The Prime Machine vs Roll Call
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Prime Machine
Analyze text documents and pre-made English language corpora. Explore word frequencies, collocations, and concordance lines. Create and analyze your own custom text collections.
- Analyze readymade English corpora
- Analyze DIY corpora from text/PDF
- View concordance lines (lines or cards)
- Access frequency data
- Explore collocations
- Full Mode research tools
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The Prime Machine is a corpus tool, providing access to readymade English language corpora and tools for analysis of your own DIY corpora made from text, PDF, or other document files. In Simple Mode, you can view concordance lines as lines or cards, frequency data and collocations. In Full Mode you can view additional data from the readymade corpora, use more research tools and create your own DIY corpora.
Roll Call
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Fair picks, fast attendance and balanced teams from one list. Roll Call is a random name picker, attendance tracker and team maker. Paste names once, then pick, check in or group with a tap. RANDOM NAME PICKER • Draw a random name or number with one tap • No repeats until everyone has had a turn, or allow repeats when you want them • Pick one person from every group, or one for each value in any column, such as one per role • Round counter and live progress show exactly who is still waiting • Every pick is saved to the team's history ATTENDANCE TRACKER • Take roll call in seconds: present, absent, late, left early, on leave or other • Add a short note to any member, like "bus delay" or "appointment" • Live counts update while you mark • Review past sessions with charts for the last 7, 30 or 90 days, or any date range you choose TEAM AND GROUP MAKER • Split everyone into the number of random groups you need, with sizes kept even • Spread chosen values across groups, for example a fair mix of roles or skill levels • Shuffle again until it feels right, then keep the result in your history • Pick presenters or captains straight from a saved grouping ROSTERS IN SECONDS • Type or paste a list with one person per line • Import a CSV file exported from your spreadsheet • Add extra columns such as number, role, house or level • Add member photos from the camera or photo library • Collect a roster on the same Wi-Fi: members scan a QR code and enter their own details HANDY EXTRAS • Random number generator for turns, games and raffles • Full-screen countdown timer and stopwatch • Decibel meter that shows the noise level in the room • Arrange the home screen so the tools you use most are one tap away PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Works offline, with no account or sign-up • Rosters, photos and history stay on this device MADE FOR ANY GROUP Classrooms, after-school clubs, sports teams, scout troops, workshops, training sessions, offices, meetups and family game night. If you have a list of names, Roll Call keeps picking, check-ins and grouping fair and fast. Privacy Policy: https://member-privacy-policy.vercel.app/ Terms of Use: https://member-terms-of-service.vercel.app/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Prime Machine at none against Roll Call's 3. The Prime Machine also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17). Roll Call's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Roll Call sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. The Prime Machine asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Prime Machine against 5.0 for Roll Call. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
The Prime Machine ships an update every 3 weeks, Roll Call weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Prime Machine | Roll Call |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Jeaco | 大容 吴 |
Customer experience
The Prime Machine
Roll Call
In-app purchases
The Prime Machine
No in-app purchases
Roll Call
- Pro Monthly Full Unlock$0.991 Month
- Pro Yearly Full Unlock$6.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime Full Unlock$12.99









