How do I handle schools that use points instead of weighted percentages?

Support both. A points-based course is simply one category weighted at 100% where the running grade is total points earned over total points possible. Let the student choose the mode per course, since they often have one of each.

Should the app connect to the school portal?

Not at first. Portal integrations are fragile, differ by district, and often forbidden by terms of service. Manual entry takes seconds per mark and keeps the app working for every school; a CSV import is a reasonable middle step later.

How to Build a Student Grade Tracker App with AI (2026)

What a student grade tracker app needs

Courses per term with credit hours and a grading scale
Weighted categories (homework 20%, exams 50%) with assignments inside
Running weighted grade per course and term GPA
What-if calculator: the mark needed on remaining work to hit a target
Upcoming due dates across all courses

The screens

Screen	What it does
Term	Courses with current grade, letter, and term GPA
Course	Categories with weights, assignments and marks, running grade
Add Mark	Assignment name, category, score, out of, due or returned date
What If	Target grade in, required average on remaining work out
Upcoming	Due dates across courses, next two weeks first

The data model

Term: name, startDate, endDate, gpaScale (4.0, percentage, custom)
Course: termId, name, creditHours, gradingScale (letter cutoffs)
Category: courseId, name, weightPercent, dropLowest
Assignment: categoryId, name, score, outOf, dueDate, returned

The build prompt (copy this)

Paste this into ShipNative and it becomes a working React Native app with these screens, navigable in a live preview, in about two minutes:

“A student grade tracker app for high school and university students. Term lists courses with the current weighted grade as a percentage and letter, plus the term GPA computed from credit hours and each course’s letter grade. Course shows the grading categories with their weights, each assignment under its category with score and out-of, and the running weighted grade; categories can be set to drop the lowest score, and ungraded assignments do not count until a mark is entered. Add Mark is a quick form for assignment name, category, score, out of, and date. What If asks for a target letter or percentage and shows the average needed on the remaining ungraded work to reach it, and says clearly when the target is no longer reachable. Upcoming lists assignments with due dates across all courses, soonest first, with a toggle to hide returned work. Letter cutoffs are editable per course because every teacher is different. Works fully offline, no account needed, with an optional backup to the cloud. Screens: Term, Course, Add Mark, What If, Upcoming.”

Then iterate with small, screen-specific prompts (“make the primary button bigger”, “add an empty state”), preview on your own phone, and export the full Expo project whenever you want. The full method: how to build an app with AI.

How it makes money

A one-time unlock for unlimited courses and terms, cloud backup, and the what-if calculator, with the free tier covering one term and three courses. Students have little money and strong word of mouth; a low one-time price spreads through a class faster than a subscription. A school or tutoring-centre licence is the only sensible recurring revenue.

Implementation and the revenue math for every model: how to make money from an app. When you’re ready to ship: App Store and Google Play publishing guides.

Build it now

The prompt above is free to run at shipnative.dev — working student grade tracker app on your phone today, full code export.

How to Build a Student Grade Tracker App with AI