Comparison

Quick Key vs Exam Reader

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

Head to head
About

Quick Key

This app allows educators to grade paper quizzes using their iPhone or iPad. It scans compatible answer sheets, provides detailed results by student and question, and helps plan future lessons. A QuickKey account is required to create quizzes and manage classes.

Highlights
  • Scan compatible answer sheets with your device's camera
  • Create and organize quizzes, courses, and students
  • Review uncertain answers and make manual corrections
  • View student scores and question summaries
  • Share or print results and reports as PDFs
  • Supports multiple-choice, numeric, and true/false formats
Features
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Grade paper quizzes with your iPhone or iPad. QuickKey scans supported answer sheets so you can spend less time entering scores and more time understanding your class. Create an answer key, print a compatible bubble sheet, and scan a stack of papers. Review answers that need attention and see results by student and question. Prepare your quiz • Create and organize quizzes, courses and students. • Choose correct answers and set question points. • Find compatible multiple-choice, numeric and true/false sheet formats available to your account. • Preview, share or print supported answer sheets. Scan and review • Use your camera to scan supported printed sheets in succession. • Review uncertain or multiple marked answers and make corrections. • Enter answers manually or grade supported open-response questions yourself. • See which results are saved on your device and which are confirmed in your account. Understand the results • View student scores, class participation and question summaries. • Share or print selected results and reports as PDFs. • Use quizzes, tests and exit tickets to help plan your next lesson. A QuickKey account is required. Connect to set up quizzes, manage your classes and send results to your account. Prepared scanning can continue through connection interruptions. Available sheet formats, features and usage allowances depend on your account. Need help or want to share feedback? Use Account & Help in the app or email support@quickkeyapp.com.

About

Exam Reader

Instantly grade multiple-choice tests, quizzes, and assessments using your device's camera. This app can read handwritten marks and supports custom sheet creation, offering a 100% success rate when used as described.

Highlights
  • Camera-based grading scanner
  • Reads over-written marks
  • Supports 5-200 questions
  • Custom answer sheet generator
  • Horizontal and vertical sheet support
  • Right-to-left sheet support
  • Griddable questions support
Features
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Grade multiple choice tests, quizzes, and assessment papers by using your iPhone or iPad's camera as a grading scanner. It can also read over-written marks. %100 success rate if used as described. Supports from 5 to 200 questions and 2 to 7 choices. Both horizontal and vertical sheets can be used (it is a first in this kind of application). Teachers and students can create their own sheets with our generator (also a first). Right to left sheets (Arabic) support (again a first). Now with griddable questions support also. Commercial users can publish exams that can be graded by the students themselves to see their ranks among the participants that took the same exam. "Awesome! The recognition rate of this app is much better than any other camera-based OMR apps. I recommend this app for parents or tutors who teach their children or students at home. Two thumbs up!!!" --breakhan "The best app alternative to ZipGrade or Quick Key" Please watch the tutorial videos for learning the basic usage of the mobile and cloud parts from our website. You can decrease the size of the answer sheet to use less paper. If you have trouble scanning the paper, you can send the last picture taken to us from the upload menu. We will analysis the paper and return to you ASAP (only app that gives this kind of support). Great for assessments or regular quizzes. Giving teachers and students the flexibility to grade papers instantly anywhere. We're working hard to improve the product and need feedback from you. Write bulent@bebyaz.com with any feedback or suggestions. You can also use the build-in chat system for both online and offline messaging. Supported languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish.

Screenshots

Quick Key4 screens
Exam Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quick Key at 4.5 against Exam Reader's 3.3. Quick Key also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and review sentiment (75% vs 55%). Exam Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Exam Reader sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Quick Key asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Key holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Key has 226 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Quick Key's written reviews are positive against 55% of Exam Reader's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Key ships an update every 3 weeks, Exam Reader fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Quick Key versus Exam Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick KeyExam Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (226 ratings) — better3.3 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews — better55.0% of reviews
Number of ratings226 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThirty Seven Inc.BULENT EREN

Customer experience

Quick Key

All ratings226 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral4.9%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative17.9%

Exam Reader

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative31.7%

Bugs and requests

Quick Key

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes intermittently during use
  • Scanner does not recognize properly filled bubbles
  • Login and account creation failures
  • Syncing delays between mobile app and web platform
  • App force-closes on iPad Air and older devices
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  • Scanner hangs without providing feedback
  • Scanning fails despite green indicator lights
  • Blank scan results for properly filled sheets
  • Compatibility issues with iOS 8 and newer versions

Requested features

11 requests
  • Support for more than 30 questions per quiz
  • Native iPad app (not stretched iPhone version)
  • Ability to use district-provided scantron sheets
  • Gridded/numerical response question support
  • Itemized answer choice reporting (A/B/C/D breakdown)
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  • Support for multiple correct answers per question
  • Custom student numbering system for younger grades
  • Integration with PowerTeacher and other SIS platforms
  • Better scanner feedback and error messages
  • Higher monthly scan limits for larger classes
  • Edit capability for already-scanned tests

Exam Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quick Key

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Exam Reader

One-time7
  • 300 Test Grading / Exam Reading Credit$0.99
  • Unlimited cloud usage & grading for 2 months$1.99
  • 100 exam grading / scanning$3.99
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  • 1000 exam grading / scanning$3.99
  • 250 exam grading / scanning$6.99
  • 500 exam grading / scanning$8.99
  • Unlimited cloud usage & grading for 1 year$9.99

Questions

Is Quick Key free?
Quick Key is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Exam Reader free?
Exam Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Key or Exam Reader?
Quick Key is rated higher. Quick Key averages 4.5 out of 5 from 226 ratings, while Exam Reader averages 3.3 from 12 ratings.
Do Quick Key or Exam Reader have ads?
Neither Quick Key nor Exam Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Key or Exam Reader?
Quick Key ships an update every 3 weeks, and Exam Reader fortnightly. Most recently, Quick Key was updated on November 6, 2026 and Exam Reader on November 2, 2026.

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