Who can when? is a free alternative to Doodle for finding a date a group can agree on. You propose a few dates, share one link, and everyone marks yes, maybe or no against each one. Nobody needs an account - not you, not the people you invite - and there is no paid tier or feature that costs money.
What you actually get
One link, sent however you like. Group chat, email, a message on a fridge with the code written on it. Whoever opens it sees your dates and taps three times.
- No sign-up wall. The people you invite never hit one, which is where most replies get lost.
- Yes, maybe and no, so a soft yes is not the same as a hard one.
- Answer from the email. Invited by email? The buttons are in the message. One tap and you are done.
- A calendar invitation goes out automatically once you pick the final date.
- Comments, for the inevitable "I can do the 12th but only after 7".
- Nothing to install. It is a web page. It works on a five-year-old phone.
Why people move
The usual reason is the account. A scheduling poll only works if the awkward cousin, the contractor and the colleague who never opens links all answer it, and every extra step loses some of them. Here there is no step: open the link, tap, done.
The second reason is cost. There is no paid tier here, so there is no version of this page where the feature you want turns out to be behind one.
How it works
Three steps, and the first two take under a minute.
1. Say what it is for and pick some candidate dates. 2. Share the link. 3. Pick the winner - everyone who left an email address is told, with the calendar file attached.
What it does not do
It does not connect to your calendar, it does not book meeting rooms, and it does not sell a premium tier. If you need a booking page where clients pick a slot from your live availability, this is the wrong tool. If you need twelve people to agree on one evening, it is the right one.
Common questions
- Is it really free?
- Yes. There is no paid tier, no trial that expires and no feature held back. Every limit on the page applies to everyone.
- Do the people I invite need an account?
- No. They open the link and answer. There is no account on their side and none on yours either.
- Can I use it without giving an email address?
- Yes. An email address is optional and only used to send you your organizer link so it is harder to lose. You can create and run a whole date poll without one.
- How many people can answer?
- Up to 50 people and up to 20 candidate dates per date poll.
- What happens to the data?
- A date poll is deleted 90 days after the last activity on it. Date poll pages are never indexed by search engines, and participants never see each other's email addresses.
Ready when you are
Coming from something else
How this compares with the other tools people use for the same job.
Related
- A When2meet alternative Prefer picking dates to painting a grid of hours? Propose the dates that actually work, share one link, and everyone taps yes, maybe or no. Free, no account.
- Group scheduling poll Create a scheduling poll for a group in about a minute. Propose dates, share one link, and see at a glance which date the most people can make.
- Find a date everyone can make Stop guessing which evening works. Propose a handful of dates, share one link, and let everyone mark when they can. Free, no account, answers in minutes.
Read next
- How to schedule a meeting with a group A short, practical method for getting a group of people onto one date: how many options to offer, how far ahead to ask, and how to close it out.
- How to get people to actually answer your date poll Most people who do not answer a scheduling poll are not refusing - they hit friction. Here is where the drop-off happens and what removes it.
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