Games like Blooket: 7 options for teachers who want more than phones
Blooket’s collectibles hook younger students. These seven games like Blooket keep the fun and add whole-class play, stored reports or a different format, with facts checked October 16, 2026.
By Lauren Fulton MathFacts checked 10 min read
Who wrote this: we make The Game Room + Arcade, one of the tools on this page. Competitor facts come from the vendors' own pages where we could reach them (checked October 16, 2026); anything we could not verify says so and links to the vendor instead.
Games like Blooket are hard to shortlist because Blooket does one thing unusually well: it makes individual practice feel like collecting. Teachers who search for alternatives rarely want less of that. They want it plus something Blooket does not do, such as a game that runs on the board for the whole class, reports that persist by class period, or a format that is not another phones-out quiz.
Seven options follow, ranked for that switch. One of them is ours; we make The Game Room + Arcade and say so wherever it appears. Blooket’s own pricing page blocked our check on October 16, 2026, so this page prints no Blooket price and links you to the page instead.
Blooket and the alternatives at a glance
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.
Gimkit
Live games on student devices; assignments on Pro
Students play on their own devices while the class shares a game
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
Kahoot!
Live quiz on student devices, plus assignments and solo play
Projected quiz; students answer on their own devices
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.
What to keep when you leave Blooket
What Blooket gets right is the reward loop: a correct answer buys something the student wants. The honest comparison is which tools keep a loop like that. Gimkit has an in-game economy. The Arcade pays tickets that students spend in a Prize Shop, and tracks class and world records. The board games on this list do not have one; they trade it for the room.
The other thing to decide is whether you need results afterward. Blooket is reported to keep stats only for students with accounts. If you want per-period reports without student emails, that narrows the list quickly.
7 games like Blooket, ranked for that switch
The order reflects how close each tool is to the reason most teachers leave Blooket, not how good it is in general. Ours is first because it is the one we can vouch for; the rest are in order of fit.
1The Game Room + Arcade Our product
30 teacher-led whole-class games and 30 solo Arcade games on one question bank, by a classroom teacher.
The Arcade is the closest thing here to Blooket’s loop: 30 solo games, the student picks which one, and the only way to score is answering your questions. Tickets go to a Prize Shop and there are class and world records to chase. Then the Game Room adds 30 teacher-led games on the board, which Blooket does not have. Trade-off: no free plan, and reviews report Blooket’s paid price is lower than our $89 bundle.
Paid fromGame Room $8.99/mo or $49/yr; Arcade $12.99/mo or $69/yr; Bundle $15.99/mo or $89/yr. Cancel anytime.
Free planNo free plan. 7-day free trial on every plan, covering that plan's games. Unlimited play.
We built it, so weigh this entry accordingly. Everything here is on our homepage, and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
2Gimkit
Strategy-heavy live games with an in-game economy that older students take seriously.
The nearest device-based substitute, with a money-and-upgrades economy instead of collectibles. Free Basic allows unlimited students but rotates about 3 modes and has no assignments; Pro is $59.88 a year and adds assignments.
Paid from$59.88/yr
Free planBasic: featured modes with unlimited students, classes and reports; no assignments and no image or audio upload; about 3 modes available at a time, rotating
Where Gimkit is better
A lower annual price: Pro is $59.88 a year against our $89 bundle.
The free tier allows unlimited students on the featured modes, and third-party reviews report Quizlet and CSV import.
Where we are better
The Game Room is a true teacher-led, projected whole-class mode. Gimkit is built around student-device play.
Every game in your plan is there every day: 30 on the Game Room plan, 30 on the Arcade plan, all 60 on the bundle. Gimkit's free tier rotates about 3 modes at a time.
The best-known live quiz game, with polls and slides built in.
Simpler and faster than Blooket, with the best-known name in the category. The free plan caps games at 10 players, which is the main reason teachers leave; Bronze at $36 a year lifts it to 50. No collectibles, but polls and slides if you want them.
Paid from$36/yr
Free planKahoot! Go: 10 players per game, 4 answer options, 3 teams, no polls, puzzles, standard reports or AI generators
Where Kahoot! is better
Brand recognition, plus presentation, poll and slide tools in the same place.
The free plan includes live play and assignments, and Bronze at $36 a year is cheaper than our cheapest plan at $49 a year.
Where we are better
No 10-player cap: unlimited play on every plan, and each plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
Two ways to play under one login: 30 projected whole-class games and 30 solo Arcade games.
An assessment platform with games attached, now called Wayground.
Wayground, formerly Quizizz, is the serious-reporting option: standards-aligned content, reports by standard and auto-graded homework from the same set. It publishes no prices. Less game, more assessment.
Simple team games on the board with a huge library of ready-made sets.
Opposite end of the spectrum from Blooket: no student devices, teams on the board, and a very large library of ready-made games. Baamboozle+ is $59.88 a year with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Nothing to collect, but almost nothing to prepare.
Paid from$59.88/yr
Free planThe vendor page says the free plan has restrictions; third-party reviews report 24 questions per game and 4 teams. See their pricing page.
Where Baamboozle is better
Simple team play on the board with a large library of ready-made games and almost no prep.
Price ($59.88 a year) and a stated 30-day money-back guarantee; we state cancel anytime, not a refund window.
Where we are better
Students can also play on their own devices in the Arcade, with stored progress reports per class period.
Tickets, a Prize Shop, and new limited-edition games every month.
A faithful Jeopardy-style board with buzzers, in 7 languages.
Jeopardy-style boards with buzzers, for review days that should feel like an event. Free allows 3 custom games and 5 teams; Basic is $48 a year. Not a Blooket replacement for daily practice, but a strong replacement for the big review.
Paid from$48/yr
Free planUp to 3 custom games, up to 5 teams, no Buzzer Mode; public games can be played, shared and embedded
Where Factile is better
A real Jeopardy format: Double Jeopardy, Daily Double and buzzer mode.
A lower entry price ($48 a year) and a free tier.
Where we are better
30 varied whole-class games instead of one Jeopardy-style format, so review day does not look the same every week.
A solo student Arcade with 30 more games is included.
Instant Jeopardy boards with no sign-up and no ads.
Free, no sign-up, millions of boards. The zero-prep, zero-device fallback. If a Blooket lesson falls through because the cart is booked, this takes four minutes to set up.
Three questions settle a switch from Blooket faster than any feature grid. First, where should the attention go: one screen and teams, or 28 screens and individual scores? Second, what do students have to log into, and what does the tool store about them? Third, what does a year cost once the free plan’s cap, rotation or question limit meets a real class? Prep time is the tiebreaker: a ready-made library wins on a Tuesday, a tool that runs any game on your own bank wins when review has to match what you taught.
A classroom note from the teacher behind the Game Room belongs here. It is left out until she has written it.
Questions teachers ask
Is Blooket free?
Blooket offers a free plan, but its pricing page (blooket.com/pricing) blocked our check on October 16, 2026, so we are not printing its limits or paid prices as fact. Third-party reviews describe free hosting, set creation and homework mode. Check the page itself before you plan around a number.
Which games like Blooket have a reward system?
Gimkit uses an in-game economy of earned money and upgrades. The Arcade in The Game Room + Arcade pays tickets for correct answers, which students spend in a Prize Shop on playable prizes, and keeps class and world records. The board-based tools (Baamboozle, Factile, JeopardyLabs) use team points only.
Which Blooket alternative keeps student results by class period?
The Arcade stores per-period reports: who played, how many questions they answered, accuracy, and tickets earned and spent, plus a live progress board, without student emails. Game Room rounds are played live on your screen and are not recorded. Wayground also reports by standard.
Do students need accounts for The Game Room + Arcade?
No student email or traditional account. Students join with a teacher code, their class period, a first name and a private picture password. Results and tickets are stored so progress carries over, and only the teacher can see them.
How much does The Game Room + Arcade cost?
The Game Room is $8.99 a month or $49 a year (30 whole-class games). The Arcade is $12.99 a month or $69 a year (30 solo games). The bundle with both is $15.99 a month or $89 a year (all 60). Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial of that plan; cancel before day 7 and you pay nothing.