Attendance Radar vs. Clever

Attendance Radar is a mobile and web platform for tracking student attendance in colleges and universities worldwide. It uses Bluetooth to record attendance quickly and reliably, requiring only a couple of clicks for an entire class. The app is easy to use and comes in several versions. A free version is available on iOS and Google Play, while the premium version adds features like team teaching, reports, statistics, and course archives. For universities, a customized version offers API integrations, single sign-on, and branded apps.

Clever was born of co-founder Dan Carroll’s frustration as a school tech director in Denver. His plans to use technology to save teachers time and personalize learning were stymied by countless CSV files and forgotten passwords. Dan recalls, “I wanted to be an innovator, but I got stuck being a human API.” Software has the potential to empower teachers and create new ways to learn. But one thing must happen first. Everyone must be able to log in—quickly and securely. To solve Dan’s problem, we built a single sign-on portal that now helps 95,000 of U.S.