Comparison

Gradescope vs Aperture

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Gradescope

Easily upload assignments for courses using this app. Submit files from your device or scan your work directly. Assign pages for variable-length assignments and resubmit if needed before the deadline.

Highlights
  • Upload assignments
  • Scan documents with camera
  • Select existing files
  • Assign pages for variable-length assignments
  • Resubmit assignments
  • View submitted and graded assignments
Features
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Students, upload your assignments to Gradescope more easily than ever before! If your instructor uses Gradescope for your assignments, you can now upload your submission with our mobile app. After installing and opening the app, login to see your Gradescope courses and assignments. To upload a submission, click on the assignment in the “Not Submitted” tab and either “Select File” to select an existing file from your device or “Scan” all pages of your completed work using your iPhone’s camera. Once you submit your file(s), for templated assignments, you’re all set. For variable-length assignments, “Assign pages” to indicate where your answer for each question appears within your submission. It’s that easy! After confirming, your assignment then moves to the “Submitted” tab. If needed, you can resubmit your assignment until the due date your instructor set has passed. Once it is graded and grades are published for the assignment, it then moves to the “Graded” tab. Note: For V1 of the app, you will be directed to our mobile website for any advanced functionality, including viewing feedback and submitting timed, programming, or online assignments. Stay tuned for future updates that will allow you to do even more with our mobile app!

About

Aperture

Features
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Most practice journals can only ever agree with you. Aperture is built so it can tell you nothing happened. It hides the target, seals what you recorded before you can revise it, and scores your impressions against what was actually in the photo. You don't have to wonder whether you're improving. You can look. A SESSION, STAGE BY STAGE - Cool-down: a short breathing pacer to quiet the analytic mind - Ideogram: a fast reflexive mark, then tag the basic gestalt - Sensory: colors, textures, temperatures, sounds, forms - Sketch: the spatial layout, on a full canvas - Assemble: your final impressions, before you commit - Reveal: only now does the target appear, and the scoring begin Until you commit, the target is never shown, hinted at, or inferable. You work from a meaningless reference number. YOUR GUT, KEPT SEPARATE FROM YOUR GUESSES Raw sensory impressions stay visually separate from flagged guesses (AOL: the mind's premature conclusions). Flagging a guess never costs you points. That separation is the habit the whole method is built on. SCORING YOU CANNOT FUDGE Your score is how much of what you sensed matches what was really there, judged against a fixed vocabulary set in advance rather than your memory of what you meant. It rewards accurate sensory data, not lucky label-guessing, and shows you which impressions matched and which missed. Log enough sessions and it will tell you plainly whether you are beating chance. A REFEREE, NOT AN ORACLE (SUPPORTED IPHONES) An optional AI judge reads the session you already sealed and scores it against the target. It can lower a generous score but never inflate one, and it never tells you what you will perceive next time. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR IPHONE No account, no analytics, no server of ours. Your sessions live on your device. Optional Pro sync goes only through your own private iCloud, and the judge runs on-device, so nothing you write is sent anywhere for analysis. FREE TO TRY, PROPERLY Your first 3 sessions are complete and full-featured: the whole protocol, the full target pool, real scoring. Aperture Pro then unlocks: - Unlimited sessions - The full 300+ target library - Analytics that show your results against chance - Unlimited named viewers with separate histories - Relay mode: two people, one hidden target, revealed together - Session export (JSON) Aperture Pro is $6.99/month, or $39.99/year with 1 month free, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Aperture builds on Controlled Remote Viewing, the six-stage protocol developed at SRI in the 1970s and the subject of declassified government research. It makes no claims about psychic ability and predicts nothing. It is a practice journal and an attention-training tool. Test yourself, collect your own data, draw your own conclusions. Privacy policy: https://quietoptics.com/aperture/privacy.html Terms of use: https://quietoptics.com/aperture/terms.html

Screenshots

Gradescope4 screens
Aperture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gradescope at none against Aperture's 3. Gradescope also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). Aperture's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Aperture sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Gradescope asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gradescope ships an update every 2 months, Aperture every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gradescope versus Aperture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGradescopeAperture
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (259 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings259 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTurnitinQuiet Optics LLC

Bugs and requests

Gradescope

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Camera flash issues during scanning
  • Photos not uploading in correct order
  • Inconsistent download button behavior

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to sort assignments by due date
  • Integration of tools for instructors
  • Improved iPad and tablet optimization

Aperture

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gradescope

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Aperture

Subscriptions2
  • Aperture Pro — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Aperture Pro — Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Aperture Pro — Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Gradescope free?
Gradescope is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aperture free?
Aperture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gradescope or Aperture have ads?
Neither Gradescope nor Aperture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gradescope or Aperture?
Gradescope ships an update every 2 months, and Aperture every 4 days. Most recently, Gradescope was updated on October 13, 2026 and Aperture on September 30, 2026.

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