Gimkit Basic has changed

Today, we're releasing an update to Gimkit Basic, our free plan.

One piece of feedback we've gotten on Gimkit Basic is that, for educators who are new to Gimkit, the current restrictions hinder your ability to explore and create.

The original Gimkit Basic basic plan restricted the creation of material — you could only create a certain number of Kits and only edit each of your Kits once.

A common request from educators new to Gimkit is for additional Kits or edits because of typos, mistakes, or not understanding how Kit creation works. In short, many educators have told us that having restrictions on our free version of Gimkit makes sense, but the ones we have are too restrictive.

Because of this feedback, we've been discussing an update to Gimkit Basic for over a year and a half.

The solution we've come up with does a much better job of letting educators new to Gimkit get a feel for it, learn how to use it, and really test it out. Here's how the new Gimkit Basic works:

Now, anybody who now registers for Gimkit will be on a trial of Gimkit Pro for 30 days. That way they can access everything Gimkit has to offer without restrictions.

If you don't upgrade after the trial is complete, you'll be downgraded to Gimkit Basic, however, Gimkit Basic has changed a bit.

The new Gimkit Basic restricts classroom use of Gimkit, but gives you more freedom and time to play around with Gimkit and doesn't restrict content creation.

What’s changed with Gimkit Basic?

  • Pro trial - New Gimkit Basic accounts get a 30 day trial of Pro

  • The Kit limit is gone - create as many Kits as you want

  • The edit limit is removed - edit each of your Kits as many times as you’d like

  • Player limit - no more than 5 players can join lives games

  • Assignment creation - no new assignments can be created

For those of you on Gimkit Pro, nothing will change. You'll still have full access to everything Gimkit has to offer. This is just a change for new educators and those already on our free plan.

If you have any questions, just let me know. Thanks!