11. Peabody Teach team quiz game
Peabody Teach
A quiz game the whole class plays on one screen: two to eight teams with made-up names and three ways to play, a category board, tiles with surprises such as doubles and swaps, and a race. Questions come from the quiz bank (math facts, word meanings), a reading passage or your own list. There are no student devices, no accounts and no player cap, and every mode is free. Nothing is sent when a team answers, and scores are gone when the page reloads.
Free, no sign-in and no ads; Peabody is free through the end of 2026 (as of 2026-10-31).
Watch for One screen means one answer per team, not per student, and there is no self-paced homework mode; for one device per student use Peabody's live quiz game instead.
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A live quiz game show where students earn in-game money for right answers, the nearest thing to Blooket's feel. Gimkit's account FAQ says students can play live games and assignments without an account or logging in. Its Pro FAQ says the free Basic plan generally has three free game modes at a time and that the free modes rotate, and its hosting article sets a hard limit of 500 students in a live game.
The free part: Basic plays the featured free modes with as many students as you want, sets up classes and collects reports. Pro Exclusive modes are limited to 5 players on Basic, and assignments (homework) are a Pro feature.
Basic is free; Pro is $14.99 billed monthly or $59.88 billed once a year (as of 2026-10-31).
Watch for The free modes rotate, so the one you planned may be gone, and homework assignments need Pro. In-game money and upgrades can pull young students' attention from the questions.
Visit Gimkit ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
Lesson maps that students follow at their own pace, classic games (crossword, word search, memory, match, jigsaw, maze) and multiplayer arcade games with a live projector view. The pricing page says students do not need an account: you share your classroom's web address and they join right away, as a guest or with a school Google or Microsoft account.
The free part: 2 classrooms per teacher, up to 40 students per classroom, 1 private deck and 7 days of classroom data.
Free plan; PRO is $8 a month, US$96 billed annually (as of 2026-10-31).
Watch for One private deck and seven days of results on the free plan, so it suits trying out a lesson more than running a year of review.
Visit Deck.Toys ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
Quizzes played as browser games such as Goalzz (team football quiz battles), Hoopzz (basketball on a big screen) and Blockerzz, with a leaderboard mode. The home page says students join with a class code, and that asking them to log in is an option for tracking progress, not a must.
The free part: Basic: 1 class of 20 students, 5 saved quizzes, multiple-choice questions only, the leaderboard game mode and 3 AI-made quizzes a month. Team games are in Standard.
Basic is free forever; Standard is billed annually, but the page did not show its price (as of 2026-10-31).
Watch for Twenty students and one class on the free plan is below most classes, and the team games are paid.
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55. Nearpod Time to Climb
Nearpod
A game inside Nearpod lessons that turns multiple-choice questions into a race up a mountain: students choose a character and climb by answering correctly. The FAQ says students join a live lesson with a 5-digit code or a link and can take part without creating their own account.
The free part: Silver supports up to 40 student joins per lesson, with 100 MB of storage, per the FAQ.
The free Silver license is free permanently (as of 2026-10-31).
Watch for It is one game type inside a lesson tool, not a set of modes, and the free plan stops at 40 joins a lesson.
Visit Nearpod Time to Climb ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
A team quiz game played from one screen at the front of the room, with animated themes and power-ups that can swap points. The home page says play from one screen, no devices needed, so students never join anything. Teachers make and play their own games for free or pick from a library of over 4 million teacher-made games.
The free part: The free-forever Basic plan makes and plays games; the pricing page says Baamboozle+ lifts all of its restrictions but does not list them.
Basic is free; Baamboozle+ is $4.99 a month paid yearly ($59.88) or $7.99 a month (as of 2026-10-31).
Watch for Team answers only, and the free plan's limits are not spelled out on the pricing page.
Visit Baamboozle ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
A class-against-the-boss quiz battle inside the Class Cortex classroom board. The FAQ says students go to classcortex.com/join, enter the room code and answer on their own devices, with no app and no account. Rosters and scores stay in the teacher's browser and are never sent to its servers, the page says.
The free part: Boss Battles with 2 boss types, 5 questions and 1 saved question set, plus 4 training games on the teacher's screen.
Pro is AUD $49 a year (as of 2026-10-31).
Watch for Five questions a battle on the free plan is a warm-up, not a full review, and the space-command theme suits older students more than K-2.
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Students hold up a printed card turned to show their answer, and the teacher's phone scans the room. The help center says there is no need for student devices or accounts, that sessions can even run offline, and that Plickers will always offer free printable cards for teachers.
The free part: A free teacher account with printable cards; we could not read the free plan's limits on its pricing page.
The help center calls Plickers Pro a subscription; its pricing page did not load for us, so no price is shown (as of 2026-10-31).
Watch for It is a quick check rather than a game with modes, and answers are limited to what a card can show.
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A quiz and quick-question tool. Its help center says students do not need to create a Socrative account: they scan a QR code or visit gosocrative.com and enter the teacher's room name. The plans page lists one room and five quizzes on the free plan.
The free part: 1 room, 5 quizzes and 50 students per activity.
Free plan; Essentials is $10 a seat a month or $120 billed annually, Pro $16.67 a seat a month or $200.04 billed annually (as of 2026-10-31).
Watch for More quiz than game, with no game modes named on the pages we read, and five saved quizzes on the free plan.
Visit Socrative ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.