Mentimeter or Thinking Cap?
Mentimeter is a presentation and audience engagement tool for meetings, classes and events; its quiz is one slide type in a presentation, with typed and multiple-choice answers and a leaderboard. Thinking Cap is a quiz night from start to finish, free for any size of room.
Side by side
| Mentimeter | Thinking Cap | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free for 50 participants a month (per its help centre); Basic US$11.99 and Pro US$24.99 per presenter per month, billed yearly; Enterprise priced on request. | Free for the host and the room. Optional monthly hosting plans and AI rounds for hosts. |
| Players | Up to 2,000 on a quiz slide on any plan; on the free plan, 50 a month in all. | Up to 150 phones in a room, as many tables as you like. |
| How players join | At menti.com with a code, link or QR. No app, no login. | A browser on any phone, with the room code or the QR on the TV. No app, no account. |
| Typed answers | Marked automatically against the answer and the alternatives the host lists, ignoring case; the host can mark others correct. | Typed answers marked for spelling: near misses are forgiven, real doubts go to the host in one tap. |
| Teams | No team mode: teams share one device and score as one player. | One answer sheet per table, live on every phone at it; the captain locks in. |
| The big screen | The quiz is presented live from a presentation screen. | Optional: every phone shows the question. |
| Pace | Timed questions, scored by speed or a flat 1,000 points. | The host reads; the clock is a suggestion. An optional speed bonus round. |
| Questions | Quiz templates (some on paid plans) and free trivia question lists on its blog. | A free, checked question bank and ready-made nights, or your own. |
Pick Mentimeter if
- You are already presenting with Mentimeter and want a quick quiz between slides.
- Your organisation has a Mentimeter licence, so the quiz costs nothing extra.
- You want polls, word clouds and Q&A in the same session.
Pick Thinking Cap if
- You are running a quiz night rather than a presentation: rounds, tables, a break, a tie-break.
- You want tables to play as teams, with everyone at the table seeing the answer sheet.
- You want a whole office or pub to play without a monthly participant limit.
What we say about Mentimeter comes from its own pages, read on 23 October 2026: prices and limits change, so check theirs before you decide. Sources: plans, free account, quiz competition, hosting a quiz, participant limits. Spot something out of date? Tell us at [email protected].