Classroom Tools Comparison: Blooket, Gimkit, and Quizizz

Mention “review game” to almost any teacher and you’ll get one of three answers: Blooket, Gimkit, or Quizizz. They’ve basically become shorthand for “the fun way to do test prep.” But spend real time with more than one and you’ll notice they’re not actually fighting over the same job. Each one wants your classroom to work a little differently.

Quick housekeeping before we get into it. Quizizz isn’t called Quizizz anymore — it became Wayground back in 2025. The founder’s explanation was basically that the name had stopped matching the product; it wasn’t just quizzes anymore, it was turning into a full place to build and pull in lessons, not just test questions. Old links still work fine, nothing broke. But you’ll see “Wayground” everywhere now, so that’s the name we’re using, with a “formerly Quizizz” tag for anyone Googling the old one.

With that out of the way — here’s what each one is actually like once you’re using it.

Blooket

Blooket’s whole bet is on variety. You write one set of quiz questions, and then that same set can run through a dozen-plus different game formats — Tower Defense, Factory, Café, Gold Quest, Racing, newer ones like Crazy Kingdom and Crypto Hack keep getting added. Same content, different game wrapped around it every time. That’s really the trick that keeps it from going stale the way a lot of quiz tools do after week three.

Gameplay is about as frictionless as it gets. Kids answer at their own pace, earn currency, spend it on power-ups or upgrades or the collectible “blooks,” and random events keep things from feeling too predictable. Getting a whole class connected takes maybe thirty seconds — write the code on the board, done.

What it’s good at:

• The free plan is actually usable long-term, not a teaser. Up to 60 players, all the main game modes, a big library of ready-made question sets. No credit card, no countdown clock.
• Homework Mode lets kids play a game outside class, which is nice for pre-test review without burning class time.
• There’s basically no learning curve. First round in, everyone gets it.
• One question set, every game mode — so time spent building content isn’t a one-and-done thing.

Where it thins out:

• It’s not a group-work tool. If you want kids working together instead of racing each other, this isn’t the platform.
• The detailed reporting — which questions actually tripped people up — sits behind the paid tier.
• It leans entertainment over instruction, so it’s a review tool first, not really how you’d introduce new material.

Money-wise: free handles most classrooms fine. Blooket Plus is around $4.99 a month paid yearly (about $59.88/year), or $9.99 month-to-month if you don’t want the annual commitment. Paid tiers push the player cap from 60 to 300 and add things like advanced reports, folders, extra modes, and audio questions. Whole departments can grab a group license starting around $550/year.

Gimkit

Gimkit’s origin story matters here — it started as one high schooler’s class project, and you can still feel that “made by someone who actually games” DNA in how it plays. Next to Blooket or Wayground, it feels less like a quiz wearing a game costume and more like an actual game that happens to run on quiz questions.

Right answers earn in-game money, sure, but the interesting part is what kids do with it after — invest it, save it, spend it strategically depending on the mode. Trust No One is basically Among Us with review questions. Fishtopia turns it into a fishing minigame. The Floor Is Lava, Snowbrawl — new modes show up pretty regularly. One feature worth a mention on its own: KitCollab, where students write questions that get folded into the game. Small feature, but watching their own question show up mid-round gets even the checked-out kids paying attention.

What it does well:

• The strategy layer holds attention longer than a plain leaderboard usually does — there’s more happening than just “click the fastest.”
• New game modes drop often enough that it doesn’t feel abandoned.
• Paid accounts get assignment mode with auto-grading, which is a real time-saver.
• You can pull questions in directly from Quizlet, Kahoot, or a CSV if you’re switching over from somewhere else.

Where it comes up short:

• Free Basic is the tightest of the three — no assignments, limited game modes.
• Gimkit Pro is the priciest solo-teacher option here: $14.99/month, or $59.88 billed annually.
• The student-run economy wants a looser classroom style. If you need tight control over pacing, Blooket’s more structured setup will serve you better.

Wayground (formerly Quizizz)

Wayground genuinely doesn’t belong in the same category as the other two, and that’s intentional. Blooket and Gimkit are games first. Wayground has spent the last couple years turning into something closer to a full curriculum platform, where the quiz part is just one piece of a bigger toolkit. That’s really the whole reason for the rename — the old name stopped covering what it actually does.

It handles live in-class games and fully asynchronous homework equally well, and it’s pulled ahead of the other two on accessibility. When a teacher starts a live quiz now, students see an accommodations screen right at the start — translation, adjustable difficulty, a dyslexia-friendly font — not something buried three settings menus deep. There’s also AI baked in that helps teachers reshape something they’ve already built to fit an individual student, instead of making them build a second version from scratch.

Where it shines:

• The content library goes well past quizzes — full interactive lessons live here too.
• Homework tools, reporting, and rostering are noticeably more built out than what Blooket or Gimkit offer.
• Accessibility isn’t an afterthought — it’s part of the core flow.
• It’s everywhere. The company reports it’s used in something like 90% of U.S. schools and 150-plus countries, so if your school already has a tech stack, there’s a decent chance this is already sitting inside it.

Where it gets heavy:

• Pricing is aimed at schools and departments, not a teacher paying out of pocket. Standard is $59 per user/month, Premier is $99 — a completely different budget conversation than Blooket or Gimkit.
• There’s more to learn here. It’s not a five-minute setup like Blooket.
• Because it’s built as a full curriculum tool, it can feel like overkill when all you actually wanted was five minutes of review before the bell.

So, which one?

Honestly — depends on what the lesson actually needs.

Want to take a stack of review questions and turn them into something kids will ask to play again? Go Blooket. Free plan covers almost everything a normal classroom needs, and the mode variety means the same content doesn’t get old by round three.

Want kids locked in longer, actually thinking rather than just clicking fast? Gimkit’s worth the extra cost — it just needs a classroom that can tolerate a bit more looseness in pacing.

Chasing something bigger than a review game — homework tracking, accommodations, reporting a department head would actually want to see? Wayground is doing a different job entirely, and the higher per-user price reflects that.

For most teachers running a quick weekly review, it really comes down to Blooket or Gimkit. Once grading, IEP accommodations, or district-level reporting enter the picture, Wayground becomes the obvious call — just budget for it accordingly.

Pricing reflects publicly listed rates as of September 2026 and may vary by region, promotion, or school/district licensing.

Disclaimer:

Pricing, features, and plan names for Blooket, Gimkit, and Wayground (formerly Quizizz) are current as of September 2026 and are based on publicly available information