Comparison

Light School vs GradeMe!

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

Head to head
About

Light School

Features
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The Light School is the official school management app that connects students, parents, instructors, and administrators in one secure, easy-to-use platform. WHAT YOU CAN DO For Students • View your class schedule, exams, and upcoming assignments • Submit homework with photos, documents, and videos • Track grades, attendance, and instructor feedback in real time • Chat with classmates and teachers • Receive instant notifications for new assignments, announcements, and grades For Parents • Follow your child's attendance, grades, and progress • Communicate directly with teachers and school staff • View school announcements and events • Pay tuition and school fees securely For Instructors • Manage classes, assignments, and exam grading • Take attendance in seconds • Share course materials, files, and announcements • Message students and parents For School Administrators • Manage students, classes, schedules, and staff • Send school-wide announcements and notifications • Monitor activity across the school KEY FEATURES • Bilingual interface (English and Arabic) with full right-to-left support • Secure sign-in with Face ID • Real-time chat and notifications • Offline-friendly: see your latest data even with patchy internet • Built for schools of every size PRIVACY & SECURITY The Light School is built with student privacy in mind. Your data is encrypted in transit, stored on secure servers, and only ever shared within your school community. We never sell your information to third parties. ABOUT The Light School is developed by Cog Developers for the Light School in Iraq and partner schools across the region. Need help? Contact your school administrator or email support@lightschool-iq.com.

About

GradeMe!

Features
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Spend less time recording grades. Spend more time teaching. GradeMe! is a simple, powerful gradebook designed for teachers who want to keep accurate academic records without turning recordkeeping into a second job. Whether you’re managing one student or an entire classroom, GradeMe! makes it easy to organize your school year, record grades, track attendance, and create polished academic records—all in one place. SIMPLE FROM THE START GradeMe! was designed to be quick to set up and easy to use. Create a Gradebook, add your Students and Subjects, and you’re ready to start recording grades. No complicated setup. No sprawling menus. No learning curve just to enter an assignment. EVERYTHING ORGANIZED Create multiple Gradebooks and organize each one with its own Students, Subjects, and Assignments. GradeMe! automatically keeps the numbers up to date as you work, so you can see how each student is doing without maintaining separate spreadsheets or calculating grades by hand. FAST ATTENDANCE Recording attendance shouldn’t interrupt your day. GradeMe! lets you record attendance in just a couple of taps, making it easy to keep accurate records while staying focused on teaching. GRADES THAT CALCULATE THEMSELVES Enter points earned and points possible, and GradeMe! does the rest. Subject averages and letter grades stay current automatically as assignments are added or changed. CREDITS & GPA WHEN YOU NEED THEM For high school, college, or other situations where credits and GPA matter, simply enable Credits & GPA for the Gradebook. When you don’t need them, they stay out of the way. PRINTABLE ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS Turn the records you’ve already entered into a clean academic transcript. GradeMe! brings together student information, courses, final grades, attendance, credits, GPA, and teacher comments into a professional document that can be saved, printed, or shared. YOUR RECORDS, PRESERVED IN THE CLOUD Your GradeMe! data is stored in the cloud, helping preserve important academic records and making them available when you need them. BUILT AROUND TEACHING GradeMe! isn’t trying to become another complicated school management system. It’s designed around a much simpler idea: Recording the work should take less time than teaching it. From everyday assignments to the final transcript, GradeMe! helps you maintain the records you need with less effort—so you can spend more of your time where it belongs: teaching. PRIVACY POLICY & TERMS Privacy Policy: https://ramaccts.wixsite.com/exaq-services-llc#grademe Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Light School4 screens
GradeMe!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Light School at none against GradeMe!'s 3. Light School also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, 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. GradeMe! sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Light School asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Light School ships an update fortnightly, GradeMe! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Light School versus GradeMe!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight SchoolGradeMe!
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB25 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCogDevelopersRussell Metzger

In-app purchases

None

Light School

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

GradeMe!

Subscriptions2
  • GradeMe! Monthly$4.991 Month
  • GradeMe! Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • GradeMe! Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Light School free?
Light School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GradeMe! free?
GradeMe! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Light School or GradeMe! have ads?
Neither Light School nor GradeMe! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Light School or GradeMe!?
Light School ships an update fortnightly, and GradeMe! every 2 weeks. Most recently, Light School was updated on October 14, 2026 and GradeMe! on October 7, 2026.

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