Popsicle Sticks vs Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes
Choose Popsicle Sticks for a more user-friendly experience focused on classroom management.
Popsicle Sticks offers a solid tool for teachers to manage student participation and grouping effectively, though it has some limitations with its free tier. Kahoot! provides a fun quiz-based learning experience but is often criticized for its pricing structure and technical issues.
Head to head
you want a straightforward app for classroom management with random grouping features.
you prefer a quiz-based learning experience and are willing to navigate subscription costs.
Evidence note: Popsicle Sticks has a smaller user base, which may lead to more concentrated feedback, while Kahoot! has a larger volume of reviews that reflect a wider range of experiences.
Frequently asked
Is Popsicle Sticks free?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R2] Popsicle Sticks Saves time: This is a great way to call random names and assign visibly random groups! I use it for multiple classes, and even selecting next class awards. I wish there was a way to delete names or class lists though.
- [R5] Popsicle Sticks Love: I seriously love this app. It helps with picking students to call on, grouping and so much more! I never review apps, but I’ve had this one for a few years now and wanted people to know this one was worth every penny!
- [R8] Popsicle Sticks It’s great just I have one complaint: This is a great app just I was clicking on groups and it said I had reached my limit and I had to pay if I wanted to continue which was annoying but otherwise it is great!
- [R61] Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes My bad bad review: Do not play this stupid game, too many ads and you have to sign in for everything. · translated
- [R3] Popsicle Sticks Some drawbacks: The app is wonderful,however,it’s not user friendly when removing students and archiving classes. There’s no where to show to do that with the app.
- [R10] Popsicle Sticks Deleting Students from a Class: I like using this app, but every time a student leaves my class, I hate that it is more difficult to remove a student from a class than it is to add them. It is not an intuitive process. And today as I am trying to adjust classes at the beginning of the semester, I almost hate the app.
- [R12] Popsicle Sticks Just ok: The concept is great, but I don’t think the app is very easy to use. So much switching between classes to create groups, and I am constantly clicking back and forth to that screen where you choose the number of groups! Could be great, but needs some work.
- [R62] Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes This app is awesome… only on my laptop: I tried to use on my phone and I kept saying something was wrong with the internet when it was working just fine.
- [R19] Popsicle Sticks Import glitches: I will update after I actually get to try the app. Right now I’m frustrated because the app keeps crashing during the import process. 2 classes worked fine, but the third list crashes the app as soon as I try to scroll and confirm the list. I’m annoyed so far & hope the experience improves. I’m off to type in 31 names….
- [R22] Popsicle Sticks Crashing: App crashes when using CSV importing on iPhone.
- [R64] Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes Stole 26 dollars from me: Would give 0 stars if I could. I paid for the kahoot gold for a month. I spent $26.80 total on this. I never got my subscription even though they took the money out of my account. I cannot get in contact with them at all. They haven’t refunded me or gave me what I paid for. Will never use this app again I’ll stick to Quizlet next time
- [R72] Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes Glitching problem: This app is great for studying and we’ve all used it for years, but when your using SharePlay and your in the middle of the kahoot it’ll glitch out and it is probably the more frustrating experience. Please fix this. Thanks
- [R1] Popsicle Sticks Good but: I like the app I like all the stuff but of course every app now have to have a premium or something to buy with and and you have to upgrade it to premium to get more than random groupings and to make more than one classes it’s really weird and I do not like it. That’s why I’m giving it two stars
- [R38] Popsicle Sticks Frustrating: Why even have the app as free if you ultimately end up having to pay to use the main feature? I like all the other features the app has and that is why I gave it two stars, but am ultimately disappointed with the fact that the app is useless if you don’t pay $3.99. If I’d known that I would be cut off after a certain amount of uses, I would’ve been more careful every time I created a
- [R42] Popsicle Sticks Expensive!!!!: I agree with the previous reviewer of the additional costs adding up quickly. With 100 students, free random lists, random groups, and scored discussions are used quickly. Not worth more than the initial $2.99. I now have $9 in this app and haven't used scored discussions yet. Not budget friendly, nor is any app more deceiving about it's cost. I'm happy others have the ability to p
- [R79] Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes Ridiculous up charge: I spent considerable amount of time writing a full Kahoot for a party. When we tried to play it, it told me I could not have more than three players and wanted me to pay over 200 a year and 50 a month to play. That’s not reasonable! I loved this game and now I’m insulted and fuming.
- [R37] Popsicle Sticks Great customer service.: Useful and fun app. Developer was very responsive in helping troubleshoot a .csv file import question. Thanks!
- [R109] Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes DO NOT TRY THEIR “TRIAL”, THEY WILL CHARGE YOU IMMEDIATELY. UNTRUSTWORTHY!!!: I am a nursing student and just wanted to TRY the app. I was offered a 7-day free trial, and when I signed up for it $157.00 was immediately taken out of my account. I tried to cancel immediately and get my money back because it was all I had left to my name and for transportation to school. I was basically told I’m SOL
- [R118] Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes don’t listen to feedback: i couldn’t find the kahoot i was looking for but i know i follow the creator so i went to check who im following but there’s no way to. i contacted customer support and received no help. upon further investigation its been brought to their attention before and still hasn’t been fixed. it was acknowledged TWO YEARS AGO and still no solution. absolutely ridiculous
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store