Notan is an academic grade tracking assistant for students that supports international grading systems on iOS and Android.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
It removes the cognitive friction of manual grade monitoring across multiple subjects and semesters by providing a unified, ad-free performance dashboard.
For Students from primary school to university level requiring structured grade tracking.
What does it look like?
Key features
Configurable grading systems supporting specific national standards including Germany, France, and the U.S.
Provides performance feedback and study recommendations based on user grade data.
Synchronizes grade data across iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud.
How much does it cost?
Notan is free to use and monetizes through ad inventory, with IAP support indicated in store metadata.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentUX improvementsShow more...
Notan: Grade Calculator currently operates on a maintenance cadence, with only one release recorded in the analyzed window. The latest version focuses on minor template refinements rather than significant feature expansion. Given the lack of frequent updates or recurring live events, development appears to be focused strictly on stability and minor maintenance. Future updates remain infrequent at the current pace.
Who built it?
Tien Do Nam
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What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads thrilled. Users appreciate clean and simple design makes tracking academic grades feel intuitive for students across various school systems and absence of intrusive advertisements creates a focused experience that users appreciate during daily grade management.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Clean and simple design makes tracking academic grades feel intuitive for students across various school systems
- Absence of intrusive advertisements creates a focused experience that users appreciate during daily grade management
- Inaccurate overall grade calculations create frustration and anxiety for students monitoring their academic standing
25 of 25 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Thrilled overall
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Competitive landscape for Notan: Grade Calculator
How's the Education market?
Notan maintains a niche presence in the Education category, currently holding the #87 Top Free position in the German Education chart. The app's focus on international grading standards provides a specific utility that broader, US-centric trackers lack.
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Key takeaways for Notan: Grade Calculator
Where is it heading?
The academic tracking market is consolidating around automated data ingestion, which threatens manual-entry apps like Notan. If Notan remains in maintenance mode without addressing core calculation accuracy, it will likely lose its remaining user base to automated rivals by the end of the next academic year.
- Inaccurate grade calculations cause user anxiety, which erodes the trust necessary for a primary academic tool.
- The ad-free experience sustains high user satisfaction, providing a stable foundation for future feature expansion.
The SWOT
- Customizable grading scales support international academic systems
- Ad-free interface creates a focused user experience
- Adding export/backup features would resolve top user requests
- Visualizing grade history through charts would improve progress tracking
Next best moves
Audit and rebuild grade calculation logic because users report inaccurate averages → restore trust in academic standing
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
Notan's maintenance-mode status is actually a retention lever, as students prefer a stable…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Automated school portal integration (missing here, common in modern academic trackers) +1
Since the last report: Notan's competitive outlook has shifted to mixed due to the rising threat of automated grade-syncing rivals and the formal identification of critical feature gaps in data portability and portal integration.
Bottom line
Fixing the grade calculation logic is the only way to defend Notan's core utility, as calculation errors directly invalidate the app's value proposition for students. Addressing this would stabilize the user base while export features are developed to improve retention.
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Is Notan suitable for university students?
Does Notan have intrusive advertisements?
Can I export my grade data from Notan?
Sources
- [1] Play Store listing, source
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