Comparison

Roll Call vs Present

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

Head to head
About

Roll Call

This app helps educators and group leaders fairly select names, track attendance, and create balanced teams. It offers features for random selection, attendance marking with notes, and dynamic team generation. It works offline and is designed for various group settings.

Highlights
  • Random name and number selection
  • Attendance tracking with custom statuses
  • Automatic team and group generation
  • Roster import and creation
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable home screen
Features
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Fair picks, fast attendance and balanced teams from one list. Roll Call is a random name picker, attendance tracker and team maker. Paste names once, then pick, check in or group with a tap. RANDOM NAME PICKER • Draw a random name or number with one tap • No repeats until everyone has had a turn, or allow repeats when you want them • Pick one person from every group, or one for each value in any column, such as one per role • Round counter and live progress show exactly who is still waiting • Every pick is saved to the team's history ATTENDANCE TRACKER • Take roll call in seconds: present, absent, late, left early, on leave or other • Add a short note to any member, like "bus delay" or "appointment" • Live counts update while you mark • Review past sessions with charts for the last 7, 30 or 90 days, or any date range you choose TEAM AND GROUP MAKER • Split everyone into the number of random groups you need, with sizes kept even • Spread chosen values across groups, for example a fair mix of roles or skill levels • Shuffle again until it feels right, then keep the result in your history • Pick presenters or captains straight from a saved grouping ROSTERS IN SECONDS • Type or paste a list with one person per line • Import a CSV file exported from your spreadsheet • Add extra columns such as number, role, house or level • Add member photos from the camera or photo library • Collect a roster on the same Wi-Fi: members scan a QR code and enter their own details HANDY EXTRAS • Random number generator for turns, games and raffles • Full-screen countdown timer and stopwatch • Decibel meter that shows the noise level in the room • Arrange the home screen so the tools you use most are one tap away PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Works offline, with no account or sign-up • Rosters, photos and history stay on this device MADE FOR ANY GROUP Classrooms, after-school clubs, sports teams, scout troops, workshops, training sessions, offices, meetups and family game night. If you have a list of names, Roll Call keeps picking, check-ins and grouping fair and fast. Privacy Policy: https://member-privacy-policy.vercel.app/ Terms of Use: https://member-terms-of-service.vercel.app/

About

Present

Features
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One roster. Take attendance in seconds, and call on people fairly. Present is for teachers, coaches, club leaders — anyone who has to find out who's here. Only you need the app. Nobody has to sign up, install anything, or scan a code. ■ Attendance in seconds, three ways · Grid: everyone starts unmarked. Tap a name to sign someone in and their tile drops to the bottom — whoever is left at the top is absent. Nearly a full house? Tap "Mark all present" and pull out the few who didn't show. Forty students, a few seconds. · One by one: a big card per person. Swipe right for present, left for absent. Good when you need to look up and check faces. · Seats: your real seating chart. An empty desk is obvious at a glance. ■ Fix it afterwards Someone walked in ten minutes late? Tapped the wrong name? Open that session and change it. Every amendment keeps the original — what it was, when you changed it — and you can undo it anytime. Attendance rates recalculate immediately. ■ Photos for the faces you don't know yet Add a photo to any member and take the roll by face. Worth its weight when you're substituting, taking on a new class, or running a camp. ■ Fair random picks Cold-calling shouldn't always land on the same person. Turn on Fair mode and people who have been picked less come up more often. You can also stop repeats within a round, or reset the counts and start over. ■ Several sessions a day, kept straight Tag each one — Morning, Assembly, 3rd period. Take the roll three times in one day and the history stays readable. ■ Numbers you can trust Attendance rate, most absences, per-session detail — all computed from the actual records, never a number someone typed in. Who has been missing lately is right there. ■ Share it or export it Generate a clean summary card — all time, this month, or this week — and send it to a parent or a group chat. Need a real spreadsheet? Export CSV: every member by every session, opens in Excel without mangling anything. ■ iPhone and iPad Roster on the left, detail on the right on iPad; a single column on iPhone. Use the iPad at the front of the room and your phone in the hallway — same data. ■ Your data is yours Everything lives in your own private iCloud and syncs between your devices. We can't see it, and we don't collect it — no account, no ads, no third-party tracking. Classrooms · lectures · tutoring · clubs · sports teams · meetings · camps Questions or ideas? We'd love to hear from you.

Screenshots

Roll Call4 screens
Present4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Present at none against Roll Call's 3. Roll Call's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Roll Call sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Present asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roll Call ships an update weekly, Present monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Roll Call versus Present: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoll CallPresent
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer大容 吴祖超 夏

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Roll Call

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly Full Unlock$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly Full Unlock$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime Full Unlock$12.99
None

Present

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roll Call free?
Roll Call is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Present free?
Present is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Roll Call or Present have ads?
Neither Roll Call nor Present shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roll Call or Present?
Roll Call ships an update weekly, and Present monthly. Most recently, Roll Call was updated on October 31, 2026 and Present on October 24, 2026.

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