Chooseday vs Simple Poll

A Simple Poll alternative that turns votes into decisions

Simple Poll is great at what it does — fast, lightweight Slack polls with emoji voting. But it stops at vote counts. Chooseday picks up where Simple Poll leaves off: a declared winner, anonymous mode that doesn't require a paid plan, automatic reminders to non-voters, and a permanent audit trail your team can always look back on.

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Team vote · Live8 of 9 voted
Where should we hold the Q3 offsite?
🏔️ Mountain retreat62%
🏖️ Beach resort24%
🏙️ City co-working14%
🔒 Anonymous · closes Friday
2,400+
teams decided
< 2 min
to first decision
10×
faster than email threads

Side by side

The honest comparison

chooseday
Recommended
  • Automatic winner declaration — no manual counting
  • Anonymous voting on the free plan
  • Deadline reminders sent automatically to non-voters
  • Works outside Slack — share to email, WhatsApp, anywhere
  • Decision history and audit trail stored permanently
  • Ranked choice and dot voting available free
  • Vote access control — invite specific people, not open channels
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Simple Poll
  • No automatic winner — you interpret the results yourself
  • Slack-only — can't reach voters outside your workspace
  • Anonymous mode available on paid plan only
  • No deadline enforcement or voter reminders
  • Polls disappear from Slack history after 90 days
  • No decision history or searchable outcome record
  • No ranked or dot voting modes

Why teams switch

The problems Chooseday was built to solve

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Simple Poll gives you vote counts — not a decision

Chooseday automatically declares a winner when voting closes. No one has to manually count reactions or interpret a tied result — the decision is made.

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Anonymous polls cost extra on Simple Poll

Anonymous voting is fully free in Chooseday. Your team votes privately without you needing to upgrade — and votes stay hidden from everyone until the deadline.

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Simple Poll only works inside Slack

Chooseday generates a shareable link that works anywhere — paste it into Slack, email it to a client, or share it in a WhatsApp group. Voters don't need a Slack account.

Feature breakdown

Every feature that matters, compared

Feature
Chooseday ★
Simple Poll
Automatic winner declaration
Anonymous voting — free
Works outside Slack
Deadline enforcement
Automatic reminders to non-voters
Ranked choice voting
Dot voting
Permanent decision history
Free to use
See it in action

This is what Chooseday looks like

🔒app.chooseday.co/vote/q3-offsite
Team vote · Closes Tuesday
Where should we hold the Q3 offsite?
🏔️Cape Town
🏖️Zanzibar
🏙️Nairobi
Submit vote
🔒 Anonymous · No login needed

What teams are saying

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Simple Poll was fine for casual votes. The moment we needed anonymous feedback or a clear winner, we needed something else. Chooseday was the obvious next step.

SA
Sola A
CPO, Paystack
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Half our team doesn't use Slack. We needed a link we could share anywhere. Chooseday works in any message, any platform — Simple Poll never could.

AO
Amaka O
Operations Lead, Flutterwave

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know

You paste a Chooseday link into your Slack message. Team members click it, vote in their browser in seconds, and the result is declared automatically when the deadline hits. No Slack app install, no bot permissions, no setup.

Yes. You can create a Chooseday decision in under a minute and share the link immediately. The experience for voters is a single click — it's just as fast as Simple Poll, with a declared result at the end.

Chooseday's free plan gives you up to 5 active decisions at once, unlimited voters, anonymous voting, reminders, and decision history. The only limit is 5 concurrent active decisions — close one and open another immediately.

When you create a decision, one toggle enables anonymous mode. Votes are stored without linking them to voter identities — not in the results view, not for admins, not ever. When voting closes, you see aggregate counts only.

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