PointSolutions Reviews

Professors use PointSolutions to host polls which are timed with 5 minutes and graded for credit. Continuously PointSolutions has forced me to sign in before taking the quizzes 3 or 4 times throughout the semester. This takes up 2-3 minutes of my quiz time. No other app does this, why is the bar lower for educational apps used by institutions? Shouldn’t you hold yourselves to a higher standard considering your platform is used to grade assignments for hundreds of students. Absolutely unacceptable “glitch” that has cost me credit time and time again. I blame the universities for utilizing platforms that have such flagrant holes in their software. Get it together

I had to download PointSolutions for my spring term class because my professor required this as a form of attendance meaning we had to use this only in class. When the Coronavirus hit my city everything changed to remote learning so I didn’t have to use PointSolutions anymore because I was not attending class. I asked for a refund because I only used PointSolutions for a couple of weeks in class and they weren’t able to help me out. Very disappointing that they can’t help out students when they need it. Never using this again.

- Can't go back to previous slides when the teacher goes to fast, unlike other apps like Top Hat.
- Slides and quizzes won't load sometimes, requiring me to leave and join again.
- One time a quiz didn't load and I got a 0.
- Slides are so slow to load that I miss information when the teacher makes changes to the same slide and moves on.
- Turning the phone horizontally makes the slide too big and then I have to scroll down to see the rest of the slide.

I have used turning point technologies for several classes. Each class there was a problem. The customer service is TERRIBLE! They give you the run around. I would not recommend. I would give zero stars if that was possible. Wish I never had to use this service. Still waiting on rebate from two months ago. Called and spoke to several different people it’s like they don’t track the communication.

My phone is ios10 bc it has issues updating. I needed this for a class so I downloaded it, and it let me know I need ios11 or later but I could download the last compatible version of PointSolutions . So when I get to class, I cannot even sign in without a message bombarding me that I need to update PointSolutions . I thought it downloaded the last compatible version? Needless to say I'm very upset after paying for this and having it not work at all for me.

I had to download this for school. I don’t have a phone or a laptop and therefore was given a 0% for this portion of my grade. I am NOT a fan of, in fact, I abhor all online learning as it is not conducive to those who are unable to have access to these online learning sources. My school also does not provide a laptop or phone or tablet to use their require class material. PointSolutions therefore supports the crippling academic environment that the 21st century is trying to inject in all modern brains. This is blasphemy.

I have been using TurningPoint for a few years now and this software has really enhanced our employee training.

1. Continuously logs out of sessions during class
2. Runs slow and does not load quickly for the next question
3. Constantly closed questions and needs to be manually opened EVERY TIME!
4. Professors’ lecture freeze and have to restart ALL THE TIME
- Overall, inhibits active learning time because it is slow for the professor and the students and malfunction ones frequently.

App works as intended but signs you out every time it updates. I never remember the password for it and have to go through resetting it every time. Because of the layout of the login on both the website and PointSolutions , my phone/computer can’t save the user and password. What’s the use of an education app if you can’t even use it when you need it?

I understand the need for it in a class setting but $30? Is that really a fair price for a mandatory thing we need for school? It’d be great if they also added a little notification system for when a question was active

It’s frustrating when PointSolutions gets glitchy during class especially after the amount of money we spent for a subscription. These glitches can also occur on the professor’s side too.

I really enjoy getting to use PointSolutions to answer questions during one of the most exhilarating lectures I will ever take part in.

$25 a year!!!! That’s the least expensive plan for a clicker app!!! This is a simple app and they charge $25 a year for their cheapest plan and most people don’t need PointSolutions for a whole year. Why don’t they make a 4 month version!! Because after this semester I’ll probably never use it. Way overpriced! I get they have to use servers for PointSolutions but servers aren’t nearly that expensive to maintain.

Theis is the very goodest app. I play Minecraft on it all the time!! Best part is, no V-Bucks for skins!!!!

This is a scummy business, they know that they’re exploiting students who have a class where it is mandatory for them to dl PointSolutions and they choose to charge an exorbitant price for an app who’s simplicity should make it free, I hope eventually that there is a law against this and I hope the creators know that they are actively hurting the advancement of the human species

I’ll be in class in a session, my professor opens the polling, and my phone screen does not change. It just says “polling is closed.” I have to leave the session, close PointSolutions , reopen, rejoin, and enter my response within 30 seconds to get credit. Because PointSolutions is unreliable I am losing points in my class.

Consistently logged us out and a month into the school year our teacher has only gotten it to work once. After I purchase a subscription it should work but it doesn’t for several classes. Just a bad app and system

Constantly is kicking me out of all sessions. Barely manage to answer questions that are sequence. Help site requires different account than response system. Garbage.

Thanks for helping bring down my attendance grade *sarcasm

Here’s to hoping the browser based response system will work better.

Logs me out once a week (sometimes less). Really annoying because I have to use 2FA to get back in.

Dear developers of PointSolutions , everything in PointSolutions is so small but not part where you answer questions please fix this i cant even read what it says most if the time like come on man 😒.

Yes PointSolutions serves it’s function, but it needs to modernize. Most importantly a new UI would be nice. I’d like to see other features like a geofence enabled sign in near a host computer. It’s 2019, an app that lets me submit “A B C or D” is a waste of space.

I have to use this for 2 classes at my university and this is how profs take attendance and they are graded questions. Almost everyday my app just stops working and bugs out so I never get a good grade in my clicker questions. If you have the option, GET THE PHYSICAL CLICKER!

After paying a subscription fee you’d expect PointSolutions to work well but no, it keeps closing out during quizzes making me lose points in class. Someone should please fix this!

All of a sudden, it keeps freezing on one questions and I have to close PointSolutions and rejoin the session for it to work. So annoying especially that you need to have pay to have a plan.