UnivTrack

UnivTrack is an open-source attendance tracker for students who want a course-by-course view of absences and their limits. It is best suited to college and high-school schedules that fit weekday morning and afternoon slots. Its appeal is broad device support and flexible term planning; its main constraint is that attendance must be entered manually.

Overview

UnivTrack turns class entries into live absence counts for each course, highlighting courses approaching or exceeding their limits. That makes it useful for keeping an eye on attendance before a course becomes a problem, but the counts are only as current as the student's manual records.

Students can create unlimited academic terms, each with a custom name, start date, and duration of 5 to 18 weeks. A term becomes read-only after its final week, which preserves completed records but prevents correcting them through the app afterward.

Key features

• Weekday schedules: Set up to five morning and five afternoon course slots per weekday, Monday through Friday. This is enough structure for many student timetables, but the fixed periods and weekday-only setup will not fit every schedule.
• Attendance records: Mark each class Attended, Absent, or Holiday / No Class. Long-press actions can update previous weeks in bulk, helping students catch up on missed entries without changing the manual nature of the system.
• Absence monitoring: Live per-course counts and warnings for courses nearing or exceeding their limits make the app more actionable than a simple attendance log. It does not remove the need to record each class accurately.
• Offline-capable PWA: UnivTrack can be installed with a home-screen icon and run in full-screen mode; its app shell works offline. That supports quick access when connectivity is unavailable, while the project still relies on Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore for its account and data setup.

Pricing

UnivTrack has one plan: Free — free, free forever. It includes unlimited academic terms and up to five morning and five afternoon course slots per weekday. There are no paid tiers to unlock more slots, so students whose schedules exceed those caps should look elsewhere rather than expect an upgrade path.

The project is MIT-licensed. Students using the hosted app do not need to treat self-hosting as a prerequisite, but anyone deploying their own instance must configure a Firebase project. User data is stored in that project, with no third-party ads or tracking; Vercel Analytics is opt-in.

Platforms

The installable PWA supports Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux, with English and Turkish translations and automatic browser-language detection. The project also provides local setup and Vercel deployment instructions for self-hosting. That range makes UnivTrack a practical option across phone and desktop devices, although self-hosting demands Firebase configuration rather than a turnkey personal server setup.

Who it's for

UnivTrack fits students who want to manage attendance themselves, compare absences with course limits, and carry the same basic workflow across mobile and desktop. It is less suitable for students with irregular schedules, courses outside Monday to Friday, or more than five courses in either daily period. Because completed terms are read-only, it is also a poor fit for anyone who expects to revise historical attendance records after a term ends.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Unlimited terms with configurable names, start dates, and 5-to-18-week lengths support planning across academic periods.
• Pro: Live course-level absence counts and limit warnings make it easier to spot attendance risks.
• Pro: A free-forever plan, offline app shell, and support across mobile and desktop devices keep the basic tracker accessible without a subscription.
• Con: Manual entry means students must keep up with records for the warnings to be reliable.
• Con: Weekday schedules stop at five morning and five afternoon slots per day, limiting use for denser or nonstandard timetables.
• Con: Self-hosting requires users to set up their own Firebase project, and completed terms cannot be edited.

Alternatives

For a wider range of student attendance tools, browse Student Attendance Software. Consider QRaten if QR/code attendance and personal attendance history matter more than UnivTrack's course-level absence counts; its free plan covers students and members across mobile, tablet, and computer access.

Bulsee is another free option for Android, iOS, and web. Choose AttenQR if you want a free account-based option with a one-time $9.99 USD ad-removal plan. iAttended is a free App Store option for users looking for an alternative on Android, iOS, or web.

QRoll is a web option for approved users, with access at the maker's discretion. Rollcallz is aimed at organizations with 500 or more users and uses custom enterprise pricing. AttendUni is worth considering for classroom-based QR verification, with a free tier for one classroom and up to 30 students. SchoolPass Visitor Management is an alternative for visitor management on Android, iOS, and web.

Verdict

Choose UnivTrack if you are a student who wants a free, cross-device way to plan academic terms and monitor course absences against limits. Its strongest case is the combination of unlimited terms and live course-level counts. Look elsewhere if your timetable exceeds its weekday slot caps, you need attendance captured automatically, or you expect to edit a term after it closes.