Product

Polls by Pollimath is an Android mobile-phone application to conduct Opinion Polls. The concept is simple; draft the opinion poll on your phone, add your voters and open your poll. Your list of voters would receive an SMS and/or E-Mail notification. They vote via the Web or SMS Reply as per the options selected by the pollster. The pollster can see the poll statistics and the voting details (who voted for what choice). See our current Feature List and Product Roadmap.

Polling Concept

Understand the Warnings that pop up when installing Polls on your phone and stop worrying.

How can Polls be useful?

Polls can present a target audience with a list of choices, obtain statistical insight and help with democratic decision making. A few examples of where Polls could be useful are given below. The possibilities are endless!

Polls

Education: We have school teachers who say Polls is a tool to supplement classroom work, as a way to make pupils retain their knowledge. To get them away from senseless texting and get them focused on subject matter.

Market Research: "What is your favorite brand of chocolate?", "What is your level of confidence on the economy bouncing back?", "How do you rate the Acme seafood restaurant?", "What's the radio channel you listen to most often?"

Journalism & Politics: "Whom will you vote for at the next General Election?", "What religion do you practice?", "Which policy is the central issue at this year's town council meeting?"

Office Environment: "Whom should we awarded 'employee of the month' to?", "What's your office lunch order preference today?"


Statistics on General Knowledge: "What is the highest Mountain in Africa?", "Who discovered Gravity?", "How far away is Andromeda?"

Social interaction: "Where shall we hang-out tonight?", "Are you a vegetarian?", "Which charitable cause shall we contribute towards?", "What's your pick for this year's B-Day gift?", "We are ordering one extra-large Pizza. Which flavor shall it be?"

User feedback & reviews

"I love this app you've put out in the market. I think it has amazing potential and I'm really looking forward to using it frequently and giving you my feedback!" - Mark Goho, 04-01-2009

"Polls by Pollimath offers the ultimate; total portability of both the pollster and voter" - a review by KillerStartups, 02-12-2009


"Your survey tool is very good and would be useful for a whole range of teaching applications...looking forward to seeing it evolve." - Adam Blackwood, 02-02-2009

"Polls get answers" - a detailed product review by Androinica's Andrew Kameka, 01-25-2009


"This is awesome. Some people just need to slow down and study the program. It makes sense and does what it says it does." - Jacob, 12-29-2008

"It will be nice if users able to add unlimited question in one form. Thanks" - meetmas, 12-26-2008

"Please consider adding an option to send the poll link via e mail. I have alot of friends with no web browser phone and this would allow me to reach everyone. Great app. Thanks." - Ryan Ainsworth, 12-26-2008

"This is a power-house application. Incredible. Eagerly awaiting further opportunities to use it." - Ben Feldman, 12-25-2008

"Pretty cool concept. Very useful if you are stuck on a decision and would like other people's opinion on what to do." - Amilcar, 12-25-2008

Features

Polls 1.2 features:

  • Compose polls in user friendly Poll Editor.
  • Work offline on Drafts and Delete them.
  • Polls organized into folders; Drafts, Open and Closed.
  • Choice of E-Mail or SMS delivery of polls, for Mobile Internet and Desktop Internet voting.
  • Option of casting votes via a Web Browser or as replies to SMSs. New! June 2009
  • Option of having a "Broadcast Poll"; an unlimited number of voters can vote by SMS. New! June 2009
  • Pick voters from the phone's Contacts or type in numbers and e-mail addresses manually.
  • Recognize SMS and E-Mail combinations from Contacts and ensure integrity in poll results.
  • Pollster can Close polls at will.
  • Pollster and Voters can see poll results, total electorate and total votes cast.
  • Pollster can see Who voted for What choice.
  • Ability to customize the SMS and E-Mail notification text to avoid being mistaken for spam.
  • Unlimited voter list; as many SMS and E-Mail notifications as the background phone services can handle.
  • Delete Closed polls and corresponding server data.
  • Validation at all levels to ensure accuracy of poll results and the integrity of a poll.

Roadmap

Our Product Roadmap for the future includes:

  • Defining Voter Groups, for example reuse Groups in G-Mail Contacts (July '09).
  • Having a gallery of Poll Templates that would allow advanced polling like Priority Lists and Questionnaires.
  • Forwarding / Exporting poll results.
  • Providing a Graphical View of the poll statistics.
  • Enabling "Secret Ballots", as an option.
  • Enabling "Chain Voting", as an option.

Expect these and many more features in the coming months.

Polls 1.2

Polls 1.2, our latest release of Polls, took place on May-30-2009 and carried the following new features:

  • Option of casting votes via a Web Browser or as replies to SMSs.
  • Option of having a "Broadcast Poll" where an unlimited number of voters can Vote via SMS.
  • Polls 1.2 Lite; a free download of all the Polls 1.2 (Premium) features, with a limitation of 10 voters per poll.