Chorus review
A focused, free polling tool for live audience participation.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Chorus is an open-source web application for live audience participation at conferences, events, workshops, meetings, and talks. Organizers create temporary sessions, share a four-character join token, post questions, manage attendee answer suggestions, control voting settings, and view results as they update. Attendees join from their phones without accounts or app installation, then vote or suggest answers. It is a focused fit for small and mid-market teams that need free live polling rather than a broader audience response suite.
Its strongest area is live session control. Organizers can use anonymous mode, voting controls and limits, session timers, guest management and removal, and settings that control when results are visible. Real-time polling and result updates support participatory events where feedback needs to appear during the session. The application states that session data is not stored permanently unless exported, while CSV export provides a way to retain questions and responses. Cloud deployment keeps the product centered on browser-based participation.
Chorus is narrower than platforms that combine polling with verified Q&A, quiz mode, integrations, or broader platform coverage. Its published support channel is documentation, and its platform coverage is limited to the web. Choose Chorus when open-source licensing, anonymous responses, simple joining, and direct control over live polls matter most. Consider an alternative when your audience response program depends on integrated workflows, quiz functionality, verified questions, or support channels beyond documentation.
Chorus pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Anonymous voting with controls, limits, timers, and result visibility settings
- Four-character session tokens let attendees join without accounts or app installation
- CSV export captures questions and responses for later use
- Where it doesn't
- Web-only platform coverage
- No verified Q&A, quiz mode, or integrations
- Documentation is the listed support channel
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