Answers as they arrive
How many got it right, and the most common wrong pick.
Chalkie vs Kahoot, Nearpod and other classroom quiz tools
Most quiz tools start with a blank quiz. Chalkie starts with your lesson, so students answer the activities on their own devices while you teach.
Other quiz tools
- 1Make your lesson and slides.
- 2Rebuild the questions in a second tool.
- 3Switch tabs mid-lesson to run the quiz.
- 4Check the results in a second place.
Chalkie
- 1Make your lesson or quiz. The questions come with it.
- 2Press Teach. Students join at chalkie.live with a code.
- 3Watch answers arrive, then reveal when the class is ready.
- 4Review the results, saved with the lesson.
Side by side
Chalkie compared with popular quiz tools
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| Feature | Chalkie | Kahoot! | Nearpod | Waygroundformerly Quizizz | Blooket | Gimkit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where the questions come from | Your Chalkie lesson, or a quiz made from your topic, notes or a PDF | You build, find or generate a kahoot | You add activities to a Nearpod lesson | You build, find or generate a quiz | You build or find a set | You build or import a kit |
| Also makes the lesson | Slides, worksheets and activities | Slides inside a kahoot | Interactive lessons | Lessons and a library | Quiz games only | Quiz games only |
| Students per live session, free | 10 | 10 to 40 | 40 | 100 | 60 | Up to 500, in free modes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $79.80 a year, up to 100 students | $36 a year, up to 50 players | $159 a year, up to 75 students | $216 a year | $59.88 a year, up to 300 players | $59.88 a year |
| Homework and self-paced | Not yet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Paid plan |
| After class | Score for every question and the most common wrong pick | Reports | Reports | Reports | Reports | Reports |
Prices are per teacher, billed yearly, in US dollars, from each company’s pricing and help pages, checked November 2026. They change often, so check before you buy.
Tool by tool
Which one fits your classroom?
Chalkie vs Kahoot
Game show, or part of the lesson?
Kahoot is the classic classroom game show. In Chalkie the questions are part of your lesson, and the timer, leaderboard and speed bonus are optional switches.
Pick Kahoot if
You want a review game with a huge question library, or quizzes set as homework.
Pick Chalkie if
You want the quiz to come from the lesson you’re teaching.
Chalkie vs Nearpod
Who builds the interactive lesson?
In Nearpod you build the interactive lesson yourself. In Chalkie you give it a topic, a file or a link, and it makes the slides and activities for you to edit.
Pick Nearpod if
You need student-paced lessons or a big library of ready-made ones.
Pick Chalkie if
You want the lesson made for you, matched to your curriculum, with live activities built in.
Chalkie vs Wayground
Self-paced, or the class together?
In Wayground each student moves at their own speed. In Chalkie the class works through your lesson together, and you choose when to reveal each answer.
Pick Wayground if
You want self-paced practice, or more than 10 students on a free plan.
Pick Chalkie if
You want to see who’s got it before you move on.
Chalkie vs Blooket and Gimkit
Game day, or a check while you teach?
Blooket and Gimkit are games first. Chalkie is for checking understanding while you teach, with a leaderboard when you want the energy.
Pick Blooket or Gimkit if
It’s review day and you want a game the class will ask for again.
Pick Chalkie if
You want to check understanding inside the lesson you made.
Seven question types, not just multiple choice
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Multiple choice
One right answer.
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Which are true?
Pick every correct statement.
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True or false and why
Decide, then pick the reason.
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Fill in the blanks
Complete the key sentence.
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Vocab matching
Match words to meanings.
🖼️
Image matching
Match labels to pictures.
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What’s the right order?
Put the steps in sequence.
What you see after
Know who’s got it
See how the class did on every question, and which wrong answer came up most.
Saved with the lesson
A score for every question and the spread of scores.
No student accounts
Students join with a code and a nickname.
Worth knowing
What Chalkie doesn’t do yet
No homework mode
Quizzes run live while you teach. There’s no self-paced mode yet.
No results export
Review results in Chalkie. You can’t download them yet.
Devices need the internet
Check your school network allows chalkie.live before your first lesson.
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