Guide
The Best Quiz Night Apps
Most quiz apps are one of two things: a library of general knowledge, or a blank builder you fill in yourself. Both leave the host doing the work or the room doing a test.
Quizriella is ranked first because it is the only one where the players write the material about each other and the show comes back already structured. The rest are ranked by how little they ask of the host.
Last updated 2026-09-16
How this list was put together
Judged on who writes the questions, whether the quiz can be about the players, what hardware is needed, how much pacing and structure the tool supplies, and whether a full game plays for free.
Pricing is described qualitatively because every product here changes its rates.
The list
Quizriella
Our pickA game show about your own people
Best for: A family night or party where nobody wants to prepare
Players write questions about each other in secret, and Quizriella assembles a presenter-led show around them with hot seats, buzzer rounds, dares, breaking news, quickfire and a podium. Paid tiers generate photos, or five second clips, of the players inside the questions. The host presents from a phone or shares the show to a big screen.
Pros
The host writes nothing
Questions are about the players
Segments and pacing supplied, not just questions
Optional generated scenes starring your players
Runs in a browser on any device
Cons
Built for groups who know each other, not for a public audience
Not a general knowledge library
Pricing: Free with simple avatars, paid tiers for generated scenes
Try QuizriellaJackbox Games
Party packs with phones as controllers
Best for: A household with a console and a television
Bundles of party games played on one shared screen, well written and voiced.
Pros
Several games per pack
No preparation
Works offline
Cons
Console or computer needed
Paid up front
Content repeats over time
Pricing: Paid packs, bought per platform
Visit Jackbox GamesKahoot
The classroom quiz everyone knows
Best for: Knowledge quizzes and teaching
Host-driven question sets answered on phones, with a large ready-made library.
Pros
Free personal tier
Huge ready-made library
Familiar to everyone
Cons
Host writes anything personal
Feels like a test at a party
Pricing: Free tier plus paid plans for schools and business
Visit KahootAhaSlides
Interactive slides with quiz rounds
Best for: A quiz inside a meeting or a talk
Presentation software with live polls and quiz slides.
Pros
Strong for work events
Many response formats
Cons
You build every slide
Audience caps on the free tier
Pricing: Free tier with an audience limit plus subscriptions
Visit AhaSlidesCrowdpurr
Live trivia for an audience
Best for: Events, venues and large groups
Big-screen trivia experiences built for crowds.
Pros
Scales to a large audience
Event-ready presentation
Cons
Priced by audience size
General knowledge by necessity
Pricing: Subscription tiers by audience size
Visit CrowdpurrSporcle
An enormous trivia library
Best for: Free general knowledge, any time
A vast library of user-made quizzes plus hosted pub quiz nights.
Pros
Free
Endless material
No setup
Cons
Not personal
Not a presented show
Pricing: Free to play, paid options for hosted nights
Visit SporcleHow to run a quiz night about your own friends
Collect questions from the group, build a running order, and host it on a screen everyone can see.
Step 1
List the players
Write down everyone who will be in the room, including the ones who claim they will not play.
Step 2
Collect questions in secret
Ask each player for three questions about the others, sent only to you or to the app, so nobody sees the pot.
Step 3
Break up the questions
Put something between every few questions: a dare, a hot seat, a quickfire round. A flat list of questions loses the room by question ten.
Step 4
Decide the scoring
Individuals for a small group, teams for a big one. Make the last round worth more so it stays live to the end.
Step 5
Get it on a screen
Present from a phone or share the show to a television. Reading questions off paper halves the energy.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best quiz app for a family Christmas?
Quizriella, because the questions come from the family and the show is built for you. It also has a segment for the smallest family members, who are asked impossible questions and awarded points for babbling.
Is Quizriella free?
Yes. A whole show plays for free with simple avatars, coloured discs and emoji for each player. Generating AI photos or clips of your players inside the questions is the paid part, and the cost for the whole show is quoted before anything is generated.
Can we play it on the TV?
Yes. The host can present fullscreen from their phone, or share the show link so it opens on a laptop or a TV browser while the host keeps the controls.
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How Quizriella compares
Direct head to head comparisons.
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