Edpuzzle vs Google Classroom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Edpuzzle
Transform any video into an interactive lesson with quizzes, polls, and open-ended questions. Students can engage with content at their own pace, fostering critical thinking and active learning anytime, anywhere.
- Interactive video lessons
- Quizzes and polls
- Student projects
- Self-paced learning
- Critical thinking exercises
- Anytime, anywhere access
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Get excited about learning with engaging interactive content on the Edpuzzle app for students! From videos to quizzes, slides, student projects, and more, take an active role in your learning on Edpuzzle. With the app, you can learn anytime, anywhere, and work through content that sparks critical thinking at your own pace. Download the app to start learning with Edpuzzle today.
Google Classroom
This app streamlines educational workflows for teachers and students. It facilitates paperless assignment creation, distribution, and grading, while enhancing communication and organization. Students can track assignments and receive feedback, and teachers can manage classes and provide real-time updates.
- Paperless assignment creation and grading
- Automatic document copying for students
- Organized Drive folders for assignments
- Real-time feedback and grades
- Instant announcements and class discussions
- Mobile access for on-the-go management
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Classroom is a free service for schools, non-profits, and anyone with a personal Google account. Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect—inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized. Classroom is designed to help teachers create, collect, and grade assignments paperlessly, including time-saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google Document for each student. It also creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized. Students can keep track of what’s due on the Assignments page and begin working with just a click. Teachers can quickly see who has or hasn't completed the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback and grades right in Classroom. With the mobile app for iOS, students and teachers can view their classes and communicate with their classmates in real time. Students can open their assignments and work on them right from their iPhone or iPad. Teachers can keep track of who has turned in work and grade the assignment - at school or on the go. Students and teachers receive notifications when they have new content in Classroom, so they are always up to date. There are many benefits of using Classroom: Easy to set up Teachers can add students directly or share a code with their class to join. It takes just minutes to set up. Saves time The simple, paperless assignment workflow allows teachers to create, review, and grade assignments quickly, all in one place. Improves organization Students can see all of their assignments on an assignments page, and all class materials (e.g., documents, photos, and videos) are automatically filed into folders in Google Drive. Enhances communication Classroom allows teachers to send announcements and start class discussions instantly. Students can share resources with each other or provide answers to questions on the stream. Secure Like the rest of Google Workspace for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes. Permissions Notice: Camera: Needed to allow the user to take photos or videos and post them to Classroom. Microphone: Needed to enable audio capture for recording videos to be posted to Classroom. Photos: Needed to allow the user to attach photos or videos to Classroom. Photos or videos posted to Classroom will be stored on Google servers in order to show them in Classroom.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Google Classroom at 2.0 against Edpuzzle's 1.5. Google Classroom also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (36K vs 166). Edpuzzle's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Google Classroom holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Classroom has 36K ratings behind it against 166, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Edpuzzle's written reviews are positive against 25% of Google Classroom's.
Edpuzzle ships an update every 4 months, Google Classroom fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Edpuzzle | Google Classroom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (166 ratings) | 2.0 (36K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.7% of reviews | 25.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 166 | 36K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #6 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 200 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EDpuzzle, Inc. | |
Customer experience
Edpuzzle
Google Classroom
User reviews
Edpuzzle
From 166 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient learning tool
- 👍 Helps students stay engaged
- 💡 Interactive video assignments
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs
- 🔒 Lack of user flexibility
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 👎 Disruptive to learning experience
Google Classroom
From 36K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 🚀 Helpful for organizing assignments
- 💡 Useful for online/remote learning
- 🤝 Good for student-teacher communication
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy and unreliable at times
- ⏱️ Slow loading and performance issues
- 📧 Excessive and delayed notifications
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality
Bugs and requests
Edpuzzle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Videos randomly restarting or freezing
- Inability to change answers after submission
- Inconsistent login and account issues
Requested features
3 requests- Allow skipping and rewinding of videos
- Improve question formatting and feedback
- Optimize for mobile devices
Google Classroom
Reported bugs
3 issues- Assignments disappearing or not properly syncing
- Inability to edit or update assignments after posting
- Inconsistent behavior across devices and platforms
Requested features
4 requests- Add a dark mode option
- Improve notification control and customization
- Implement a better missing assignments/to-do list
- Allow more flexibility in class organization and archiving
In-app purchases
Edpuzzle
No in-app purchases
Google Classroom
No in-app purchases









