Kahoot vs Wordwall: which should teachers use in 2026?

• Live multiplayer vs activities

  In Kahoot, students join a live game with a PIN and race to answer the same question, with a leaderboard after each one. Wordwall has no real-time multiplayer session: teacher-led use means one activity on the whiteboard, and assignments let each student play the full activity on their own device at their own pace.

• Formats

  Wordwall offers 34 templates, including match up, group sort, unjumble, anagram, crossword, wordsearch, hangman, labelled diagram and spin the wheel, and moves the same content between templates in one click. Kahoot's 13+ question types, such as quiz, true/false, puzzle, poll and type answer, all live inside its quiz game.

• Printables and the community library

  Wordwall activities can be printed, with PDF download on paid plans, and its 25M+ community activities include a large catalog of Turkish grade-level content. Kahoot's strengths lie elsewhere: a huge library of ready-made kahoots, a question bank and mobile apps with study modes.

• Free plan limits

  Wordwall Basic lets you create just 3 activities with 12 templates, though you can play and print any community activity. Kahoot! Go lets you host live games with quiz and true/false questions for up to 40 players on K-12 teacher accounts (10 on others).

• Billing and currency

  Wordwall bills monthly or yearly and shows local-currency prices in some countries, including Turkey. Kahoot's teacher plans are billed annually only, and buyers in Turkey are charged in US dollars.

As of October 2026, Wordwall Standard costs $7.20/month billed monthly or $57.60/year billed annually (about $4.80/month) and includes unlimited activities, 12 templates, AI content generation and printing; Pro costs $10.80/month or $86.40/year and unlocks all 34 templates, including Gameshow quiz, Maze chase, True or false and Type the answer. Shortly before October 2026, Wordwall's annual deal improved from 12 months for the price of 9 to 12 for the price of 8, lowering annual prices. Kahoot charges teachers once a year, with no monthly option: $36 for Bronze (50 players), $84 for Silver (100), $144 for Gold (200) or $228 for Kahoot! One (800). Kahoot Bronze is the cheaper annual plan, but only Wordwall lets teachers pay month to month, and the two buy different things: live multiplayer games versus an activity and worksheet maker.

• you want the whole class competing live from their own devices at the same moment
• you want speed scoring and a leaderboard to turn review into a contest
• your class has 40 or fewer students and you'd like to stay on a free plan
• you want to see how each student did in a live game
• you also run quizzes for colleagues or school events

• you want many formats, like match up, crossword, wordsearch and group sort, from the same content
• you need printable worksheets and PDFs
• you assign activities as homework that students play at their own pace
• you want ready-made Turkish grade-level activities
• you'd rather pay month to month ($7.20 for Standard or $10.80 for Pro)

• you run live, game-show style quizzes and want one simple price: $9/month, billed monthly
• your groups are big — up to 500 players per game
• players should be able to read every question on their own phone (large rooms, hybrid and video calls)
• you don't need homework, self-paced or presentation features

These tools solve different problems: Wordwall is an activity and worksheet maker for whiteboard play and homework, and Kahoot is a live multiplayer quiz game. If you need one tool for practice, printables and homework, choose Wordwall; if you want the whole class competing at once, choose Kahoot, or use the two side by side. If the live part is what's missing and you'd like monthly billing and a Turkish interface, Quizzo is a third option at $9/month for up to 500 players.