Games like Gimkit: 7 options when the free modes rotate out
Gimkit’s strategy modes hold older students. These seven games like Gimkit cover the same ground with whole-class play, stored reports or a lower yearly price, verified 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 Gimkit come up most often for one reason: the free plan shows about three modes at a time and rotates them, so the mode your class loved last month may not be there this month, and assignments are Pro only. Teachers either pay $59.88 a year or go looking.
Here are seven options for that search, with the facts we could verify on each vendor’s own page on October 16, 2026. One option is ours. We make The Game Room + Arcade and label it everywhere it appears, including the places where Gimkit is better.
Gimkit 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.
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.
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.
What to keep when you leave Gimkit
Gimkit is a device game with a brain: earn, invest, sabotage. Students who find Kahoot! babyish often take Gimkit seriously, and that is the thing to protect when you switch. The nearest device-based matches are Blooket and Kahoot!; the Arcade matches the "earn and spend" feel with tickets and a Prize Shop, and adds 30 teacher-led games on the board that Gimkit does not have.
The second thing to protect is reports. Gimkit Basic includes reports, which is generous for a free plan. If you move to a board game, you give those up; if you move to the Arcade or Wayground, you keep them in different shapes.
7 games like Gimkit, ranked for that switch
The order reflects how close each tool is to the reason most teachers leave Gimkit, 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.
Nothing rotates out: 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. The Arcade’s ticket and Prize Shop loop covers the earn-and-spend feel; the Game Room adds 30 whole-class games on the board. Per-period reports in the Arcade. The honest trade: Gimkit Pro is $59.88 a year and our bundle is $89, and Gimkit’s free plan takes unlimited students.
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.
2Blooket
Collectible-driven individual play with a generous free tier.
The other big device game, with collectibles rather than an economy. Third-party reviews describe a generous free tier with homework mode, which answers the Pro-only assignments problem, but we could not read Blooket’s pricing page on the check date, so no price here.
The best-known live quiz game, with polls and slides built in.
Less strategy, more speed, biggest name. Free is capped at 10 players, so for a full class it costs from $36 a year. Includes assignments and solo play on the free plan, which Gimkit does not.
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 assessment-first option: homework auto-graded, standards-aligned library, reports by standard. Free for teachers, no prices published. Less of a game than Gimkit, better for grading.
Simple team games on the board with a huge library of ready-made sets.
Teams on the board, no devices, almost no prep, and a large ready-made library. Baamboozle+ is $59.88 a year, the same as Gimkit Pro, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Zero strategy, plenty of room energy.
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.
A Jeopardy board with buzzers and Double Jeopardy. Free allows 3 custom games and 5 teams; Basic is $48 a year. For the end-of-unit event rather than the daily grind.
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.
Three questions settle a switch from Gimkit 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 Gimkit free?
Yes, with a rotation. Per help.gimkit.com (checked October 16, 2026) the free Basic plan includes featured modes with unlimited students, classes and reports, but no assignments, no image or audio upload, and about 3 modes available at a time, rotating. Pro is $14.99 a month or $59.88 a year.
What is the closest game to Gimkit?
Blooket is the closest device-based match in feel, and Kahoot! is the simplest. For the earn-and-spend loop without a mode rotation, the Arcade in The Game Room + Arcade pays tickets for correct answers, and all 30 Arcade games are available every day on the Arcade and bundle plans.
Which games like Gimkit keep reports?
Gimkit Basic includes reports. Wayground reports by standard. The Arcade keeps per-period reports (who played, questions answered, accuracy, tickets) without student emails. Board games such as Baamboozle, Factile and JeopardyLabs do not record individual results.
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.