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Free Doodle alternative: group polls with no ads
If you use Doodle to find a time, Whenabouts does the same job for free, with no ads for you or the people you invite, and no account needed to make a poll. Here's how the two compare, from Doodle's own help pages.
Start oneFree, and the people you send it to don't need an account.
Doodle and Whenabouts, side by side
| What | Doodle | Whenabouts |
|---|---|---|
| Making a poll | Needs a free or paid Doodle account, since August 2025. | No account needed. Add your email if you'd like the links sent to you. |
| Answering | No account needed. People give their name and email. | No account needed. A name is enough, and an email is optional. |
| Ads | Shown to organizers and participants on the free plan. | None, on any plan. |
| Times in one poll | Up to 20 on the free plan. | Up to 1,500 on every plan. |
| Hiding who answered what | On paid plans. | Free: names stay hidden until you close the poll. |
| Sign-up sheets | On the free plan, up to 20 times. | On the free plan, up to 200 rows. |
Everything said here about Doodle is from its own pages, listed under “Where this comes from”, as they read on 29 October 2026. Things change, so check their site before you decide.
What else Whenabouts does
- A ranked list of the best times, each naming whoever can't make it, and a way to see the results without one person.
- Polls about days of the week as well as dates, for finding a regular weekly time.
- Lock in a time and everyone who left an email gets it with a calendar file.
- RSVPs with guest counts and a reminder the day before, from the same place.
- Pages for a school, a youth team or a faith group keep to adults' names and load nothing from anybody else's site.
- Every page works with JavaScript switched off, and the grid works with a keyboard.
When Doodle might suit you better
- You'd like people to book time from your own calendar, with your free times read from it. Doodle's booking pages do that, and a Whenabouts sheet of times doesn't.
- You want video call links added for you. Doodle's free plan connects Zoom and Google Meet.
- You collect payments when people book. Doodle's free plan includes payments through Stripe.
- Your team already pays for Doodle and is used to it.
Questions people ask
- Is Whenabouts really free?
- Yes. Free has no time limit and no card to enter. A free page takes up to 200 responses, and a sign-up sheet up to 200 rows. A free page that nobody has answered for 12 months is deleted, with a warning first. Paid plans raise those limits and add reminders on a day you pick.
- Can I move my Doodle polls over?
- There's no import. Making a new poll takes a minute: a title, your name, the days and the hours.
- Do the people I invite need an account?
- No. They open the link, mark the times they're free, type a name and save. An email is optional, and brings a link to change their answer and the final time when you lock it in.
Where this comes from
- Doodle Free and Doodle Professional differences at-a-glance
- How do I participate in a group poll?
- How can I create a group poll without an account?
Read on 29 October 2026. Doodle is a trademark of its owner, and Whenabouts isn't connected with it.