Rallly Alternative
Tabletop Time vs Rallly
Two open-source schedulers. One is built for game night.
Rallly is a well-built, open-source scheduling tool that deserves its reputation. It's clean, fast, and doesn't require an account for participants to vote. If you're looking for a lightweight Doodle replacement for general use, it's a solid pick. But if you're scheduling D&D sessions, Commander pods, or any game night with a minimum headcount, Tabletop Time is the scheduler that actually thinks like a player.
Try It FreeRallly is genuinely good at what it does. The interface is clean, the date poll UI is intuitive, and participants can vote with a Yes, If Needed, or No without creating an account. It's open source, actively maintained, and can be self-hosted — all of which puts it in a different class from Doodle or LettuceMeet.
Rallly also supports time-of-day slots, not just dates — useful when you need to find a specific hour window rather than just picking a night. If you're scheduling a one-shot or a meeting where start time matters as much as the day, that granularity is valuable.
Where Rallly Falls Short for Gaming Groups
No minimum player logic
Rallly tells you who's available on which date. It has no concept of 'the session doesn't happen unless 4 people show up.' You still need to read the results and decide manually whether any date crosses your viability threshold.
No waitlists or seat limits
For games with a hard table limit — a 4-person Commander pod, a 5-player campaign, a 8-person draft night — Rallly has no way to set a maximum or manage overflow. Waitlists and automatic seat promotion don't exist.
No Discord or Telegram integration
Rallly is a web app. Your group is in Discord. Players miss the poll because it lives in a link that gets buried in the group chat. Tabletop Time's bots bring voting directly into your Discord server or Telegram group.
No campaign or multi-session support
Rallly is built for picking one date or time slot. There's no concept of scheduling a series of sessions, tracking attendance across an arc, or finding which three Saturdays in June work for the whole table.
Hosted version encourages account creation
Rallly.co's hosted version nudges organizers toward creating an account for features like event history and notifications. Tabletop Time requires no account ever — your manager access lives in your browser as a local token.
General-purpose, not gaming-specific
Rallly is designed for any scheduling use case. There are no gaming-specific concepts baked in — no quorum, no session terminology, no Discord integration, no campaign mode. It's a hammer; Tabletop Time is the tool shaped for this specific nail.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Tabletop Time | Rallly |
|---|---|---|
| No account required for organizers | Optionalrallly.co encourages signup | |
| No sign-up for participants | ||
| No ads | ||
| Quorum / minimum players | ||
| Waitlists & player capacity | ||
| Three-state voting (Yes / If-Needed / No) | Partialrallly has yes/maybe/no | |
| Discord integration | ||
| Telegram integration | ||
| Campaign / multi-session mode | ||
| Calendar export (.ICS / Google) | ||
| Time-of-day slot support | tt uses date-level slots | |
| Open source | ||
| Self-hostable |
Comparison based on Rallly hosted tier (rallly.co) as of 2026.
The Feature That Changes How You Schedule
Quorum logic is what separates a general scheduling tool from one built for game night. Rallly can tell you everyone's availability. It can't tell you whether a date is actually viable — that requires knowing your minimum headcount.
Set a minimum player count in Tabletop Time — 3 for a campaign session, 4 for Commander, 8 for a draft night. Dates that hit the threshold are highlighted in green. Dates that fall short are shown in amber. You see the viable windows immediately, without counting names in a column.
Rallly is a great tool. But it was built for scheduling meetings, not for running campaigns. Tabletop Time treats “do we have enough players?” as a scheduling question, not an afterthought.
When to Still Use Rallly
Rallly's time-of-day slot support is a genuine advantage for specific use cases. If you need to find the right hour — not just the right day — Rallly's granularity is useful. Tabletop Time uses date-level candidate slots; it's designed for “which night this week” questions, not “which two-hour window on Saturday.”
Rallly is also a reasonable choice for non-gaming scheduling where you want a clean, open-source Doodle alternative with no gaming-specific terminology. Both tools are open source — if you want to self-host a general-purpose date poller, Rallly's codebase is actively developed and well-documented.
Switching Is Instant
If you're already using Rallly, switching is as simple as going to tabletoptime.us/new instead of rallly.co next time. No account to create, nothing to import. Add your candidate dates, set a quorum if you want one, and share the link. Your players get a familiar date-voting experience with the added context of seeing which dates actually have enough players to happen.
Frequently Asked Questions
If both are open source, why choose one over the other?
Both are open source and self-hostable, which is a meaningful similarity. The difference is what's built into them. Tabletop Time ships with Discord and Telegram bots, quorum logic, waitlists, and campaign mode. Rallly ships with a clean general-purpose date poller. Pick the one whose feature set matches your group's actual workflow.
Does Tabletop Time support time-of-day slots like Rallly?
Not currently — Tabletop Time uses date-level slots, not hour-level grids. If you need to find a specific start time within a day, Rallly's time slot support is a real advantage. Tabletop Time is designed for 'which night this week or month' decisions.
Can I use Tabletop Time without Discord?
Yes. The Discord and Telegram bots are optional. The voting link works in any group chat, text, or email. Players click, vote, done. The bots are an enhancement, not a requirement.
Is Tabletop Time harder to set up than Rallly?
For organizers, it's roughly the same effort — name your event, pick some dates, share the link. Tabletop Time has optional fields like quorum and player limit that Rallly doesn't. Skip those and the setup is just as fast.