Comparison

Poll Everywhere vs Panopto

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

Head to head
About

Poll Everywhere

Engage with live presentations by responding to interactive questions and polls directly from your mobile device. Track your participation, review past responses, and monitor your performance over time. Ideal for students and event attendees seeking real-time interaction.

Highlights
  • Respond to live polls and questions
  • Sign in for attendance tracking
  • Review response history
  • Check correctness of responses
  • Access recurring presenter sessions
  • Use via app, web, or SMS
Features
Currently charting
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Respond to live Poll Everywhere questions from anywhere with the Poll Everywhere app for iOS. Sign in and register with speakers for attendance or graded questions. Then, review your response history and check correctness over time. Download Poll Everywhere for iOS today and be ready for your next interactive class or event. About Poll Everywhere: Poll Everywhere adds live audience interaction to slide decks so presenters can deliver effective, engaging presentations. It’s a web-based audience response system that lets speakers embed live activities directly into their presentations. The audience responds using the app, a private response page, or via SMS texting. The results update in real time for all to see. About Poll Everywhere for iOS: This mobile app is the perfect audience companion for a Poll Everywhere presentation. Students and audience members respond to activities from the app on their phones or tablets. Participants can sign in to track their attendance or graded response scores. Individual response histories are saved in the app. KEY FEATURES >> Sign in or create an account to track attendance and assessment >> Easily access recurring presenter sessions >> Review your response history and check correctness >> Respond to Poll Everywhere questions on your phone or tablet Poll Everywhere is used by millions of audience members and students every year. It’s trusted by over 75% of the Fortune 500 along with more than 300,000 educators worldwide during meetings, classes, and events.

About

Panopto

Access and view all of your organization's video content, including presentations, lectures, and training. Search within videos for keywords, navigate using slides or transcripts, and record or upload your own videos. Ideal for learning and presenting on the go.

Highlights
  • Access organizational video content
  • Search within videos
  • Record and upload videos
  • View lectures and presentations
  • Navigate by slides and transcript
  • Closed captioning
Features
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Panopto Mobile lets you access all of your organization’s video content from your iPhone or iPad. View HD video presentations, lectures, training courses and events. Search inside your videos to find any keyword or topic. And upload or record videos using your device's camera app. Learn anywhere • Watch a lecture, presentation, or training session from your iPhone or iPad • Search within a video to jump right where you need to be • Read closed captions as you watch the video • Navigate videos by tapping on slides, chapters, or transcript • Listen to videos while you are interacting with other apps or while your screen is off Present and teach anywhere • Record a presentation or lecture with the built-in camera • Record meetings or classes in rooms equipped with Panopto Remote Recorder With Panopto’s Video Platform, you can transform how your organization learns and communicates: • Sales and Marketing can record and webcast presentations, demos, and events. • Corporate Communications can deliver recorded or live messages from executives. • Human Resources can deliver online training to employees around the world. • Engineering teams can record meetings and share best practices. • Support teams can record tutorials and visually demonstrate solutions to customers. • Faculty can record lectures, lab demonstrations, medical simulations, and more. • Students can view lectures on the go and take notes that get saved with the recording. • Students can record their own videos and securely submit them for instructor review. • IT staff can integrate Panopto with existing LMS, CMS and identity systems. About Panopto Panopto creates software that enables organizations to record, webcast, search, and share all of their video content and presentations. Panopto's video platform is currently in use at Fortune 500 companies around the world, and is the fastest growing lecture capture solution at leading universities.

Screenshots

Poll Everywhere4 screens
Panopto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Poll Everywhere at 4.8 against Panopto's 1.7. Poll Everywhere also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 9%) and ratings volume (3K vs 258). Panopto's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Poll Everywhere sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Panopto asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poll Everywhere holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poll Everywhere has 3K ratings behind it against 258, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Poll Everywhere's written reviews are positive against 9% of Panopto's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poll Everywhere ships an update every 2 months, Panopto every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Poll Everywhere versus Panopto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoll EverywherePanopto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3K ratings) — better1.7 (258 ratings)
Positive reviews30.1% of reviews — better8.5% of reviews
Number of ratings3K — better258
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#94 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB30 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPoll EverywherePanopto

Customer experience

Poll Everywhere

All ratings3,004 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive30.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative65.1%

Panopto

All ratings258 ratings
Positive14.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative81.0%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive8.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative85.2%

User reviews

Poll Everywhere

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great in-class resource
  • 🚀 Slick tool for interactive sessions
  • 👍 Excellent app for online courses

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constantly requires login
  • 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
  • 🐛 Broken, with issues logging in and out
  • 🐛 Doesn't work as expected, forces to use web browser

Panopto

From 258 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast upload
  • 🚀 Great mobile viewing experience
  • 👍 Decent app
  • 👍 Solid app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Audio and video not in sync
  • 🐛 Playback issues
  • 👎 Terrible app

Bugs and requests

Poll Everywhere

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • New polls do not load reliably
  • Endless login loop issue
  • Questions and responses not updating properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add auto-refresh ability
  • Improve UI and UX consistency
  • Provide phone support option

Panopto

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login issues
  • Video playback problems
  • Syncing issues between audio and video
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add split-screen/picture-in-picture mode
  • Improve video organization and search
  • Add Airplay support
  • Implement landscape mode on iPad
  • Allow offline video access

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Poll Everywhere

One-time1
  • Annual paid participation$13.99
None

Panopto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poll Everywhere free?
Poll Everywhere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Panopto free?
Panopto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Poll Everywhere or Panopto?
Poll Everywhere is rated higher. Poll Everywhere averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Panopto averages 1.7 from 258 ratings.
Do Poll Everywhere or Panopto have ads?
Neither Poll Everywhere nor Panopto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Poll Everywhere or Panopto?
Poll Everywhere ships an update every 2 months, and Panopto every 5 months. Most recently, Poll Everywhere was updated on September 23, 2026 and Panopto on September 21, 2026.

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