Classroomscreen review

Classroomscreen is a web page you put on the classroom board to run the lesson. You add widgets such as a timer, a random name picker, a poll, a sound level meter, work symbols, text and embedded videos, and arrange them on one screen. Students look at the board and know what they should be doing, how long they have and how loud they can be. A science teacher in the Netherlands, Laurens Koppers, built the first version in 2017. Classroomscreen B.V., a Dutch company, runs it today. It is for any teacher with a projector or interactive panel, from early years to secondary.

Who it’s for

Classroomscreen suits teachers who want calmer transitions and clearer instructions without a big system. A Year 3 teacher can put up a visual timer, the “work quietly” symbol and the sound level meter for independent writing. A secondary teacher can open every lesson with the date, the task, a countdown and a QR code poll. The visual prompts also help special education teachers build routines.

It doesn’t track behaviour or control student devices. If you want points, parent messages or seating plans, look at ClassDojo or Class Charts. If you need to watch student screens, look at Apple Classroom or another tool in our classroom management rankings.

What it does well

It takes seconds to start. You open the site and add widgets, and you can try it without creating an account. There is nothing to install, so it works on a school laptop, a Chromebook or the browser built into an interactive panel.

The widgets cover the small jobs teachers do all day. There are several timers, including a visual timer and timers that loop for station rotations, plus a stopwatch, clock and calendar. The Randomizer picks names fairly and the Group maker splits a class into groups. The Poll widget lets students vote from their own devices through a QR code or link, or you can tap a smiley face as each student walks in for a quick mood check. The annotation bar lets you draw over anything on the screen.

The template library helps new users. There are ready-made screens for morning routines, brain breaks, exit tickets and games, and teachers can save and share their own with Pro.

The price is low. Pro costs $36 a year per teacher, and the free plan is enough to find out whether you will use it.

Where it falls short

The free plan resets your work. You can save three name lists and your widget bar layout, but saving full screens, folders and custom backgrounds needs Pro. A teacher who builds a different screen for each lesson will want Pro within a week.

Classroomscreen is display only. It doesn’t record anything about students beyond optional name lists, so it won’t help with behaviour records, attendance or reports. That is also its privacy strength.

It depends on an internet connection. If the school network drops, so does your timer.

Pricing

Classroomscreen’s pricing page, checked in November 2026, lists three plans. Basic is free and includes all 26 widgets, the annotation bar, remote poll voting, three saved name lists and the template library. Pro is $3 a month, billed annually at $36, and adds saved and shared screens, folders, unlimited name lists, custom themes and backgrounds, and 30-day undo for deletions. A Pro subscription lasts 365 days from purchase, not a school year. The Organization plan gives schools reassignable Pro licences, a dashboard and usage statistics, and the pricing page showed $525 a year for 25 licences, with volume discounts. Prices are also shown in euros and pounds.

Privacy and data

Classroomscreen’s privacy policy says it never sells personal information and has no ads on its website or app. Teacher accounts need a name and email, or a Google or Microsoft login. Student names are optional, and the policy tells teachers to get consent before entering them. Students don’t need accounts to vote in polls.

The policy says Classroomscreen processes personal data in the EU and EEA, and that data passed to other countries such as the US is protected by extra safeguards. It names Netlify for hosting, Google and Firebase for data storage, Brevo for email and Google Analytics for site analytics. It says its processors hold ISO 27001 and SOC certifications. On a school licence, the school admin can see each teacher’s name and email. Complaints can go to the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

Verdict

Classroomscreen is one of the easiest wins in classroom technology. It improves routines on day one, collects almost nothing about students, and costs little. Pick something else if you need behaviour tracking, parent communication or control of student devices, because it does none of those.

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