PadLink

Your classroom tools, together in one free app

Made by a teacher. Your iPad or iPhone runs the whiteboard, and students join from their Chromebooks.

PadLink installs on your Windows PC.
Open getpadlink.com there to download it.
Free ยท No accounts ยท No subscription

Everything at your fingertips

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Lesson prep

Build boards ahead of time with pictures, PDFs and Google Docs.

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Whiteboard

Teach from anywhere in the room with your iPad or iPhone.

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Student boards

See every student's work live, and help anyone one on one.

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Team boards

Home teams or mixed on the fly. One shared board per team.

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Timer & names

A countdown on every screen, and a wheel to pick names.

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PollsNew

True/False, Yes/No and Multiple Choice. A student's idea!

How it works

Open PadLink on your PC

No installer, no admin rights.

Scan the code with your iPad

Approve it once. It remembers you.

Students join in Chrome

They tap their name. You let them in.

Questions

Is it really free?

Yes. No subscription, no ads, no paid version. If it helps your class, you're welcome to buy me a coffee, but you never have to.

What do I need?

A Windows 10 or 11 PC (usually the one on your projector) and an iPad or iPhone. An Apple Pencil is great but optional. Students just need Chrome.

Do students need accounts?

No. They join with a code and tap their name. Their work stays on your PC and is deleted when you close the class.

Windows warned me about the app. Is it safe?

PadLink isn't signed with a paid certificate yet, so Windows may warn the first time. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Made by a teacher

My favorite classroom tools were spread across too many apps, so I built one place for them. It keeps growing with ideas from my own classroom.

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