# Classcraft Reviews **Vendor:** Classcraft **Category:** [Classroom Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/classroom-management) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 17 ## About Classcraft Classcraft helps educators improve student behavior, academic engagement, and attendance in any setting with an approach to PBIS that fosters intrinsic motivation. With Classcraft’s approach to PBIS and tiered intervention, educators can better support students by helping them stay motivated and focused, outlining clear behavior expectations and keeping them consistent schoolwide, and providing targeted support to students who are at risk. Classcraft also provides teachers with classroom tools to engage students and create personalized, story-driven curriculum. Founded in 2013 by brothers Shawn and Devin Young and their father Lauren Young, Classcraft is an award-winning ed-tech company serving more than 8 million students and educators worldwide and a Quebec-based certified B Corporation. Classcraft is used in more than 160 countries and is available in 11 languages. A Google for Education Premier Partner and member of the Student Data Privacy Consortium, Classcraft is available via Google’s App Hub and Classcraft.com. ## Classcraft Reviews ### 1. Overall excellent system for behavior, lesson delivery, and autonomous pacing! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mari H. | IB Homeroom and Drama , English , Science teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2023 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** Excellent for Middle School and above. Great way to keep students engaged, and on-task, give autonomy in learning paces, etc. Students love the avatars and pets. Formative assessments and quest tasks are compatible with Google Classroom among other formats. It's the best. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** The downside would be how time consuming it can be to set up initially and write out the descriptions. I haven't found a way to import assessment questions into the battles; they must be typed in individually. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** Students love the timer, the quests, the battles, etc. I love that I can give and take away points in real time so students are getting consistent feedback on behavior. The noise control has been a game changer! ### 2. Classroom Management & Gamification **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amanda R. | 7th Grade ELA teacher **Reviewed Date:** April 28, 2021 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** It is very unique, and the absolute best tool for gamification. Very high student buy in. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** Hard to give criticism or show room for improvement for students. Steep learning curve for advanced features. High amount of class time for use. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** Increased student engagement hugely, and reached students I was unable to reach at all prior to use. ### 3. Classcraft is Awesome! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robin G. | Special Education Teacher, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 14, 2020 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** I love how Classcraft engages my students and motivates them, not only to complete assignments, but also to behave in the classroom. I teach middle school special education to students with learning and behavior challenges. Classcraft helps me to manage my classroom and to motivate my students to work to the best of their ability in the classroom. I find that students who typically have behavior issues in the general education classroom, perform and behave much better for me in order to obtain Classcraft rewards. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** I would love if more teachers in my school used Classcraft so that we could better interact through the program and provide consistency between courses. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** Classcraft is helping me to solve student behavioral issues in my special education classroom. It also motivates my students to put forth their best effort in order to earn rewards through the program. ### 4. Gamify your classroom in a completely customizable way **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Esmeralda K. | S, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** Being able to customize the abilities and rewards are the best parts of the game. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** I would like for the students to be able to do the boss battles independently and when we do boss battles in class to still have the question up after it has been answered for review. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** Personally, I play World of Warcraft so it was really fun to implement this in my classroom. I also like how I can customize the abilities and rewards. It is still a work in progress but I can adjust or add things any time I want. My students love the excitement of leveling up! **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** My engagement has gone through the roof. 8th graders are hard to hook but this certainly has their attention. ### 5. Complete Engagement **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Donna K. | ESL/ELA Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 18, 2020 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** Classcraft creates an online environment for students that they are familiar with. The switch to online learning during the Covid 19 crisis left me with a classroom of disengaged students. When I added Classcraft to my Google Classroom assignments I reached students that had not even attempted a lesson. Students can collaborate in team discussions and worked quickly to earn points. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** The cost for a schoolwide license is too high for our Title 1 school and without that I do not have access to analytics. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** Start simple and if you use Google Classroom import the tasks to Classroom. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** I solved the problem of disengaged students and have students actively engaged. Additionally, to progress through a Quest they need to read, this is a big bonus since many students will not read voluntarily. ### 6. Classroom Management at its finest **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sheila B. | Substitute Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 14, 2020 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** It was gamifying classroom management. I have lots of gamer students that loved being able to play Classcraft and learn at the same time. There are lots of resources available within the game for teachers to use to hype up the system, such as badges, posters, etc. The free component is good but the paid subscription is better. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** I disliked having to pay for it since I'm poorly paid teacher and our school district will not let us crowdfund for things. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** As a teacher, this has been a Godsend to get those students who are anti-social and do not want to participate in lessons to be involved. Positive behaviors and engagement went up. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping my "bored" students engaged with lessons and keeping negative behaviors down has been a Godsend. Students that normally are aggressive and anti-social were able to interact positively with peers. ### 7. Literally turns learning into an adventure **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Antonio R. | Elementary School Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 12, 2020 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** I love that the students can customize their characters, they earn points and gold and can accessorize. This captures all the students attention, boys and girls. I also really like the random event, the boss battles...I could go on and on. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** The pro version is not cheap, they used to have have a way to get some premium features without paying, I forget what it was called, but I liked it. It is gone though. Otherwise this is a great software package. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** It's fun, colorful, and doesn't feel babyish **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps with classroom management because I can assign points and rewards. The students think it is part of the game but it has the effect of influencing behavior. ### 8. Helps to practice the 6 C's **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Phillip H. | Computer Science teacher (CTE IT), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** Classcraft has allowed me to help my students actually practice using the 6 C's in my class this year. It has been wonderful to watch them collaborate, creatively think through problems, communicate respectfully with each other, and build their character and leadership skills all while playing a game. Instead of trying to do "group work" with students I can use Classcraft to allow me to have students work together for a common purpose without affecting their grades. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** It seems many teachers have been asking for specific features for years, but Classcraft has been working on other features that teachers haven't asked for. There needs to be some balance between what customers want and the direction the company is going. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** Take time and just start with doing a Random Event every day. You can adjust Powers, Settings, Sentences, etc. as you go along. Let students help suggest some of these as well, and you will get a lot more buy in from them. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been concentrating on only two of the 6 C's in my class. I concentrate on Collaborating and Citizenship. Classcraft allows me to do both of those with my students. As students go through assignments some get them done and get the XP and GP while others fall behind and get HP damage. Teams can then protect their teammates from damage and help them to be successful. As Michael Fullan indicate, if you concentrate on just two of the 6 C's, the other four will aggregate. ### 9. Good Motivator for Some Students **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** I love the ability to give students XP , AP, and GP for things that I want them to do. Many students are super excited to "buy" items for their avatars using Gold Points. Others are more into gaining experience and action points to learn and use their powers. All in all, most students really enjoy it. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** I don't like that you can't customize all of the powers. Many of my students really need something more tangible as a reward. For many of the powers, only the name can be changed. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** In general, Classcraft is a great way to help manage a classroom. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** There are a few problems I am trying to solve. One is that many students do not want to do their work. Classcraft gives me a good motivator for them. I give them Action Points for doing their work. That is the only way my students gain Action Points from me. Another problem is that students have to wear an id, which they hate. I give them 50 gold points when they enter class if they are wearing it. There is a lot less time wasted on students searching for their id's. Now they either have it on or tell me they don't have it with them, so they need a temporary which is a lot less time consuming and stressful. A third problem is problematic behavior. Losing health points is a good detriment for many students. There are certain things I want my students to consistently do. I work in a computer lab, so logging out is important. There are many fewer students who forget since I have been giving them gold points for this task. Lastly, having students keep their phones away and stay on assigned websites only can be tough. Now that I have been giving experience points for these two things, there are far fewer offenders. ### 10. A Great way to motivate Students **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Wendy K. | Web Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** The Quest setups, Character Profiles and looks. Kids Love when they can dress up their characters and read the storylines to follow along with the classwork. It is nice that it keeps track of when I add XP and Gold and when I take away HP. This helps me keep track of what my students are doing on a daily basis and where they and I can make improvements. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** The powers can cause issues with my kids. They try to use them during class and that can become a distraction to the flow of the classroom. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** Even though it can Take time to set up, I have found it a useful tool in my classroom. Most of my students report enjoyment using it along with the learning materials. It is always fun to immerse the class into Classcraft. The more you make it part of the class, the more the students buy into it and become motivated and engaged in what you want them to be engaged in, "The Learning!" **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have found that the quests can motivate my students to complete their classwork. They want to earn XP, see the next gearset and earn rewards as "Guilds" in class. I have a class competition where the group that earns the most average XP at the end of the semester gets a treat during final exams, and this helps support Student Motivation and Engagement. ### 11. Classcraft: An Effective Engagement Management System **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ayesha A. A. | Substitute Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** The upsides of using Classcraft include establishing positive rapport with students, incorporating Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) strategies, and having engaging options for enhancing students' learning. It even facilitates your teaching to help you manage your classroom and students' behaviors. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** A downside includes requiring a premium subscription for using some of their engaging tools. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** Consider purchasing the premium feature to use more engaging tools. It is worth it to engage and motivate your students as an educator or teacher. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a former, full-time classroom teacher, Classcraft enabled me to establish positive rapport with the troublemakers in my classroom. Additionally, using this tool motivated a majority of my students and increased their academic achievement. ### 12. Fantastic Classroom Management Tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** It gets the students to engage in teamwork to work together toward goals. There are lots of support resources like videos and handouts for teachers. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** It does take some time for the initial setup and "selling" the idea to my students (and their parents). **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** Open a trial account, watch the 5 minute tutorial video, and familiarize yourself with the default rules. It is very customizable, so you can adapt it for your own classroom, teaching style, level of course, and school. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** Student motivation is greatly improved. It makes it super easy to encourage good behaviour and sanction poor behaviour without needing to resort to formal sanctions. I can de-escalate poor behaviour quickly in most cases long before formal sanctions would be necessary. ### 13. Major love for Classcraft! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hannah B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** It is an amazing behavior management system. My students respond positively! They are on task and meeting expectations. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** Some of the actual user systems can be a bit cumbersome. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** Do it!! I highly recommend! I have almost no behavior issues in my classroom because of Classcraft. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have few to no behavior problems. My students use positivity and teamwork in my classroom consistently. It is also fun! ### 14. Student engagement is way up. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jonathon S. | Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** I like how Classcraft is so customizable. Most people only scratch the surface of what you can do with it if you're creative. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** I don't like how certain powers are fixed and not customizable, while others are. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** Use Classcraft for narrative writing units and model your own storytelling! **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** Students who find the school day to be boring or monotonous tend to look forward to class now. ### 15. Unlock the potential of your students. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sarah B. | Teacher, Education Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** I really like this software because I feel that I know my students much more and the potential they have. Now I know all aspects of each of my students in the classroom. I love that this software is so dynamic and fun, in addition to being developed as a game making the classes very interactive. Gamify everything related to education deepening the learning of all my students. Another aspect that I like about this software is that it is totally technological and dynamic; it attracts my students a lot. I can make personalized lessons as well as my students can customize them in any way they want. I can place the content of the topics and other activities that we carry out in classes making each lesson an adventure for my students. And finally, I consider that the main objective of this software is to be able to integrate all the students in the academic activities and for me the participation of my students is very important. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** Everything is perfect; there is nothing that I do not like about this software. This software is well developed. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** We have already seen that the use of games in the classroom is an excellent tool for learning, but not any improvised game fulfills the requirements to encourage knowledge. Today more than ever, students want to have fun and have a rewarding experience while learning new skills and knowledge. Given the development of new technologies, training processes are at a serious disadvantage when it comes to attracting students' attention and focusing them on a task. For this reason, it is necessary to offer resources and activities that are attractive and that integrate a variety of stimuli, greater dynamism and an active participation of the students. Participation in a game requires that learners often make decisions and execute certain activities, applying contents in different ways and in different contexts, and placing strong emphasis on the active role of students. Many games make it possible for large groups to actively participate in a class, interacting among the various members regardless of the amount. In this way, they facilitate the organization and structuring of a class aimed at many students and allow everyone to get involved and actively learn. Therefore, use this software to create a collective experience that builds a positive bond in the classroom. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** This software makes classes more fun. Classcraft changes the school because applying video games in the classroom give us great experience. When students complete some task, the adventure unfolds, thrilling them to progress. ### 16. Classcraft can be useful **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** Classcraft is a great way to get students focused on behavioral expectations and to ensure that students are following them. **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** Classcraft would be great if students could complete missions and fight with other students life World of WarCraft and other RPGs **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** Students have increased the behavior and ultimately I have seen a great impact with this. ### 17. Gamification guaranteed to engage **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Classcraft?** Students enjoy it and it can engage those students who are not traditionally "good" at school. They are often gamers, or can be encouraged by being allowed to compete **What do you dislike about Classcraft?** There is not a player vs. player function, which would be a lot of fun. Students have requested this. **Recommendations to others considering Classcraft:** Classcraft has a robust teacher advisor community on Facebook and their customer service is great. It is fairly user-friendly, and there is easy help available if needed. **What problems is Classcraft solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am making it easier to engage students and encourage them to succeed. ## Classcraft Discussions - [What are the characters in Classcraft?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-characters-in-classcraft) - [What is Classcraft?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-classcraft) - [What is Classcraft and how does it work?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-classcraft-and-how-does-it-work) - [What is the use of Classcraft?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-use-of-classcraft) - [View Classcraft pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/classcraft/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-03+19%3A12%3A05+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=140aadcf-e0a2-4a5c-afa2-1417a88e7d7d&secure%5Btoken%5D=2e303d1c254dbc5dedb156f4e759f379cc3d1a7f9bdd6320848c1166bd905b48&format=llm_user) ## Classcraft Features **Platform Features** - Remote Computer Monitoring - Website & Application Blocking - Teacher/Student Screensharing - Interactive Quizzes - Presentation Building - Instant Messaging - Student Assignment Distribution - Student Assignment Collection - Progress Reporting - Shared Content Libraries **Special Education Feature Questions** - Student Data Management - IEP Creation - Goals & Objectives Library - File Sharing - Meetings Tracking - Medicaid Billing - Regulatory Compliance - Custom Workflows - Reporting Capabilities - Integrations / APIs ## Top Classcraft Alternatives - [ClassDojo](https://www.g2.com/products/classdojo/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (354 reviews) - [Dyknow Classroom](https://www.g2.com/products/dyknow-classroom/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (500 reviews) - [Echo360](https://www.g2.com/products/echo360/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (446 reviews)