Quizizz (now Wayground) or Thinking Cap?
Quizizz, renamed Wayground in 2025, is a learning platform built mainly for schools, with a separate paid product for workplace training. Its free plan is generous for a class. Thinking Cap is made for the other kind of quiz: a night out, with tables, a host and a final reveal.
Side by side
| Quizizz (now Wayground) | Thinking Cap | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free school plan for up to 100 participants; paid school and district plans; Wayground for Business from US$75 a month billed yearly (US$125 billed monthly) after a 14-day trial. | Free for the host and the room. Optional monthly hosting plans and AI rounds for hosts. |
| Players | 100 on the free school plan, 1,000 on paid plans; 150 or 1,000 on the business plans. | Up to 150 phones in a room, as many tables as you like. |
| How players join | A code at wayground.com/join, a link or a QR. School sessions may ask for a student account; business participants join without one. | A browser on any phone, with the room code or the QR on the TV. No app, no account. |
| Typed answers | Fill-in-the-blank, marked automatically (ignoring case, with alternatives the author adds); open-ended answers graded by hand or by its AI. | Typed answers marked for spelling: near misses are forgiven, real doubts go to the host in one tap. |
| Teams | Team mode adds each player’s score to a team total, everyone on their own device. | One answer sheet per table, live on every phone at it; the captain locks in. |
| The big screen | Not needed: questions show on each player’s device. | Optional: every phone shows the question. |
| Pace | Self-paced or teacher-led; speed points can be turned off. | The host reads; the clock is a suggestion. An optional speed bonus round. |
| Questions | A large library aimed at school subjects and grades; limited on the free plan. | A free, checked question bank and ready-made nights, or your own. |
Pick Quizizz (now Wayground) if
- You teach, and want quizzes tied to subjects, grades and reports.
- You want players to work through questions at their own pace.
- You run workplace training and want assessments with results.
Pick Thinking Cap if
- You are running a social quiz night, not a lesson.
- You want one answer sheet per table, with the captain locking in after the table agrees.
- You want a free night for any size of room with no student or business accounts.
What we say about Quizizz (now Wayground) comes from its own pages, read on 23 October 2026: prices and limits change, so check theirs before you decide. Sources: what is Wayground, school plans, business plans, fill in the blanks, session modes. Spot something out of date? Tell us at [email protected].