Teachers pick a question set from the library or make one, choose a game mode and run it live or as homework. Blooket's help center says all its essential features are free, including unlimited question sets and hosting up to 60 players. Its home page says the games suit early elementary through high school.
The free part: Unlimited question sets and live games of up to 60 players; homework deadlines up to 14 days.
Blooket Plus is a paid upgrade; We did not see a Plus price on the pages we could read.
Watch for Free hosting stops at 60 players, and Plus raises it to 300 but not for Racing and team modes.
Visit Blooket ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
22. Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
Wayground
The site header says Quizizz is now Wayground. It makes quizzes, presentations, videos and flashcards with live or student-paced delivery, AI to generate content, and 20-plus accommodations including Read Aloud. Students enter a code to join. The Basic plan is described as free for every teacher forever, with no credit card.
The free part: Basic plan: free for every teacher, with live and student-paced delivery and AI tools, but limited question types and 20 stored activities.
School and district plans are by quote; individual paid prices were not shown on the plans page we read.
Watch for Basic caps stored activities at 20 and limits question types and library access, so bigger libraries need a school or district plan.
Visit Wayground (formerly Quizizz) ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
A live game show where students answer on their own devices, earn in-game cash and spend it on upgrades. Gimkit's help center says the free Basic plan needs only a free educator account and covers featured modes with as many students as you want, classes and reports. Gimkit Pro adds all modes, assignments, image upload and audio questions.
The free part: Basic: featured game modes with no student cap, rostering and reports. Generally three free modes at a time.
Pro is $59.88 a year or $14.99 a month; Groups are $650 a year for up to 20 teachers or $1,000 a year for a whole school (as of 2026-10-27).
Watch for Free Basic rotates about three game modes at a time, and homework assignments are a Pro feature.
Visit Gimkit ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
A live quiz game where a teacher hosts a kahoot on the screen and students join to answer. The free plan, Kahoot! Go, covers the basics of game-based learning with quiz and true/false questions and basic reports. Paid Kahoot!+ plans add more question types, AI tools and larger groups.
The free part: Kahoot! Go: quiz and true/false questions, basic reports, small team and Kahootopia limits.
Kahoot!+ Bronze is $3 a month billed annually ($36), Silver $7, Gold $12, and Kahoot! One $19 a month billed annually, excluding tax (as of 2026-10-27).
Watch for The free plan's comparison table shows a 40-participant limit, and polls, puzzles and word clouds need a paid plan, so check the current limit before a large class.
Visit Kahoot! ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
A quiz and quick-check tool where students join a room. It grades automatically and says it is 100% free for students on all devices. The free plan includes five quizzes, one room and up to 50 students per activity, with 30-day report history and some AI question tools each week.
The free part: 5 quizzes, 1 room, 50 students per activity, 30-day report history, automatic grading, limited weekly AI use.
Essentials is $10 per seat per month ($120 billed annually); Pro is $15 per seat per month (as of 2026-10-27).
Watch for The free plan stops at 5 quizzes and 1 room, so a teacher with many units will hit the cap.
Visit Socrative ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
An interactive lesson tool that includes quizzes, polls and game-style activities such as Time to Climb and Memory Test, plus a library of ready-made K-12 lessons. The Silver plan is $0 and includes core features, 300 MB of storage and up to 40 student joins per lesson.
The free part: Silver: $0, core features, 300 MB storage, 40 student joins per lesson.
Gold is $159 a year and Platinum $397 a year for individual educators; schools and districts get a quote (as of 2026-10-27).
Watch for Silver caps a session at 40 students and storage at 300 MB.
Visit Nearpod ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
A template-based site for making interactive and printable activities such as quizzes, crosswords, matching games and word searches. Activities play on any device or a whiteboard, can be set as assignments, and the same content can be switched between templates.
The free part: Basic: sign up free, create up to 3 activities, 12 templates and basic sharing.
Standard is $7.20 a month and Pro is $10.80 a month, with monthly and annual billing options (as of 2026-10-27).
Watch for The free Basic plan allows only 3 activities of your own, so regular use needs a paid plan or reusing the shared library.
Visit Wordwall ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
Team-based classroom games played from one screen, with no devices needed for students, and a large library of teacher-made games. The pricing page lists a free-forever Basic plan and a paid Baamboozle+.
The free part: Basic is free forever.
Baamboozle+ is $4.99 a month paid yearly ($59.88) or $7.99 a month (as of 2026-10-27).
Watch for The pricing page does not say what the free Basic plan leaves out, so check the feature list when you sign up.
Visit Baamboozle ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.
A quick-check tool the maker calls a free card activity for formative assessment. The site has links to get printed cards and iOS and Android apps, and teachers describe scanning student cards with a phone, so students need no devices of their own. It is more of an instant check than a competitive game.
The home page calls it free; We could not load a pricing page to see if paid plans exist.
Watch for It uses printed cards and a teacher's phone or tablet, and we could not confirm plan limits from the pages we read.
Visit Plickers ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.