Comparison

Quick Key vs PaperScorer Scanner

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

PaperScorer Scanner

This app allows educators to quickly scan completed bubble sheets using their iOS device. It integrates with popular LMS platforms to automatically send scored data, simplifying assessment management and analysis.

Highlights
  • Scan bubble sheets with iOS device
  • Automatic data scoring
  • LMS platform integration (Canvas, Blackboard, Google Classroom)
  • Create assessments with various question types
  • Printable bubble sheets on standard paper
  • Detailed online reports and data export
Features
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PLEASE NOTE: This app will ONLY work with testing sheets printed from the PaperScorer web app. You will need to create a PaperScorer account through our website to print new testing sheets. This app will NOT work with any other testing sheets printed from another company. This app is ONLY used for scanning already printed sheets. PaperScorer is a full service bubble scanning platform that empowers teachers to quickly and easily create bubble sheets, scan bubble sheets and review the data. We have deep integrations with a number of powerful LMS platforms; Canvas, Blackboard, Google Classrooms, Classify Learning, and much more. Let us do the heavy lifting for you. Once you scan sheets with your iOS smartphone or tablet, we will send auto scored data directly into assignments or tests created on those platform. This application will work on any Apple iOS smartphone or tablet released in the last 3-4 years. You will not have to worry about buying expensive scanning equipment. Simply use your own smart phone to scan completed sheets using the PaperScorer app. You can manage assessments online through our teacher app. This app is very powerful and easy to use when creating/managing classes and assessments. Teachers will be able to create assessments with the following question types; single select, multi select, numeric response and written response. Once assessments are completed, teachers will use the iOS scanning app to get score data into our system. Our bubble sheets on printed on standard 8.5x11 sheets of paper. There is no need to buy special paper. You can use any standard printer to print sheets where students can fill in their ID, or you can print sheets with student information already pre-filled. Furthermore, our iOS app will automatically detect our sheets to make it really easy to scan completed tests. Once scanning is complete, you can review the results online using our detailed reports. PaperScorer allows teachers to add common core standards to any question, and the teacher app will support tagging questions to slice data differently. Teachers can also export the data to review scanned information within an external reporting tool.

Screenshots

Quick Key4 screens
PaperScorer Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quick Key at 75% against PaperScorer Scanner's 25%. Quick Key also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (226 vs 1). PaperScorer Scanner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PaperScorer Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Key has 226 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Quick Key's written reviews are positive against 25% of PaperScorer Scanner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Key ships an update every 3 weeks, PaperScorer Scanner every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quick Key versus PaperScorer Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick KeyPaperScorer Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (226 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings226 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThirty Seven Inc.NowTwo, LLC

Customer experience

Quick Key

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

PaperScorer Scanner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

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

PaperScorer Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quick Key

No in-app purchases

None

PaperScorer Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Key free?
Quick Key is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PaperScorer Scanner free?
PaperScorer Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quick Key or PaperScorer Scanner?
PaperScorer Scanner is rated higher. Quick Key averages 4.5 out of 5 from 226 ratings, while PaperScorer Scanner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Quick Key or PaperScorer Scanner have ads?
Neither Quick Key nor PaperScorer Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Key or PaperScorer Scanner?
Quick Key ships an update every 3 weeks, and PaperScorer Scanner every 5 months. Most recently, Quick Key was updated on November 6, 2026 and PaperScorer Scanner on November 4, 2026.

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