Doodle: Easy Scheduling Reviews

by DMPgirls

I no longer see any of my recent polls in the apps. When I try and submit help or feedback it says it can’t reach the server. As far as I can tell Doodle is no longer working since they updated their website. Which by the way they act like it’s an improvement but it’s definitely not an improvement. Limited functionality on polls when compared to the previous website. They added some new features but I have yet to get any of them to work. Disappointing this was a great service. I may not renew.

by JaceFromMars

I used this app a number of years back as a way to build schedules out of peoples’ availability. I recently decided to begin using it again for a different job, but upon downloading Doodle , it is COMPLETELY unusable. When you open it, it just sits on the open/loading screen, and doesn’t enter Doodle . I have tried this multiple times, as well as having others try it, and they all have the same issue. To my understanding, the website is functioning fine, but the main appeal is that people can access it quickly on their phones.

One star until this problem is fixed.

by RoBu21

I have used Doodle for several years for scheduling Pickleball. The chart was easy to see the full schedule and people could look at it and determine how many players we had for specific days. As the administrator, when I schedule the dates it automatically counts me as available for all the dates. That is just ridiculous. Just because I’m scheduling it does not always mean that I am available. Plus it now hides my response. It is also requiring people to put an email addresses before being able to connect to the poll. We didn’t have to do this before. No one in my group of 20 is happy with the changes. It has become much more cumbersome. Seems to have gone backwards rather than improved. Please give us the old this app back. Or maybe give an option to choose which one to use.

by MrSteveee

Doodle used to be my go-to for scheduling on the iPad, iPhone or Mac. Over the years they have gradually made it less fun and more sterile/corporate, and recently this app pushed out an update that totally destroyed the UI and made this app an exercise is frustration.
Problems:
(1) Doodle doesn’t allow you to schedule group meetings in it anymore!(???). This was the main feature before… but now it just opens a webpage in Safari. What!?!? If it’s just going to do that then why even bother with Doodle at all?
(2) Formerly freemium features are now behind an invisible paywall that keep prompting you to upgrade to pay every time you click. Ironically, I *used* to pay for this app, but given this really irritating new interface I wouldn’t recommend paying them.
(3) It won’t connect or login over VPNs meaning there are times you can’t get on it at all (coffee shops, etc).
(4) If you have a content blocker enabled you will have to disable it for this site, but the issue is that the web UI without content blocking is a nightmare of flashing ads and pop up’s.
Overall, I hate this app now. Hopefully your mileage will vary.

by Timwjumba

I was given a link to schedule interview to get into graduate school. First I tried scheduling on their website which didn’t even show me available appointment times. Then I downloaded Doodle which actually showed the available times but everytime I tried to click save Doodle said “failed to save”. I basically missed the opportunity to get an interview because their website and app have a ton of bugs or just not user friendly.

by Windowwiz

I upgraded to premium for myself and a colleague thinking it would be better than the free version. It’s not. I can’t see my current polls on laptop or iPhone app and can’t get rid of one from 2 months ago. Contacted support and all they could say was to clear the cache, which I did 10 times and it did nothing. So zero for this app. I’ll still use it for responding to polls but I am forced to let the 1 year subscription run out because you guessed it no live support and I’m not going down the messaging hole to be more frustrated. Save your money don’t get premium.

by A_L3D

The latest update has completely removed the functionality of Doodle . Nothing actually happens in Doodle now, it all takes place on your browser, and even then it is far less streamlined. The new app design may look sleeker, but “easier to use” is a flat lie. I haven’t tried the $7 a month premium version, but having all your free functionality disappear overnight is a bummer. I’m looking elsewhere to schedule my events.

by LJG-SD

I’ve used this app for several years now (browser version as well as iPad and iPhone apps). There were no issues… loved Doodle and browser version!… until the most recent design updates (July-August 2021).

1. New polls created in browser no longer show up in app versions.

2. One group I schedule meets every quarter… in this app, I submit 15-20 date/time options over 3 months (e.g., Sept-Oct-Nov). The previous design allowed you to expand the dates and see all at once. The new design requires that you horizontal scroll through the dates. The 20 people I am coordinating do not know about the scroll… the scroll bar is hidden… so they only mark the dates on the screen. I am having to do a lot of follow-up to make sure people aren’t missing dates.

The new design is not intuitive! Requires more handholding.

by Dude36843389

I used this app regularly for the last 7 years. Always easy, and very dependable. Doodle functioned well, as did the website. The recent update to both is unreliable, and change dates that I input to another date. It shifted my dates a day earlier no matter what I did. Doodle no longer works well within the iOS interface and pushes you to the website. I’m moving to google forms and deleting my app after this experience. A little clunkier, but at least it’s dependable.

by IPad 1 Legacy User

I’ve not used this app for at least a few months, so the new app icon was unfamiliar. Unfortunately, the new (absence of) functionality was, too. I could not create a poll in the iOS app but accepted its suggestion to open the webpage (so it knows it can’t). There, I could create a poll but could not resize the time slots. Awkwardly, I could grab them and make the fixed duration earlier or later, or even move the day. But I needed a longer time slot. Undaunted, I kept practicing with short taps, long pushes, touching just the = at the bottom, and deleting with the X corner of the event. Frustrated, I booted my laptop and completely recreated the event, since I did not save it with the wrong time slots on my iPhone. Finally, that worked! However, checking status of who has favored which days does NOT work on my iPhone. Only the first 3 of 6 days offered shows on my screen and scrolling right does not work.

The iOS app seems a placeholder, which is odd in 2022. I get it in the first year of iPhones that app developers were still figuring out how to port to smartphones. But that ship has sailed. If this app comes clean and says, “We do not support iOS, please use a laptop” that would be efficient and I’d find an alternative scheduler. Please, this app, tell me if you’re returning to the iPhone!

by Stephen_Smith

App used to work quite nicely, looked good on a phone and was simple to use, now there are ads, everything is premium and it seems you have to ‘go to the website’ to even creat a poll? And when you go to the website that is pretty terrible with seemingly no ‘mobile version’

I might be doing something wrong, likely am, but so far, this is NOT user friendly/intuitive at all.

by Theknoxtree

I have used the this app app for a while and loved how easy it made it to schedule time slots with friends. It was optimized for mobile, allowed me to see my calendar, and schedule with friends through text. Simple, clean, easy.

Unfortunately, I logged in today and everything is updated. I have to go to a web browser to do the time poll and it’s really hard to see the days and times and my calendar. I can barely click to create a time slot and I can’t drag it around to update the times, etc. it is now difficult to use for the one task it was really good at before. Just sharing my frustration so you know how great it was and why I deleted Doodle .

by Ssalllladd

I had downloaded to app to be able to create this app polls on my phone without needing to use a browser because of how difficult it can be in mobile. Now with the new update, it opens my browser to create the polls. Why even have an app if it just opens a browser? The program itself is very useful and makes planning easier, but the new update is not the move.

by Quazybuzy

Imma busy mom of two kids with a large community of friends. Doodle has helped us organize dates for a dinner party, play dates, a mother daughter book club meeting date, and allowed me to create a voting poll on the more than thirty books my Mom’s book club was choosing from! It’s easy to use.

The only thing that would improve it, is a graph overview (for voting polls that don’t include dates), to make the view narrower when there are many items listed on the poll.

by Manati354

Synchronization is key. The Desktop and mobile are not connecting, it feels like I’m working in two different accounts. My mobile app does not let me view the booking calendar. IOS does not sync with the desktop. However, the mobile syncs with many calendars. It would make sense for at least the calendars to sync with the desktop. That way if I book on the desktop it will have all my events. this app has been my go to app for all scheduling and it seems like I will have to look for an alternative.

by Mousey2232

Tried Doodle for the first time to do field visits for the fall semester. Normally I would send a bunch of emails back-and-forth trying to coordinate visit dates with multiple people. But this time I used the this app app and it took all of I think about five minutes to set up and send out and it was easy as pushing a button! Participants even said how easy it was! All they had to do was check the dates they were available! Highly recommend.

by Avlmahjongg

Problem: after I set up the poll information (using a previous poll with attendees included), this app gives me the message that it is unable to complete the task and to “come back later” or some such. However, if I go immediately to my e-mail, there is the notification. The first time this happened, I kept trying to set up new polls, getting the same message every time. Imagine the consternation among 12 avid Mah Jongg players to find several of the same message in their inbox. Please help keep the tiles clicking, and me as facilitator! (Oh, wait, maybe I should just get fired and let someone else handle this....)

by Neighborhood Divah

Saves time and saves my sanity...one this app, pick your availability, confirm and done!!!

It can be quite confusing and annoying with folks sending a gazillion emails, filling up my inbox back and forth and forth and back, trying to “decide” on the best date and time to meet!!!

by Thegreatdefender

Easy to use. I run a school and am a project manager for a nonprofit so coordinating times for team meetings all can agree to is particularly essential to getting things done in our line of work. The text option is fantastic to help facilitate quicker responses rather than waiting for people to check their email and complete the poll from the link provided there. I enjoy it!!

by Gavin Sully

Doodle is just what I was looking for when trying to get meetings planned for group projects in college or just getting friends together for lunch. With people all having different schedules these days, this app makes it so much easier to see when everyone can meet up.

by Timshutes

Want to find dates for a weekend getaway with friends? this app removed that functionality from the website.

That would be ok because apparently it still works on Doodle . But now Doodle doesn’t work. Download, open, it sits (hangs) for 30 seconds and then force quits itself. It’s completely unusable and makes me concerned for the trajectory of this once reliable service.

by Jan In Kansas

It’s great to be able to access this app easily on my cell phone. The screens are attractive, and they’re easy to use. Just tried it now after downloading, and it seemed very functional. It serves a purpose Facebook events can’t.

by Holly Kat

This is solid app, easy to set up polls and send to my group of friends. Only thing that would make it PERFECT would be if I could have multiple questions to one poll. Often I have to send multiple polls cause I have 2-3 questions! 😢 Otherwise super easy to use and send polls and review what everyone voted!

by Jeb11289

Absolutely love Doodle! It’s great for scheduling get together with group of people. But currently my app keeps freezing when I get to the date selection page. It lets me choose one date and then freezes up. Please fix!

by Djgirish

I continue to share Doodle with so many different people. It is quick and accurate!

Scheduling is not always a job that any one person looks forward to managing; but this app makes it easy.

by Picklemania

Works perfectly to build a weekly player roster! Shows who has signed up and the spots left to fill. I run two of these every week. It keeps the process transparent, and makes my job easy breezy!

by Bambamrjc

this app has helped our family select a date for a family get together. It was the best way to get everyone’s input. It was also quick & easy.

by Medicresq

We sent a bunch of emails and wasted time. Great tool to cross calendars and different companies to bring people to a consensus on a date and times for meetings. Easy to use and Doodle is a great addition.