Gradebox vs Gradekeeper

Gradebox digitizes physical student assignments and provides feedback for teachers. Teachers can scan work with a mobile device; Quick Scan OCR reads student names and matches submissions to its internal gradebook. AI analyzes student work and drafts instructional feedback, while teachers review and approve recommended grades. Teachers can also grade by hand or digitally, or scan work that has already been graded. For unnamed assignments, Gradebox can suggest likely students by comparing the roster with earlier submissions for teacher review. The current app supports CSV grade exports; API integrations with popular systems are planned, and home submissions are still in development. Gradebox is intended for teachers and school administrators, with parent and guardian access to student work and feedback. Its terms say Student Data is not sold or used for targeted advertising or behavioral profiling, and is not used to train or improve AI models by default. The free plan costs nothing and covers one classroom and 120 single-page assignment submissions or grades per month. Pro costs $11.99 a month, with an annual commitment and cancellation before renewal.

Gradekeeper helps teachers manage grades, attendance, and classroom records. Its gradebook displays students, assignments, scores, and term grades, recalculating grades when information changes. Teachers can track absences and tardies, set non-class days, make seating charts, print reports, and email progress reports after configuring addresses and mail settings. The Google edition syncs students, assignments, and scores from Classroom while preserving Gradekeeper additions such as attendance and seating charts. Web editions save classes to Dropbox, Google Drive, or Microsoft OneDrive; the software also works with Online Grades and SchoolSpeak to post grades online. The web app runs in browsers on Chromebook, Linux, Windows, or Mac. Separate mobile apps are available for iPad, iPhone, and Android; the downloadable Windows app requires Windows 10 or 11. There is no free plan, but a 30-day trial is listed. One-time licenses cost $20 as a one-time purchase for one user, $100, paid once for a school, and $500, paid once for a district, with no annual renewal and future versions included.