Attendance28.0.3 - App Store

See two-minute introductory video at www.dave256apps.com/attendance2

Attendance2 is a new app from the developer of the original iOS Attendance app. It is a complete rewrite of the app with a new data format to make it more flexible and easier to use.

* Main Features *
Easy to get started with and powerful features you can learn if you need them.
Flexible importing of names from CSV file or your Contacts (videos on website show how to create an import CSV files)
Display photos next to names while taking attendance. Photos can be taken with the device, imported from Dropbox, or from your Photo library.
Statuses (i.e., Absent, Present, etc.) are customizable so you can add your own statuses.
Each day includes a status, a second status, and a generic note field.
Use the second status to track participation points or for dropoff/pickup (more information on website for how to do this).
Manually select status for each person or scan QR or barcode to record a person's attendance status (Attendance2 will create QR codes for you).
Optionally enter course meetings times (i.e., MWF 9AM) so you add your next class time with one tap or manually select meeting time if course does not meet at regular times.
Standard fields for first, middle, last, email, etc. for each person plus 5 custom fields you can optionally use.
Customize which person fields are visible while taking attendance in the Take settings.
Multiple report options (spreadsheet, summary, detailed report) that can be emailed or saved to Dropbox in CSV format.
Reports of students who have missed a specified number of classes to help identify at risk students.
Customize what fields are included in the reports in the Report Settings.
Each course is a separate data file and you can share your data file with teaching assistants or administrators by sending it to them in an email.
Easily backup your data file to Dropbox or via email.
Supports TextExpander touch snippet expansion in various note fields.

* Gestures while taking attendance *
Tap photo to view larger photo or to change the photo.
Tap name to enter the note for that day for the person.
Tap and hold name to view/edit details for a person.
Double tap a name to view summary report of attendance.
Tap and hold status to select status from a list.
Swipe right/left all the way across screen to switch to previous/next date.

* Sharing data between multiple devices or people *
Data cannot be synced between multiple users, but as long as you send the data file back and forth between multiple people and the person using it has the latest copy, mutliple people can take attendance at different times. For example, an instructor could take attendance on MWF, email the data file to his/her TA after class Wednesday and the TA could then take attendance at a recitation section on Thursday and email the updated data file back to the instructor afterwards so the instructor could use it again on Wednesday. The same instructions apply for using it on multiple devices - just share the data (via email or Dropbox) with your other device and make certain the device you're using at the momemnt has the latest copy of the data before you modify the data.

As of version 2.0 of Attendance2, it includes all the major features of the original Attendance app (version 2.0 adds importing from your Contacts). I have a list of requested features and will continue to update the app regularly as I have time to work on it. While I can't promise to add every feature request, if you have a specific request, feel free to email it to me (dave256apps@me.com).

See http://www.dave256apps.com for more information about the app. There are a few videos there showing more information about the app and how to use it.

Version History Fix for iPad rotation for QR code scanning. 8.0.3 Sep 17 UI readability fixes. 8.0.2 Sep 16 Fix for restoring from .adz file. 8.0.1 Sep 9 Version 8.0 is updated for iOS 26 and later liquid glass appearance. Also supports both light and dark mode. 8.0 Sep 7 Minor bug fix for screen mirroring. 7.3.1 06/08/2025 Minor updates for new operating system versions. 7.3 05/14/2025 Bug fixes for future iOS updates 7.2.1 09/10/2022 Larger QR codes and fixes for future iOS/iPadOS updates. 7.2 06/18/2022 Support for Dropbox's new authentication requirements. After Dropbox forces the change on September 30, 2021, if Dropbox support in Attendance2 does not work for you, please unlink and relink with Dropbox on the app's first screen.
Now that Dropbox has provided privacy information about their service, I have updated the app's privacy guidelines. Note that I do not collect any data so if you do not use the Dropbox functionality, no data should be collected. If you use the options to load/save data from Dropbox, they do collect some information in order to connect to their service. Here is their information:

https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c#app-store-connect-privacy-labels 7.1.0 06/27/2021 Minor bug fix. 7.0.1 12/17/2020 New option for CSV import.
Option to backup course to iCloud instead of Dropbox
Option to update a roster with data from an existing course without adding new names.
More info on these features at this blog post: https://microblog.dave256apps.com/2020/08/17/attendance-new-csv.html 7.0.0 08/18/2020 Minor UI tweaks 6.5.7 05/11/2020 Minor bug fixes for iOS 13 6.5.6 11/18/2019 Improvements for QR and bar code scanning 6.5.5 10/30/2019 Fix for import from Contacts. Apple started requiring special approval for apps to access the Note field in a Contact so do not import that field for now.
Insert new courses at top of list instead of end. 6.5.4 10/28/2019 Minor improvements to QR/barcode scanning. 6.5.3 09/17/2019 Prevent crash if set QR scanning to mark a different status if person is late but did not indicate which status to use when late. 6.5.2 09/08/2019 When uploading QR Codes for entire course, upload a zip file containing the PNG files. Otherwise courses with hundreds of students did not have a few PNG files uploaded. 6.5.1 08/07/2019 Requires iOS 10.2 or higher.
Prevent duplicates when importing names from another course (based on identifier field or matching first and last name).
Specify starting value for identifier field when using "Add ID to Enrolled Persons" option.
Spreadsheet reports now show percentages if the percentages Report Setting is on. 6.5 07/15/2019 Support for 2018 iPad Pro models. 6.4 11/14/2018 Support for new iPhones. 6.3 09/18/2018 Code updates for future iOS versions. UI tweaks and minor bug fixes. 6.2 09/06/2018 Minor UI tweak. 6.1.1 12/09/2017 A course remembers the columns import order for CSV files from the last time you imported a CSV file into that course.

Option to re-order buttons in Take screen scrollview. Open course, scroll to Course/Group Settings and select Take screen button order.

When importing a person from another course, it will copy the attendance record information if you took attendance on same dates in both courses. This is useful when moving a student from one section of a course to another. 6.1 11/27/2017 Requires iOS 9 or higher. UI tweaks for iPhone X. I will not have an iPhone X so if you have one and notice any UI glitches, please let me know. Many internal code updates to continue working on new iOS versions. 6.0 11/02/2017