Excellent--well thought-out and with good video tutorials to boot

I have been looking for something like this for a while--even attempted to use apps to create a reusable template for this purpose. I finally bought a cheap app, but, while it takes attendance, it lacks some fundamental features. So I browsed the more expensive apps for comparison. After watching the videos on this app, I bought it. Having played with it for a while, I am very happy.

As far as I am concerned, aside from taking attendance by class and by name, an attendance app must:

1. allow me to transfer the data out--as text in an email or in some form for other desktop software to open. Otherwise, what good does it do for me to keep it on the phone only? One can email both a plain text AND a spreadsheet (which can be previewed in app).

2. allow me to display attendance report with all the dates and checks *all on one page.* Looking at the data student by student is useful in some cases, but for the most par I keep records for a whole class on only a couple of pages. The spreadsheet report created by this app (when emailed) does just that.

3. allow me to add unique status in addition to "present", "absent", and "late." I wanted to add "sick," "training" (which is required where I work), and maybe another one or two. Much to my amazement, this app does it. The status choices can be totally customized in this app.

Personally, I was not very much concerned with importing data, but this app does allow import of csv files. Having played with the import function, I must say I am glad the app allows the wholesale import of a csv file (and the authors video shows exactly how), as entering more than a handful of names manually (with emails and all) *will* be a chore.

One additional unexpected feature: This app allows me to email, directly through the app, any individual student, or students who are absent on a given day, or all the students in a class. For a variety of reasons, Outlook Express, at least the way it is set up at my workplace, does not allow me to create a mailing list. All year long I have been struggling with an easy way of keeping students addresses grouped by class or retrieving students addresses on my phone. This app seems to have solved the problem for me.

So far, so good! All I can say is that I hope the apps author keeps it updated (not necessarily for more features, but so that it remains stable).

CinciBusyBees about Attendance, v4.2