ChalkNote

A behaviour log for teachers. Record what happened in two seconds, see the patterns over a term, and walk into the meeting with a report.

Free, with no ads. No account, and nothing ever leaves your phone.

A week in one class: 41 positive logs above the line, 10 negative ones below.

Log it before the moment passes

  1. A class roster in ChalkNote: each student with their positive and negative counts for today.

    1Swipe a student

    Right for something positive, left for something negative. Or tap Log and pick students, or All.

  2. Choosing a behaviour: behaviours grouped into colour-coded categories.

    2Pick what happened

    Behaviours are grouped into colour-coded categories, so the one you want is a tap away.

  3. Adding a short note to a behaviour before saving it.

    3Add a note, or don’t

    Type it or say it, then save. You are back to the lesson before anyone notices you left.

See the term, not just today

A sticky note remembers one afternoon. ChalkNote keeps every log, so you can see what a student’s term actually looked like.

  • Summaries for the class and for each student
  • Trends across the week, the month and the term
  • Category breakdowns: is it the work, or the time of day?
  • Heatmaps of the days and times behaviours cluster, with Plus
A class summary: totals, trends and the most logged behaviours.
A behaviour heatmap for one student, showing which days had the most logs.

Walk into the meeting with a report

Export a PDF for one student or the whole class, for a week, a term or the year. Plain enough to hand to a parent, specific enough for an IEP meeting or a referral.

With Plus, the report carries charts of categories and trends, and your school’s logo at the top.

Report options: the date range, and what the PDF report includes.

Student names stay on your phone

No account
No sign-up, no login, no email address. Open it and start.
No cloud
ChalkNote makes no network calls of its own. There is no server for your data to sit on.
No analytics, no ads
Nothing measures you, and nobody sees an ad, on the free version or with Plus.
No connection needed
It works the same on a dead Wi-Fi day. Only buying Plus goes through the store.

That makes it easy to put in front of a principal or a privacy officer. The privacy policy is short, and says exactly this.

Backup is free, on purpose

Because nothing is in the cloud, your phone holds the only copy. So exporting a backup of every class, student and log is free, and always will be. Keep it in Files, Drive, email or on a computer.

Automatic backups on the phone can undo a mistake, and a backup restores in one step on a new phone.

Backup and restore: export a backup, restore one, and automatic backups.

What it costs

Free

$0

Create classes, log behaviour, export reports, and back up your data — all free, forever.

  • No ads, ever
  • Unlimited classes and behaviour logs
  • PDF report exports
  • Backup and restore

ChalkNote Plus

$4.99 a month

Or $29.99 a year, which starts with 30 days free. Everything in the free version, plus:

  • Behaviour heatmaps
  • Charts in your PDF reports
  • Your school's logo on exported reports
  • Your own custom behaviour list

Prices are in Canadian dollars; the store shows yours before anything is charged. If Plus ends, the app goes back to free and keeps everything you logged.

Start with tomorrow’s first period

Setup asks only for a class name. Paste your class list, or type the names in, and you’re ready to log.