Comparison

Grade Book HD vs Simple Gradebook

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

Head to head
About

Grade Book HD

This app assists educators in managing student grades, marks, and credits for various classes. It provides real-time averages and credit sums for each student, along with progress tracking against class goals. Data can be emailed for backup and analysis.

Highlights
  • Track grades, marks, and credits
  • View up-to-date student averages
  • Monitor student progress against goals
  • Email data for backup and processing
  • Manage multiple classes
Features
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This application helps teachers to keep track of the grades, marks and credits of their different classes in school and university. It always shows the up to date average mark or the sum of the credits for each student and the number of marks. More Features: - you can set a goal for each class and see which student already meets it and who doesn't - email the data for backup and further processing

About

Simple Gradebook

Features
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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/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Simple Gradebook at Free against Grade Book HD's $4.99. Simple Gradebook also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 24 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Grade Book HD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Simple Gradebook is free to download; Grade Book HD costs $4.99 up front. Simple Gradebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grade Book HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grade Book HD ships an update every 24 months, Simple Gradebook every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Grade Book HD versus Simple Gradebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrade Book HDSimple Gradebook
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasJory Cooper

In-app purchases

None

Grade Book HD

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Gradebook

One-time1
  • Gradebook Premium$12.99

Questions

Is Grade Book HD free?
Grade Book HD costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Gradebook free?
Simple Gradebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grade Book HD or Simple Gradebook have ads?
Neither Grade Book HD nor Simple Gradebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grade Book HD or Simple Gradebook?
Grade Book HD ships an update every 24 months, and Simple Gradebook every 4 days. Most recently, Grade Book HD was updated on June 4, 2026 and Simple Gradebook on October 25, 2026.

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