Chooseday Documentation

Getting Started

Chooseday helps groups make decisions faster. You create a decision, share a link, and everyone votes — no account required for participants.

Create an account

1. 1Go to app.chooseday.co and click Sign up free.
2. 2Sign in with Google or enter your email and password.
3. 3Name your workspace — this is the shared space for your team's decisions.
4. 4You're in. Your dashboard shows your active decisions and quick-start templates.

Invite your team

On the Team plan, go to Members in the sidebar and enter email addresses to invite colleagues. Invitees receive a link to join your workspace. On the Free and Pro plans, participants can vote via a public link without joining the workspace.

Your workspace

All decisions, quizzes, and analytics belong to your workspace. You can belong to multiple workspaces — switch between them from the top of the sidebar. Workspace settings (name, branding, billing) live under Settings.

Decisions

A decision is a question with a set of options. Participants vote, and Chooseday surfaces the winner in real time.

Create a decision

1. 1Click + New decision from the dashboard or decisions list.
2. 2Enter your question (e.g. "Where should we hold the team offsite?").
3. 3Add 2 or more options (e.g. "New York", "Austin", "Remote").
4. 4Choose a voting type: Classic, Ranked Choice, or Dot voting.
5. 5Optionally set a deadline, enable anonymous voting, or restrict voting to workspace members.
6. 6Click Launch — your decision is live.

Sharing a decision

Every decision has a public voting link (app.chooseday.co/vote/[id]). Share it in Slack, email, or chat. Participants click the link, pick an option, and are done — no account needed.

Anonymous voting

On Pro and Team plans you can toggle anonymous voting per decision. When enabled, vote counts are visible but individual votes are not attributed to any participant. On the Free plan, anonymous voting is always on.

Closing a decision

Decisions close when their deadline expires or when you click Close decision. Once closed, no new votes are accepted. You can record an outcome (the decision that was made) to complete the decision and move it to the archive.

Templates

The dashboard offers starter templates — Plan a trip, Team priorities, and Group choice — that pre-fill a question and options so you can launch in seconds. On the Team plan you can also save custom templates.

Voting Types

Chooseday supports three voting methods. Pick the one that fits how your group makes decisions.

Classic (plurality)

Each participant picks one option. The option with the most votes wins. Best for simple yes/no or one-of-many decisions. Available on all plans.

Ranked Choice (instant-runoff)

Participants rank options in order of preference. Chooseday runs instant-runoff voting (IRV): the option with the fewest first-place votes is eliminated each round and those votes redistributed until one option has a majority. Best for decisions with more than two meaningful alternatives. Available on Pro and Team plans.

Dot voting

Each participant receives a fixed number of points to distribute across options. They can concentrate all points on one option or spread them. Best for prioritization exercises where some options deserve more weight. Available on all plans.

Word Cloud

Participants type a free-text word or short phrase. Responses are aggregated into a live word cloud — more frequent words appear larger. Best for brainstorming and sentiment gathering. Available inside the Zoom and Google Meet addons and via public decision links.

Star Rating

Participants choose a score from 1–5 stars. The live average is displayed to everyone. Best for rating presentations, proposals, or events.

Quizzes

Run host-paced knowledge checks with instant feedback and a live leaderboard.

Create a quiz

1. 1Click + New quiz from the decisions page.
2. 2Enter a quiz title.
3. 3Add questions — each question has a text prompt and 2–4 multiple-choice options.
4. 4Mark the correct answer for each question.
5. 5Click Start quiz to make it live.

Running a quiz

Once started, participants can answer questions at their own pace. Each correct answer earns 1 point. After answering, participants see ✅ Correct or ❌ Incorrect instantly. The live leaderboard updates every few seconds.

Leaderboard

The leaderboard ranks participants by total points. In case of a tie, participants who answered faster rank higher. When you end the quiz, the leaderboard shows final rankings with 🥇🥈🥉 medals for the top three.

Quizzes in Zoom & Google Meet

Quizzes run in the Zoom and Google Meet sidebars with the same host-paced flow. The host controls when to reveal each question and can see response counts. See the Zoom App and Google Meet sections for integration-specific details.

Plans

Chooseday is free for individuals and small teams. Upgrade for unlimited decisions, ranked voting, and advanced features.

Upgrading

Go to Settings → Billing to upgrade your workspace. You can switch between monthly and annual billing. Annual billing saves ~20%. Downgrades take effect at the end of the current billing period.

Zoom App

Chooseday runs as a sidebar panel inside Zoom Meetings and Webinars. Hosts launch polls, word clouds, ratings, and quizzes without leaving the call.

Installing the app

1. 1Go to the Zoom App Marketplace and search for Chooseday.
2. 2Click Add and follow the authorization prompt.
3. 3Chooseday appears in the Apps panel in your Zoom meeting toolbar.

Connecting your account

1. 1Start or join a Zoom meeting.
2. 2Open Chooseday from the Apps panel.
3. 3Click Connect Chooseday — a browser tab opens to app.chooseday.co/zoom-app/connect.
4. 4Sign in to Chooseday (or create an account).
5. 5If you belong to multiple workspaces, choose which one to link.
6. 6The browser tab shows "Connected!" — close it and return to Zoom.
7. 7Your active decisions and quizzes appear in the sidebar.

Running a poll

1. 1In the sidebar, click + New poll.
2. 2Enter your question and 2–6 answer options.
3. 3Optionally set a timer (30 s, 1 min, 2 min, or 5 min).
4. 4Click Launch poll — the poll appears live in all participants' sidebars.
5. 5Vote counts and percentages update in real time.
6. 6Click Close poll to end voting, or let the timer expire.

Running a Word Cloud

1. 1Click + New poll → select Word Cloud.
2. 2Enter a prompt (e.g. "Describe this sprint in one word").
3. 3Click Launch poll.
4. 4Participants type a word and submit. The word cloud grows live.

Running a Rating

1. 1Click + New poll → select Star Rating.
2. 2Enter what is being rated.
3. 3Click Launch poll.
4. 4Participants choose 1–5 stars. The live average is shown to everyone.

Running a Quiz

1. 1Click + New quiz in the sidebar.
2. 2Add a title and questions with correct answers marked.
3. 3Click Start quiz.
4. 4Participants answer in their sidebars and see instant feedback.
5. 5A live leaderboard ranks participants after each answer.
6. 6Click End quiz to show final scores.

Inviting participants

Click Share with meeting (or Share with webinar) in the sidebar footer. All participants receive a Zoom notification to open the Chooseday sidebar. In webinars, only the host and panelists can send this invitation — attendees cannot.

Posting results to chat

After a poll closes, click Post to chat. A formatted message with the question and final vote counts is posted to the meeting chat, visible to all participants.

Webinar support

Disconnecting

Click Disconnect workspace in the sidebar footer to unlink your Chooseday account from the current Zoom session. You can reconnect at any time.

Google Meet Addon

Chooseday for Google Meet runs as a side panel and main-stage activity directly in Google Meet. Available from the Google Workspace Marketplace.

Installing the addon

1. 1Go to the Google Workspace Marketplace and search for Chooseday.
2. 2Click Install and grant the requested permissions.
3. 3Chooseday appears in the Activities panel (puzzle piece icon) in any Google Meet call.

Connecting your account

1. 1In a Google Meet call, click the Activities icon and open Chooseday.
2. 2Click Connect Chooseday.
3. 3A browser tab opens — sign in to Chooseday and select a workspace.
4. 4Return to Meet. Your decisions appear in the sidebar.

Running a poll

1. 1In the sidebar, click + New poll and enter your question and options.
2. 2Click Launch. The poll becomes the main-stage activity for all participants.
3. 3Live vote counts update in real time.
4. 4Click Close to end voting.

Word Cloud & Rating

Click + New poll and select Word Cloud or Star Rating from the template picker. Both appear as interactive main-stage activities that all participants can engage with simultaneously.

Quiz mode

1. 1Click + New quiz, add questions, and mark correct answers.
2. 2Click Start quiz.
3. 3Each question appears on the main stage. Participants select an answer and see instant ✅/❌ feedback.
4. 4A live leaderboard is shown between questions.
5. 5Click End quiz to display final results.

Host controls

Only the meeting organiser and co-hosts can create polls and quizzes or push content to the main stage. All other participants can respond to active polls and quizzes. Response counts are visible to the host in real time.

Integrations

Connect Chooseday to the tools your team already uses.

Zoom

Run live polls, word clouds, ratings, and quizzes directly inside Zoom Meetings and Webinars. See the Zoom App section above.

Google Meet

Interactive polls and quizzes as a native Google Meet side panel and main-stage activity. See the Google Meet section above.

Webhooks (Team plan)

Chooseday can POST a JSON payload to any HTTPS endpoint when a decision closes. Webhooks are HMAC-SHA256 signed for security and retried automatically on failure. Configure them under Settings → Webhooks.

Public voting links

Every decision has a public link that works without any account or app install. Share it in Slack, email, Notion, or anywhere your participants already are.

Account & Settings

Manage your profile, workspace, billing, and security from the Settings page.

Changing your workspace name

Go to Settings → General and update the workspace name. Changes take effect immediately for all members.

Billing & plan

Go to Settings → Billing to upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your plan. You can also view invoices and update your payment method here.

Session security

Chooseday uses Supabase Auth with secure HttpOnly cookies. Sessions expire after inactivity. You can sign out from any device via Settings → Account → Sign out everywhere.

Deleting your account

To permanently delete your workspace and all associated data, contact support@chooseday.co. Deletion is irreversible.