Mentimeter vs Wayground

Updated November 2026 · AppBreakup editorial

Mentimeter

Interactive presentation tool for live polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A.

Free plan + paid

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Wayground

Classroom quiz, lesson and assessment platform for teachers, formerly known as Quizizz.

Free plan + paid

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The short answer

Mentimeter suits presenters, facilitators and teachers who want live polls, word clouds and Q&A on a shared screen. Wayground, formerly Quizizz, suits teachers who want self-paced quizzes, lessons and homework with a large library of ready-made activities. The main difference is the setting: Mentimeter is built for live audience input in any meeting, while Wayground is built for classroom learning and assessment.

Mentimeter or Wayground: our take

Mentimeter turns a presentation into a conversation. Slides can be polls, word clouds, quizzes, rankings, scales or open questions; people answer from their phones with a code, and results appear on screen in real time, anonymously if the host chooses. It is used in lectures and classrooms but just as much in workshops, all-hands meetings and conferences, and it works alongside PowerPoint, Google Slides, Teams and Zoom. Wayground is a classroom platform. Teachers build or copy an activity and run it live or assign it as homework, and students answer on their own devices at their own pace. It also covers slide lessons, videos with embedded questions, flashcards, auto-graded homework and an exam mode with lockdown and tab-switch alerts.

Both use AI to save time. Mentimeter's Menti Creator drafts an interactive presentation from a prompt, and AI grouping sorts open-ended answers. Wayground can generate a full activity from a topic, document or standard, and its library of teacher-made activities means many lessons don't need to be built from scratch. Wayground also offers read-aloud, dyslexia-friendly fonts and translation.

Pricing follows the audience. Mentimeter's free plan allows 50 participants per month, which is tight for larger groups; the Basic plan removes that cap, and higher plans add branding and result exports. Wayground is free for individual teachers, while schools and districts buy quote-only plans that add LMS, rostering and SSO integration and admin reporting. Mentimeter runs in the browser; Wayground also has iOS and Android apps and a Chrome extension.

Mentimeter is the better choice for gathering live opinions and questions from a room, in education or business. Wayground is the better choice for teachers who need practice, homework and graded assessments that students complete at their own pace.

Choose Mentimeter if…

Teachers, facilitators and meeting hosts who want live audience input
Fast, anonymous live polling and quizzes from any phone
Works alongside PowerPoint, Teams and Zoom

Choose Wayground if…

Teachers who want self-paced quizzes, lessons and homework with a large library of ready-made activities
You need iOS, Android and Browser extension, which Mentimeter doesn't list
Students work at their own pace instead of racing a shared screen
Huge library of teacher-made activities to copy and adapt

What is Mentimeter?

Mentimeter builds presentations around audience participation. Slides can be live polls, word clouds, quizzes, rankings, scales or open questions, and people respond from their phones using a code, with results appearing on screen in real time and anonymously if you choose. It is widely used in classrooms, lectures, workshops, all-hands meetings and conferences, and it can import existing slides or work alongside PowerPoint, Google Slides, Teams and Zoom. An AI feature, Menti Creator, drafts interactive presentations from a prompt, and AI grouping helps sort open-ended answers. A free plan lets you try it with a monthly participant cap, while paid plans for individuals, education and teams remove limits and add features like branding and exporting results. It runs in the browser. It's not a replacement for a full slide design tool, and the participant limits on the free plan are tight for larger groups.

What is Wayground?

Wayground is the new name for Quizizz, the classroom activity platform many teachers use for quick quizzes and review games. A teacher builds or borrows an activity, then runs it live in class or assigns it as homework, and students answer on their own devices at their own pace rather than racing a shared screen. Beyond quizzes it covers interactive slide lessons, videos with embedded questions, flashcards and auto-graded homework, and it can generate a full activity with AI from a topic, document or standard. Assessments can run as a game or as a stricter exam with lockdown and tab-switch alerts, and accessibility options include read-aloud, dyslexia-friendly fonts and translation. Individual teachers can sign up free, while schools and districts buy paid plans by quote that add LMS, rostering and SSO integration plus admin reporting. It runs in the browser, with teacher and student apps for iOS and Android and a Chrome extension.

Side by side

Attribute	Mentimeter	Wayground
Pricing	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Open source	No	No
Self-hostable	No	No
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension
Best for	Teachers, facilitators and meeting hosts who want live audience input	Teachers who want self-paced quizzes, lessons and homework with a large library of ready-made activities
Status	Active	Active