A curated app store. Everything free.
Web-based classroom tools and teacher productivity apps — with a genuinely free tier, not just a free trial. Browse by category or search anything.
About free classroom tools and teacher apps
Edtech has a vocabulary problem. "Free" is used for at least four different things: permanently free tools, free tiers with hard limits, free trials that expire, and free-for-teachers products where the school pays later. All four appear on the same search results page, and only the first two are useful when you have no budget.
This page searches live for classroom and productivity tools and flags what the free tier actually gives you: how many students, how many boards or quizzes, whether exports are locked, and whether the free plan survives past a semester. When a tool is genuinely free for verified educators — the large design, office, and AI-assistant suites usually are — we say so explicitly.
Categories exist here because tool discovery is browsing behaviour, not search behaviour. Most teachers do not know the product name they need; they know they want a timer on the board, a faster way to message parents, or a quiz their class can play in ten minutes.
Adopt fewer tools than you think you need. Three tools your students know cold beats twelve they have to relearn each week, and it dramatically reduces the number of accounts you are responsible for under student-privacy rules.
How to get the most out of this page
Browse the category if you don't know the product
Categories map to jobs: classroom display, communication, quiz and game, collaboration, video, design, assessment, whiteboard, parent communication, productivity.
Describe the job when you do search
"Exit ticket tool that works without student logins" surfaces the constraint that actually matters. Product names alone return review sites.
Read the free-tier limit before you plan a lesson around it
The common ceilings are number of students, number of saved activities, and export or download rights. All three tend to bite in week three, not day one.
Check whether students need accounts
Tools with join codes and no student sign-up avoid district privacy review entirely, which is often the difference between using something tomorrow and using it never.
What we check before we call something free
- There is a free tier that does not expire — a time-limited trial is not free.
- The core function works on the free plan, not just a preview of it.
- Educator verification, where required, is free and does not require a purchase order.
- Free-plan limits are disclosed on the card so you know what you are getting.
- The tool runs in a browser, so it works on school-managed devices without an install.
Teacher tips
Verify your educator status once
A single verification with an education-verification service unlocks free plans across many vendors. Doing it in August saves repeated waits during the year.
Prefer join codes over rosters
Anything that avoids creating student accounts is faster to adopt, easier to justify to an administrator, and safer under student-privacy law.
Ask before you install
Many districts maintain an approved-apps list. A two-minute question to your technology coordinator prevents building a unit around a blocked domain.
Have an offline fallback
Free tiers change and servers go down. Any lesson built on a web tool should have a printable or whiteboard version you can run in the same period.
Frequently asked questions
Are these tools free forever, or just a trial?
We only list tools with a genuine free tier that does not expire. Free trials are excluded. Where the free plan has limits — student counts, saved activities, export rights — the card states them.
Why do some tools ask me to verify I am a teacher?
Several major vendors give educators a paid plan at no cost and verify school employment to prevent abuse. Verification is free, usually takes minutes with a school email or a verification service, and does not require a purchase.
Do my students need accounts?
It depends on the tool. Many quiz, whiteboard, and collaboration tools work with a join code and no student sign-up, which is the simplest option for privacy compliance. Tools requiring student accounts should be checked against your district's policy first.
Is it safe to use these tools with student data?
Treat every tool as needing review. Before entering student names or work, check your district's approved-apps list and the vendor's privacy policy, and prefer tools that operate without student accounts.
How often is this list updated?
Results are generated live at the moment you search, so they reflect what is available now. Our verified entries are re-checked periodically, and you can report a tool that has changed its pricing through the contact page.