finale sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Grade Control sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Finale holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grade Control has 494 ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Finale's written reviews are positive against 30% of Grade Control's.
Finale ships an update every 3 months, Grade Control monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Finale | Grade Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (61 ratings) — better | 4.2 (494 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 29.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 | 494 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mighty Panda LLC | Kango Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Finale
Grade Control
Bugs and requests
Finale
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Grade Control
Reported bugs
3 issues- Assignments not saving properly
- Grades and progress resetting unexpectedly
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
3 requests- Add support for weighted grades and AP/advanced classes
- Improve syncing between devices
- Provide more detailed analytics and grade forecasting
In-app purchases
Finale
- Remove Ads$0.99
Grade Control
- Grade Control Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
- Grade Control Premium 6/Mo$5.996 Months
- Grade Control Premium 12/Mo$9.991 Year
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- Ultra - Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium - Unlimited Grades$4.99
- GC Unlimited - Tip Large$19.99
