Attender
Attender is an attendance registration service for educational institutions, with tools for recording attendance and following student absences.
What Attender is
Attender is an attendance registration service for educational institutions, with tools for recording attendance and following student absences. Students can check in by scanning QR codes, and staff have four interfaces for marking attendance. Role-specific views include observation lists, heatmaps, and projected absences. An algorithm highlights students who may need attention, including those close to dropping out, while rewards and gamification encourage attendance and participation. Attender works on the web, iOS, and Android, and offers a Microsoft Teams app that can automatically register attendance in online classes. It can use TimeEdit timetable data for QR check-in. Attendance data can be exported through Excel or the Attender API, including for use with Microsoft PowerBI. The paid education-sector plans are billed annually per user: Attender Standard is €2 a year, Pro is €3 a year, and Premium is €4 a year. Each has a minimum licence purchase of 300 users; sales tax and setup fees are excluded. A free demo is available by request through a form.
Good
- QR-code self-registration for students
- Role-specific statistics include heatmaps
- Teams app can register online-class attendance
- Exports data through Excel and its API
- Includes absence insights and gamification
Watch out
- No free plan
- Minimum purchase of 300 users
- Sales tax and setup fees are excluded
- Paid plans start at €2 a year per user
Who it suits
Attender suits educational institutions that need attendance registration, absence tracking, and student risk insights. Its QR check-in, online-class Teams app, and export options may fit institutions using those workflows.
Verdict
Attender combines attendance capture with absence statistics and indicators of students who may need attention. Check the 300-user minimum and excluded fees when considering its paid education-sector plans.
Plans and prices
From Attender's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Attender Standard | €2 a year | education sector · minimum licence purchase 300 users · excludes sales tax and setup fees · Annual fee per user |
| Attender Pro | €3 a year | education sector · minimum licence purchase 300 users · excludes sales tax and setup fees · Annual fee per user |
| Attender Premium | €4 a year | education sector · minimum licence purchase 300 users · excludes sales tax and setup fees · Annual fee per user |
The facts
Each one read from Attender's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attendance methods
- The site says Attender offers four interfaces for marking attendance.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Availability
- The features page lists availability on web, iOS, Android, and Microsoft Teams.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Data export
- Users can export data through Excel and the Attender API, including for use with Microsoft PowerBI.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Gamification
- Attender uses rewards and gamification to encourage attendance and participation.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Attender provides attendance registration for educational institutions, aiming to reduce time spent on administration and student absence.checked 7 Oct 2001
- QR check-in
- Students can self-register attendance by scanning QR codes.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Risk insights
- An algorithm highlights students who may need attention, including those close to dropping out.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Statistics
- Attender provides role-specific interfaces and statistics including observation lists, heatmaps, and projected absences.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Support
- Technical support is listed Monday–Thursday 08:30–16:00 and Friday 08:30–15:00 CEST/GMT+2 by email or phone.checked 7 Oct 2001
- TimeEdit integration
- Attender can integrate with TimeEdit data, and its site describes QR check-in using timetable data.checked 7 Oct 2001
Money
- Free demo
- The site offers a free demo version through a form that sends a demo link; it does not state a trial duration.checked 7 Oct 2001
The company
- Headquarters
- Aarhus N, Denmarkchecked 28 Sep 2001
- Microsoft Teams
- Attender offers a Teams app that can automatically register attendance in online classes.checked 7 Oct 2001
