Tool Comparisons

SimpleQuizMaker vs Wordwall: Honest Comparison

October 6, 20268 minJames Okafor · EdTech Researcher & Instructional Designer

In this article

1.What each tool is for
2.Feature comparison
3.Where Wordwall is better
4.Where SimpleQuizMaker is better
5.Pricing (as of October 2026)
6.Which should you choose?
7.Frequently Asked Questions
8.Related reading

TL;DR. Wordwall is an activity maker: one set of content becomes a match-up, wheel, anagram, quiz or printable worksheet, chosen from 30+ templates. SimpleQuizMaker is an AI quiz generator that writes full quizzes for you and shares a link. Pick Wordwall for variety of activity formats; pick SimpleQuizMaker for fast, AI-written quizzes.

SimpleQuizMaker publishes this comparison; we checked Wordwall's public pages on 6 October 2026.

What each tool is for

Wordwall describes itself as an interactive activity maker for teachers. Its homepage lists more than 30 activity types, including Match up, Quiz, Flashcards, Speaking cards, Group sort, Complete the sentence, Spin the wheel, Anagram, Unjumble, Matching pairs and Open the box. Activities can be played on any device or printed, and Wordwall advertises a library of 30 million ready-made activities.

SimpleQuizMaker is narrower and deeper on one format: the quiz. You type a topic or paste material, the AI drafts questions in four types, you edit, and you share a link. Respondents need no account.

Feature comparison

Feature	Wordwall	SimpleQuizMaker
Core job	Interactive and printable activities	AI-generated quizzes shared by link
Formats	30+ activity templates	Quiz, plus SM-2 flashcards
Ready-made library	30 million activities advertised	Your own quizzes
Writing content	You enter content into a template	AI drafts from a topic or pasted text
Printable	Yes, activities can be printed	PDF and DOCX export on Student
Free plan	Up to 3 activities, 12 templates	5 AI generations/month, unlimited submissions
Question types	Depends on template	Multiple choice, true/false, short answer, fill in the blank
Respondent account	Not needed to play shared activities	Not needed

Where Wordwall is better

Format variety. Spin the wheel, group sort, anagrams and matching pairs suit vocabulary and early-years work in ways a quiz cannot. SimpleQuizMaker has no matching question type at all.

Switching templates. The same content can be shown as several different activities, handy for revisiting a topic.

A huge ready-made library. If someone has already built the activity you need, you can start from it instead of creating anything.

Print-first classrooms. Wordwall treats printables as a core output, which suits classes with limited devices.

Choose Wordwall if you teach younger learners or languages and want many small, playful activity types.

Where SimpleQuizMaker is better

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The AI writes the questions. Wordwall templates still need your content; SimpleQuizMaker drafts a whole quiz from a topic, and on the Student plan from a PDF, DOCX, image, URL or YouTube video.

Longer, assessment-style quizzes. Student plans allow up to 100 questions per quiz.

More free creation. Wordwall's free Basic plan allows up to 3 activities; SimpleQuizMaker's free plan allows 5 AI generations every month and you keep everything you made.

Recall practice. Short answer and fill in the blank, plus SM-2 spaced-repetition flashcards for later review.

Pricing (as of October 2026)

Wordwall's price-plans page lists Basic (free: up to 3 activities, 12 templates, basic sharing), Standard and Pro, with Standard and Pro both offering unlimited activities. Wordwall showed us prices in local currency, so check the price-plans page for your country rather than relying on a number here.

SimpleQuizMaker: free for 5 AI generations a month (up to 10 questions per quiz); Student is $2.99/month or $29.99/year with 25 generations, up to 100 questions, file/URL/YouTube input, analytics and exports. See pricing.

Which should you choose?

Pick Wordwall if you want many activity formats, printables and a vast library of ready-made activities, especially for younger students or vocabulary work.

Pick SimpleQuizMaker if you want complete quizzes written for you from your own material, with longer assessments and flashcards.

Use both if you like Wordwall's games for warm-ups and want AI-written quizzes for checks of understanding.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Wordwall free? Wordwall's Basic plan is free and lets you create up to 3 activities from 12 templates. Standard and Pro offer unlimited activities.

Does SimpleQuizMaker have matching or spin-the-wheel activities? No. SimpleQuizMaker has four question types: multiple choice, true/false, short answer and fill in the blank.

Can both be printed? Wordwall activities can be printed. SimpleQuizMaker offers printable PDF (student copy and answer key) and DOCX export on the Student plan.

Do students need accounts? SimpleQuizMaker respondents just open a link. Wordwall activities can also be shared for play; check Wordwall's sharing options for student results.

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SimpleQuizMaker turns what you are already teaching or studying into practice questions. The free plan includes 5 quiz generations a month and needs no card.

AI quiz generatorPaste a topic or your own notes and get a quiz back in seconds.Share with a linkStudents open the link and answer. No account needed to take it.Quiz analyticsSee which question the class missed, and which wrong answer pulled them.