Attendance tracking methods, compared
There’s no single “best” way to track attendance — only the method that fits your setting. Here’s a quick guide to every approach we get asked about, and where each one actually holds up.
Paper roll call
Zero setup cost, but no backup if the sheet goes missing and no easy way to search a term’s worth of records.
Learn moreSpreadsheets
Better than paper, but still manual entry, still no independent backup, and still one accidental sort away from disaster.
Learn moreQR codes
Scan a code with any phone camera — no physical tag needed, works instantly for anyone with a saved code.
Learn moreNFC tags
Tap a card or tag against a phone. No battery, nothing to charge, and a tag lasts years.
Learn moreRFID readers
The older, proprietary cousin of NFC — a dedicated reader instead of a phone, useful where access-control hardware is already in place.
Learn moreBiometric fingerprint
No tag to lose, but extra hardware per entry point and real privacy considerations when the population includes minors.
Learn moreMy NFC Attendance uses NFC and QR — on purpose
Both work with hardware people already carry, neither requires new wiring or a dedicated terminal, and switching between them takes one tap in settings — not a hardware order.
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