Best Pub Quiz Apps: How to Pick the Right One

Kahoot and AhaSlides are the same kind of tool: a host builds a quiz on the web, and the audience joins live on their own phones. Kahoot is a Norwegian game-based learning platform (founded December 2012) where players go to kahoot.it and enter a game PIN or scan a QR code, no account needed. AhaSlides (founded 2019, based in Singapore) works the same way: the audience joins via a QR code or link with no account required.

Both are freemium. Kahoot's free tier supports a small number of participants per game with Quiz and True/False question types, with paid plans on top. AhaSlides' free plan allows up to 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions per presentation and up to 50 participants. These are excellent tools when you want to create a custom quiz or run a large live event. Two things to know: the host needs an account to build the quiz, and everything runs online across multiple devices. The content is also user-generated across all topics rather than a curated, sourced sports library, and there is no built-in penalty mechanic.

If you'd rather not download anything, ready-made question lists live on the web. For football, goal.com publishes a free, ad-supported article titled "Best 100 football quiz questions, trivia and answers" (100 questions across 10 themed sections like Premier League, World Cup, Champions League and a "Who am I?" round), plus a Quiz hub with interactive web quizzes such as guessing clubs from emojis. The answers are given as concise facts (a name, a number, a year) rather than with detailed sources.

These lists are genuinely useful for assembling your own round, with one caveat: they are pages you read solo, not a multiplayer game, the answers usually come without per-question explanations, and the football covered is soccer rather than American football. If you want a broader trivia library to mine, platforms like Sporcle host hundreds of thousands of community-made sports quizzes, though the interface is English-only and the quizzes are typically timed, solo or online-competitive challenges rather than a party game.

QuizDuel (known in some markets as Quizkampen, from Sweden's MAG Interactive) is a long-running head-to-head trivia game. The format is duels: you and an opponent take turns answering questions across many general-knowledge categories, where sport is just one of them. It's ideal if you want to grind trivia against a friend remotely.

The difference from a quiz night in the same room is clear: QuizDuel is asynchronous one-on-one general knowledge, not a party game around the coffee table, and it isn't sports-focused. If you want the whole group active at once with sport at the center, a pass-and-play format is a completely different experience.

Sportsup is a sports quiz built as a party game for 2-10 players in the same room. You share one phone, answer 1/X/2 slips with three options, and correct answers score points while wrong answers earn a penalty the group defines (a sip, a push-up, a dare). The mechanic doesn't require alcohol, there's a drink-free option. Questions span football, hockey, MMA, esports, golf and the Olympics, from the Premier League and NHL to the big international competitions.

Three things set Sportsup apart from the lists and platforms above. You need no host and no setup: open the app and play. You need no account, and there's no tracking and no ads, unlike ad-supported quiz and affiliate sites (Sportsup carries no gambling and no betting ads). And every question has a written explanation and a source link, so the answer key is trustworthy and the quiz is genuinely informative. The app works offline after the first load and is fully bilingual Swedish/English. To try it now, start with mixed sports trivia or a ready-made World Cup 2026 quiz.

Build a custom quiz for a large or mixed group on their own phones: Kahoot or AhaSlides. Grab free questions to assemble your own round: goal.com for football, or a big library like Sporcle to mine. Duel a friend remotely: QuizDuel. And if you want a ready-made, sports-focused party game with no setup, no account and a sourced answer key, the Sportsup app is made for precisely that.

Plenty of people mix and match: a ready-made Sportsup round as a warm-up at the party, then a custom Kahoot for the main event. If you need to plan format, rounds and scoring, it's all in our guide to hosting a sports quiz.