# Flip Makes Learning Engaging — user reviews > 53 indexed App Store user reviews of Flip Makes Learning Engaging by Microsoft Corporation, rated 3.31/5 from 22,524 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flip-makes-learning-engaging/id756972930/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flip-makes-learning-engaging/id756972930.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,300 · 4★ 1,602 · 3★ 720 · 2★ 593 · 1★ 8,309 ## What do users think of Flip Makes Learning Engaging? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use and navigate - 👍 Engaging for students - 💡 Allows student voice and creativity - 🚀 Seamless integration with other platforms - 👍 Helpful for distance learning - 💡 Versatile for various subjects and activities **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs - 🔍 Inconsistent features across platforms - 🕰️ Slow upload and processing times - 🤔 Confusing for some students - 🔒 Privacy concerns for students **Commonly reported bugs** - Videos disappearing after upload - Inability to delete or edit own videos - Compatibility issues on certain devices - Inconsistent performance across different platforms **Most requested features** - Ability to provide video feedback to students - More customization options for teachers - Improved moderation tools - Offline recording and upload capabilities - Expanded time limits for student responses ## Newest reviews (13 of 53) ### 3/5 — Maybe I like filp grid maybe not it’s really bad. *2023-05-05* Flip grid is really good app with emojis and any kind of stuff. I don’t like flip grid at all, because it has bugs and also needs to be re-fixed. The backgrounds are laggy they show the stuff behind you. I think that may has to be un-laggy, just in case nothing shows but just the background, I don’t like the cameras either, it chooses the time for you and I would like it if it had a minute timer chooser, like 10 minutes or 5 or 4 and hours or seconds, I also hate the vidoes, the videos that my class makes my friends there laggy the vidoes are super laggy, it goes like in sounds, and the items you like get to move and size won’t WORK AT ALL , when you try to size it doesn’t work that you have to use all your pressure in. The movement for the emoji doesn’t work either. I doesn’t have anything special about it either, LOL Sorry that you have to read this but I love your creativity but has to fixed, ### 4/5 — Started out great and ended awful but not so bad *2023-02-06, version 13.2.3* Hi I am Caylee and I am 7 in a half i really loved flipgrid❤️ it is so cool me and my step sister Raelynn made videos a couple times I had to delete flip grid because sometimes I had to refresh my iPad and it would sometimes take me right out so me and Raelynn were making a Barbie video a Elsa and Anna from frozen video and a baby video the next day I got hacked by someone when I had to delete it again and I was putting in my password and it said my password was changed 25 hours ago I am not sure if I got hacked but I think I did my grandmother told me that I had to be careful what I’m posting when I told her I got hacked on flip grid and my grandmother also told me to delete it ### 3/5 — Not great, but not bad… Here’s why *2022-05-30, version 11.1.6* ; This was made an auto correct, So flip grid is spelled as in two words ; OK, to be honest, flip grid is not that bad. There’s nothing really special about it so that’s why I’m writing this comment, just to tell you that there’s nothing special. There are some major and minor bug fixes but it’s not that bad, I just don’t like how the creator can like control everything, I understand they do that so a person doesn’t destruct everything, but if you need to, just delete them and undo what they did!!! Again, there are minor and major bug fixes which really annoys me. It’s not SUPER DUPER bad, but you can get extremely annoying at times. Sometimes, I just rage and exit the app. I like how you can make thumbnails and items like that when you post videos and you can name it and make a description! But, I really wish that The videos don’t have to be under a certain amount of time… it is also really hard to edit your video so please work on that flip grid! Overall, it’s an OK app, thank you so much for reading this if you’ve gotten all the way down here because I wrote so much, LOL! Have a great day. ### 4/5 — A few problems... *2020-10-25, version 9.1.2* So, I downloaded the app for reasons, but I have encountered a few problems. So I use the app quite a lot, but it crashes on me, I don’t know why, I updated it and my iPad and I am ALWAYS connected to my WiFi, so it could not possibly be that. Another problem is that when ever I want to post a video, I already make it in my videos, but it does not let me upload things from my photos or videos. It’s really annoying cause I can’t edit the video how I want it to so please fix this bug. I know alit of people have said this already but it’s really slow. But now I will say a few things that I really like the app. It has some pretty great tools for editing and things like trimming your videos and adding text. It also has it is that you can add cute little photos. It’s also very organized. So over all I really like the app! :) ### 3/5 — It’s okay *2020-09-29, version 9.0.5* I like that it has many features. However, some things are confusing to do. On computer, it fails to upload sometimes. On mobile, it glitches when I use a board. My main problem is when I try to edit the videos and upload it. I have no way of making sure the right one was uploading. For example, I sent something for class. I spent over 3 hourd editing it, but the next day, when my teacher posted them, I saw mine and NONE of the edits saved. Maybe if there was a way to see your video after you upload or have a specific “SAVE” button after you make edits and before you upload. Additionally there could be an option “Are you sure you want to delete this clip?”. There could be a reverse button too in case you want that clip back. It’s a good app but needs improvements. ### 3/5 — Review from a student *2020-09-08, version 9.0.3* Another person has said something similar to this, so I’ll keep it brief. This isn’t a problem with the app itself, just the way it’s used. Many students, including a good friend of mine, aren’t confident in their voice. So they will record themselves again and again, trying to get a video that they find perfect. A Spanish teacher of mine uses Flipgrid to have us say what we think of a reading, and expects us to be able to do a 1:00-1:30 minute long video first try and without a script. The point is that introverts or people with low quality cameras (like me) tend to lose confidence in themselves, defeating the whole purpose of the app. Once again, nothing against the developers, the app itself is fine. The way people use it is the problem. ### 4/5 — Super amazing *2020-08-13, version 9.0.1* Totally amazing cool app but moderated mode doesn’t work it has been two and a half weeks and I still haven’t got the alert but I understand if it takes long and a few suggestions you could mabye make it sort of like FaceTime where you talk on video but you can change filters and all the things you can do in your flip videos and you could make it where in your videos you have unlimited time so you don’t have to keep looking at the clock and hurrying please take these suggestions thank you great app. Hi I’m editing this I was sort of able to take off moderated mode so that works it says it’s moderated now but it’s not and I have a bug issue will you please fix this cause now I can’t record a video every time I try to hit it it doesn’t record please fix this this and by the way love the new affects you can do now ### 3/5 — Hi *2020-07-26, version 8.2.1* I only kinda like this app Just because it glitches a lot and I don’t know I just don’t really like it oh this is an eight-year-old speaking so if stuff doesn’t make sense just know it’s because I’m a kid so yeah the only thing that I guess flip credit card work work done is like maybe work on the glitches and make it easier to like record and I don’t like that has limited time for you to do stuff like I want to like say what I need to say like five times I have to redo it because it’s like in the middleExplaining math and and then I have to start over because I ran out of time so I don’t I just don’t get why he needs to do that so yeah I also like whiteboard a lot that’s what I do like about it that’s where they got the two stars for me from the other one is that you can stay social and yeah stay safe from the Covid and have a good day ### 4/5 — Keeping kids presenting on a fun and easy platform *2020-05-18, version 8.1.13* In the midst of the global shutdown, Flipgrid has been instrumental in helping us get kids to keep talking with each other and get creative. A colleague of mine recommended it and it truly has helped keep the kids in contact with each other, and maybe even a little competition. They are able to make videos their own, add emojis, and discuss relative information. I LOVE IT! As a teacher we all get invested in our students, but we also worry about their well-being outside of the classroom. Flipgrid has also helped us realize that most of our students are ok. It continues a sense of classroom community and communication, and I feel has helped them hone some of their presentation skills. For middle schoolers, that’s so important! Thanks FlipGrid. ### 4/5 — Great for distance learning *2020-05-14, version 8.1.13* When our school first started distance learning I was not ready to set up virtual meetings with my students. I looked around and found information on Pinterest about FlipGrid. The first 2 videos posted on my grid were just fun ways for students to see each other. But now I have really connected it to curriculum with students looking on Epic and posting book reviews and taking virtual field trips and posting commercials. As a teacher the Disco Library gives lots of topics to try out too. So why the 4 stars? It is very hard for students to understand where to see feedback on their videos. I had to create my own video and post it to my Google Classroom for them to understand where to find feedback. ### 3/5 — Umm Hello? Does anyone NOT see potential? *2020-05-05, version 8.1.12* OK, so I use Flipgrid with distance learning at my school. It is literally the BEST app for learning. Some friends of mine say that they hate it and would not like to use it at all, I totally disagree with them. I think the fact that it made you get the app if you had it on Safari was really annoying and that’s why they hated it. Because it’s taking up a lot of MY space. Other than that I really love it. Somethings I would like to express to the producers are the fact that you can’t really write a comment... I haven’t figured out how to do that and it is SOOO annoying! Other than that I would give it a five stars, but this app really needs an update, seriously, students like me NEED IT! So hurry up already people. Just because the world is in trauma because of some virus does it mean that the kids of the world don’t get the right education! I am waiting! ### 4/5 — My honest thoughts *2020-05-02, version 8.1.12* I absolutely love the video editing and how easy it is to trim individual videos and move them around. I have encountered a few problems with this app though. The loading takes LITERALLY FOREVER. I’ve tried some different things to help out with it but none seem to work. It’s weird, all of my other apps work with my WiFi so it’s not that... another problem I encountered is this: when I’m editing videos sometimes the app glitches and begins playing the audio from several different parts of what I recorded. It’s trippy. When this happens I have to close out of the app and go back on, which then it thankfully saves my progress and I can continue to make edits to my video. Not end of the world, but definitely annoying at times. Overall, it’s a really fun app and I love the ability to Connect with peers and classmates, I love using Flipgrid! That’s all :) thanks!!! ### 4/5 — Flippin fantastic for theater teachers *2020-04-25, version 8.1.12* As a performing arts teacher, I struggle with engagement during rehearsal periods. Are the students truly rehearsing their monologues, scenes or pantomimes? Even though I had check ins with my students, I did not have data to support their claims: “Of course I’m rehearsing.” Flipgrid offers tangible evidence that the standards are indeed being worked on. On Flipgrid, I designed 1st looks for a performance enabling the student to perform with low risks: they are at home or in a comfortable environment, not in front of a live audience, and it’s not the final performance assessment. Flipgrid allows me and other students to critique work in a positive manner. The rubric features ensures objectivity, and the video response offers personal commentary. My Students live Flipgrid and so do I. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I truly WISH I could say this is good. *2020-11-17, version 9.2.2* So yesterday my teacher assigned a Flipgrid for science class, and all of my classmates got excited right away, because our teacher knows how much we all like TikTok, and this app was just like it, but educational. I was too excited, because the last time I did it, it worked perfectly. However, today I was doing my video, and when I was ready to upload, it was taking forever to load, and I noticed it said, “low internet connection.” So I knew where I was had lower internet connection, so I decided to resume the process for when I got back to my house. So I cancel the upload, and I notice that ALL OF MY PROGRESS WHEN GONE. In all of my TWO HOURS of footage, GONE. JUST LIKE THAT. I was so furious that I would recommend not to download this, because it’s frustratingly stupid, slow, and annoying that I have to deal with such a dumb, low quality app. Call me impatient, but it’s highly true. ### 1/5 — from the students perspective... *2020-09-11, version 9.0.3* I can see how this app is supposed to be helpful in learning but from a students perspective it’s more stressful than helpful. From reading these reviews most teachers love this app while the students dislike it. This is probably because it’s very nerve-racking to have to post a video of yourself for your entire class to see. It makes students very uncomfortable and anxious. I think that if there was an option as to who is allowed to view your video it would make this app 10x better. I’m hoping someone will listen to this suggestion and make it so that you can choose to have only your teacher be allowed to watch your videos. This way, both the students and teachers can enjoy using this app and the students won’t have to deal with the huge amount of stress and anxiety that comes with making these videos:) ### 1/5 — Cumbersome and frustrating (Hate it) *2020-05-22, version 8.1.14* This app is difficult to navigate. Every time you click on something a new tab opens and before you know it there are 8 tabs of Flipgrid open. The “share” button doesn’t link to a place where students can respond. It sends them to a video without a way to interact. If I weren’t required to learn to use this app I would have deleted it immediately. If I’m having this much trouble using it I can’t imagine trying to get my students to use it. Flipgrid, it’s a little self-indulgent to require teachers to follow on social media platforms and leave reviews in order to receive a badge. Make the app with a better user interface and I wouldn’t need to be prompted to leave a decent review. (*Customer service has not responded to my email asking for help. I’m sure they are overwhelmed with new users since so many are required to use it so that’s understandable, for now. ) ### 1/5 — Way too inconsistent *2020-04-16, version 8.1.11* Riddle me this, I just put hours into a video I had to shoot for a class and when I go to edit all the segments to perfect them, it decides not to load them up, I was literally looking at a black screen. I tried pausing and unpausing the video, and it wouldn’t load up, I tried watching each piece by itself and it still wouldn’t load up. Heck, just to confirm it wasn’t on my end I switched from WiFi to LTE - still nothing. Then within moments it’s just gone, the entirety of my video gone. Are you kidding me? Hours of work down the drain because this app couldn’t function like it’s supposed to. Also, I was within my time limit too! The teacher gave us up to 10 minutes for this video and I was at 8:34! There is no excuse for this. This app does not function like it should. Very poor user interface. Hey kids, if your teachers are wanting you to use this app for any school related thing, do everything in your power to get them to not. Worst app out there for video assignments. One star rating if that. **Developer response:** I'm sorry you had encountered this challenge! We work hard to ensure every video is captured and delivered. Please reach out to us at support@flipgrid.com so we can assist you with making sure this doesn't happen anymore. ### 1/5 — Blackmail *2020-03-27, version 8.1.10* Hello, I am a student. As you can see there are reviews from teachers which say their students love to use Flipgrid. As I said earlier I am a student. I know for a fact that me and many other students from my school hate using Flipgrid. This app forces us to horrifying videos of ourselves talking about something we don’t care about. When you make your video other students will use your video as blackmail. If this is not the case will make fun of you. I have seen my teachers grading flip grid and it takes longer than most things they would have to grade. Teachers have to constantly pause the video which the student has recorded and sometimes the quality of the video is hard for the teacher to understand. I use this app for English classes and the videos restrain students from learning how to write in a way that they are able to write as if they were speaking. Thank you for reading my honest feedback as a student🙂 ### 2/5 — Rotates too much and messes too much stuff up in landscape mode *2024-03-30* When I am recording something(usually for orchestra) in landscape mode, if I want to delete a bad recording, I have to click on the delete button, then wait for it to try to bait me into clicking where it should be in landscape mode, only for it to go into portrait mode and turn everything sideways!!! Additionally, when I am attempting to make a text cover image in landscape mode, the text squishes together and there are no ways to fix it, other than to switch into portrait mode. As one can likely tell, this is immensely infuriating, and I frequently feel an immense amount of wrath prepare to emerge while recording things on this app. Please fix this. Also, please add in the countdown timer before starting a video that is available on the web version. It would save me some time by preventing me from having to delete around 1 second of footage of when I was preparing. **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your rating and review on Flip. You may upload your phone library videos onto Flip camera in your app. Here is how you may upload the prerecorded videos - https://help.flip.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003674753-Import-or-upload-a-video If you have any further questions regarding this feature, please write to our support team through https://aka.ms/flipsupport and our team would get back to you at the earliest. Thank you! ### 2/5 — Not bad but i get insanely frustrated *2024-01-10* I have to upload a video for a school project. The uploading process takes way too long and whenever my laptop closes or goes to sleep by itself the upload will say it's taking too long and I need to re-upload it and if the video has 1080p resolution with something like 60fps and high quality, it takes an insanely long amount of time to upload. My video was like that, but my video wouldn't upload at all it would just keep saying it took too long and you need to retry. this is super frustrating to me because I'm trying to get the project in on time and the fact that this app takes this long to upload a four minute video is insane. Apps like TikTok or Snapchat do not take that long for videos to upload even if it's a 10 minute video like on TikTok. I I've uploaded 10 minute videos before and they did not take more than five minutes to upload that usually took 2 to 3 minutes but I've been waiting over seven minutes from a video to upload. I hope this is just a glitch or something wrong with the servers, but please fix it because I'm very frustrated with this. **Developer response:** Hi Chen Peizi, Firstly, we are really sorry for the difficulty faced in the upload process for the videos with high resolution and frame rate. At Flip we are continuously striving to make improvements to your experience. We’d love to hear your feedback on how we can improve and appreciate your time in sharing this feedback with us! If you could please send us specific details about the issue like the device OS and screenshots, please do so by submitting a ticket at https://aka.ms/flipsupport and our team would be glad to help with this. In the meantime, please refer to https://help.flip.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045013614-My-video-won-t-post for some information. We hope to hear from you and get this resolved. Thank you, hope you have a great day! ### 2/5 — It’s not fair to all of the platforms *2020-06-04, version 8.1.14* Filpgrid is a great app to be honest but sometimes it isn’t fair! First of all, why is there different features for different platforms? The mobile/iPad/tablet platforms can let the user have the rainbow brush while the PC versions don’t have one? Also, one the mobile/iPad/tablet have the black outlines or some sort of outline on the text? While the PC has no outline? And also can’t adjust too much of the text (such as, making it squeezed together, reverse the text and etc.) Some features are great but are on different devices, which I consider isn’t fair. Second, when typing the text on mobile/iPad/tablet I can’t even see what I’m typing at all. I have to guess what I’m typing which is really hard. Im just a student typing this but... Note to the devs: Please make all features possible on all platforms and make it all the same (somewhat; but please remove the outline of the texts I don’t like it.) It just makes the program be more fair like. PLEASE SEE THIS!!!! thank you ### 2/5 — More Frustrating than Efficient *2020-05-05, version 8.1.12* I rarely take the time to write a review, but this app can make me soooo annoyed. It CONSTANTLY glitches (like every day) in the most inconvenient ways possible. And the software is just clunky as heck. I just uploaded a video that took me a half-hour to make (p.s. two minutes for a response is not enough), and I look under the topic and it’s not even there. Nowhere to be found. Additionally, I posted a video to the wrong topic because I can’t see what topic I’m posting to when I’m actually in the process of uploading. I have to trust myself that I clicked the right one before. Also, I can’t delete my videos as a responder to topics, and I can’t upload videos as a response if it decides to glitch. It makes my teaching experience worse because I literally have to put aside feelings of frustration constantly. I love the idea of this app, and most of it works okay, but it needs to be much more efficient. It feels as if you make a small mistake, it’s completely irreversible. ### 2/5 — Teachers vs students *2020-04-22, version 8.1.11* I feel like most people reviewing this app are teachers, who say they love it, not their students. As a student, i’m not a huge fan of this app, i would much rather right things down on do online classes because having to take videos of yourself then posting them for all of your classmates to see is not amazing. Theres also the problem of video quality, everyone has a different camera or different things they use and sometimes that makes it hard to understand other people’s videos so they don’t get as good a grade for something they can’t control. I am using this app for spanish class, and i understand why. It’s so we can learn to speak spanish, but we aren’t. We can pause the video at anytime. Just memorizing a script, not learning, unlike with zoom classes. So while teachers may like this app, many students do not as they aren’t learning with it. And it just adds extra pressure and more things for them to do. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I like this app *2021-03-02, version 9.3.2* I am living through coved and we have really small classes and I almost never get to see my class mates in those other cohorts! My teachers used Flipgrid to help us communicate online! We used it to say goodbye to friends who are moving away and use them for assignments! Another thing I love about flipgrid is that your fellow classmates or teachers can put a comment on your post. It is easy to do a response because you can do a video response! But class work is not the only thing you can do on it! You can use it to communicate with friends and make videos to talk or share things that are going on! I also love that it works for iPads because a lot of my stuff doesn’t work because I am on an iPad, but at least I get to do thing on Flipgrid! ### 5/5 — Distance Learning Must-have Tool *2020-06-11, version 8.1.14* I have occasionally used this app in the past, but Flipgrid became invaluable when we went to distance-learning at our school. It has been a big part of connecting with my kids online. I know it will be just as important even in face-to-face classes. It gives each student a voice and allows me to hear students reflect their learning. It was really important for my communications class to use for their graduation and thank you speeches. Normally, we do this using a microphone in the auditorium, but this year they gave their graduation speech via Flipgrid. It was wonderful for other students to provide feedback. Thank you for providing this excellent tool! ### 5/5 — Flipgrid during COVID *2020-06-10, version 8.1.14* A colleague introduced me to flipgrid a couple weeks after in-school classes where shutdown and distance learning began. We had less than a days notice to prepare and were only expecting it to last 2 weeks, maybe 3 max. When we realized we were going to end our school year online, we were heartbroken and so were our students. Flipgrid gave us the chance to see and hear each other. Students that couldn’t make it to the zoom sessions or that didn’t feel comfortable talking in the meetings in front of larger groups felt safe using flipgrid to share out. I used it for scavenger hunts and fun activities during distance learning this spring, but I have so many ideas of how to incorporate flipgrid into my content in the fall! I’m excited to introduce it to my new group of students! ### 5/5 — Very helpful for online learning *2020-06-08, version 8.1.14* I have had to use this app for online school multiple times, and it is very helpful. I am very glad I could get it on my iPhone, because I could film things in different parts of my house instead of having to make all my videos in the same room by my computer. The only thing I didn’t like was that it didn’t work very well on my computer until I used it through Google Chrome. So can you possibly make it work a bit better when it is being used through Safari? Overall, Flipgrid is easy to use, and I recommend getting it on your mobile device so you can film in different places. Thanks for reading my long and boring review. ### 5/5 — First grade teacher *2020-06-03, version 8.1.14* I’m teaching online due to COVID- and have been using Flipgrid to communist team with my students. They love being able to respond at their leisure, and LOVE seeing each other’s responses as well. They can also communicate with each other by commenting on their peers presentations. I used “disco library” for ideas when I digest got started- there are a million awesome ideas that other teacher have used (and are able to see how many Other teachers used the same ones as well.) There are sooooo many cool features (can assign right to google classroom, can set it up but delay/schedule it’s rollout, you can delete inappropriate responses, record your own, but hide it until you are ready for it to be presented, add pics to the topics..... soo many more. I literally never had an issue with the technology part of using flipgrid (and I’m not a great techie person). Give it a try- you’ll love it!! ### 5/5 — Impact Flipgrid has made *2020-05-13, version 8.1.13* Flip grid is amazing . I am so glad I learned how to use this . This has proven to be a great resource . The Flipgrid has made it possible for me to reach my colleagues. During these difficult times flip grid has been a great resource. I have reached out to my colleagues . We will use it to express our gratitude to our colleagues . Will incorporate Flipgrid to our power point. Plan to end the year wishing all my students well wishes through Flipgrid. Flipgrid will be a great resource to incorporate with near pod. This is the best resource I have come across . Will start the year using Flipgrid to communicate with all my students . I love the feed back from all my colleagues that are using it . Thank you for this great resource. ### 5/5 — Fabulous *2020-05-13, version 8.1.13* I had heard of Flipgrid but hadn’t paid much attention until the schools in our state shutdown and everyone was trying to figure out how to navigate distance learning. Enter Flipgrid! What a game changer this has been for us. I use this to post number talks for math, retelling prompts for reading and the list goes on. Our Specialist teachers (music, PE, dance, art, media) have utilized this as well to continue their teaching. The students love being able to send videos of themselves completing the activities or answering the questions and as a teacher it is a wonderful tool to be able to hear our students thinking, rationales and misconceptions which helps us provide better feedback. My students also love being able to see their friends and classmates! This is a must have for any educator! ### 5/5 — Awesome tool for flipped learning *2020-05-11, version 8.1.13* I teach technology and geography to kindergarten through fifth graders. during our time at school this year, and I piloted flip grid with my second graders. I am so glad that I did this because we, as a global arts team, were able to integrate our education seamlessly through Flipgrid because I already had an understanding of how it worked and how we can best reach all of our students. We created grades and then added copilots so that all of the elective classwork was in one place for students, and then each teacher managed their own Flipgrid topic. This has been an incredible way for us to learn and we are very much looking forward to continuing flipped learning when we return back to school. I generally work on chrome, but I sometimes use my school iPad to access student work as well. Thank you, Flipgrid, for such a powerful platform for student learning and voice. ### 5/5 — Would call it a lifesaver...! *2020-05-08, version 8.1.13* During spring break, while talk of a nationwide shutdown spread, I began hunting for technology that would help me maintain the hard-earned classroom community that was built throughout the current school year. Fortunately my school is part of a 1:1 district, meaning each student checks out a laptop and hotspot at the beginning of the school year and returns it at the end. This is amazing for sure; however, the hotspot only allows a small percentage of data to be used up each month. Therefore, Google Meet was not going to be a viable option for me. Any type of group video meeting would eat through the kids data right away. Not sure what could work instead, I found an article that included Flipgrid as a resource idea, and OMG was I glad to have found it! Using Flipgrid this past month has kept me and my students ‘in touch’ in SUCH better ways than a Zoom or Google Meeting could have done. I will be using Flipgrid from now on! It is terribly simple for the kids to use (as well as myself!) and they actually love it! I teach literature at an alternative high school- so I’m always looking for different ways to bring the material to the kids and definitely different ways for the kids to demonstrate their understanding. Flipgrid is PERFECT for this! I love the community involved, the assignments already posted/shared, and the ease and simplicity of the planning involved. Thank you Flipgrid!!! 5 stars! ### 5/5 — Great Resource for Crisis Schooling! *2020-05-01, version 8.1.12* Flipgrid has become my go to in my “crisis schooling” escapades. For a LA classroom, it is a super creative way for students to answer questions for a reading comprehension passage or show me their how to do something. I’ve been able to week by week, increase the difficulty of their assignments - week one, log in; week 2, tell me the name of your book report book; week 3, answer questions from a podcast I assigned; week 4, do a how to/procedural writing and show me your activity (making eggs, a paper airplane, etc); week 5, presenting your book report. If I hadn’t found Flipgrid I’d still be grading boring stuff - Flipgrid has allowed my class to become more creative & hands on, even in a time of staying home and doing nothing! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*