Gradelink Student/Parent App vs Grading Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gradelink Student/Parent App
Stay connected with your child's academic progress. This app allows parents and students to easily view grades, assignments, attendance, and school news. Receive alerts for grade changes and manage multiple student accounts.
- View class and assignment grades
- Track attendance and discipline entries
- Monitor upcoming homework and assignments
- Access school news and announcements
- Set grade and attendance alerts
- Switch between multiple student accounts
- View report cards and billing statements
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NOTE: To use this app your school must be a Gradelink subscriber. The Gradelink® Mobile app helps keep students and their parents totally involved in their academic performance. Easily view class and assignment grades, attendance, upcoming homework and more. • View your school's news page. • Quickly access your class schedule, including locations. • View current grades and assignments for all classes, including teacher comments. • Quick view of upcoming assignments, plus graphs of performance by assignment type category. • Easily retrieve your latest report card. • View current and historical attendance. • View discipline entries. • Access billing statements and see current charges. • Set and update grade alerts for all of your classes, including overall grade as well as individual assignment performance, high or low. (e.g. Tell me when my grade drops to a C) • Set and update attendance alerts. • Parents, quickly switch between your kids' accounts at the same school. ..and more. Certain features only available if enabled by your school. For information or assistance logging in, please contact your school office.
Grading Assistant
Easily calculate test or quiz scores as a percentage. Input the total points and the number of correct answers to instantly see the score as a percentage, with precise calculations for fractional correct answers.
- Calculate scores as percentages
- Handles fractional correct answers
- Simple input for total points
- Instant percentage results
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Use the app to calculate test or quiz scores as a percentage. Example: Total 25 points: 25 Correct Answers = 100% 24.5 Correct Answers = 98% 24 Correct Answers = 96% etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Gradelink Student/Parent App at 18K against Grading Assistant's 3. Grading Assistant's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Gradelink Student/Parent App against 5.0 for Grading Assistant. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gradelink Student/Parent App has 18K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Gradelink Student/Parent App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grading Assistant's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gradelink Student/Parent App | Grading Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (18K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gradelink Corporation | Evan Winograd |
Customer experience
Gradelink Student/Parent App
Grading Assistant
Bugs and requests
Gradelink Student/Parent App
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login credentials not persisting after updates
- GPA information disappearing after recent update
- Inability to access certain features on iPhone X
Requested features
4 requests- Add calendar view to app
- Improve multi-student switching experience
- Integrate payment options for fees and lunch
- Develop a dedicated teacher app
Grading Assistant
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gradelink Student/Parent App
No in-app purchases
Grading Assistant
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Gradelink Student/Parent App free?
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