Open student questions
Students ask their own questions and upvote the ones they want answered, beside the quiz.
ASKTC/Compare/Kahoot alternative
For teachers and schools · Updated Oct 2026
A Kahoot alternative for schools that need every student heard.
Run a quiz with speed points, a live poll and open student questions from one room. Students join on any phone with no app and no account, and the teacher decides what reaches the screen.
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- 5,000
- phones joined one room over three minutes with no errors
- 0
- apps to install or student accounts to create
- 10,000
- phones held on one live room in our load test
- 60 s
- from sign-up to a live join code
Side by side
Where the two tools really differ.
A quiz tells you who knew the answer. The questions students ask afterwards tell you what they did not understand. Kahoot is a game platform with a big library; ASKTC keeps the quiz and the conversation in the same room.
Has itPartly, or on paid plans
Joining
Getting students in
ASKTC
A code or QR code in the phone browser, on a basic phone and a weak signal. No student accounts.
Kahoot
Players join with a game PIN on their own devices.
In the lesson
Quizzes
ASKTC
Multiple choice, true or false and number questions. Faster correct answers score more, with a live leaderboard.
Kahoot
Quiz and puzzle on every paid plan; drop pin, scale and slider on higher tiers.
Live polls
ASKTC
Single, multiple and image-choice polls with results that move as students vote.
Kahoot
Polls and scale questions.
Word cloud & open answers
ASKTC
A live word cloud on every plan.
Kahoot
Word cloud, brainstorm and open-ended questions are for students 16 and over.
After the lesson
Reports
ASKTC
A replay of the session, a recap, and a report you can email; CSV export on Enterprise.
Kahoot
Reports on all plans; advanced reports on Gold and above.
School-wide view
ASKTC
A dashboard where admins see sessions, questions and students across teachers, and invite staff with a link.
Kahoot
Team & School and District plans; pricing by contacting Kahoot.
Buying
Free to try
ASKTC
One teacher can run a real class free: 3 events of up to 100 people, with moderation included.
Kahoot
Kahoot! Go is a free plan for teachers.
Audience size when you pay
ASKTC
500 on Pro or an event pass; unlimited on Enterprise.
Kahoot
Individual plans cap players at 50 (Bronze), 100 (Silver), 200 (Gold) or 800 (Kahoot! One).
Currency
ASKTC
Free to start, then Naira through Paystack.
Kahoot
Prices are listed in US dollars.
Checked against Kahoot’s teacher and school plans page in October 2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.
More in ASKTC
What you also get.
These are things Kahoot’s public pages don’t mention.
Teacher moderation
Every question goes through a queue, and the teacher decides what reaches the screen. Spam and abuse are filtered.
Anonymous and safe
No student accounts and no names required.
Questions survive bad signal
A question typed with no connection waits on the phone and sends itself when the signal returns.
Thread Mode
The whole class answers one question and AI scores the answers live on a leaderboard.
Replay & recap
Scrub the session like a video and share a recap card.
Priced for Africa
Free to start, with Naira pricing through Paystack when the school is ready.
Fair is fair
Where Kahoot is ahead.
If these matter more than students’ own questions, Kahoot is the safer pick.
AI quiz building
Kahoot builds a quiz from a topic, link, Wikipedia article or files. ASKTC asks you to write your questions.
Classroom links & languages
Google Classroom, Schoology, Moodle, Brightspace, Blackboard and Canvas, in 55+ languages.
Self-paced learning
Assign challenges and flashcards for homework, with completion tracking and a large library of ready-made kahoots.
Built for the whole classroom
The quiz is the start of the useful part.
Use a quiz to check recall, a poll to take the temperature, and open questions to find what is unclear. Then see the numbers across your school.
- 1Add multiple choice, true or false or number questions
- 2Students join with a code, no accounts
- 3Approve their questions and see the report
FAQ
Questions people ask when comparing.
Is ASKTC a Kahoot alternative for schools?
Yes, for classes that need more than timed rounds. ASKTC runs quizzes with speed points and a leaderboard, and it also handles live polls and open student questions with teacher moderation, in one browser-based room.
Do students need an app or an account?
No. Students join with a code or a QR code in their phone browser. There are no student accounts, passwords or app downloads.
Can I run a quiz in ASKTC?
Yes. Add multiple choice, true or false, or number questions, set the right answer once, and start. Each answer is graded on the server, and faster correct answers earn more points.
Is it free for a school to try?
Yes. One teacher can run a real class for free. When the whole school is ready, ask for a school quote. Payment is in Naira through Paystack.
Does it work on slow data and basic phones?
Yes. The pages are light and need only a browser. ASKTC was load-tested with 5,000 phones joining one room over three minutes with no errors, and one live room has held 10,000 phones.
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