Gradekeeper for iPad vs Notebox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gradekeeper for iPad
Manage student grades effortlessly with this iPad application. Create classes, import student data, track assignments and attendance, and generate progress reports. Supports various grading systems and school term structures.
- Create and manage classes
- Import student rosters
- Track assignments and scores
- Take attendance with seating chart
- Generate student progress reports
- Flexible grading systems
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Gradekeeper makes dealing with grades easy! Thousands of teachers use Gradekeeper to manage their grades. Now you can use Gradekeeper on your iPad. With Gradekeeper for iPad, you can: - Create new classes right on your iPad - Open existing classes from your Dropbox - Copy existing classes to your iPad using iTunes file sharing - Import student rosters from a text or csv file - Email or print individual student progress reports - Add new assignments and scores - Take attendance - Take attendance using the seating chart - Assign seats or make a new seating chart - Set up your school year to use semesters, trimesters, quarters, or six terms - Set up assignment categories and weights - Compute grades using total points or category weights - Set up your own letter grades and percents If you have questions, you can email me by tapping About when in the classes view and then tapping the email button. Your feedback will help make Gradekeeper better!
Notebox
This app offers a secure, block-based editor with Markdown support for local note-taking. For cross-device synchronization and real-time updates, a subscription unlocks cloud features with zero-knowledge encryption.
- Zero-knowledge encryption
- Block-based editor
- Markdown support
- Local-only mode
- Cross-device sync
- Real-time updates
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# V2 Ultimate Privacy - All user data is stored with D2D zero-knowledge encryption - Block based flexible editor - Supports Markdown - Local-only use on iPhone, iPad and Mac is FREE. # Subscribe to Sync - Across all devices - Real time - Conflict-Free - Complete Security All personal data is stored in personal iCloud. All synchronization is processed on user device locally. --- privacy policy: https://notebox.cloud/privacy-policy terms of use: https://notebox.cloud/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Notebox at Free against Gradekeeper for iPad's $4.99. Notebox also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (86% vs 54%). Gradekeeper for iPad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Notebox is free to download; Gradekeeper for iPad costs $4.99 up front. Notebox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Gradekeeper for iPad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notebox holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Gradekeeper for iPad's written reviews are positive against 86% of Notebox's.
Gradekeeper for iPad ships an update monthly, Notebox every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gradekeeper for iPad | Notebox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (10 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Ethier | Guap Inc. |
Customer experience
Gradekeeper for iPad
Notebox
Bugs and requests
Gradekeeper for iPad
Reported bugs
4 issues- Bug stopped dropping low scores
- App shuts down and classes disappear
- Lost classroom setups
- Files would not sync with older version
Requested features
23 requests- Batch email student grade reports
- Link with Google Drive
- Add OneDrive access
- Displaying adding to the app
- Google Drive support
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- Dropbox support
- Instant file syncing
- Email or print whole class reports
- Cloud service file opening
- Summaries and subject reports
- Type down feature for data entry
- Remember assignment entry
- Save files to PDF
- Ability to print
- Unlock printing after connecting once
- Larger add button
- See grade online without showing them
- Wireless syncing
- Take attendance on seating chart
- Create seating chart on app
- Flag/bold/code late/failing grades
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Notebox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gradekeeper for iPad
No in-app purchases
Notebox
- Monthly Cloud Subscription7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Yearly Cloud Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Year
Questions
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