Can I make a Doodle poll without signing up?

You can start one, but Doodle’s help centre says that finishing it now requires a free or paid account. The people answering a Doodle poll still don’t need one. If you want no account anywhere, a shared list with a section per date works for a small group: everyone signs up under each date they can make, and each heading counts the names.

How does a list count the votes?

Each date is a section full of identical sign-up rows, and a section keeps a running count on its heading — “4/5 filled” means four people can make that date. The count updates on every open phone as people sign up, so the leading date is visible at a glance without anyone adding anything up.

Can people change their vote?

Yes. One tap on the × beside their own name clears it, and they can sign up under a different date instead. Every change lands on every open phone straight away, so the counts on the headings are always current.

How many dates and people can a list poll handle?

Every vote is a row and a list holds up to 1,000 rows, so there is room for a big group and plenty of dates. Offer the dates you would genuinely choose between, and the leader stands out on the headings at a glance.

How do I tell everyone the date is set?

Edit the note at the top — “It’s Saturday Nov 14” — and everyone holding the link sees it; anyone with the list open sees the change land live. Post the same line in the group chat and the link already in everyone’s hands does the rest.

A Doodle-style date poll where nobody makes an account — not even you

Last updated October 20, 2026

People answering a Doodle poll have never needed an account. The person sending it now does: you can start setting up a group poll without one, but in Doodle’s own words, “completing the event creation process with Doodle now requires the creation of a free or paid account.” For “which Saturday works for book club?”, that is one more login to keep track of.

anonylist has no accounts at all — not for the people answering, and not for you. It is a shared list, and a list with a section for each candidate date and a few sign-up rows under each makes a perfectly good poll, with a vote count on every date that changes on everyone’s phone as people answer. Here is how.

Opens instantly. No account, no email.

Set it up in two minutes

Make a list and name it after the question — Book club — which Saturday? Then tap + Note under the add box and write the rule in one line: sign up under every date you can make; most names by Friday wins. A note sits above everything else, so it is the first thing anybody reads.

Now add a section for each date you are offering — Sat Nov 7 — 7pm, Sat Nov 14 — 7pm, Sat Nov 21 — 7pm. Under each one, use the + Sign-up link at the section’s end to add a row per person in the group, all with the same label: I’m in. Five people, five rows under every date. If a sixth turns up, add a sixth row; a list holds up to 1,000.

Share one link, and watch the count

Post the link in the group chat. Everyone opens it, taps Sign up on an open I’m in under each date that works, and their name lands on the row. The first time somebody opens anonylist it asks what to call them and remembers it on that phone, so voting after that is a single tap per date.

The count on each heading — 2/5 filled, 4/5 filled — is the vote, and it moves on every open phone the same second, with no refresh. Changing your mind is one tap: the × beside your own name clears it without a question. Clearing somebody else’s name asks first, because on a shared list that is the one thing you might do by accident.

Names are whatever each person told anonylist to call them — no logins, no passwords, nothing to forget.

Closing the poll

You close it whenever the count is clear: edit the note — It’s Saturday Nov 14, 7pm at Ana’s — and everyone holding the link sees the change. Then keep the link: the same list becomes the plan, with a Bring section under the winning date for whoever is doing snacks. The next guide walks through turning the poll into the plan.

Then post “Nov 14 it is” in the chat where you shared the link — everyone already has it.

Why a list makes the better poll

Nobody makes an account — not the people voting, and not you.
No ads anywhere. Doodle’s free plan shows ads to organizers and participants; removing them is a paid feature.
Anyone can add a date. “Could we do the 28th?” — they add the section themselves, rows and all.
The answer and the plan share one link, so nobody has to find a second message once the date is set.

Doodle details from Doodle’s help centre, checked October 20, 2026: account requirement (article updated August 26, 2025) and the Free vs Professional comparison (updated July 28, 2026).

When you want votes, not edits

Sending the poll to a bigger group? Own the list and choose what visitors may do: leave signing up on, switch adding, editing and deleting off, and the link becomes vote-only for everyone but you. Voters notice nothing — same link, still no account.

See what anonylist pro does Only you need an account. Voters still just open the link.

Questions

Can I make a Doodle poll without signing up?: You can start one, but Doodle’s help centre says that finishing it now requires a free or paid account. The people answering a Doodle poll still don’t need one. If you want no account anywhere, a shared list with a section per date works for a small group: everyone signs up under each date they can make, and each heading counts the names.
How does a list count the votes?: Each date is a section full of identical sign-up rows, and a section keeps a running count on its heading — “4/5 filled” means four people can make that date. The count updates on every open phone as people sign up, so the leading date is visible at a glance without anyone adding anything up.
Can people change their vote?: Yes. One tap on the × beside their own name clears it, and they can sign up under a different date instead. Every change lands on every open phone straight away, so the counts on the headings are always current.
How many dates and people can a list poll handle?: Every vote is a row and a list holds up to 1,000 rows, so there is room for a big group and plenty of dates. Offer the dates you would genuinely choose between, and the leader stands out on the headings at a glance.
How do I tell everyone the date is set?: Edit the note at the top — “It’s Saturday Nov 14” — and everyone holding the link sees it; anyone with the list open sees the change land live. Post the same line in the group chat and the link already in everyone’s hands does the rest.

Opens instantly. No account, no email.