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Doodle is a versatile tool that is widely used in various scenarios to simplify scheduling and improve coordination. Users have found that …
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What is Doodle?
Doodle is appointment scheduling software from the Swiss company of the same name.
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$4.49
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$5.99
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$30
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Doodle Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Doodle is appointment scheduling software from the Swiss company of the same name.
Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.3.
The most common users of Doodle are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Doodle is a versatile tool that is widely used in various scenarios to simplify scheduling and improve coordination. Users have found that Doodle's ability to show team availability and find the best meeting time has made it an essential part of leadership development programs, enabling more engaging and accessible training for remote locations. It is also valued as a time-saving training tool for on-the-job skill training and onboarding processes. With Doodle, users can eliminate the back-and-forth of scheduling by providing a seamless process for finding a time that works for all parties, which is particularly helpful when organizing meetings of groups with different schedules. In every department of organizations, Doodle simplifies the hassle of contacting potential attendees via email or voicemail, making users more productive and efficient in their work. Additionally, Doodle streamlines workflow and improves efficiency by simplifying the process of setting up meetings and organizing daily activities. It helps manage communication within companies more efficiently, replacing endless emails and offline meetings. Whether it's scheduling video calls, finding suitable times for training sessions, or coordinating calendars for appointments and decision-making, users appreciate the ease of use and effectiveness provided by Doodle. Furthermore, as a valuable tool for organizing business meetings, finding convenient event times, or RSVPing for activities, Doodle has become a go-to solution for many users who experience simplified confirmation of meeting times and RSVPs.
Users recommend the following for using Doodle:
- Use it to manage time and easily schedule meetings with multiple participants in different time zones.
- Play around with the tools before sending out the first Doodle to avoid mistakes.
- Let invitees know about the Doodle poll in advance to ensure the best feedback for scheduling.
- Highly recommend Doodle for scheduling meetings, especially remote ones.
- Find it easy to use and believe it solves scheduling nightmares, particularly for online video calls across time zones.
- Use Doodle for organizing scheduling, events, and gathering opinions in a company. However, some users caution that Doodle could become cumbersome for larger meetings.
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We use Doodle to eliminate the back and forth when trying to find a time that works best for two parties trying to schedule a meeting. Doodle makes this process very seamless in a way that works well for the way we specifically schedule meetings. It saves back and forth time as well as saves important meetings from falling through the cracks by eliminating email exchanges where either party may lose the email getting buried in their inbox.
- Doodle approaches this problem different than most other scheduling platforms I've looked at (and I've looked at most of them). Doodle allows the person who is making their calendar available for scheduling to make the final decision on the meeting in contrast to other platforms that typically do it the other way around. Both can be beneficial depending on preference
- I love that Doodle allows for proposing multiple times, which is a feature I've yet to find on other scheduling platforms (and I've looked at/tried a lot of them)
- Doodle makes the scheduling process very simple even for someone who's never used it before
- To my knowledge, there is no ability to allow the user to directly schedule a time. Would be nice if it were flexible both ways but I've come to realize that I just have to use different services depending on how it matches my workflow
- The design isn't terrible but most scheduling software has much better design
- It's generally simple but there have been times where the UX has been a bit confusing and I didn't really know what was going on
May 04, 2018
Easy Group Meeting Setup
Working on a university campus, I frequently have to organize or attend meetings of groups composed of faculty and staff from different departments and with very different schedules. Doodle polls make it much simpler for everyone to see the options available, add their best or workable times, and then the organizer has a clear, easy visual to pick the best dates and times.
- Allows options for anonymity of users adding their schedules, or however much they want to provide (first name, full name).
- It is somewhat intuitive. When you start adding times, it picks up on the pattern and then predicts and auto-fills options (i.e. if you're entering times in hour increments back to back, it will start offering the next hour as the automatic option).
- Access to the Doodle can be sent as a simple link via text or email (or even embedded in a document or hyperlinked), or sent to specific email addresses.
- An easy multi-date or block of time with separation of a standard duration (for example, putting in 3:00-7:00 with blocks of one hour each) would speed up the process of setting the Doodle up.
November 29, 2017
Quick and efficient availability detector
I use Doodle mainly in my department, which focuses on onboarding new users to our platform. During our onboardings, we provide site information and training. To train the onboarding presenters, I schedule video calls with them, and to be efficient with our use of time, we try to schedule as many people at once into a single training session. The best way to do this with my team, that we've found so far, is to utilize Doodle's scheduling function to find out when everyone is available. While I use Google Calendar religiously, most of my team members do not, so relying on shared Google Calendars to schedule meetings does not always provide the most up-to-date information about availability.
- Doodle provides options for quizzes, polls, and scheduling, which makes it a versatile tool.
- Doodle very clearly shows you the top choice(s) picked by respondents, making it easy to select a time that is best for the most people.
- Doodle allows you to connect your calendar, which helps to more efficiently select workable time slots - and syncs your events.
- Doodle doesn't require respondents to create an account in order to participate in the poll.
- Doodle's user interface could use an update. The Dashboard is just bullet points right now and could be a little more aesthetically pleasing.
- If you have a lot of date/time options for people to go through, it can be fairly time-consuming/tedious for people to fill out the form. It's not always the best way to schedule events if there is a lot of availability that you want to show.
- The ads on the free version can get a little overbearing, just because of their location.
September 18, 2017
Doodle is Great for Scheduling Meetings Around the World
Our organization has 22 committees with members located all over the world. Doodle is used to identify and schedule meetings that are convenient for all members, regardless of where they are located.
- Meeting times can be broken down in any minute format you want (e.g., 10:15, 11:37)
- Everyone invited to the meeting can see when others are available, which allows them the flexibility of noting when they could possibly be available by moving something else, if they are not at the current moment.
- Time zones are not obvious with the new version. This causes concern and confusion for new users as they tend to go back to the meeting organizer to ask about the time zone for the options presented to them.
- The new version has a few quirks when adding new meeting dates/times for those who have already participated to choose from.
- Once it is obvious that most, if not all, of the date/time options are not working for a meeting, it would be helpful to just be able to delete a specific date/time and add others, and to then notify everyone, regardless of whether or not they already participated that they need to check the options again.
- It would be helpful if we could just copy and paste email addresses. The auto-recognize feature splits names and I have to manually type them many times.
September 13, 2016
Doodle-tastic!
Doodle is used by many but not all management employees within my school district to identify meeting times that work for groups of 5 or more participants. Although we use Google calendar which allows us to see each other's calendars, I've found that just seeing the calendar doesn't tell the whole story. Its best to give folks a range of options and then go with the one that is suitable for most of the participants. Doodle saves us time in figuring all that out. Participation rates are higher now.
- So easy to generate a poll. Each step is clear and easy to follow so even someone like me (who had anxiety issues with using technology) feels comfortable enough to try it.
- In the moment tutorials are visual and easy to follow. Also appreciate the auto corrections for time settings so the look is uniform. Copy and paste same time slots is a time saver too.
- Basic poll is great and is my go to, but also appreciate the hidden poll.
- Best upgrade is the ability to access Google contacts since everyone in my district uses Google email. What a huge time saver!! Wish they they had a similar integration with Yahoo so I could use it for personal events as well.
- Could add more contact integration. Adding Yahoo would be helpful.