Grade Control vs Take a Bite Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Take a Bite Timer
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Some kids need reminding. Every. single. bite. "Take A Bite" is the mealtime timer that does the reminding for you, in your kids own voice, so dinner can stop being an endurance test. Have them record one short message — "take a bite, please!" — pick how often it should play, and then start the meal. When the countdown runs out, your child hears their message. When they take a bite, they tap the timer itself, and the countdown starts again. If they beat the timer, they get a celebration and some "banked time". No in app purchases and no advertising. HOW IT WORKS • Record your reminder in your own voice. Or a grandparent's, or a favorite cartoon impression. • The timer IS the button. The countdown ring fills most of the screen, and tapping it records a bite along with a fun "chomping" animation. • Beat the clock and bank bonus seconds. A bite before the reminder plays earns whatever was left on the timer, with confetti and a cheer to go with it. • Reminders needed is the score, a number a five-year-old can act on. Set an allowance (three by default), and the screen turns from green to orange to red as they are used. • Silly Mode, if you want it. Turn it on and each unanswered reminder comes a little sooner, a little louder and a little faster, until it is comically insistent. AFTER THE MEAL • Pause any time (potty break? need to pour some more milk?), then carry on with one tap — the countdown picks up exactly where it left off. • Every finished meal is saved: reminders needed, bites, bonus seconds, how long it took, and average response time. • A chart shows the trend meal after meal, plotted against the goal each one was actually judged by. • Finished a meal too early? Easily resume it on the main screen for up to fifteen minutes. • Edit, delete or merge past meals — a sitting split across two entries becomes one, with the math done properly. MORE THAN ONE KID For families with more than one child that need a little nudge, you can log meals per child, switch between them with a tap, and see each one's own chart and history. Kids are just names — there is no account to set up and nothing to sync a profile with. Your data is stored privately and securely in your own iCloud storage and synced across all your devices logged in with that Apple ID. MAKE EVERY SOUND YOURS The reminder, the countdown warning, the time's-up "oh no!", the chomping sound and the celebration can all be replaced with your own recording, right inside the app. The built-in sounds are there if you would rather not. PRIVACY Your recordings stay on your device. Your children's names never leave it. There is no account, no sign-in, and nothing to subscribe to. Meal history syncs privately through your own iCloud account, so the same meals appear on your iPhone and iPad. Custom sounds stay local to each device. BUILT PROPERLY Designed for iPhone and iPad, with full support for Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and dark mode. Take A Bite was made by a parent who was tired of saying the same four words all through dinner. It will not make your child love broccoli. It will make dinner shorter, easier, and — some nights — a game they are trying to win.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Take a Bite Timer at none against Grade Control's 6. Take a Bite Timer also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). 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. Grade Control sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Take a Bite Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grade Control ships an update monthly, Take a Bite Timer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grade Control | Take a Bite Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (494 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 494 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kango Studios LLC | Puzz Labs LLC |
Bugs and 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
Take a Bite Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
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
Take a Bite Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Grade Control free?
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