Why look for a Doodle alternative?
Doodle still works, but most people who leave it do so for one reason: the ads. On Doodle's free plan, ads show to every participant who opens your poll link, not just to you, so a client or a whole team sees banner advertising on the page you sent. Calendar sync, so your real availability is reflected, sits behind Doodle's paid tiers too, and the interface has grown busier over the years.
The good news is that finding a time for a group is a well-served problem, and most of the best tools are free and ad-free. They split into two shapes: availability grids, where everyone paints all the hours they are free and the overlap surfaces on its own, and date polls, where people vote on a short list of options. We have sorted the seven below by shape, checked August 2026.
The best Doodle alternatives, compared
Here are all seven side by side, with how each works and whether it shows ads to your group.
| Tool | Type | Ads to participants | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timespree | Availability grid | No | Modern ad-free group polls |
| When2meet | Availability grid | Yes | The classic, no accounts |
| LettuceMeet | Availability grid | No | Clean grid, good on mobile |
| Rallly | Date poll | No | Open-source date voting |
| Xoyondo | Poll suite | No | Polls, opinions, sign-up sheets |
| Calendly Meeting Polls | Propose-and-vote | No | If you already use Calendly |
| Google Forms | DIY form | No | Fully custom, manual counting |
Availability grids: the closest Doodle replacements
A grid is the strongest replacement for Doodle's group poll, because it captures everyone's full availability instead of a few proposed times.
- [Timespree](/new) is the modern pick: a mobile-first grid with automatic time-zone conversion, a free calendar overlay so people see their busy times while responding, no participant limit, no ads, and no account needed to respond. It is the closest thing to Doodle's job done cleanly and for free.
- When2meet is the original grid, running since 2008. It needs no accounts and loads instantly, but it shows ads like Doodle, has no calendar sync, and barely works on phones. Our When2meet alternatives roundup weighs it up.
- LettuceMeet is a cleaner, modern grid with a good mobile experience and automatic time zones, and it is ad-free with optional Google sign-in to auto-fill busy times.
Date polls and poll suites: vote on options
If you would rather propose a short list of dates and have people vote, these fit better than a full grid.
- Rallly is the best open-source option: propose a few dates, share the link, and people vote with no login. It is self-hostable and privacy-focused, free for most use, with a paid tier for persistent polls.
- Xoyondo goes beyond time-finding into opinion polls and sign-up sheets, with unlimited polls and participants free and no account required for voters. It is the versatile pick if your group needs more than a meeting time.
- Calendly Meeting Polls is free on every Calendly plan and works as propose-and-vote, which is handy if your team already lives in Calendly.
- Google Forms can run a bare-bones scheduling poll if you want full control, though you count the responses by hand. See our Google Forms meeting poll guide.
How to pick the right Doodle alternative
Pick by how you want people to answer.
- Everyone paints their full availability (best for finding any time): Timespree for a modern ad-free grid, LettuceMeet for a clean mobile grid, When2meet if you want the bare classic and do not mind ads.
- Vote on a few proposed dates: Rallly for open-source date polls, Xoyondo if you also need opinion polls or sign-up sheets.
- Already in Calendly: its free Meeting Polls covers propose-and-vote.
For a recurring group, a scheduling poll for team meetings settles the time fast, and our group availability poll roundup compares the free grids in more depth.