Exam Reader vs SmartScan Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exam Reader
Instantly grade multiple-choice tests, quizzes, and assessments using your device's camera. This app can read handwritten marks and supports custom sheet creation, offering a 100% success rate when used as described.
- Camera-based grading scanner
- Reads over-written marks
- Supports 5-200 questions
- Custom answer sheet generator
- Horizontal and vertical sheet support
- Right-to-left sheet support
- Griddable questions support
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Grade multiple choice tests, quizzes, and assessment papers by using your iPhone or iPad's camera as a grading scanner. It can also read over-written marks. %100 success rate if used as described. Supports from 5 to 200 questions and 2 to 7 choices. Both horizontal and vertical sheets can be used (it is a first in this kind of application). Teachers and students can create their own sheets with our generator (also a first). Right to left sheets (Arabic) support (again a first). Now with griddable questions support also. Commercial users can publish exams that can be graded by the students themselves to see their ranks among the participants that took the same exam. "Awesome! The recognition rate of this app is much better than any other camera-based OMR apps. I recommend this app for parents or tutors who teach their children or students at home. Two thumbs up!!!" --breakhan "The best app alternative to ZipGrade or Quick Key" Please watch the tutorial videos for learning the basic usage of the mobile and cloud parts from our website. You can decrease the size of the answer sheet to use less paper. If you have trouble scanning the paper, you can send the last picture taken to us from the upload menu. We will analysis the paper and return to you ASAP (only app that gives this kind of support). Great for assessments or regular quizzes. Giving teachers and students the flexibility to grade papers instantly anywhere. We're working hard to improve the product and need feedback from you. Write bulent@bebyaz.com with any feedback or suggestions. You can also use the build-in chat system for both online and offline messaging. Supported languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish.
SmartScan Go
Instantly scan assessment answer forms using your device's camera for immediate results. Teachers can efficiently track scanned forms and identify missing submissions, with all data sent to Mastery Manager for comprehensive reporting.
- Scan answer forms with device camera
- Instant assessment results for students
- Track scanned and missing forms
- Automatic data submission to Mastery Manager
- Teacher progress monitoring
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SmartScan allows you to scan Mastery Manager answer forms on the fly by using your device's camera. Students can easily scan their assessment and get instant results. Teachers can scan multiple answer forms for any assessment while the app keeps track of forms scanned. Easily see what Mastery Manager forms have been scored and what forms are still missing. All results will be immediately sent to Mastery Manager for advanced reporting. The SmartScan App requires a subscription to Mastery Manager and the SmartScan Module to be turned on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Exam Reader at 60% against SmartScan Go's 17%. Exam Reader also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). SmartScan Go's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and rating (3.7 vs 3.3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Exam Reader sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. SmartScan Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
SmartScan Go holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Exam Reader's written reviews are positive against 17% of SmartScan Go's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Exam Reader ships an update every 2 weeks, SmartScan Go every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exam Reader | SmartScan Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (12 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | BULENT EREN | Goldstar Learning, Inc. |
Customer experience
Exam Reader
SmartScan Go
In-app purchases
Exam Reader
- 300 Test Grading / Exam Reading Credit$0.99
- Unlimited cloud usage & grading for 2 months$1.99
- 100 exam grading / scanning$3.99
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- 1000 exam grading / scanning$3.99
- 250 exam grading / scanning$6.99
- 500 exam grading / scanning$8.99
- Unlimited cloud usage & grading for 1 year$9.99
SmartScan Go
No in-app purchases
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