Family polls: ask the family and decide together

1. Start a new post, or open a chat

A poll lives where the question comes up. For the whole family, or the part of it that should see it, start a new post on the family wall: in the Kunbaa app or on kunbaa.com. For the people in one chat, open that chat in the Kunbaa app.

2. Tap Poll and write your question

In a new post, tap Poll (Start a poll on kunbaa.com). In a chat, tap the + in the message box, then Poll. Type your question, or start from a ready-made one: Pick a date, Who brings what, Where next? or What’s for dinner.

3. Add the choices

Choose Words or Dates and times, then add between two and six choices. Two switches sit under the choices:

• More than one answer, when people may pick several.
• Show who voted for what, for a question like who is coming to lunch. It is off unless you turn it on.

On a dates poll, each choice shows the time in each of the family’s homes, so a time that suits Grandma is not the middle of the night for a cousin abroad. For a photo vote, post two or more photos first; on your own post in the app, tap the chart button to start a vote on which photo the family likes best.

4. Choose when it closes, then post it

Pick when it closes: Saturday 8 pm, In 2 days, In a week, or I’ll close it. A poll can stay open for up to 30 days. Then post it, or send it in the chat. Relatives who can see it get a notification that a vote has started.

Who sees it and who votes

A poll on the wall follows its post: everyone who can see the post can see the poll and vote, and nobody else. See choosing who sees a post. A poll in a chat is for the people in that chat.

Each person votes with one tap and can change their vote until the poll closes. The results show once you have voted. Votes are private by default, and the poll is marked Private: the family sees how many chose each answer, never who chose what. If the person who started it turned on names, the poll is marked Names shown before anyone votes.

Reminders and closing

On a poll you started on the wall, you can see who you are waiting on and tap Remind them. Chat polls have no reminder. The person who started a poll can close it at any time from the poll’s menu, and a family admin can close a poll on the wall. The closing time can be changed only until the first vote. When very few people voted, a closed poll shares no result, so nobody can work out who chose what.

Polls are free on every plan. A free family can start a limited number of new wall polls each month, and Kunbaa tells you before you start one if you have reached it. Chat polls never count, and Kunbaa Plus and Kunbaa Ultra have no limit.

A family vote on an event, such as which date suits everyone for a reunion, comes with Kunbaa Plus and Kunbaa Ultra; every guest can vote. More on that in events and to-dos.

Smart polls

With Kunbaa Plus and Kunbaa Ultra, the poll composer has a Smart poll button. Write one line about what you want to decide, then choose Write my poll for a ready question and choices, or Find a time for times that suit every home. On a poll you started, Kunbaa AI can also write a kind reminder for the relatives who have not voted, and turn the result into a plan.

Kunbaa AI only drafts. You read the poll, change anything and post it yourself, and a reminder or a plan is made only after you confirm it. Smart polls need Kunbaa AI switched on in your settings. See Kunbaa AI for what it can see.

Questions families ask