Doodle Alternative
Tabletop Time vs DoodleThe scheduling tool that actually gets game night.
Doodle is designed for scheduling business meetings — calendar polling, corporate SSO, and 20-participant polls with ad banners in between. It works. But for a six-person D&D group trying to nail down a Saturday night, it misses everything that actually matters.
Try It FreeWhy Doodle Frustrates Game Groups
Ads on every page
Doodle's free tier is funded by display ads. Every vote page your players open shows ads. For a tool used once a week by a leisure group, that's a bad trade.
Organizers must create an account
Creating a Doodle poll requires signing up. Your DM just wants to send a link, not create another account with another password to lose.
No minimum player logic
Doodle tells you who's free when. It has no concept of 'we need at least 4 players or the session doesn't happen.' You have to count manually and decide yourself.
No waitlists or capacity limits
If your game is limited to 5 players at a table, Doodle can't help you manage overflow. It has no concept of a waitlist or a seat maximum.
No Discord or Telegram integration
Your group lives in Discord. Doodle lives outside it. Players forget to vote because the link gets buried. Tabletop Time's bot brings scheduling into the group chat.
No campaign or recurring-session support
Running a campaign means scheduling sessions in sequence. Doodle has no mode for finding the three best Saturdays in a row that work for the whole table.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Tabletop Time | Doodle (free) |
|---|---|---|
| Free to use | Limited | |
| No ads | ||
| No sign-up for organizers | ||
| No sign-up for participants | ||
| Quorum / minimum players | ||
| Waitlists & player capacity | ||
| Discord integration | ||
| Telegram integration | ||
| Campaign / multi-session mode | ||
| Calendar export (.ICS / Google) | ||
| Open source |
Comparison based on Doodle free tier as of 2026.
The Feature Doodle Will Never Build
Quorum logic is the single most game-night-specific feature a scheduler can have. It answers the question Doodle can't: “Is this date viable?” — not just “who's free,” but “do we have enough players to actually play?”
Set a minimum player count (e.g., need at least 4 for a Commander pod). Tabletop Time highlights in green the dates that hit that threshold. Dates below it are shown in amber. You see the viable windows at a glance without counting cells in a spreadsheet.
Doodle is built for business scheduling where any 1-on-1 meeting is viable. Game groups need group-viability logic. Tabletop Time is the only free tool that has it.
Switching Takes Two Minutes
There's no migration path because there's nothing to migrate. You don't have an account to transfer. Just go to tabletoptime.us/new, give your event a name, add some candidate dates, set a quorum if you want one, and share the link. Your players click, vote, and you're done.
No account for you. No account for them. No ads on the vote page they see. Works on any device with a browser.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Tabletop Time really free?
Yes — no ads, no paywalls, no subscriptions. It's an open-source passion project. You can also self-host it if you want full control.
Does it work for non-D&D game nights?
Absolutely. Quorum logic, waitlists, and calendar export work for any group activity: MTG Commander pods, board game nights, sports leagues, movie clubs — anything where you need a minimum number of people to make it worth doing.
What if a player doesn't have Discord or Telegram?
The Discord and Telegram bots are optional. The voting link works in any app — just paste it in a group chat, text, or email. Players click, vote, done.
Can I edit the event after sharing the link?
Yes. The event creator gets a manager token stored locally that lets them edit dates, change the quorum, add slots, or finalize at any time.