Qui peut quand? or Doodle: which tool for your date poll?
Updated July 2026
Doodle is the name everyone knows for scheduling a group date; "to doodle a poll" has practically become a verb, and the Switzerland-based tool has powered date polls for years. It's the world standard for this kind of tool, and that deserves to be acknowledged plainly before any comparison. Framadate, the long-standing free French-language reference from Framasoft, has retired: its repository was archived on November 20, 2025, and the service taking its place, Pollaris, deserves an honest word of its own below.
The difference comes down to two things. First, Québec: Qui peut quand? is, as far as we know, the only date poll built for here, in Québec French first, in Canadian dollars. Second, accounts and advertising: here, nobody creates an account, not to propose dates and not to answer them, and unlocking a poll for $5.99 CAD removes ads from the grid for good, a one-time payment rather than a monthly subscription.
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What Doodle, Pollaris, When2meet, Crab.fit, and Rallly do well
Doodle remains the standard for a reason: proven reliability for large groups, calendar sync with Google and Outlook on paid plans, automatic reminders, and enough name recognition that almost everyone already knows how to answer a Doodle link. Per its own help center, the basic account is free; paid plans (Professional starting at $11 USD/month billed annually, or $15 USD monthly; Team starting at $8.95 USD per user/month billed annually, or $19.95 USD monthly) add calendar sync and remove ads.
Pollaris, which has taken over from Framadate since November 2025, is a competitor worth recognizing without hesitation: open-source software under an AGPL licence, entirely free, no signup required, run by Framasoft, a non-profit association. It's the closest competitor to our own philosophy (free, no account, no ads). Where it differs: hosted in France, in European French rather than Québec French, with no bridge to an invitation tool or a Secret Santa draw.
When2meet and Crab.fit also deserve an honest mention: both free, no account required, with an effective real-time availability grid for locking in a time among several people. Their limits are documented: When2meet has a dated interface and works poorly on mobile, with no French version found; Crab.fit works more like an availability heat map than a true fixed-date poll, and the quality of any French translation couldn't be verified. Rallly, for its part, is open-source software close to Doodle's spirit, with a free hosted plan and a Pro tier at $5 USD/month for managed hosting.
Why Qui peut quand? is built for here
Nobody creates an account, not to propose dates and not to answer them: you click your dates on a small calendar, get your organizer link by email, and everyone else answers with just a first name. The three-answer idea isn't new, Doodle itself popularized it with "if need be"; we carry the same nuance under our own word, "Maybe", which counts as half an answer in each date's score.
Emails never leave the app: never displayed on the grid, never passed to anyone, they're only used for the organizer link and the notice once a date is chosen. What the grid shows (first names, answers, and an optional comment) is stated plainly on the form before anyone submits.
And the price is a local one, paid once: free for up to 8 proposed dates per poll, then $5.99 CAD to unlock that poll, no subscription. Unlocking also removes ads from the grid for good. For comparison, Doodle's cheapest ad-free plan requires a subscription of at least $11 USD every month, renewed indefinitely.
The comparison at a glance (July 2026)
| Qui peut quand? | Doodle | Pollaris (formerly Framadate) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account required | None, not to organize and not to respond | An account is reportedly required for the organizer on the free plan, per SyncWhen; respondents vote with no account | None, not to organize and not to respond |
| Language | Québec French first, English included | Multilingual interface (French included); Québec French quality not verified | French first (France); no full English version known |
| Price | Free for up to 8 proposed dates; $5.99 CAD once per poll, no subscription | Limited free plan; Professional $15 USD/month or $11 USD/month billed annually; Team $19.95 USD/user/month or $8.95 USD billed annually | Entirely free |
| Advertising | Ads on the free plan's grid; the $5.99 CAD unlock removes them for good | Ads shown to respondents on the free plan, removed only on a paid plan | No ads found |
| User rating | Recent app: no public review history yet | 1.8/5 on Trustpilot (~198 reviews, accessed July 2026); the most common complaint is ads | No centralized review history found (recently took over from Framadate) |
| Base | Québec: .ca domain, Canadian dollars | Switzerland | France (Framasoft, non-profit association) |
Sources (accessed July 14, 2026)
- Doodle official help center: "How much does Doodle cost?"
- SyncWhen: "Is Doodle Still Free? What You Get (And Don't Get) in 2026"
- Trustpilot, Doodle reviews: 1.8/5 rating
- Framasoft, official Pollaris documentation
- Framablog: "Framadate fait peau neuve"
- Framadate, official repository archived November 20, 2025
- When2meet, official page
- Crab.fit, official page
- Rallly, self-hosting licensing and pricing
Frequently asked questions
- Why choose Qui peut quand? over Doodle?
- If your group lives in Québec French, nobody wants to create an account, and you'd rather pay once than subscribe, Qui peut quand? is built for you. Doodle remains a solid choice for a very large, international group already used to its interface.
- What happened to Framadate?
- The old Framadate repository was archived on November 20, 2025; Framasoft now recommends Pollaris, free and signup-free, as its successor. It's an honest, free competitor, hosted in France.
- What about When2meet, Crab.fit, or Rallly, which are free?
- They're good tools, and we say so plainly: When2meet and Crab.fit offer effective availability grids, Rallly is open-source software close to Doodle. None of the three, though, is built for Québec French or around the Yes, Maybe, No principle.
- Is Doodle really free?
- A free basic account exists, but according to several consistent sources, the organizer would need to create an account to use it fully, and respondents see ads around the vote on that tier. Removing ads requires a paid subscription starting at $11 USD/month.
- Is this comparison up to date?
- It was checked on July 14, 2026, directly on competitors' official pages where they exist (Doodle's help center, Pollaris documentation, Framadate's archived repository), and every source is linked at the bottom of the page. If a number has changed since, write to us and we'll fix it.