Live quiz apps compared

Six tools for playing a quiz on your phones, and what each one is actually for.

Live quiz apps all share one idea: questions on a shared screen, answers on everyone's phone. They differ a lot in how much setup they need and what they are built for. Here is a plain overview to help you pick. Details of other products are described in general terms and change over time, so check their sites for current plans.

Tool	Host account	Own questions	Built for
Pling	No	No, built-in bank	Spontaneous ten-question quizzes with no setup
Kahoot	Yes	Yes, plus a big library	Classrooms, training and events with prepared content
Quizizz (Wayground)	Yes	Yes, plus a library	Classrooms, self-paced and homework modes
Blooket	Yes	Yes	Younger students, game modes around the questions
Mentimeter	Yes	Yes	Presentations with polls, word clouds and some quiz slides
Slido	Yes	Yes	Meetings and conferences, Q&A and polls with quizzes on the side

How to choose

You have no time and no content: Pling. Open the page, press start, read out the pin.
You teach and want your own questions and reports: Kahoot or Quizizz. Both are built around lesson content and results.
You want games around the questions for kids: Blooket.
The quiz is part of a presentation or meeting: Mentimeter or Slido, which live inside your slides.

Where Pling fits

Pling is deliberately the smallest tool on the list. It does not replace a classroom platform. It is for the evening with friends, the end of a meeting or the break in a lesson when a quiz would be fun but nobody wants to set one up. Read the Pling vs Kahoot comparison for a closer look at the two.

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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.