Decide together

Swipe, rank, and end on one.

Make a poll from your list. Everyone swipes yes or no on their own, and SortBridge works out the one film, show or book you will all actually enjoy.

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A SortBridge poll between you and Sam, 1 of 5: Red, White & Royal Blue (Matthew López, 2023, on Amazon Prime Video), with its official trailer ready to play, the description below it, and No and Yes buttons.

How does group choice work?

Group choice is a poll in the SortBridge app. Everyone answers yes or no to the same titles privately. Titles everyone said yes to go through; if there are several, everyone ranks them and ranked choice picks one winner. If nothing is common, there is a second chance. The poll always ends on one title.

  1. 1

    Pick a few

    From your list, or search the catalogue. Set when it closes.

  2. 2

    Invite

    From your contacts, by your own Messages app, or share the link.

  3. 3

    Swipe

    Yes or no, alone. Each card has a trailer and a description.

  4. 4

    Rank

    If you all liked several, put them in order. Ranked choice picks one.

Rank the ones you all liked. End on one.

Put them in order: five films with posters, Red, White & Royal Blue marked 1 and All of Us Strangers marked 2.
Tap them in order. Ranked choice does the rest.
You're watching Red, White & Royal Blue, on Amazon Prime Video. You both put it first. The trailer and description follow.
Film night: the winner, with the trailer and where to watch it.
You're reading Startup Hell by Caitlin Rozakis. First choice for 3 of 4. Runner-up: My Friends by Fredrik Backman.
Book club: first choice for 3 of 4, with a runner-up for next month.

Nobody peeks. Nobody waits forever.

While swiping, you see how far each person has got and nothing else. Seeing that your partner already said no changes what you say, so nobody sees anybody's answers.

If someone opens the link and wanders off, whoever made the poll can move on without them. What they answered so far still counts.

  • Afterwards you see counts, like "2 of 3 liked this", never who said what.
  • Others see your profile name, never your email.
  • Invite names stay on your phone.
A SortBridge poll titled Waiting on Sam. You are done; Sam is on 1 of 3. A button reads Move on without them, with the note: What they answered so far still counts.
Second chance: the other one of you liked All of Us Strangers. Would you go along with it? The trailer and description are on the card, with Still no and I'd go along buttons.

Nothing in common? A second chance.

The most liked titles go round again. You see only the ones you said no to, with how many people liked each: "2 of 3 liked this. Would you go along with it?" If still nothing is common, the most liked wins as the closest you got, or the poll's owner adds more titles and you go again. Either way, it ends on one.

The long version, with why ranked choice beats arguing: a Tinder for picking a movie together, and how a book club can agree on the next book. Or go straight to book clubs or movie night.

Questions

How does SortBridge pick the winner?

Everyone swipes yes or no on the same titles. If exactly one got a yes from everyone, it wins. If several did, everyone ranks those, and an instant-runoff count picks the winner, with a runner-up. Ties left at the end are settled by a coin toss, and the poll says so.

What if we have nothing in common?

You get a second chance. The most liked titles go round again, and each person sees only the ones they said no to, with a line like "2 of 3 liked this. Would you go along with it?" If still nothing is common, the most liked title wins as the closest you got, or whoever made the poll adds more titles.

Who can see how I voted?

Nobody. While swiping, people see only how far each person has got. After swiping, the app shows counts such as "2 of 3 liked this", never who voted for what. Your profile name is shown to the others in the poll; your email address never is.

Who can join a poll?

Anyone who has the link and the app. Treat the link like an unlisted document link: share it with the people you mean to. Whoever made the poll can remove someone.

Does it work for books?

Yes. A poll is for films, TV, or books, one kind at a time, so it works for a film night, a series to start together, or a book club.

The titles usually come from your lists: see books from BookTok and a watchlist from the reels you save.

Be there when it opens.

Private testing on iPhone. Free while in testing.

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