TriviaMaker

What TriviaMaker does

TriviaMaker is a cloud-based SaaS platform for creating and hosting interactive trivia and quiz games, operated as a trade name under Redwood Pro Media, LLC, a US-domiciled bootstrapped entity based in Crescent City, California. The product serves a horizontal set of segments — its two primary personas being K-12 teachers and corporate L&D/training teams, with secondary segments spanning schools and districts, professional event hosts, homeschools/tutors, and social/party hosts. The company positions explicitly as a lower-cost alternative to Kahoot, Blooket, Gimkit, and Mentimeter.

The platform combines 7 distinct game styles (Grid/Jeopardy, List/Family Feud, Trivia/multiple-choice, Wheel, TicTac, Hangman, and Fusion) with 8 game modes (Basic, Crowd, Presenter, Solo, Assignment, Embedded, Classroom, Buzz), all working off a shared question set. Technically, it is delivered as a browser-based web app plus native iOS, Android, Apple TV, and Android TV applications. Two notable capabilities are Crowd Mode — a real-time live mode supporting up to 2,000 simultaneous players who join via 6-digit code or QR with no app download or account — and a generative AI question generator that builds quizzes from a typed topic or an uploaded PDF/document. The native TV apps are positioned as a market-unique differentiator versus browser-mirroring competitors.

Monetization is a freemium, product-led model. A free forever tier (3 game styles, 20 Crowd Mode participants, no credit card) serves as the acquisition funnel, converting to paid via feature and participant-limit unlocks rather than time limits: Premium (~$19/year), Premium Plus ($49.99/year), and custom-priced Enterprise tiers offering white-label branding, user management, and up to 2,000 participants. Go-to-market is self-serve and content-led, driven by competitor-comparison SEO pages, a template/pre-made game library for organic discovery, email newsletters, and seasonal promotions. Distribution runs through the direct website and mobile/TV app stores. The company reports no external funding, no disclosed management team, and no API.

Name

TriviaMaker

Legal name

Redwood Pro Media, LLC

Website

https://triviamaker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TriviaMaker is a freemium SaaS platform for building and hosting interactive trivia games across web, mobile, and TV apps, serving teachers, corporate training teams, and event hosts with AI question generation and live multiplayer for up to 2,000 players.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Crescent City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans (Freemium): Free tier with limited features (3 game styles, 20 participants) serves as acquisition channel. Paid subscription tiers unlock additional game styles, higher participant limits, AI question generation, and customization features. Annual billing offers significant discounts vs monthly.
2. Enterprise Plans: Custom-priced enterprise plans for organizations requiring white-label branding, volume participant limits up to 2,000, team management features, shared resources, and priority support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

TriviaMaker is a cloud-based SaaS quiz and trivia game creation platform that lets educators, corporate trainers, and event hosts build interactive multiplayer games across 7 distinct formats (Grid, List, Trivia, Wheel, TicTac, Hangman, Fusion). The platform includes an AI Question Generator that produces complete quizzes from topics or uploaded PDFs, supports live audiences up to 2,000 players via zero-friction QR/code joining, and is delivered across web, iOS, Android, Apple TV, and Android TV.

Product overview

TriviaMaker is a unified online quiz and trivia game creation platform that offers 7 distinct game styles (Grid, List, Trivia, Wheel, TicTac, Hangman, and Fusion) combined with 8 game modes (Basic, Crowd, Presenter, Solo, Assignment, Embedded, Classroom, and Buzz). The platform integrates an AI Question Generator that creates quizzes from topics or uploaded PDFs. Available across web browsers, iOS, Android, Apple TV, and Android TV with a free tier supporting up to 20 participants and paid tiers scaling to 2,000 participants for enterprise and school deployments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TriviaMaker Platform Core SaaS platform enabling users to create, host, and play interactive trivia games across 7 formats (Grid, List, Trivia, Wheel, TicTac, Hangman, Fusion) with live leaderboard, real-time scoring, and 8 game modes (Basic, Crowd, Presenter, Solo, Assignment, Embedded, Classroom, Buzz). Players join on any device via 6-digit code or QR with no downloads or accounts required, supporting up to 2,000 simultaneous participants in Crowd Mode.
• AI Question Generator Built-in generative AI tool that creates complete quiz questions from any topic typed by the user or extracts questions automatically from uploaded PDF or document files. Available on paid plans starting at $6.99/month. Reduces quiz creation time from hours to seconds for educators, trainers, and event hosts.
• Apple TV App Native dedicated Apple TV application for professional big-screen quiz presentation. Delivers sharp, full-screen quiz display directly to TV screens for classrooms, auditoriums, corporate events, and venues without browser mirroring or screen casting.
• Android TV App Native dedicated Android TV application for professional big-screen quiz presentation on Android TV devices for polished, large-screen quiz experiences in classrooms and event spaces.
• iOS Mobile App Native iPhone and iPad mobile application allowing hosts to create, edit, and play trivia games on iOS devices with the full TriviaMaker platform feature set.
• Android Mobile App Native Android mobile application available on Google Play for creating, editing, and playing trivia games on Android smartphones and tablets.
• Template Library Public library of hundreds of pre-made trivia games and templates organized by subject, grade level, and occasion (including holiday themes). Users browse, play, and customize existing games, serving as a content discovery and adoption channel.

Quantifiable outcome

• Completion rates increased from 67% to 94% for compliance training after switching to TriviaMaker
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Water Wells for AfricaminorOthersTriviaMaker donates 10% of profits to Water Wells for Africa, a non-profit organization focused on bringing clean water to communities in Malawi, Africa. This is a charitable giving initiative rather than a commercial partnership.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mentimeter: Interactive presentation and polling platform cited in TriviaMaker's comparison pages. It overlaps on live audience engagement, presentations, and corporate meetings with quizzes and word clouds.
• Gimkit: Quiz-based learning platform referenced in TriviaMaker's competitive content. Gimkit is used primarily in K-12 classrooms and competes head-to-head on game-based formative assessment.
• Kahoot: The category-leading game-based learning platform and the primary competitor TriviaMaker explicitly positions against. Both serve educators, trainers, and event hosts with live multiplayer quiz games, though Kahoot focuses on a single quiz format at a higher price point.
• Blooket: Game-based classroom quiz platform named in TriviaMaker's comparison pages. Blooket targets K-12 with multiple game modes and is a direct substitute for TriviaMaker's classroom and review-game use cases.
• Slido: Audience interaction tool for meetings and events with polls, Q&A, and quizzes. Overlaps with TriviaMaker's Presenter and Crowd modes for corporate and event use cases, especially inside Zoom and Teams workflows.
• Quizizz: AI-powered quiz platform for teachers and corporate trainers. Competes directly with TriviaMaker on AI question generation, classroom mode, and asynchronous assignment features.

Emerging players

• Crowdpurr: Live audience trivia and polling platform used at corporate events, conferences, and bar trivia. Directly comparable to TriviaMaker's Crowd Mode and pub-trivia vertical, with similar big-screen and join-code onboarding.
• Wooclap: Interactive presentation and quiz tool focused on education and corporate training. It is a partial overlap with TriviaMaker, especially for higher-ed and synchronous classroom engagement, with lighter emphasis on game-show-style formats.
• AhaSlides: Live audience engagement and quiz platform used in classrooms, training, and events. Competes on live polls, word clouds, and quizzes with a more presentation-centric design than TriviaMaker's game-show focus.

Broad incumbents

• Quizlet: Large-scale study and learning platform used by students and teachers worldwide. While Quizlet's core is flashcards and study sets rather than live game-show quizzes, it competes for the same educator wallet and student attention.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/triviamakerapp
• Facebookfacebook.com/triviamaker

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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