An adventure they lead
Beyond points: a story that advances with the class’s decisions and keeps them engaged all year.
✦ClassDojo alternative
More than points? Your classroom as an adventure.
ClassDojo is great for behavior points and keeping parents in the loop. If you also want a story your students lead and mechanics that keep the class engaged all year, Alquie is the alternative — with a free plan to start.
Why look for an alternative
When points alone aren’t enough.
Behavior points work, but over time they can wear thin. If your class needs a purpose —an adventure with meaning, not just loose rewards— Alquie adds that narrative layer and a pool of mechanics ClassDojo doesn’t have, without losing the good parts of gamifying the classroom.
What Alquie adds
More than rewards: an adventure with backing.
The whole class takes part
Built to include everyone —especially the ones who tune out—, not just the usual few.
A broad pool of mechanics
Points, quizzes, arena, raidboss, treasure hunts, clans… variety that keeps every class interactive.
It works because that’s how the brain learns
Each mechanic taps a neuroscience principle (anticipation, visible progress, safe failure). Not a gimmick: it’s evidence.
An honest comparison
ClassDojo vs Alquie
| ClassDojo | Alquie | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Behavior points + parent communication | Narrative adventure + a broad pool of mechanics (classroom RPG) |
| Its biggest strength | Parent communication, at scale | An adventure that motivates the whole class all year |
| Game depth | Points and behavior (not a deep game) | Persistent RPG: narrative, quizzes, arena, raidboss, clans |
| Narrative | No | Yes — a saga that branches with the class’s decisions (AI in Pro+) |
| Parent communication | Yes — it’s their strong suit | Read-only family panel (Pro) |
| Generative AI | Limited | Yes — generates quizzes, hunts and narrative from your prompts (Pro+) |
| Language & focus | English and several languages | English and Spanish · built for the Americas |
| Student privacy | Their own policies | COPPA, FERPA, GDPR · students join with a code, no email |
| Price | Free for teachers; paid plan for families | Free forever · Pro from US$4.99/mo · Pro+ from US$8.99/mo |
ClassDojo is excellent at what it does —parent communication and simplicity at scale— and we give it credit. Alquie plays a different game: narrative adventure and game depth.
Why it works
It’s not marketing. It’s neuroscience.
As neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff puts it: “your brain didn’t evolve to absorb information passively; it evolved to experiment, explore, and update its understanding through feedback.” Every mechanic in Alquie is designed on that principle. We explain it in detail in Methodology.
Which one fits you?
Honestly: it depends on what you need.
Stay with ClassDojo if…
Your priority is parent communication and simple behavior points. ClassDojo is solid there and hard to beat.
Add (or switch to) Alquie if…
You want a narrative adventure that motivates all year, with varied mechanics and pedagogical backing. Many teachers use ClassDojo for parents and Alquie for in-class motivation.
Getting started is easy
From zero to your first class in 5 minutes.
Create your free account, build your course, award your first points and the class is already playing. No tablet per student, and no gaming knowledge required.
Frequently asked questions
About ClassDojo and Alquie
It depends on what you need. If your priority is parent communication and simple behavior points, ClassDojo is very good at that. If you also want a narrative adventure that motivates the class all year, with varied mechanics (quizzes, arena, raidboss, clans) and pedagogical backing, that’s where Alquie comes in.
ClassDojo focuses on behavior points and keeping parents informed. Alquie turns the course into a narrative RPG: students lead a story and learn through a broad pool of game mechanics. They’re different approaches; many teachers use one for communication and another for in-class motivation.
Yes, but more limited than ClassDojo: a read-only family panel (Pro plan) where parents see progress and recognitions, with no editing access. If parent messaging is your core need, ClassDojo is stronger there.
Yes. The app is available in English and Spanish, and it’s designed to work in classrooms across the Americas.
Yes. The Free plan is free forever, no card: 1 course with up to 40 students, characters, chapters, clans, rankings and classroom tools. Pro and Pro+ add quizzes, arena, raidboss and AI narrative.
No. Alquie works by projecting so the whole class takes part together, with a few shared phones when needed. If you can plan a lesson, you can use Alquie.