Comparison

5 vs QuickMark

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

Head to head
About

5

Access school-related data, including points, rewards, and activities, directly from your mobile device. Stay informed with school news and notifications, and utilize your digital ID for event check-ins. Participate in surveys and voting polls easily.

Highlights
  • View points and rewards
  • Access activities and events
  • Participate in surveys and polls
  • Receive school news and notifications
  • Digital ID for event check-in
Currently charting
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Access 5-Star Students data on your iPhone or iPad device! View your own points, rewards, activities, events, and access available surveys and voting polls. Plus, receive school news and notifications. Use your digital ID to check into events or even check in yourself, based on location or code, if available from your school.

About

QuickMark

This app helps educators quickly log student events, track their frequency, and automatically generate follow-up tasks. It provides a comprehensive history for each student, allowing teachers to easily sort and filter information to identify patterns and address concerns efficiently.

Highlights
  • Quickly log student events
  • Automatic follow-up task generation
  • Comprehensive student history
  • Sort and filter student data
  • Organize students by class
  • Import student rosters
  • Add notes and student photos
Features
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Keep track of the little things before they become big things. QuickMark is a simple student event tracker built for teachers who need a fast way to record what happens throughout the school day and remember what needs to happen next. Log an event in seconds, keep a running student history, and let QuickMark turn repeated events into actionable follow-ups. QUICKLY LOG STUDENT EVENTS: Select a student, tap an event, and you're done. Track positive moments like great sportsmanship, helping a classmate, or personal bests, as well as everyday events like tardies, uniform issues, phone use, or behavior concerns. Create your own custom event types to fit your classroom. AUTOMATIC FOLLOW-UPS: Create simple rules that turn repeated events into TO-DOs. If three phone incidents mean it's time for a parent contact, QuickMark can automatically add that follow-up to your list so you don't have to remember it yourself. A USEFUL HISTORY FOR EVERY STUDENT: See a student's events, notes, follow-ups, and class history in one place. Add notes when extra context matters, manually adjust counts when needed, and keep previous class history available without carrying old counts into a student's fresh start. FIND WHAT MATTERS: Sort and filter students by event counts, event type, follow-up status, and time period. Quickly answer questions like, "Who has had uniform issues this week?" or "Which students still need a follow-up?" BUILT AROUND YOUR CLASSES: Organize students by class, support students enrolled in multiple classes, and archive old classes when a semester or school year ends. QuickMark preserves useful history while keeping your current rosters clean. IMPORT YOUR ROSTERS: Get started quickly by importing student rosters from CSV or Excel files. QuickMark can recognize returning students so their previous history stays connected while their new class starts fresh. NOTES AND STUDENT PHOTOS: Add context to individual events and TO-DOs, and optionally add student photos to make finding the right student even faster. MADE FOR THE TEACHER, NOT THE SIS: QuickMark isn't trying to replace your school's student information system, gradebook, or learning platform. It's a lightweight tool for the information teachers often need to capture in the moment: what happened, how often it has happened, and what needs to happen next. Spend less time trying to remember the small details and more time acting on the ones that matter.

Screenshots

54 screens
QuickMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: QuickMark at 5.0 against 5's 1.4. 5's advantage is ratings volume (6.1K vs 2) and chart position (#58 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

QuickMark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5 has 6.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
5 versus QuickMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5QuickMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (6.1K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.1K — better2
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#58 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer5 Star Students Solutions LLCDavid Voland

Customer experience

5

All ratings5,717 ratings
Positive7.3%
Neutral1.0%
Negative91.7%
Written reviews640 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative71.6%

QuickMark

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

5

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unreliable notifications
  • Syncing issues across devices
  • Unauthorized access to user data

Requested features

3 requests
  • More privacy controls
  • Flexible bathroom pass system
  • Improved user interface and experience

QuickMark

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

5

No in-app purchases

None

QuickMark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 5 free?
5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuickMark free?
QuickMark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 5 or QuickMark?
QuickMark is rated higher. 5 averages 1.4 out of 5 from 6.1K ratings, while QuickMark averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do 5 or QuickMark have ads?
Neither 5 nor QuickMark shows ads.

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