The Winkst guide

Everything you need to host and play

A practical, no-jargon guide to running live quiz games, playing along, and getting the most out of your plan.

Quick start

Hosting
  1. Build a quiz by hand, or generate one with AI.
  2. Open the lobby to get a join code (PIN).
  3. Put the projector view on a shared screen.
  4. Run the game, then read the report afterwards.
Playing
  1. Get the join code from the host.
  2. Join and pick a nickname — no account needed.
  3. Answer fast or accurately, depending on the game mode.
  4. Use power-ups if the host has them enabled.

11 question types

Seven are scored, four are informational (no right answer, no points). Free unlocks the core formats to start — all 11 open up on Pro and Team.

Scored
Quiz
Multiple choice — one right tile.
True / False
Two tiles, one correct answer.
Multi-select
Multiple correct tiles, with partial credit.
Type answer
Free text, typo-tolerant grading.
Slider
Numeric guess, scored by tolerance.
Puzzle
Put items in order — all-or-nothing scoring.
Audio
Multiple-choice tiles with an audio clip instead of an image.
Informational (no scoring)
Slide
A content break — instructions or a fun fact.
Poll
Collect opinions, no right answer.
Word cloud
Short-phrase submissions build a live word cloud.
Open ended
Free-text reflection or feedback.

Hosting a live game

Host console
  • Start or skip questions
  • See live answer counts
  • Pause the clock
  • Flag or override an answer
  • End the session
  • Plays question images and audio
Projector view
  • Shared big-screen display
  • Shows the join code
  • Live leaderboard
  • Question art
  • Audio playback
Game modes
Classic
Speed and accuracy both count. All plans.
Team
Pro & Team
Host-defined teams of 2 or more.
Accuracy
Pro & Team
Speed bonus off — pure correctness.

Playing a game

No account needed. Enter the host’s PIN, pick a nickname, and wait in the lobby. Each question is answered on your own device — or on the shared screen for room-wide formats like audio. Your running score, rank, and any power-ups are shown throughout.

Power-ups

Pro & Team
50/50
Removes two wrong tiles.
2× Points
Doubles this question’s score.
Freeze
Slows a rival’s screen.
Skip
Sit a question out without a zero.

Self-study & assignments

Self-study
  • Solo play, anytime, at your own pace.
Assignments
Pro & Team
  • A quiz with a due date
  • Completed asynchronously by each player
  • One report covering every attempt

AI quiz generator

Pro & Team

50 generations a month. Give it a topic, or paste up to about 5,000 characters of source text, and pick a difficulty (easy, medium, or hard). Review and edit the draft in the normal quiz editor.

Current limitation: the generator only drafts Quiz and True/False questions — add other formats by hand.

Reports

Session report
Pro & Team
  • Per-player rank, score, accuracy, and average time
  • Per-question breakdown
  • Quiz-level rollup across all sessions
CSV export
Team only
  • Download the full report as a spreadsheet.

Workspaces & teams

A workspace is your shared quiz library. Invite people by email from workspace settings.

Owner
Full control, billing, branding.
Editor
Create and edit, and host anything in the library.
Viewer
Browse and play only.

Free is solo only. Pro allows up to 3 members in 1 workspace. Team allows unlimited workspaces and members.

Branding

Team only

Upload a logo in workspace settings — it carries through the lobby, host console, projector, and player screens for games hosted from that workspace.

Channels & follow

Channel
Pro & Team
  • A vanity public profile link (winkst.com/c/yourname) for your published quizzes — set it in account settings.
Follow & feed
  • Follow other creators and see their public quizzes and activity in your feed.

Referrals

Share your referral link — it tracks for 30 days. When someone you referred upgrades to a paid plan, you automatically get 20% of that payment as account credit. Credit is reversed if the payment is refunded.

Plans & pricing

Free
Get started, no card required.
$0.00/mo
  • Included3 quizzes
  • IncludedUp to 20 players per game
  • IncludedUp to 25 questions per quiz
  • Not includedAll question types
  • Not includedCustom branding
  • Not includedReports & analytics
  • Not includedPriority support
  • Included1 workspace
  • IncludedSelf-study mode
  • IncludedJoin unlimited games
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Most Popular
Pro
For creators ready to host more.
$9.00/mo
  • IncludedUp to 100 players per game
  • IncludedAll question types
  • Not includedCustom branding
  • IncludedReports & analytics
  • Not includedPriority support
  • IncludedUnlimited quizzes
  • IncludedAI quiz generator (50/mo)
  • IncludedPower-ups, team mode & tasks
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Team
Brand it, share it, scale it.
$29.00/mo
  • IncludedUp to 500 players per game
  • IncludedAll question types
  • IncludedCustom branding
  • IncludedReports & analytics
  • IncludedPriority support
  • IncludedEverything in Pro
  • IncludedReport exports
  • IncludedUnlimited workspaces
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Use cases

Classroom
Teachers and tutors — Team/Accuracy modes, Assignments, Reports.
Corporate L&D
Training and onboarding — AI generator, branding, CSV export, workspace roles.
Events
Trivia nights and venues — projector view, power-ups, up to 500 players.
Remote teams
Distributed team building — Team mode, word cloud/open-ended icebreakers, no account needed to join.
Conferences
Speakers and webinar hosts — poll questions, self-study follow-up link.
Creators
Streamers and content creators — Channel, follow/feed, referral credit.
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