Polls for iMessage 4+

A little frustrating

So I’m using this for the first time with 3 other people and I’ve got 7 votes in a poll. What’s up with that? I checked and you can in fact vote more than once which defeats the purpose. Also, I can see what people vote for which also defeats the purpose of using an app rather than everyone just texting their answer. Everyone should only be allowed to vote once and the results should be a secret. Make it where you can only see the votes once it’s completed or until the poll owner says it’s complete. Another thing, I had two separate polls and one of the answers are the same in both. Whenever someone votes that answer in one poll the same vote is reflected in the second poll. Kind of a mess to deal with.

Edit: after reading the other comments I realized how useful voting on multiple options can be. But definitely should be an option.

Developer Response ,

Hi there! Thanks so much for your feedback! I'm sorry that you're frustrated with the app. Voting on multiple options was a highly requested feature but I understand it's not perfect for every case. In the upcoming version this will be a setting you can change. Regarding anonymous polls, that's a very good idea! I will consider it for the next update as well. For the issue with a vote on one option also counting on other polls with an option that has the same name, I'm very surprised by that, I haven't been able to reproduce it but I'll keep looking into this.

Feel free to reach me at jeff@pollsforimessage.com for any other issues or feedback. Input like yours is what will make this app great ❤️ Hope you have found the app to be useful 😊

-Jeff

Great idea, needs updates

Have been hoping iMessage created polls and am glad that it finally came to fruition, however, it seems that some updates are needed. First, i don’t believe notifications should be sent out every time someone votes. I think it would be more beneficial to have one notification sent when a poll is created a one when it has completed. Second, I think the process of voting is too lengthy, mainly because of the need to send the poll again as a message after voting. I love the idea, just think some optimization is required!

Developer Response ,

Edit: Hi Klaustradamus, we just released an update which addressed a small part of your feedback. You can now vote and send your update in one tap. Hope this helps. Thanks again for your feedback (previous response below).

Hi Klaustradamus, thanks for your feedback! I understand the notifications can get noisy in large groups. Unfortunately that is not something we have control over. Apple controls the notifications and they are sent every time :/
As for the voting process, I completely agree! Having to tap send again after voting is annoying. This was a requirement of Apple when we launched, but fortunately they have updated the way it works and our new version (coming out soon!) will fix this so that voting takes less taps! Thanks for your review and your feedback!

Almost perfect

The app is very much improved with the options that ppl have requested in the past and I like that it’s embedded above the keyboard to easily create a poll in the group your currently texting on. Thank you for that! However, the fact that it requires all voters to download the app does not fly with some ppl in the group. Some ppl are low on phone memory and would have to delete an app or other media in order to be able to download this app to be able to vote. It needs the ability to vote without the need to download the app first. Then, once they see how convenient and helpful it is, they can consider downloading it too. I hope you will consider this for the next update. Thanks again for am almost perfect polling app.