Zootly – Realtime Learning Games and Quiz SaaS Platform

Zootly is a complete platform that lets you host Kahoot-style live multiplayer quiz games. Players join from any device using a simple game code, questions appear on a big screen, and the live leaderboard updates in real time after every round. Install, brand it as your own, and start selling subscriptions with this self-hostable live quiz and trivia platform.

Perfect for teachers running classroom trivia, trainers hosting engaging workshops, event hosts running pub-style quiz nights, and marketers looking for an interactive lead-generation tool.

Why Choose Zootly?

• Ready-to-Launch SaaS Business – Start accepting payments with PayPal and Bank Transfer from day one, with five more gateways available as add-ons.
• True Real-Time Multiplayer – Genuine WebSocket gameplay powered by Laravel Reverb, not page polling.
• Self-Hostable – Own your data and infrastructure, no per-seat vendor lock-in.
• White-Label – Your brand, your colors, your domain.
• Production-Ready – Admin panel, GDPR tools, multi-language support, social features, and more, right out of the box.

How to Monetize Your Live Quiz Platform

• Subscription Plans – Create unlimited pricing tiers with custom billing periods, gated by capability flags like quizzes per user, players per game, and team workspaces.
• Multiple Payment Gateways – PayPal (true recurring billing) and Bank Transfer (manual approval with payment-proof upload) ship built in; Stripe, Razorpay, Paystack, Crypto.com, and YooKassa are available as paid plugin add-ons.
• Flexible Billing – Monthly and yearly billing periods, a full transaction ledger, downloadable PDF invoices, and manual payment approval for offline methods.
• Referral & Affiliate Program – Reward customers with account credit for sign-ups and purchases they bring in, with configurable commission rates and recurring payouts.
• Built for Selling – A self-serve checkout, a customer billing area, downloadable PDF invoices, and per-plan capability limits make it straightforward to package, price, and grow recurring revenue.

Live Multiplayer Gameplay

Zootly is built around the live, in-the-room moment — real-time from the first join to the final leaderboard:

• Real-Time Multiplayer – Powered by Laravel Reverb WebSockets, every screen updates instantly as players join, answer, and drop off — no refreshing, no lag-driven polling.
• Join by Code – Players enter a short game code and a nickname, no account required. Player limits per session are a per-plan setting you control — bundled tiers scale up to 500 players, and you can set any limit (or unlimited) on your own plans.
• Projector / Big-Screen Mode – A dedicated projector view shows the current question, countdown timer, answer distribution, and leaderboard on the room’s main screen — perfect for events and classrooms.
• Full Game Flow – Every session moves through a polished sequence: lobby, countdown, question, answer reveal, scoreboard, and podium. Hosts control the pace with start, next, and end actions.
• Three Game Modes – Run a classic free-for-all, a team mode where players compete in groups of your own naming, or an accuracy mode that rewards getting it right over getting it fast — pick the format that fits your room.
• Speed & Streak Bonuses – Faster correct answers earn more points thanks to a configurable speed bonus, and consecutive correct answers build a streak bonus, keeping every round competitive down to the wire.
• Plays on Any Device – Players use their own phones, the host runs the game from a browser, and the big screen handles the spectacle — fully responsive across devices.

Quiz Creation & the Question Editor

Build and manage quizzes from a clean dashboard:

• Eleven Question Types – Multiple choice, multiple-select, true/false, poll, word cloud, slider, type-answer, puzzle, audio, content slide, and open-ended, each with per-question time limits (5–120 seconds) and cover images.
• AI-Assisted Question Generation – Describe a topic and let the built-in AI generator draft questions and answers for you to review and edit.
• Assignments & Self-Study – Hand quizzes out as async homework students complete on their own time from a private link, or let learners drill solo with a flashcards study mode.
• Categories & Visibility – Organize quizzes into categories and mark each quiz public or private to control whether it appears in public browse and creator profiles.
• Team Workspaces – Multi-workspace support lets individuals and teams collaborate; each user gets a personal workspace, and quizzes are scoped to the active workspace.

Social & Discovery

Zootly isn’t just a tool, it’s a community-ready platform:

• Public Browse – A searchable directory of public quizzes.
• Quiz Detail Pages – Rich pages with descriptions, categories, and play actions.
• Creator Profiles – Public profiles showcasing each creator’s quizzes.
• Ratings – Players rate the quizzes they play.
• Comments – Discussion threads on quiz pages.
• Follows – Follow favorite creators to keep up with new content.

Admin Dashboard

Full control over your platform from a single, powerful admin panel:

• Users – Manage accounts and roles, and impersonate users for support.
• Live Games – Monitor active and past game sessions.
• Plans & Subscriptions – Create plans, track and update active subscriptions.
• Transactions – Full financial ledger with detail views.
• Content Moderation – Review user-generated quizzes and categories.
• Categories & Collections – Manage the category taxonomy and curate featured quiz collections for the discover marketplace.
• Landing Page Builder – Edit the marketing homepage sections from the admin, per language.
• Languages – Add and edit translations from the UI.
• Plugins – Enable, disable, and configure payment gateways and extensions.
• Referrals – Run the affiliate program: set commission rates, recurring payouts, and review referred sign-ups.
• Settings – Branding, SMTP, OAuth, and platform configuration.
• Audit Log – Track every important action.
• Support Tickets – Built-in helpdesk with threaded replies.
• Cron Jobs – Monitor and trigger scheduled tasks.
• Notifications – In-app and email notifications across the platform.

Payment Gateway Integration

• PayPal – True recurring subscription billing, the world’s most popular payment method.
• Bank Transfer – Manual payment option with payment-proof upload and admin approval, for any country.
• More Gateways – Stripe, Razorpay, Paystack, Crypto.com, and YooKassa are available as paid plugin add-ons.

Multi-Language Support

• English and Japanese Included – Ships fully internationalized out of the box.
• Right-to-Left Languages – Full RTL layout support for any language you add.
• Easy Translation – Add and manage languages from the admin panel.
• User Preference – Customers choose their preferred language.

Referral Program

• Affiliate System – Customers earn account credit by referring others.
• Custom Links – Each customer gets their own referral link.
• Configurable Commission – Set commission rates and enable recurring payouts from the admin panel.
• Credit Rewards – Referral earnings convert straight into platform credit.

Privacy & Security

• GDPR Toolkit – Self-serve data export and account deletion for end users.
• Cookie Consent – Configurable cookie consent banner.
• Secure Auth – Email/password plus Google, Facebook, and Apple OAuth.
• Policy-Based Authorization – Actions guarded by server-side policies.
• Audit Logging – Full traceability of admin actions.
• Spam Protection – Built-in reCAPTCHA support.

White-Label Branding

• Custom Brand Identity – Custom brand name, tagline, logo, and favicon.
• Custom Theming – Custom primary color and light/dark/system theme, a per-user preference.
• Configurable Contact Info – Social links and support email configurable from the admin panel.
• No Code Changes Required – Branding is database-backed and shared platform-wide.

System Requirements

PHP Platform:

• PHP 8.4 or higher, with the standard Laravel extension set — BCMath, Ctype, cURL, DOM,
  Fileinfo, Filter, GD, Hash, JSON, Mbstring, OpenSSL, PCRE, PDO, PDO MySQL, Session,
  Tokenizer, XML and Zip. The installer verifies every one of these, and that
  exec, symlink, link and readlink are not
  disabled, before setup begins.
• MySQL 8 or higher (SQLite supported for small deployments and quick starts)
• Apache or Nginx