Top 20 free classroom screen and projector dashboard tools (2026)

• Best for a polished screen with templates and backgrounds
• Free plan, paid upgrades

A one-screen teaching display for the projector. The pricing page says the free Basic plan has no time limit and includes all 26 widgets, an annotation bar, remote poll voting, three saved name lists and a template library. The widgets include a timer, sound level, traffic light, work symbols, group maker, randomizer, poll, draw, QR code and dice, with a background picker. Pro adds saving and sharing screens, custom backgrounds and unlimited name lists.

The free part: Basic is free with no time limit: all 26 widgets, the annotation bar, remote poll voting, three saved name lists, your own widget bar layout and the template library.

Pro is $3 a month, or $36 a year billed annually; Organization is $525 a year for 25 licenses (as of 2026-10-29).

Watch for The pricing page lists saving and sharing screens, custom backgrounds and unlimited name lists under Pro, not Basic, so a free account rebuilds its screen more often.

Visit Classroomscreen ↗  Facts read on the maker’s page.

• Best for a free Classroomscreen-style board that saves with no account
• Free

A browser display for a projector or panel with a widget bar the page says holds 43 widgets, including a timer, noise meter, random name picker, group maker, traffic light, live poll, exit ticket and text. The page says every widget, template and saved board is free, with no account for teachers or students. Boards save in your browser and move to another device by copying the layout link.

The page says free, with no premium tier and no trial.

Watch for The page does not name a maker. Ads appear on its articles and guides though not on the board, and the QR widget sends its text to an outside QR image service.

Visit MyClassScreen ↗

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• Best for a free board with a noise meter that never punishes
• Free

A projector board of fourteen widgets you drag and resize on a 16 by 9 grid. The Quiet Garden noise meter grows a plant while the room is calm and never takes anything away (or shows a light or a bar). Attention signals play a chime, a rain stick, a 5-4-3-2-1 count and Clap back, a rhythm the class claps back. There are work symbols, groups from your class list, a scoreboard, timers, a stopwatch, a checklist, notes, a picker and a clock, over backdrops drawn in code that follow the season, with six ready-made layouts. Up to twelve named boards save free in your browser, flip like a deck and move between computers as a file; names stay out of links.

Free, no sign-in and no ads; Peabody is free through the end of 2026 (as of 2026-10-29).

Watch for No drawing, poll, QR, dice, webcam or uploaded pictures on the board yet, so it has about half of Classroomscreen's 26 widgets; boards live in one browser, so moving one takes a file or a link, and reopening a closed tab needs the internet.

Visit Peabody Board ↗

• Best for a private board with no account at all
• Free

A full-screen board that holds up to 12 widgets: clock, timer with a chime, a no-repeat name picker, note, sketch pad, traffic light, work symbols, noise meter, scoreboard, class jobs, word list and birthdays. The page says no account is needed, class lists and layouts stay in the browser, and the noise meter turns room sound into a number and discards the audio.

The page says there is no Pro tier and no locked features.

Watch for The widget list has no group maker, poll, QR code or dice, and the page says a different device starts fresh because everything is stored in the browser.

Visit Lans Cloud Classroom Screen ↗

• Best for primary teachers who want a morning board and a whiteboard
• Free plan, paid upgrades

About 95 classroom apps for primary teachers. Its Whiteboard combines a timer, name picker, scoreboard and 20+ widgets on one board, drawn from your saved class list, and the Morning Board shows the date, weather, word of the day, a fact and the timetable on one slide. Every app is unlocked on the free plan, which saves one screen, one class list and one timetable.

The free part: Every app is unlocked, with 20 AI tokens, one class list, one timetable and one saved whiteboard screen.

Pro is £8 a month or £60 a year (as of 2026-10-29).

Watch for You sign in with Google or email to save classes and settings, and the free plan keeps just one saved screen.

Visit Sage Teachers ↗

• Best for trying the widest set of free tools in one session
• Free plan, paid upgrades

A teacher dashboard with a visual timetable, name picker, attendance, a seating grid, group splitter, scoreboard, timer and stopwatch, traffic light, work symbols, notes, a whiteboard, noise monitor, webcam, PDF and photo displays, QR code, dice, weather and an AI teaching assistant. The page says all classroom tools and appearance options are free.

The free part: All classroom tools and appearance options are free, but free dashboards are temporary and are lost on refresh.

Pro comes with a 7-day trial that needs no credit card; we did not see a Pro price (as of 2026-10-29).

Watch for Without Pro, layouts, notes and drawings do not save, and cloud sync and a view-only student link need Pro or the trial.

Visit Sabura ↗

• Best for a gamified class with squads, XP and boss battles
• Free plan, paid upgrades

One browser tab with a timer, student picker, noise monitor, dice roller, two-team scoreboard, drag-and-drop seating map, a whiteboard and a Command Deck for XP, HP and squads, plus eight training games and Boss Battles that students join by QR code or room code. The page says rosters, scores and seating stay in the browser's local storage, and the cookie notice says analytics cookies and no advertising.

The free part: One class of up to 30 students, four of the eight training games, basic whiteboard and a manual noise alarm.

Pro is AUD $49 a year and the Department plan AUD $299 a year; a 14-day Pro trial needs no credit card (as of 2026-10-29).

Watch for The free tier is capped at one class of 30, and floating picture-in-picture widgets are Pro only.

Visit Class Cortex ↗

• Best for five core tools that keep working offline
• Free

A free toolkit of five tools: a noise meter that shows live volume in decibels with a threshold alert, a countdown timer with presets and an end chime, a group maker that can save class lists, a random name picker with a no-repeat mode, and a scoreboard for team points. The page says all five work offline once loaded, and that class lists, scores and settings stay in the browser.

The page says it is completely free.

Watch for One ad appears below the tool area, the page does not name its maker, and it lists five tools without describing how to arrange them on one screen.

Visit ClassroomTools ↗

• Best for a drag-and-drop board with a radio and weather
• Free plan, paid upgrades

A board whose maker, a teacher, lists a clock, countdown timer, name picker, a radio with 50,000+ stations, calendar with daily notes, scientific calculator, weather widget, QR code generator, webcam, drawing canvas, dice and bookmarks. Widgets can be dragged, resized and slid into hidden tabs, and the maker says layouts save to the cloud and there are no ads.

The free part: The maker describes it as completely free to use; a PRO tier also exists and the listing does not say what it adds.

The listing calls it free and mentions a PRO tier; we did not see a price (as of 2026-10-29).

Watch for We could not read the maker's own site, so these details come from its Product Hunt listing, which does not say whether an account is needed to save a layout.

Visit PurpleBoard ↗  Facts read on the maker’s page.

• Best for a big toolbox of single-purpose pages
• Free

More than 40 free tools on separate pages: many timers (countdown, loop, visual, a sequence timer for stations, breathing), classroom tools such as a noise meter, traffic light, scoreboard, tally counter, group maker, seating chart and big clock, name-picker wheels, dice, and bingo. The page says nothing you type is uploaded, name lists stay in your browser, and timers and wheels can be shared by link.

The page lists no paid tiers.

Watch for The page says it shows light ads in reserved spaces, and it describes separate tools rather than one arranged board.

Visit MinuteBell ↗

• Best for Chromebook classrooms that want no ads and no sign-in
• Free

A free set of classroom tools: a random name picker, group generator, noise meter and tally counter, plus classroom, study, debate, presentation and breathing timers. The page says the tools carry no ads, need no sign-in, and keep class lists and tally data in local browser storage. It says they were tested on Chromebooks.

The page says the teacher tools will stay free and that small donations and the maker's time cover hosting.

Watch for The page does not name its maker and describes separate tools, not a single screen you arrange.

Visit GoTimer Classroom Tools ↗

• Best for a teacher who wants a board and a class planner together
• Free

A classroom site with display tools named Boards, Stations, Timer, Poll, Check-In, Random, Flashcards, Checklists, Roll Call, Seating, Lunch Choice and Noise Meter, plus teacher tools such as attendance and a planner, and a behavior workspace with class points, a marble jar and a prize store. The page says all 20 tools are free today with every account.

The page says free today and links a pricing page; it describes no paid plans.

Watch for You need an account, the page says free today rather than promising it will stay free, and it does not describe how student data is handled.

Visit TeacherStack ↗

• Best for teachers who already use ClassDojo
• Free

Classroom tools inside the ClassDojo app: a Timer that counts up or down with large digits and an optional alarm, and a row of tools named Directions, Group Maker, Noise Meter, Music, Think Pair Share, Today and Random. The page says the Toolkit is free and part of the ClassDojo app.

The page says the Toolkit is free and part of the ClassDojo app.

Watch for It lives inside ClassDojo, and the page does not say whether a login is needed or describe the other tools beyond naming them.

Visit ClassDojo Toolkit ↗  Facts read on the maker’s page.

• Best for review game templates beside a timer and name picker
• Free

A free site with classroom timer and countdown pages, a random name generator that does not repeat until everyone has been chosen, a seating chart maker, group maker, spinner, dice simulator, plinko and QR tools, plus review game templates such as a Jeopardy-style game, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Speed Match.

The page says everything on it is free.

Watch for It has no dedicated classroom board, and the page shows a Login / Register link without saying what an account is for.

Visit Super Teacher Tools ↗

• Best for playful themed timers and name pickers
• Free plan, paid upgrades

A large site of fun classroom timers, random name pickers, sensory timers, clocks including talking clocks, group generators, random number tools, chance games and tally counters. A Premium plan removes ads and lets you add apps to a My Page.

The free part: The classroom timers and name pickers open from the site; Premium offers an ad-free option and My Page.

The page offers Join Premium but we did not see a price (as of 2026-10-29).

Watch for The free site shows ads, the page lists no noise tool, and the My Page dashboard is part of Premium.

Visit Online-Stopwatch Classroom Timers ↗

• Best for game templates with a name picker and timer alongside
• Free plan, paid upgrades

A teacher-made site of templates that includes a Random Name Picker, Countdown Timer and Random Group Generator beside bingo, crossword and arcade game generators. Premium gives access to all templates, removes advertisements and adds personal branding.

The free part: Many templates open without paying; Premium unlocks all templates and removes ads.

The page offers Join Now to Premium; we did not see a price (as of 2026-10-29).

Watch for The free version shows an ad banner, and the page lists no classroom board.

Visit ClassTools ↗

• Best for a plain slide you control with no widgets
• Free

Free Google Slides templates you edit yourself: six seasonal daily agenda templates (Halloween, spring, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, winter and fall) and a dozen back-to-school templates that also cover agendas, schedules or morning meetings.

The back-to-school templates are described as free; the seasonal agenda templates are listed in the Free section.

Watch for They are static slides with no timer, picker or noise meter built in, and the page does not say whether a sign-in is needed to download.

Visit Daily agenda slides (Teacher Created Resources) ↗

• Best for a simple shaped timer for younger classes
• Free

A free classroom countdown: key in a time, pick a visual shape that appears as a clock, and project it for quizzes, timed centers, clean-up and brain breaks. Sound can be soft, loud or muted, and a full-screen view is built in. The page links to an interactive clock and a stopwatch.

The page describes the timer as free.

Watch for The page is labeled Advertisement in two places and shows a cookie notice, so ads can appear around the timer on the projector.

Visit Toy Theater Classroom Timer ↗

• Best for running the projector timer from your phone
• Free plan, paid upgrades

A classroom timer you create, then control from your phone while it counts down full screen on the projector, kept in sync to the second. The site also makes leaderboards, goal trackers and scoresheets. Anyone with the display link can watch without signing in.

The free part: You can create and display timers with up to 2 saved boards and no credit card.

Plus starts at $19 a month and Pro at $39 a month (as of 2026-10-29).

Watch for It is a timer and leaderboard site, not a screen of widgets, the teacher needs a free account to control it, and the page does not describe how student data is handled.

Visit Leaderboarded Classroom Timer ↗

• Best for a fun noise display that children watch
• Free

A noise meter where on-screen balls bounce in response to sound. It has microphone and sensitivity controls, themes (plastic, emoji, numbers, bubbles and eyeballs) and a noise alert of beep, shush or none. The page describes it as a fun and free noise management tool.

The page describes it as free.

Watch for It does only noise, the page says it needs Chrome or Firefox, and it links a privacy policy without saying whether ads appear or how microphone sound is handled.

Visit Bouncy Balls ↗