Gimkit vs Blooket: The Ultimate Classroom Game Showdown

Two tabs, one Friday afternoon.

It was the last 15 minutes of the week and I had two tabs open, one Gimkit and one Blooket. I ran a quick poll: who wants which. The split was almost 50-50. So I started using both, paying attention, and after a term of A-B testing in my own classroom, I have a clear opinion. Here it is.

Where Gimkit wins

Gimkit's depth is real. Modes like Trust No One and The Floor Is Lava are essentially fully designed games, not quiz skins. Older students — secondary and high school — genuinely engage with the strategic layers. When I want a full 25-minute reward session that feels like an event, Gimkit delivers. The economy system, where students earn cash for correct answers and spend it on power-ups, also teaches a sneaky bit of decision-making.

Where Gimkit hurts

Here is the honest weakness: in most modes, the play-to-learn ratio is off. Kids spend a lot of minutes managing power-ups, attacking each other, defending bases — and only a fraction actually answering questions. If my goal is review density (how many questions can I cycle through in 15 minutes), Gimkit loses to almost everything else. Younger primary students also get lost in the mechanics.

Where Blooket wins

Blooket's balance is its superpower. Same content set, multiple game modes, but most modes keep the question rate high. Gold Quest, Cafe, Crypto Hack — students are answering steadily throughout. The library is huge, most of it is free, and the platform feels lightweight in the browser. For a 10-minute review at the end of a lesson, Blooket is almost always my choice.

My verdict

Reward day, last period Friday, kids deserve an experience? Gimkit. Mid-lesson review, exit ticket replacement, daily warm-up? Blooket. They are not really competitors — they solve different parts of the week.

The thing neither of them does

Neither tool knows what I am teaching. Neither pushes results to the gradebook. Neither awards behaviour points for participation. So I built that wraparound elsewhere — I run the games inside KiwiBee's classroom game maker so the points feed into ClassSpark and the gradebook automatically. The novelty of Gimkit and Blooket is still useful for the occasional event, but the daily review games happen where the rest of my teaching does.

Where this fits in KiwiBee

Either game pairs well with KiwiBee's all-in-one classroom stack: classroom games tied to lessons, behaviour and rewards, and homework that auto-grades. Try it free at app.kiwibee.io.