Comparison

Nearpod vs Classkick

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Nearpod

This app empowers K-12 teachers to create interactive, student-centered lessons that boost engagement and deepen understanding across all subjects. It offers tools for real-time assessment, flexible teaching modes, and integration with popular platforms, making instruction more effective.

Highlights
  • Interactive lesson creation
  • Live and student-paced modes
  • Polls, quizzes, and VR activities
  • Real-time formative assessments
  • Integration with Google Slides, YouTube, LMS
  • Library of 22,000+ lessons
Features
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Nearpod: Interactive Lessons That Engage Every Student 

 Nearpod helps K–12 teachers create engaging, student-centered learning experiences that drive participation and deepen understanding. Whether you're teaching math, science, ELA, or any other subject, Nearpod gives you the tools to bring your lessons to life. 
Use interactive features like polls, quizzes, and virtual reality to spark curiosity and keep students involved. Monitor progress with real-time formative assessments and adjust instruction based on instant feedback. With flexible teaching modes, you can lead live lessons or assign student-paced activities that fit your classroom flow. Why Teachers Love Nearpod: 

 Interactive slides, videos, and activities that promote active learning 
 Real-time insights to support data-informed instruction 

 Seamless integration with Google Slides, YouTube, and your LMS 
 Access to 22,000+ standards-aligned lessons and resources 

 Tools for differentiation and student voice 

 
 Nearpod works with the platforms you already use and adapts to your teaching style. Whether you're enhancing your curriculum or building lessons from scratch, Nearpod helps you deliver instruction that sticks. How Nearpod works: 1. Learning experiences are created by teachers from scratch, uploading slides, with AI (on tablet or web), or selected from a catalogue of over 22,000 experiences found in the Nearpod Library.

 2. Students join synchronous learning experiences led by their teachers or learn at their own pace.
 3. Students actively engage in interactive media, formative assessments, and activities such as videos, quizzes, polls, 3D objects, virtual reality, drawing tools, and more. 4. Teachers receive immediate insights into student learning, allowing them to provide feedback, correct misconceptions, and adjust instruction.

5. Students are introduced to content through dynamic multimedia that includes VR Field trips, 3D objects, PhET simulations, BBC videos and more.
 
 
To make your technology integration as seamless as possible, Nearpod has partnered with: Apple Google Microsoft Canvas Schoology Brightspace by D2L Blackboard Moodle Clever ClassLink 
What teachers are saying: 
"Nearpod provides me and my teachers with an excellent tool for engaging students. Activities and the different functions offer opportunities for differentiation and collection of assessment data. Nearpod is a game changer for teachers and students." - Matthew M., Assistant Principal 
"Nearpod gives teachers a wonderful superpower. It allows us to see the answer every students would give to every question we ask in class and allows students to feel more comfortable taking risks with their learning and growth." - Ann K., Instructional Coach 

Nearpod consistently gets me 90-100% engagement by keeping students active in their learning while helping build a stronger learning environment. - Amanda D., High school teacher

 SUBSCRIBING IN-APP: - Subscribe to Nearpod Gold Edition annually ($159.99). You will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing exchange rate as defined by the App Store. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. - Privacy policy: nearpod.com/privacy-policy - Terms of use: nearpod.com/terms-conditions - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. 
 Download Nearpod now and sign up for a FREE account or log in to start experiencing the magic of Nearpod!

About

Classkick

This app allows students to complete assignments digitally and receive instant feedback from teachers and classmates. Educators can create paperless assignments, monitor student progress in real-time, and facilitate peer-to-peer learning. It aims to increase student feedback and reduce grading time.

Highlights
  • Create paperless assignments
  • Real-time student work monitoring
  • Instant teacher feedback
  • Anonymous peer-to-peer help
  • Work at own pace
  • Ask for help privately
Features
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Classkick is a free app that students work on and get help instantly from their teacher and peers. Students work on assignments with their Chromebooks, laptops, or iPads, while getting help from teachers and peers instantly. Teachers create assignments, see all their students’ work in real-time, and give LOTS of student feedback. Best of all, students can help each other anonymously. Using Classkick, feedback to students increases by 300% and grading time is cut in half. “Classkick is every teacher’s dream.” - Lynne Shalman, Chapin School “Students love Classkick...it was magic!” - Greg Port, Seton College TEACHERS... - CREATE paperless assignments using existing worksheets, audio, video or web content. - SEE every students’ work simultaneously. - GIVE instant feedback when it is most important. - FACILITATE peer-to-peer feedback and learning. STUDENTS... - WORK at their own pace and even on their own time. - ASK for help privately. - HELP their peers. USE IT... - in class or at home. - in traditional or flipped classrooms. - as a group together or on your own time individually. FOR… - assignments - quizzes - station work - do nows/exit slips - guided practice - independent practice - homework

Screenshots

Nearpod4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Classkick at none against Nearpod's 10. Classkick also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Nearpod's advantage is review sentiment (41% vs 33%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nearpod sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $159.99 per year. Classkick asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for Nearpod against 3.1 for Classkick. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.9K and 725 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Nearpod's written reviews are positive against 33% of Classkick's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nearpod ships an update monthly, Classkick weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Nearpod versus Classkick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNearpodClasskick
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (1.9K ratings)3.1 (725 ratings)
Positive reviews41.1% of reviews — better32.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.9K — better725
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.015
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNearpodClasswork Co

Customer experience

Nearpod

All ratings1,887 ratings
Positive50.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative43.9%
Written reviews185 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral12.4%
Negative46.5%

Classkick

All ratings725 ratings
Positive49.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative44.8%
Written reviews262 reviews
Positive32.8%
Neutral8.8%
Negative58.4%

User reviews

Nearpod

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Engaging and interactive
  • 👍 Great for student participation
  • 💡 Useful for differentiated instruction
  • 🚀 Effective for virtual/hybrid learning

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔍 Limited functionality in mobile app
  • 🔍 Clunky and unintuitive user interface
  • 🔍 Reliability issues, especially on iPads

Classkick

From 725 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helpful for online school
  • 🚀 Great for immediate feedback
  • 👍 Easy to use and navigate

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Laggy and slow performance
  • 👎 Difficult text/writing controls
  • 👎 Lacks key features like split-screen

Bugs and requests

Nearpod

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to save progress and resume lessons
  • Drawing/annotation tools not working as expected
  • Login issues, especially with Google accounts
  • Slides not syncing properly across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to create and edit content on mobile app
  • More question types beyond multiple choice
  • Improved device compatibility and cross-platform support
  • Enhanced student reporting and analytics

Classkick

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Assignments not loading properly
  • Inability to save or access work
  • Incompatibility with newer devices/OS

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add split-screen support
  • Improve text/writing controls
  • Better Apple Pencil integration
  • Enhance stability and performance

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Nearpod

Subscriptions1
  • to Nearpod Gold Edition$159.991 Year
One-time9
  • NPP "Authors: Decimals and Fractions"$2.99
  • NPP "Authors: Drawing Inferences"$4.99
  • NPP "Authors: Energy "$4.99
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  • NPP "Authors: What are Cells?"$4.99
  • NPP "Authors: The Rock Cycle"$4.99
  • Social Studies: Causes of the American Revolution$4.99
  • Authors: Subtraction with Regrouping Part 1$4.99
  • Authors: What Makes a Tree Trunk?$4.99
  • Authors: Reading Maps$4.99
None

Classkick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nearpod free?
Nearpod is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Classkick free?
Classkick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nearpod or Classkick?
Nearpod and Classkick are both rated 3.1 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1.9K and 725 ratings respectively.
Do Nearpod or Classkick have ads?
Neither Nearpod nor Classkick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nearpod or Classkick?
Nearpod ships an update monthly, and Classkick weekly. Most recently, Nearpod was updated on September 28, 2026 and Classkick on September 22, 2026.

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