The app is free. You earn from your tests.
Use Purple Crayon as much as you like at no cost. Earn money by publishing questions and tests in the Test Store for other educators to buy and reuse.
Four ways to price your questions & tests
Publish questions or full tests to the teaching community. Choose how others pay to use your work — we handle payments and take a small platform fee from each sale.
Free
Share your work openly with the community.
Free for everyone
Creators set the price to $0. No fees on free content.
- • Great for sharing templates and starter tests
- • Build your reputation as a trusted creator
- • Perfect for sample questions or practice sets
One-time purchase
Buyers pay once and keep access forever.
Creator sets the price
A single upfront payment unlocks lifetime use.
- • Ideal for full tests, exams, and rubrics
- • Buyers can reuse in multiple classes and terms
- • You earn whenever another teacher purchases
Monthly access
Recurring revenue while others use your test.
Monthly fee
Buyers pay a small subscription (e.g. $0.99/month) to keep access.
- • Perfect for tests used across multiple terms
- • Ongoing income while teachers stay subscribed
- • You can update questions without re-selling
Limited-use packs
Charge for a fixed number of uses.
Pay per usage pack
Example: $2.99 for up to 15 runs of a test or question.
- • Great for high-stakes or specialized assessments
- • Buyers can top up when they need more uses
- • You earn each time a new pack is purchased
Use Purple Crayon for free. You only pay platform fees when your paid content sells.