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Overview

Top Hat is an app designed to help college professors and lecturers engage students and build comprehension before, during...

Poll Everywhere is a web-based audience response system that lets users, including event speakers, lecturers, teachers, and...

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

48

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

120

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

3.8

40

5

4

3

2

1

17

10

5

4

4

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
74%
would recommend this app

4.6

93

5

4

3

2

1

59

28

4

2

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
98%
would recommend this app

Pros

My professors who use Top Hat are VERY comfortable with it and seem to maximize its potential. Top Hat is easy for me to use, and it's evidently really easy for my professors to use.
Out of all of the educational programs I have used, Top Hat is by far my favorite. It is easy and allows students to text in answers as well as answer on the app.
Nice way to make classroom environment interesting. Student can actively participate in poll and instructors can know how many people participated in the class.

Pros

Easy to use, install and vote anonymously on questions during presentations. Makes audience participation fun and interesting with real-time voting statistics during the presentation.
I enjoyed being able to collect responses in real-time with the audience. It was good to better understand the audience.
The software is easy to use and integrates seemlessly into presentation software. Their customer service is fantastic as well as they solved a self-caused issue for me in a speedy amount of time.

Cons

Awful service, awful and sassy customer service, overall just disappointed. Sad I had to pay for this through my wallet and my GPA.
When free options are available on the market, it is a shame that this company swindles instructors.
So you wasted money paying for the rest of the subscription and the company gets more money from struggling college students.

Cons

What I don't like about this software is its inability to do more complex polling/experimental designs.
The layout is dull and simplistic. It doesn't give you any feedback after completing a poll.
For the participant unfamiliar with Poll Everywhere, it can be a bit confusing to use the system via a cell phone at first.
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review8 days ago

Key features

  • Total features66
  • Academic/Education
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Anonymous Feedback
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Blended Learning
  • Breakout Rooms
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Class Scheduling
  • Classroom Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Course Management
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Email Marketing
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • For Higher Education
  • Gamification
  • Gradebook
  • Individualized Assessments
  • Interactive Content
  • Interactive Learning
  • Interactive Whiteboard
  • LMS Integration (LTI)
  • Learner Portal
  • Leave Tracking
  • Live Results Sharing
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Learning
  • Mobile Survey
  • Moderation
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple Question Types
  • Online Polling
  • Phone Polling
  • Polls/Voting
  • PowerPoint Integration
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Presentation Tools
  • Proctoring
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Pulse Surveys
  • Q&A Management
  • Question Library
  • Quizzes
  • Raise Hand
  • Real Time Data Collection
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Real-time Broadcasting
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Quotas
  • SMS Polling/Voting
  • Scoring
  • Screen Sharing
  • Session Recording
  • Single Sign On
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Student Portal
  • Support Audio/Images/Video
  • Survey Builder
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Template Management
  • Test/Quiz Creation
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Support
  • Virtual Classroom
  • Visual Analytics
  • Word Clouds
  • Total features48
  • Academic/Education
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Anonymous Feedback
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Blended Learning
  • Breakout Rooms
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Class Scheduling
  • Classroom Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Course Management
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Email Marketing
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • For Higher Education
  • Gamification
  • Gradebook
  • Individualized Assessments
  • Interactive Content
  • Interactive Learning
  • Interactive Whiteboard
  • LMS Integration (LTI)
  • Learner Portal
  • Leave Tracking
  • Live Results Sharing
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Learning
  • Mobile Survey
  • Moderation
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple Question Types
  • Online Polling
  • Phone Polling
  • Polls/Voting
  • PowerPoint Integration
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Presentation Tools
  • Proctoring
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Pulse Surveys
  • Q&A Management
  • Question Library
  • Quizzes
  • Raise Hand
  • Real Time Data Collection
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Real-time Broadcasting
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Quotas
  • SMS Polling/Voting
  • Scoring
  • Screen Sharing
  • Session Recording
  • Single Sign On
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Student Portal
  • Support Audio/Images/Video
  • Survey Builder
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Template Management
  • Test/Quiz Creation
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Support
  • Virtual Classroom
  • Visual Analytics
  • Word Clouds

Integrations

  • Total integrations2
  • CANVAS
  • Degreed
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Classroom
  • Google Drive
  • Google Workspace
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Mailchimp
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Moodle
  • PayPal
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Zoom Workplace
  • authorize.net
  • Total integrations14
  • CANVAS
  • Degreed
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Classroom
  • Google Drive
  • Google Workspace
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Mailchimp
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Moodle
  • PayPal
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Zoom Workplace
  • authorize.net

User reviews that mention these apps

HP
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Harshkumar P.

Higher Education, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Top Hat

Nice platform for class

Reviewed 3 years ago

Nice and engaging platform

Pros

Nice way to make classroom environment interesting. Student can actively participate in poll and instructors can know how many people participated in the class. Effective way to track class

Cons

Need some time to used to it. Instructors need to first understand how to operate this platform. Not effective for the instructors who has limited technology skills for classroom

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Verified reviewer

Telecommunications, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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Top Hat

Oh the frustration

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

Maybe it's because it was a 12pm physics lecture and no one wanted to be there, including the technology, but Top Hat was a hit-or-miss most of the semester. I cannot speak for the professor in this case, but this was my experience as a student. We used Top Hat for attendance, poll questions, and short quizzes between slides. Attendance tracking utilizes location to some extent, but if you have the...

Cons

Glitchy with large amount of people; Attendance not always accurate

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Verified reviewer

Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Poll Everywhere

Awesome classroom tool.

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

I have used Poll Everywhere for as long as I can remember. As a university professor with large classes, I find it one of the most effective ways to keep students engaged, attentive and on time. It's growing features over the years are also helpful.

Cons

Not truly any cons I can think of off the top of my head...there customer service is not perfect, but I have always come to the answer I need.