Two very different takes on the same idea: a quiz everyone plays on their phone.
Kahoot is the platform most people think of when they hear "live quiz on your phones", and for good reason: it is mature, polished and packed with features. Pling is the opposite kind of tool. It does one thing, a ten-question quiz for the people in the room, with as little friction as possible. Here is how they compare.
| Pling | Kahoot | |
|---|---|---|
| Host account | None. Press start, get a pin. | Required to create and host quizzes. |
| Player account or app | None. Open the page, enter the pin. | None needed; players join via the website or the app. |
| Time to first question | Under a minute. | A few minutes if you have a quiz ready; longer if you build one. |
| Questions | Built-in bank, ten random questions per game, in the host's language. | Build your own or pick from a large library of user-made quizzes. |
| Question types | Multiple choice only. | Multiple choice, true/false, polls, puzzles, open answers and more. |
| Languages | 8 (Danish, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch) with country-specific questions. | Interface in many languages; quiz content depends on the author. |
| Scoring | Correct answers score, faster answers score more. | Similar speed-based scoring, with extra modes and bonuses. |
| Reports and analytics | None. A leaderboard at the end, then the game is gone. | Detailed reports per player and question. |
| Price | Free. | Free tier with limits, paid plans for more players and features. |
| Data kept | Names and scores, deleted after 24 hours. No tracking. | Account data and quiz history, per Kahoot's privacy policy. |
| Best for | Spontaneous quizzes: parties, dinners, team meetings, a fun break in class. | Prepared lessons, training, big events and anything that needs your own content. |
If you need your own questions, want to reuse quizzes, need reports on who answered what, or are running a large event, Kahoot is built for exactly that. Pling does not try to compete on features.
If someone at the table says "let's do a quiz" and you want to be playing before the conversation moves on, Pling gets you there. No sign-up, nothing to install, no quiz to prepare. One person opens pling.theill.com, presses start and reads out the pin. That is the whole setup.
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Last updated September 2026. Kahoot! is a trademark of Kahoot! AS. Pling is an independent hobby project and is not affiliated with Kahoot! or any other company mentioned. Feature descriptions of other products are general and may change; check their own sites for current details.