Comparison

ZipGrade vs Blueprint Attendance

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

Head to head
About

ZipGrade

Instantly grade multiple-choice tests and quizzes using your device's camera. This app offers a fast and accurate way for educators to assess student work, with features for organizing and exporting results. It provides immediate feedback to inform lesson planning and assignments.

Highlights
  • Instant grading with device camera
  • Supports multiple choice tests and quizzes
  • Organizes and exports results (PDF, Excel)
  • Free answer sheet templates available
  • Companion website for data management
  • Stores results by student, subject, and quiz
Features
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Teachers can grade multiple choice tests, quizzes, and assessments instantly in the classroom by using their iPhone or iPad's camera as a scanner. It is the most cost effective, fastest, and most accurate way to grade tests in the classroom or where ever you are. -------------------------------------------------------- * Free answer sheets available in several formats and sizes up to 100 questions (including custom form wizard) * Organizes results for reporting and exporting via PDF and Excel-readable format * Uses student ID numbers or written name of student for reporting. * Use companion website (www.zipgrade.com) to manage your data and upload student lists and review results in dozens of reports and exports. -------------------------------------------------------- Use for exit tickets, formative assessments, or regular quizzes. Stores results by students, subject, and quiz. By giving teachers the flexibility to grade papers instantly anywhere, ZipGrade provides immediate feedback on current knowledge and can be used to better focus lessons and assignments. Download ZipGrade free with access to all features and website, but limited to 100 scans per month. After you've used it for a class or two, use the in-app purchase a non-recurring subscription with unlimited scanning.

About

Blueprint Attendance

This app enables students to securely record their attendance using NFC tags and their school credentials. It encrypts attendance data and communicates with a backend system for verification and record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Secure student authentication
  • NFC tag writing
  • Encrypted attendance data
  • UUID-based device verification
  • Backend verification and record maintenance
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Blueprint Attendance is a secure NFC-powered attendance management application build for use within the BluePrint ecosystem. Students can authenticate using their school credentials and securely write encrypted attendance data to NFC tags directly from their iPhone. The app communicates with the BluePrint backend to verify users, generate encrypted payloads, and maintain secure attendance records. Features: - Secure student authentication - NFC tag writing - UUID-based device verification Blueprint Attendance was developed as part of the BluePrint (blueprint.boo) Capstone Project out of St. John Bosco High School to modernize and secure student accountability systems using mobile and NFC technologies.

Screenshots

ZipGrade3 screens
Blueprint Attendance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blueprint Attendance at none against ZipGrade's 1. Blueprint Attendance also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). ZipGrade's advantage is ratings volume (37K vs 3). On price, rating, 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. ZipGrade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blueprint Attendance asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ZipGrade against 5.0 for Blueprint Attendance. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZipGrade has 37K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of ZipGrade's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blueprint Attendance's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ZipGrade versus Blueprint Attendance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZipGradeBlueprint Attendance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (37K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZipGrade LLCCONRAD JACKSON OLDOERP

Customer experience

ZipGrade

All ratings36,274 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews509 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative11.0%

Blueprint Attendance

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ZipGrade

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Scanning issues with flat surface detection
  • Incorrect answer marking due to eraser marks

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to change question point values in bulk
  • Option to create/edit answer keys on website
  • Support for non-multiple choice question types
  • Improved data export/integration with other systems

Blueprint Attendance

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ZipGrade

One-time1
  • Add 1 year of use$6.99
None

Blueprint Attendance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZipGrade free?
ZipGrade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blueprint Attendance free?
Blueprint Attendance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZipGrade or Blueprint Attendance?
Blueprint Attendance is rated higher. ZipGrade averages 4.9 out of 5 from 37K ratings, while Blueprint Attendance averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do ZipGrade or Blueprint Attendance have ads?
Neither ZipGrade nor Blueprint Attendance shows ads.

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