A free scheduler app that needs no app store
Decider runs in the browser and can be pinned to your phone home screen like any app. Propose a few times, share one link, and watch the answers land. It is free for organisers and guests, and the page you send out has no ads.
How to schedule for free in four steps
Open it on the device you already have
It works on a phone, tablet or laptop, on Android or iPhone. Add it to your home screen if you want a shortcut, or bookmark the site.
Add the times you can offer
Tap or drag times onto the calendar and set the length once. Drag the edge of a slot to make it longer or shorter.
Share the link with the group
One link in chat or email covers everyone. Each guest sees the times in their own zone and votes Yes, Maybe or No.
Lock the time
Lock the time and everyone can add it to their calendar in one tap, with a Jitsi video link if the meeting is remote.
What free means here
- Creating polls, sharing them and collecting votes costs nothing, with no trial that expires.
- The people you invite see no ads, unlike on several free scheduling plans.
- Guests need no account and are not asked for an email address, so the link works for anyone you send it to.
- There is no cap that blocks your fifth poll of the month.
- An optional Pro plan exists for calendar connections, but the group scheduling itself stays free.
Put your times in a poll
Tap a few times on a calendar, share one link and let the group vote.
What “free” covers
Free here means the whole flow a group needs: unlimited polls, unlimited participants, every time zone converted automatically, a built-in video link, and calendar export for everyone once a time is locked. It has no trial period, needs no card, and lets any number of people vote.
The people you invite never pay and never register. That is the part worth checking on any scheduler calling itself free. Plenty are free for the organiser and push an account signup onto every guest, which is where the replies stop coming.
The paid Pro plan exists for one thing: connecting the organiser's own calendar so their busy times show while proposing. If you do not want that, nothing about the free plan expires.
What to watch for in a free scheduler
The three patterns to watch for are a participant cap that bites exactly when the group gets big enough to need a poll, a free tier funded by ads on the page your guests see, and a time-limited trial that quietly becomes a paywall once your polls are live and shared.
The reason to name them is that all three are invisible until you are already committed. A poll you have sent to twenty people is not something you want to migrate.
Who uses the free scheduler
Small teams and freelancers
Groups with no budget for another seat-based tool, who still need to agree on a time.
Clubs, teams and societies
Training sessions and committee meetings where members are volunteers on personal email.
Students and study groups
Timetables that overlap in awkward ways and change every term.
Friends and family
Dinners, trips and birthdays, where anything more complicated than a link will not get used.
Free scheduler questions
Is the free scheduler really free?
Yes. Creating and sharing scheduling polls is free with no time limit, and the people you invite never pay or register.
Is there a scheduler app to download?
There is no app store download. Decider is a website that behaves like an app, and you can add an icon for it to your home screen on iPhone or Android.
What is in the paid plan then?
Pro connects your own Google, Outlook or Apple calendar so your busy times are shown while you propose slots, with a colour per calendar and priority support. Group scheduling itself does not need it.
Are there ads?
No. There are no ads anywhere, including the voting page your guests see.
Is there a limit on participants?
There is no small cap, so the same flow handles a group of four or forty. Fewer, better-chosen slots usually works better for very large groups.
Other ways to schedule with Decider
- HomeWhat Decider is and how a poll works: you propose times, share a link and the group votes.
- Time zone meeting plannerA free tool: add cities, see everyone's working hours side by side and find the hours the whole group shares.
- Secret Santa generatorA free Secret Santa name draw: add the names, keep couples apart and send each person a private link. No sign-up, and the list is stored nowhere.
- PricingWhat is free on Decider, and what the Pro plan adds.
Start scheduling for free
It runs in the browser, shows no ads, and needs no account from the people you invite.