Kahoot!

Learning and Trivia App

Rating Kahoot! - 5 out of 5 - Best Rating 5.0

  • Android, iPad, iPhone
  • Free
  • age 12+

Kahoot! Review

Kahoot! is a gamification software designed to help teachers create interactive presentations, training material, and learning games. Kahoot allows teachers to create engaging learning games or trivia quizzes on any topic. It includes learning games and trivia quizzes - "kahoots" are user-generated multiple-choice quizzes that are accessible via the app or web browser. Once teachers have finished downloading Kahoot, they can: 

  • Assign kahoots as homework to make it awesome
  • Reinforce learning
  • Save time on correcting assignments (students get instant feedback)
  • Assess learning progress in real-time

The platform also allows teachers to view game reports and assess the learning progress of their classes. Because students and their instructor see immediate feedback between questions, this is a powerful formative assessment tool; students hardly notice they are evaluating their knowledge and being evaluated.

App Information

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Suitable for ages - Ages 18 and older
Secondary School Apps (11-14 Years)
Secondary School Apps (14-18 Years)

Subjects & Topics - Apps for College Students
Teaching Resources
Assessment

Great for - Organisational and Productivity Skills

Publisher - Kahoot!

Kahoot! Features

  • Suitable for collaborative and competitive tasks
  • Real-time feedback
  • Multiple-question format for continued variety and student engagement
  • Easy sharing and distribution of learning content

How much does Kahoot! cost?

Kahoot! is available across 3 pricing tiers: education, business and personal. Each tier is divided into plans, outlined below:

Kahoot! for Schools

Kahoot! for Schools is available for free with limited features such as making and hosting games. Paid plans costs between $36 and $108 per teacher per year.

Premium version ($72 per year) provides access to all the question types, personalized learning, ability to host large quiz games with more players.

Premium+ version ($108 per year) has everything in Premium plus priority support, import slides from presentation and add lesson plans.

Business

Business plans starts from $120 to $708 per host per year. It includes templates, polls, host interactive presentations and more.

Personal

With Kahoot! for personal use, there is a free account with basic features. Paid options starts from $6 per month with discounts if you pay annually.

Is it good for learning?

Kahoot is a learning platform that gamifies the classroom experience for students who play Kahoot online. It is primarily aimed at K-12 students (between the ages of 5-18) and features fun quizzes or learning games that can be played live or online. 

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Pros

  • Works seamlessly on PCs, tablets and smartphones
  • Access to a wide range of pre-made quizzes 
  • Real-time results enable quick assessment 
  • Suitable for classrooms, business training and even casual gatherings

Cons

  • Requires stable internet connection for all participants
  • Risk of overuse can lead to reduced engagement

Benefits for Students

The quiz format of the app allows students to answer multiple-choice questions against the clock and provides summarised results of students' scores in real-time. A significant advantage of the app is that it gives students of all types, even those who usually hesitate to participate in discussions, a convenient means to take part in a learning activity by allowing them to demonstrate their knowledge and receive feedback with the click of a button.

Once students complete their Kahoot download, they can:

  • Join classroom Kahoots
  • Collect your medals
  • Play quizzes on your own to train your superpowers
  • Challenge your friends to some competition

Benefits for Teachers

Kahoot! for schools empowers teachers to engage and motivate students, increase class participation live and virtually, and assess learning. Once the Kahoot app download is installed, it can easily be used in the classroom.

  • Assess student understanding - Useful for assessing where students might miss a concept or content.
  • Zero in on the needs of individual students - Get a detailed report of which children missed which questions
  • Warm up the class with a game - Use it as a class starter. Do a quick five questions on topics you covered or material learned from a previous class
  • Assess students' knowledge before starting a unit - Use it for mental/oral starters in maths and also to assess subject knowledge before starting a new topic.

Teachers can use The Kahoot application as an assessment tool to review student progress intermittently. It is a great way to identify how each student understands the material when preparing for more summative quizzes or exams.

Math, science, health, and social studies are just some possible courses where teachers can use the Kahoot app.

Benefits for Parents

Parents can log into their own areas within the app to track and assess their child's progress. They can select to review reports from a week. The app emails a snapshot weekly review of their child's progress. In this snapshot, SpellWizards provides information on how many attempts kids made, how many were correct and the number of incorrect attempts. It also provides the words they got wrong and their difficulty level. 

The app supports multiple children, and parents can use a single account to monitor them.

Download Kahoot!

You can download Kahoot! on your iOS or Android devices from the app stores. Download the Kahoot! app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Kahoot Alternatives?

There are, lots of free alternatives to Kahoot! Lots of them are free, with lots more functions and designed to optimize user experiences, bring more funs and engagement!

Is Kahoot still popular?

Yes, Kahoot is a well-known platform for interactive learning and gamified quizzes. In 2023, Kahoot had more than 9 billion players around the world and was used by over 8 million teachers.

Bottom Line

Kahoot is a fun and interactive quiz maker because it makes quizzes into a game. It allows teachers, organizations and parents to set up fun web-based learning for others.

Kahoot! is a game-based learning app used as an educational platform by schools and other educational institutions. It can assess students' learning outcomes and function as a break from traditional classroom activities.

Download the Kahoot app and see how this children's learning app provides a platform to create multiple-choice games, share them to a large screen and invite players to join the game and learn using their own device. Many teachers find Kahoot to be an effective way of uniting the classroom and engaging their students in a positive learning environment, and we agree — awarding Kahoot five stars.

Privacy Rating

Data Safety

Does the app provide a secure and safe experience for its intended usersKahoot! is safe to use

Value and Presentation

Is the app easy to use and accessible?Kahoot! is easy to use and accessible
Is this app well-made and presented?Kahoot! is well-made and presented
Is this app useful for its intended users?Kahoot! is user-friendly
Does this app provide good value?Kahoot! provides good value to the users

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