Grading software for paper-and-pencil classrooms.

Grade handwritten work in about a minute per student — from the phone or iPad you already carry.

Download on the App Store

Free to try. 30 credits. No card required.

How GradeVine works.

1

Upload a blank copy of your assignment.

Photograph it or import a PDF, and GradeVine pulls out the questions for you. No typing them in. Add a rubric and keywords for each question, or let GradeVine suggest them.

2

Import student work.

GradeVine matches each page to the right student on your roster automatically, so you're not sorting by hand.

3

Grade with a tap, by question or by student.

Move through the answers and tap to score, whichever way you'd rather work.

4

Reuse the feedback you use most often.

Save the comments you reach for again and again, apply them with a tap, then export the feedback to hand back to students.

5

Use smart features to speed up your grading.

Semantic matching recognizes when answers mean the same thing. Look for "Water" and "H₂O" still counts. And if you want a head start, Smart evaluation reads each answer and suggests right, partly right, or wrong with a reason. You make the final call.

6

See exactly what the class understood.

Class averages, score distributions, per-question success rates, and keyword coverage all build as you grade, so you can see which questions tripped everyone up, which students are falling behind, and how the class is trending across assignments. Nothing to set up. It's there the moment you finish.

Also: blind grading mode hides student names until you're done.

Handwritten assignments are coming back.

66%

of high school and college teachers are rethinking assignments because of AI cheating.

Education Week, October 2023
76%

of those teachers are bringing handwritten work back into the classroom.

Education Week, October 2023
80%

increase in blue-book sales at UC Berkeley over two academic years.

Inside Higher Ed, June 2025

GradeVine is built for handwritten quizzes, tests, and lab work.

The shift to handwritten work, covered in
Education Week Wall Street Journal Inside Higher Ed Axios Fox News

What a paper gradebook can't show you.

Class averages, grade distributions, per-question success rates, keyword coverage, and student trends across assignments.

Feedback on every student, without writing every word.

Save the comments you write most often and tap to apply them on the next student — detailed feedback on every paper without starting from scratch each time.

Built for one teacher first.

GradeVine was built by a developer for his teacher wife so he could spend a little more time with her. Made with her feedback every step of the way.

Common questions.

How accurate is the grading?

When Smart evaluation is on, every score comes with a confidence rating. You can review and adjust any score. The final call is always yours.

Is Smart evaluation optional?

Yes. Transcription and student matching run in the background. Smart evaluation — which suggests correct, partial, or incorrect with a rationale — is opt-in and Premium. You see the suggestion; you make the call.

Where does student data go?

On your device. Synced through your personal iCloud. Never stored on GradeVine servers. Never used to train AI models.

What kinds of assessments work best?

Short-answer questions, lab questions, problem sets, and free-response work — handwritten or otherwise. GradeVine isn't built for essay-primary courses where the work is multi-page open-ended writing.

Credit-based pricing.

Credits cover transcription — 1 credit per page scanned, or 1.5 credits per page with Smart evaluation turned on. Paid plans add rollover credits and Google Drive export.

Start free

Free
30 credits/month

Enough for about 1 small class assignment. No credit card required.

Download on the App Store
Need more credits?

Pro

$9.99/mo
5,000 credits/month

Unused credits roll over month to month.

  • Everything in Standard
  • 5x the credits
  • Built for heavy workloads

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+0.5 credits/page
30 credits per assignment
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Try GradeVine.

Download on the App Store

Free to try. 30 credits. No card required.