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Free UN trivia game that donates rice for every correct answer - freerice.com

· 2 days ago

Free, ad-supported UN quiz game where correct answers fund rice through the World Food Programme — zero cost, zero risk, fine for students and casual play. Don't treat it as procurement-worthy learning software or a high-impact donation channel; Reddit critics dispute its charitable effectiveness.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~25 public sources; most snippets are truncated and Trustpilot volume is very thin (3 reviews).

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo evidence of support responsiveness.
  • Security postureScan exists but reports no findings publicly.

Pricing

Free

Everything

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Students drilling vocabulary
  • Teachers needing a filler activity
  • Casual trivia players
  • Feel-good micro-volunteering

Not for

  • Teams shopping for real training or productivity software
  • Learners wanting structured curricula or tracked outcomes
  • Donors maximizing measurable impact per dollar
  • Anyone needing support SLAs or data guarantees

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Support is a web contact form; no SLA for a free UN side project.

medium

Per-question donation impact is tiny; critics dispute real-world outcomes.

low

Ad-supported; no ad-free paid option exists.

low

Account progress lives on Freerice; no export or migration path documented.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free; 100% of generated funds go to the World Food Programme
  • Owned and promoted by the UN World Food Programme
  • Praised for a clean, simple layout
  • Used in classrooms for vocabulary practice
  • Long-running: launched 2007 and still active

Cons

  • Only 3 Trustpilot reviews; almost no modern feedback
  • Reddit critics call its charitable impact spectacularly ineffective
  • Trivia-only format; no structured curriculum or skill depth

Sources & method

- 11 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x5security x1news x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 11

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free; 100% of generated funds go to WFP.
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Education reviewers praise its clean, simple layout.
  • Feature depth: 2/5. Multiple-choice trivia only, deliberately minimal.
  • Support quality. No evidence of support responsiveness.
  • Security posture. Scan exists but reports no findings publicly.
  • 3 Trustpilot reviews Extremely thin sample
  • $0 Price Ad-supported
  • Yes Free tier Entire product is free
  • 2007 Founded Now owned by UN World Food Programme

Pricing

Everything

Free

  • All trivia subjects
  • Ad-supported
  • Rice donated per correct answer

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Redditors widely share it as a fun feel-good way to practice trivia and feed the hungry, though some question its charitable effectiveness.

“Is Freerice.com worth the effort?”
Reddit, r/AskReddit
“LPT: The app 'Freerice' is a quiz app run by the United ...”
Reddit, r/LifeProTips
“CMV: freerice.org is a spectacularly ineffective way to make ...”
Reddit, r/changemyview
Full analysis

Based on ~25 public sources; most snippets are truncated and Trustpilot volume is very thin (3 reviews).

Free UN trivia game: right answers donate rice. Fun vocab practice, not real software — nothing to buy.

Methodology

Based on ~25 public sources; most snippets are truncated and Trustpilot volume is very thin (3 reviews).

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Freerice FAQfreerice.com
    official
  2. Freerice homepagefreerice.com
    official
  3. WFP USA — Play the Freerice Gamewfpusa.org
    official
  4. Freerice — Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    news
  5. Read Customer Service Reviews of freerice.comtrustpilot.com
    review
  6. Site Review: FreeRice — Education Worldeducationworld.com
    review
  7. Free Rice — Parents' Guide & Website Reviewcommonsensemedia.org
    review
  8. LPT: The app 'Freerice' is a quiz app run by the UNreddit.com
    review
  9. CMV: freerice.org is a spectacularly ineffective way to make a differencereddit.com
    review
  10. Click a mouse, feed a mouth in U.N. campaign — Reuters, 2007reuters.com
    news
  11. freerice.com Vulnerability Scan Result — Vulnissimovulnissimo.io
    security

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