No. 78of 118 ·Audience Response Systems

Acadly

Name: Acadly
Price: 3 USD

Web · Mac · Android · iPhone· paid plans from $3/mo

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Three barsScore 6.1

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Runs widely4 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Acadly is ranked #78 of 118 in audience response systems on Freedom251. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, Web. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $3/mo.

Acadly plans and pricing

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Basic $3/mo Student-pays model is shown as $5 per course; teacher-pays model is shown as $3 per course. In-person attendance automation · Polls and word clouds · Multiple-choice and true/false quizzes · Backchannels · Basic data exports · Q&A acadly.com · 22 Sept 2026

Pro $5/mo Student-pays model is shown as $10 per course; teacher-pays model is shown as $5 per course. Everything in Basic · Scheduled automatic attendance · Anonymous Q&A · Sorting-type quizzes · Zoom integration · Online attendance automation acadly.com · 22 Sept 2026

Enterprise LMS plugin for instructors · LMS plugin for administrators · Automatic course provisioning · Roster syncing · Contact tracing · Premium support acadly.com · 22 Sept 2026

First Course Free Free First course, up to five months PowerPoint integration · scheduled attendance · web and app · fraud alerts excluded acadly.com · 11 Oct 2026

Acadly Basic Course $3 once Per course; students pay $3 or instructor pays $1.5/student App-only instructor-initiated attendance · CSV names only · no PowerPoint polling or Zoom integration · LMS and SSO unavailable acadly.com · 11 Oct 2026

Compared on audience response systems

Free plan: No
Live polling: Yes
Live Q&A: Yes
Quiz mode: Yes
Anonymous responses: Yes
Slide integrations: Yes

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The record

Product: Acadly automates class attendance and offers tools for in-class engagement, including polls, quizzes, word clouds and discussions.
Attendance automation: Instructors can configure the roster, schedule and attendance rules once so sessions run automatically.
Attendance verification: Acadly says its mesh-network technology verifies physical presence without GPS or QR codes and flags suspicious patterns for instructor review.
Privacy: Acadly states that its attendance verification does not track geolocation.
PowerPoint: The native PowerPoint add-in can launch attendance and polls from slides, and the maker says it works on Mac and PC.
Engagement features: The platform supports live polls, quizzes, word clouds, discussions and a class backchannel that instructors and teaching assistants can monitor.
Integrations: Institutional deployments support LTI compatibility with Moodle, Brightspace, Blackboard and Canvas, plus Zoom and PowerPoint integrations.
Institutional limits: Fraud alerts, LMS and SSO integration, and bulk course setup are institutional features rather than individual-plan features.
Compliance: Acadly says HECVAT and VPAT documentation are available and describes FERPA and GDPR compliance under an enterprise agreement.
Data export and retention: The maker says institutional data can be exported at any time in standard formats and is not retained beyond the enterprise agreement.
Support: Acadly lists support at [email protected] and offers institution-focused demos and structured pilots with onboarding support.
Intended users: Acadly is aimed at higher-education instructors and institutions, while Acadly Here is presented for groups such as teams, bands, K-12 programs and congregations.
Company address: Acadly Inc lists its address as 8 The Green STE A, Dover, Delaware 19901, United States.
Mobile availability: Acadly has listings in the Apple App Store and Google Play; its site also describes access through a web app.
Price from: $3/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Audience Response Systems in 2026#78 of 118
Best Student Response Systems in 2026#44 of 45

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Sources

acadly.com· checked 11 Oct 2026
acadly.com/attendance· checked 11 Oct 2026
acadly.com/pricing· checked 11 Oct 2026
acadly.com/privacy· checked 11 Oct 2026
apps.apple.com/us/app/acadly/id1161073387· checked 11 Oct 2026