QRoll is a free web-based attendance system for university classrooms, using QR check-ins and location verification for in-person and online sessions. Session QR codes can change every 30 seconds, and professors can set an allowed location radius for each course. For remote sessions, students scan a code from a shared screen. Professors can upload rosters from CSV and export attendance as Excel or CSV files. The service flags students below 75% or 50% attendance, while students can check their own attendance with a course and student ID without logging in. Professors can add teaching assistants and group sections for combined views and exports. Access is invite-only, and an access request does not guarantee approval. QRoll may restrict the number of professors, institutions, classes, users, sessions, or attendance records it supports. Its maker says it cannot guarantee that the service is secure or that location checks and anti-sharing features will always work correctly. QRoll was built by Mayank Chadha, Ph.D. in 2026 while teaching at UC San Diego, and lists an email address for questions or feedback.
Who it is for
It suits university professors who need QR-based attendance tracking, roster imports, and exportable reports for classroom or online sessions.
What is good
- QR codes can rotate every 30 seconds
- Supports classroom and online sessions
- Exports attendance as Excel or CSV
- Students can look up attendance without logging in
What to know first
- Access is invite-only and approval is not guaranteed
- Service may restrict supported users or records
- Security and location checks are not guaranteed
Verdict
QRoll offers attendance capture and reporting for university courses at no listed cost. Access is discretionary, and the maker cautions that capacity and verification reliability are not guaranteed.
QRoll plans and pricing
All plansCompared on student attendance software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Attendance capture
- qr_code
- Absence tracking
- Yes
- Automated alerts
- Yes
- Mobile app
- No
