Games like Kahoot, Blooket and Gimkit get searched for different reasons, and a single generic list serves none of them well. A teacher typing "games like Kahoot" has usually hit the 10-player free limit or wants more than a quiz. A teacher typing "games like Blooket" liked the collectibles but wants something that runs on the board. A teacher typing "games like Gimkit" wants the strategy without the free-plan mode rotation.
So this section has one page per tool. Each page ranks seven options for that specific switch, explains where each one is better than ours (we make The Game Room + Arcade, and we are on every list, labelled), and prints only competitor facts we verified on the vendor’s own page on October 16, 2026.
The three tools, and ours, side by side
| Tool | How it plays | Whole-class on the board? | Student accounts | Free plan | Paid from (per year) | Homework / solo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Game Room + Arcade Our product | 30 teacher-led whole-class games (Game Room) plus 30 solo games on student devices (Arcade) | Yes: the Game Room is projected and played in teams. The Arcade is solo on student devices. | No student email or account. Teacher code, class period, first name and a picture password. | No free plan. 7-day free trial on every plan, covering that plan's games. Unlimited play. | $49/yr | Yes: the Arcade works for station days, early finishers and homework nights, with per-period reports. |
| Kahoot! | Live quiz on student devices, plus assignments and solo play | Projected quiz; students answer on their own devices | Not stated on the plans page. See their pricing page. | Kahoot! Go: 10 players per game, 4 answer options, 3 teams, no polls, puzzles, standard reports or AI generators | $36/yr | Yes: assignments and solo games, including on the free plan |
| Blooket | Live games and homework mode on student devices | Students play on their own devices; the teacher hosts | Third-party reviews report a guest option; not confirmed on the vendor page. See their pricing page. | Third-party reviews report free hosting, set creation and homework mode with 60 players per game. See their pricing page. | Not published: see their pricing page | Yes: homework mode (reported by third-party reviews). See their pricing page. |
| Gimkit | Live games on student devices; assignments on Pro | Students play on their own devices while the class shares a game | Not confirmed on the vendor page. See their pricing page. | Basic: featured modes with unlimited students, classes and reports; no assignments and no image or audio upload; about 3 modes available at a time, rotating | $59.88/yr | Assignments on Pro only |
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Prices checked on each vendor’s own page. Where a vendor page could not be reached or did not list a price, the cell says so instead of guessing. Our prices are from our plans page.
Pick your starting point
Games like Kahoot!
Past the 10-player free limit, or want more than a quiz on phones. Seven options, including board games and solo arcades.
Read the list →Games like Blooket
Loved the collectibles, want whole-class play or stored reports. Seven options compared on projected play and logins.
Read the list →Games like Gimkit
Want the strategy without the rotating free modes. Seven options compared on modes, reports and yearly cost.
Read the list →
What actually changes when you switch
Three things move when you change game tools, and only one of them is the game.
- Where the attention goes. Device games point 28 faces at 28 screens. Board games point them at one screen and at each other. Neither is better; they fit different days. Several tools on these lists only do one.
- What students have to log into. Some tools need no student account for a live game and an account for anything stored. Ours needs no student email at all: teacher code, class period, first name, picture password.
- What you pay per year. Most of these tools bill yearly and advertise monthly. The tables show the yearly total, verified on the vendor page, or say plainly when the vendor did not publish one.
For a table of every tool at once, including Quizlet, Wayground, Baamboozle, Factile and JeopardyLabs, see the comparison hub.