About
Built for the classroom. Not the boardroom.
MarkIT exists because a 5-minute attendance routine was stealing 25 hours of teaching time every school year — and nobody had fixed it yet.
The problem
In most Philippine schools — and classrooms around the world — taking attendance means calling out names one by one, scanning a paper list, or navigating a slow, clunky app that requires a working internet connection. For a class of 35–40 students, that's 3–5 minutes lost at the start of every session.
Multiply that across five classes a day, five days a week, across a full school year — and you're looking at more than 25 hours spent doing something that should take less than a minute.
The problem wasn't just speed. It was reliability. Most school buildings in the Philippines have unreliable WiFi — or none at all. Cloud-based attendance apps become paperweights the moment the connection drops. Teachers end up back on paper, which defeats the purpose.
The solution
MarkIT was built by Karl Flores, a developer from the Philippines, to solve exactly this problem. The core idea: what if marking attendance felt as fast and effortless as swiping through a card deck? Swipe right for present, swipe left for absent, swipe down for late. A full class of 40 students — under 60 seconds.
The second principle was non-negotiable: the app had to work 100% offline. Every record is stored locally on the teacher's device and syncs automatically when a connection is available. If you mark attendance in airplane mode, nothing is lost. The moment you're back online, MarkIT catches up silently in the background.
Who uses MarkIT
MarkIT is used primarily by teachers in the Philippines — K-12 classrooms, college and university courses, and vocational and technical schools. It's built with Philippine classrooms in mind: the unreliable WiFi, the large class sizes, the DepEd attendance requirements, and the reality that most teachers are doing this on a phone, not a laptop.
That said, any teacher anywhere in the world can use MarkIT. The swipe interface, the offline mode, and the student portal work the same whether you're in Manila, Jakarta, or Nairobi. MarkIT is priced at ₱350/year for Philippine teachers (about $5 USD internationally) — because a tool this useful should be accessible to every teacher, not just those with a generous school budget.
What's built in
- Swipe-based roll call — present, absent, or late in one gesture
- 100% offline with automatic sync
- Smart absence tracking with flagged student reports
- Visual class calendar showing all dates at a glance
- Student access portal — no login required for students
- Random recitation picker with session tracking
- CSV import and export for class lists and attendance records
- PWA — installs on any phone or tablet, no app store needed
Get in touch
Questions, feedback, or payment help — email us at [email protected]. We reply within 24 hours on school days.
MarkIT is a small product built and maintained by a small team. We read every email and take every piece of feedback seriously.