Rubric Scorer (cloud) vs Simple Gradebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rubric Scorer (cloud)
This app helps educators quickly grade student work using customizable rubrics. It offers cloud syncing for multi-device access and integrates with Google Classroom for roster import and score syncing. Teachers can add comments, email scores, and view class statistics.
- Cloud data syncing across devices
- Import student rosters from Google Classroom
- Create up to 20x10 rubrics
- Sync scores to Google Classroom
- Import rubrics from CSV
- Add custom and common comments
- Email student scores
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Designed by a teacher, for teachers. Rubric Scorer (cloud) is a new release of the Rubric Scorer app. The major change is this version stores data in the cloud instead of only locally on the device. This means the data is accessible from multiple devices such as an iPhone, an iPad and a MacBook computer. Your data automatically syncs across all your devices. This new version does not offer support for photos of students work, but that may be added in the future. FEATURES • Import student rosters directly from Google Classroom • Support up to a 20 row x 10 column rubric • Add a photo of any physical work for a student • Sync the rubric score to a Google Classroom assignment • Import a rubric from a Spreadsheet CSV file • Feedback with comments • Email all students in a class a copy of their rubric with 1 tap. • View rubric statistics screen for a class Rubric Scorer makes it grading rubrics fast and easy. Teachers can easily add custom comments as well as set up a list of common comments that can be easily accessed. Try Rubric Scorer for free for one class for a month. The monthly or yearly renewable subscription supports up to 20 classes, with up to 100 rubrics each, along with premium features such as bulk email of PDF's to students and guardians. Auto renewable Subscription Details To access premium features the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable subscription. This means the subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the subscription date. Auto renewable subscriptions can be managed from the user iTunes account, and a link is provided in the subscription screen while in the app. All future updates are included with the auto renewable subscription. The subscription may be cancelled for any future months, and the user will still have access to the data, only the additional features will be disabled. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Please email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com with any questions or suggestions. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms
Simple Gradebook
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Simple Gradebook is a simple app to track and calculate your grades. Simply enter your Courses and Assessments, and Gradebook will calculate your current average in your Course and Term. Gradebook supports: • Assessments with individual weights e.g. "My Midterm exam is worth 10% of my final grade." • Assessments with multiple sub-assessments e.g. "There are 10 assignments. Combined they are worth 10% of my final grade." • Courses with a number of credit units • Pass/fail Courses I created Gradebook when I was in school to track my grades. Before that I was using a spreadsheet to do my calculations. I hope you enjoy using Gradebook. Please leave a review If you have suggestions for improvement! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Gradebook at every 4 days against Rubric Scorer (cloud)'s every 3 weeks. Simple Gradebook also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Rubric Scorer (cloud) sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Simple Gradebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rubric Scorer (cloud) ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple Gradebook every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rubric Scorer (cloud) | Simple Gradebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Glen Botha | Jory Cooper |
In-app purchases
Rubric Scorer (cloud)
- Monthly Premium$5.991 Month
- Premium (Annual)$59.991 Year
Simple Gradebook
- Gradebook Premium$12.99
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