Kahoot review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Quiz and presentation platform for classrooms and groups
Black Friday: is there a Kahoot sale?
Kahoot report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for live quizzes and polls for a classroom
Kahoot runs live and self-paced quizzes that people answer on their own phones. The free Go plan stops at 40 players, the AI tools and most question types sit on the paid tiers, and the tiers climb from $3 to $25 a month, so you end up choosing a step on a ladder.
Who Kahoot is for
- Fits if you run quizzes for a class or a small group
- Works for presenters who want audience polls inside a talk
Who Kahoot is not for
- Tight if your group is over 40 people, because the free plan stops there
- Watch out: AI content creation starts on Bronze and the full toolkit on Gold at $15 a month
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $9, $15 and $26 against $3, $9 and $15 billed annually
- Skip it if you want it for business, as that is sold separately as Kahoot! 360
- Watch out: Black Friday prices on Silver, Gold and One end on 27 November
Why Kahoot gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyKahoot!+ Bronze is $3 a month billed annually, under 60% of the $7.95 that the cheaper quarter of presentation tools starts at. The tiers people use for bigger groups run $9, $15 and $25.
- CFree plan and trialKahoot! Go is free but caps a live game at 40 participants, which a full class can pass.
- CFeaturesLive and self-paced quizzes, polls and flashcards. The listing shows question types and AI limits that depend on the tier, so there are gaps on the cheaper plans.
- CEase of useNo store rating is on record and it needs an account and some setup of your own work, so it sits at the ordinary grade.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with Google Slides, PowerPoint, Canva and Keynote links. No desktop app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Kahoot's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/kahoot#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/kahoot.svg" alt="Kahoot: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Kahoot stands among presentation tools
Kahoot's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 53 of the 89 other presentation tools we grade, and level with 11.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 62 of 89) and worst on ease of use (C, above 6).
Its paid plans start at $3 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 1 of the 63 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 90 presentation tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Kahoot’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 62 of 89, level with 12
- CFree plan and trialAbove 14 of 89, level with 48
- CFeaturesAbove 8 of 89, level with 67
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 89, level with 68
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 46 of 89, level with 39
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 72 presentation tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Kahoot, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Kahoot you could make: surveys. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $36 a year.
What you could make
- Surveys: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A slide editor.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Kahoot’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Kahoot?
Kahoot builds live and self-paced quizzes, polls and presentations that participants answer on their own devices. The classroom plans run from a free Go tier through Kahoot!+ tiers to Kahoot! One, and business use is sold separately as Kahoot! 360.
Worth knowing
- Paid prices on this page are for classroom plans; business use is sold as Kahoot! 360 from $15 a month.
- The free Go plan caps a live game at 40 participants.
- Several question types and AI limits depend on the tier.
- Silver, Gold and One show lower Black Friday prices until November 27.
Key features
- Live and self-paced quizzes
- Run quizzes on a shared screen or let participants work through them on their own.
- AI content creation
- Paid tiers generate kahoots from topics, URLs, Wikipedia pages or uploaded files, with limits by tier.
- Participant limits by tier
- Limits step up from 40 on Go to 50, 100, 200 and 800 on the paid tiers.
- Reports
- Reports assess student learning; the higher tiers add advanced reports over time.
- Slides and question types
- Higher tiers add question types such as slider and precision, and a lecture experience for presenting.
Kahoot pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kahoot has a free plan, and paid plans start at $3 per month, billed annually ($36).
- Starts at
- $3 per month, billed annually ($36)
- Free plan
- Kahoot! Go: free plan with a 40-participant limit, classic live games, templates and flashcards.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Kahoot! Go | $0 | Free plan; 40 participants, classic live experience, question bank and templates. |
| Kahoot!+ Bronze | $3per month, billed annually ($36) | 50 participants, AI content from topics or URLs, basic reports ($9 billed monthly). |
| Kahoot!+ Silver | $9per month, billed annually | 100 participants, drop pin and scale questions, lecture mode ($15 billed monthly). |
| Kahoot!+ Gold | $15per month, billed annually | 200 participants, full AI toolkit, advanced reports ($26 billed monthly). |
| Kahoot! One | $25per month, billed annually | 800 participants, all question types and experiences ($35 billed monthly). |
Read from kahoot.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kahoot before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAnnual billing lowers the monthly rate
Annual billing is shown at $3, $9, $15 and $25 a month, against $9, $15, $26 and $35 billed monthly.
Stated on kahoot.com - Other savingsBlack Friday offer, ends November 27
Silver, Gold and One are shown at $6, $10 and $19 a month on yearly billing until November 27.
Stated on kahoot.com
How people rate the Kahoot app
4.6
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
48,069 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
Works with
- Google Slides
- PowerPoint
- Canva
- Keynote
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Common questions
Does Kahoot have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Kahoot is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Kahoot have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Kahoot is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Kahoot open source?
Kahoot is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026. What people say is linked where it appears.