Is Curipod Free? A UK Teacher's Guide to Plans and Features

Curipod builds interactive lessons — slides with polls, word clouds, drawing and open questions — from a single prompt. It is popular with teachers who want more pupil participation without extra prep. Here is what you get for free and when it is worth paying.

What is Curipod?

Curipod is an AI tool that generates interactive lesson slides. You type a topic and year group, and it produces a slideshow that mixes teaching slides with activities pupils respond to on their own devices: polls, word clouds, open questions, drawings and quick checks for understanding. Teachers then present it live, and responses appear on the board. Our Curipod review for primary schools looks at the classroom experience in detail.

Is Curipod free?

Yes — Curipod has a free plan that gives teachers access to most of the core features: generating lessons, running interactive activities and using its library of ready-made lessons. For one teacher trying it with a class, the free plan is more than enough to decide whether it works for you.

Paid plans for individuals and schools add things like more advanced AI features, reporting on pupil responses, admin controls and support. Curipod's plan names and limits change, so check its pricing page for the current details before you budget.

What teachers use Curipod for

• Hooks and starters — an opening poll or word cloud to activate prior knowledge.
• Retrieval practice — quick low-stakes checks. See low-stakes retrieval quizzes with AI.
• Discussion — anonymous open responses encourage quieter pupils to take part.
• Exit checks — a two-minute check for understanding at the end of a lesson.

Using Curipod safely in a UK school

Curipod is pupil-facing: pupils join on devices and type responses. That means a few extra checks compared with teacher-only tools:

1. Check how pupils join. Joining with a code and first names or nicknames keeps personal data to a minimum.
2. Moderate open responses. Know how to hide inappropriate answers before they appear on the board.
3. Add it to your approved tools list in your AI policy.
4. Check filtering and devices. Make sure it works on your school devices — see AI tools for school Chromebooks and iPads.

Is the paid version worth it?

For most individual teachers, the free plan does the job. Paying makes sense when a department or school wants shared lessons, reporting on pupil responses across classes, and central control. Test it with one year group or department for half a term first.

Alternatives to Curipod

If you want interactive quizzes rather than full lessons, tools built into Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace may already cover it at no extra cost. For planning whole lessons rather than interactive activities, see our guide to the best AI lesson plan generators.

A 15-minute Curipod routine

1. Generate a short lesson on your topic for your year group.
2. Cut it down to five or six slides — a starter poll, two teaching slides, an open question, a drawing task and an exit check.
3. Check every slide for accuracy and UK spelling.
4. Plan your moderation — know how to hide responses before they appear.
5. Run it and use the responses to decide what to reteach.

Making it work in primary

• Teach the routine of joining and responding before using it for learning.
• Use first names or class numbers rather than full names.
• Keep open questions tightly framed for younger pupils.
• Pair pupils on one device if you are short of devices.

Making it work in secondary

In secondary, Curipod works well for discussion of contested questions, quick misconception checks and revision starters. Anonymous responses can surface misunderstandings pupils would not say aloud — a real advantage for formative assessment.