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Factile vs PINGO

Both stand on student response systems. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Factile

Free plan Web

Factile combines game creation, multiple play modes, and classroom sharing in a browser-based tool. The free plan has tight game and team limits, while paid plans are billed yearly.

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PINGO pairs browser-based polling with question storage, sharing, and several result formats. Its free plan allows unlimited participants and questions; presenters who use PINGO Remote need an internet connection, and colleagues need accounts to receive shared material.

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The facts

	Factile	PINGO
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	Mac, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Home/School Basic: $4 a month	Free or on request
Plans published	4	1
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	playfactile.com	trypingo.com
On student response systems	#20 of 45	#16 of 45

Factile: what it does well

Offers six ways to play one question set.
Games can be created or imported from spreadsheets.
Supports buzzers, scorekeeping, and live leaderboards.
Questions can include images, video, audio, or equations.
Works with Google Classroom and Remind.

What to know first

Requires an active internet connection.
Free plan limits users to three custom games.
Free plan excludes Buzzer Mode.
A game supports at most six categories.

PINGO: what it does well

Participants can respond without signing up.
Supports anonymous responses and four question types.
Questions import and export in four listed formats.
Results can appear as diagrams, histograms, or tag clouds.
Free plan allows unlimited participants and questions.

What to know first

Sharing requires colleagues to have PINGO accounts.
PINGO Remote requires an internet connection.
PINGO Remote supports Windows 10 and macOS 10.12 or later.

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