Insta vs iGrade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Insta
This app allows educators to quickly scan and grade paper worksheets using their mobile device. It automates the grading process, providing instant results and a clear overview of student submissions, reducing manual effort and paperwork.
- Scan paper worksheets with phone
- Automatic answer detection and grading
- Instant results viewing
- Side-by-side submission review
- Classroom-focused interface
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Insta-Grading helps educators save time by scanning worksheets and grading assignments instantly. Turn paper assessments into clear results in seconds no manual grading, no spreadsheets. Designed for teachers, tutors, and educators who want faster feedback and less paperwork. Key Features • Scan paper worksheets using your phone • Automatically detect and grade answers • View results instantly • Review submissions side-by-side • Simple, clean interface built for classrooms Who It’s For • K–12 teachers • Tutors and test prep instructors • Educators grading paper assignments Why Educators Use Insta-Grading Grading by hand takes time. Insta-Grading helps you move faster, stay organized, and focus more on teaching than paperwork. Terms of Use: https://insta-grading.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://insta-grading.com/privacy.html
iGrade
This AI-powered tool assists educators by grading student papers from photographs. It handles various question types, flags uncertain answers for review, and summarizes class performance. Prioritizing privacy, it masks student data locally and deletes images post-grading.
- Reads handwritten answers from photos
- Grades multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and free response
- Flags uncertain answers for review
- Summarizes class performance
- Exports results as CSV
- Masks student data locally for privacy
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iGrade is an AI grading assistant — built by a teacher, for teachers. Photograph your answer key. Photograph your students' papers. iGrade tells you what's right, what's wrong, and what it's not sure about. You stay in charge of every grade and all feedback. iGrade doesn't replace your judgment. It replaces the stack of papers on your kitchen table. WHAT iGRADE DOES Reads handwritten answers from photos of paper tests Grades multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and free response Flags answers it isn't sure about — so you can review before a grade is final Warns you when a student's answers look shifted by a line, so one skipped line doesn't mark the rest of the test wrong Summarizes class performance to help you decide what to reteach Exports per-student results as CSV you can bring into most gradebooks WHAT iGRADE DOESN'T DO Mark your papers (nothing is ever written on the physical page) Write feedback for students (that stays with you) Store student paper images (they are deleted after grading) Sell, share for advertising, or train on your students' personal data — ever PRIVACY IS THE DEFAULT, NOT A FEATURE iGrade is designed to be restrictive about how much student identifying information ever travels digitally in association with a paper. Before a student page leaves your phone, iGrade looks for the student's name and covers it. We also strip names and IDs from extracted text, and we don't keep them. Student paper images are processed for grading only, are not used to build profiles, and are deleted after grading. Answer keys are kept so you can reuse them. If you photograph a student's paper to use as your key, that image is stored with your saved keys until you delete it. There are no student accounts — students never touch iGrade. No automated system catches everything, so cropping identifying information before uploading is recommended best practice. HOW IT WORKS Snap a photo of your answer key Snap photos of your students' papers (one or many) Review anything iGrade flagged for your attention Adjust anything you disagree with, and export results if you wish BUILT BY A TEACHER I have taught in NY at the middle and high school level for 26 years. I built iGrade because I wanted a grading assistant that would dramatically speed up the manual labor of grading but stay honest about its uncertainty. I wanted it to stand out as unique because it doesn't seek student data and keeps it private by default. It wasn't worth building to me if it wasn't going to make my own daily life as a teacher better. Questions, feedback, or bug reports: support@igradeapp.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/current
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iGrade at 100% against Insta's 0%. iGrade also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Insta sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and iGrade sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
iGrade holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Insta's written reviews are positive against 100% of iGrade's.
Insta ships an update every 3 weeks, iGrade weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Insta | iGrade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | E&E Technology LLC | iGrade LLC |
Customer experience
Insta
iGrade
In-app purchases
Insta
- Unlimited Scans$4.991 Month
- Unlimited Scans$39.991 Year
- 100 Scans$0.99
iGrade
- iGrade Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
- iGrade Premium Annual$79.991 Year









