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Planning poker online for team estimation

Gather the team in a room behind one link, reveal the cards at once and agree on an estimate. Nothing to install, no sign-up needed.

Create a room How a round goes

Free. Guests join by link without an account.

How a planning poker round goes

  1. Create a room

    Press the button and the table is ready. The name and the round rules can be changed on the fly. Topics you already know can go into the queue right away.

  2. Invite the team by link or code

    A teammate opens the link, enters a name and takes a seat. No sign-up needed. If a link is awkward to share, people can join with the six-character room code.

  3. Name the item and deal the cards

    Everyone sees the topic of the round, and the next ones wait in the queue. Each person picks a card in private: until the reveal, the table shows only card backs.

  4. Reveal and agree

    Cards open at once, manually or automatically when everyone has picked. The table works out the result and shows whose estimates were furthest apart. Those are the people to talk to.

What you get at the table

  • A choice of decks and a card of your own

    Fibonacci, Scrum, powers of two or T-shirt sizes. Every deck has the “poher” card for items not worth arguing about. The deck is changed in the room settings, and everyone’s hand updates at once. If a value is missing, type your own.

  • Round timer

    Two or five minutes for the discussion. When time is up, the timer reminds you to decide. It does not reveal the cards by itself.

  • Median or average

    The round result is a median or an average, whichever you agree on. The median is more stable: one estimate far from the rest barely moves it.

  • Task queue and estimation history

    Topics can be listed before the game, and each new round the room takes the next one. An urgent item can go onto the table out of turn. Estimated items stay in the history, and an item key opens as a link into your tracker.

  • Chat and reactions

    The discussion happens next to the table, no need to switch windows. Reactions appear right on the table. For example, you can nudge someone who is taking too long.

  • Private rooms and roles

    A room can be protected with a password, and a participant can be removed or banned. The moderator controls the round rules and the reveal.

  • Phone and dark theme

    The table, the cards and the panels fit a narrow screen with no horizontal scrolling. The theme is light, dark or same as the system.

  • English and Russian

    The whole interface switches, the “poher” card included: in Russian it reads похер. The chosen language is saved in your profile.

The deck: Fibonacci and the “poher” card

A new room starts with this deck. The numbers follow the Fibonacci sequence: the bigger the item, the rougher the estimate, so nobody has to argue whether it is a seven or an eight. The “poher” card means precision would change nothing here. If a 13 or a 21 shows up, the item usually needs splitting.

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
  • 8
  • 13
  • 21
  • poher
  • custom

The room picks its scale

Fibonacci
0 · 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 8 · 13 · 21 · poher
Scrum
0 · ½ · 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 8 · 13 · 20 · 40 · 100 · poher
Powers of two
0 · 1 · 2 · 4 · 8 · 16 · 32 · 64 · poher
T-shirt
XXS · XS · S · M · L · XL · XXL · poher

Frequently asked questions

  • What is planning poker?

    Planning poker helps a team estimate an item without letting the loudest or most senior person answer for everyone. Each person picks a card in private, then all cards are revealed at once. If the estimates differ, that is a reason to discuss the item.

  • Is it free?

    Yes. Rooms, participants and rounds are unlimited and free. There are no paid features.

  • Do we need to sign up?

    Not if you join by link: just enter your name. An account keeps your rooms and lets you open them from other devices.

  • How many people fit at the table?

    As many as you invite: a room is made for the whole team. Everyone at the table is shown in the header.

  • Does it work on a phone?

    Yes. The table, the cards and the panels fit a narrow screen with no horizontal scrolling. A room link opens straight from a messenger.

  • What values are in the deck?

    The deck is chosen in the room settings. The default is Fibonacci: 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 and “poher”. There is also the classic Scrum set with a half and a hundred, powers of two, and T-shirt sizes from XXS to XXL. Every deck has the “poher” card. If the value you need is missing, type your own. It lands on the table as a normal card, and in numeric decks it counts towards the round result.

  • Why is this better than voting in a chat?

    The cards stay hidden until the reveal. When the first estimate is said out loud, the others tend to drift towards it. This is called anchoring, and hidden cards exist to prevent it.

Understanding estimation

Get the team around the table

Create a room, send the link to your team chat, and a minute later you can estimate the first item.

Create a room