Score every entry. Rank the field live.
Give every entry its own QR code, let the audience score them on the same criteria, and watch the leaderboard rank everybody as votes arrive.
Competitions with PollQR: How it works
Build one poll, duplicate for each contestant
Write up to five scoring criteria once, then PollQR can easily duplicate that entry form for every contestant. Everyone is scored on identical wording.
Print a code per entry
Download a print pack with one page per entry, contestant name above the code. Place one at each table or booth and then open the voting.
Watch the board
Your jury opens one private link and sees the field ranked live, refreshing every few seconds, with vote counts beside every score.
What you get
A QR code per entry
Every entry has its own code, short link, and scoring form. Visitors score the thing in front of them, so nobody rates a project they never saw.
Up to five criteria, scored 1 to 5
You write the criteria. Weight them if some matter more, or leave every weight equal for a straight average.
A private live leaderboard
Rank, overall score, each criterion, and vote count for every entry. Refreshes on its own and scales up for a projector.
A checklist for visitors
After each vote, visitors can see which entries they have scored and which they have missed — so the stands at the back of the room get seen too.
A ready-to-print pack
One page per entry with the name printed above the code, or a zip of images for your own signage. The most common event-day mistake is a code at the wrong table.
Results you can keep
Download the ranked board, every individual ballot, or both as JSON. Stamped with the event name, export time, and whether scoring was frozen.
Perfect for...
Any event where several entries compete in one location, and you want the audience to weigh in.
Science fairs
Every project gets a code on its board, so students hear from the whole room rather than the two judges who reached their table.
Hackathons and demo days
Teams demo during the expo hour while the audience scores. The audience-choice award is settled when the last demo ends.
Conference booth competitions
Partners or exhibitors each show what they built. Visitors score at the booth, while the demo is fresh.
Pitch competitions
Score each founder on the criteria you choose — clarity, originality, market fit — instead of on who drew the loudest room.
Art shows and craft fairs
A people's-choice award drawn from everyone who walked through, not just those who found the ballot box.
Cook-offs and innovation days
Many entries, many tasters, one ranking, and no arithmetic at the end of the afternoon.
Priced per event, with discount for Pro
A competition happens once, so you pay once. Save money by joining PollQR Pro.
Up to 10 contestants
$249
$149 with Pro
11 or more contestants
$599
$399 with Pro
Common questions
- How does competition voting work?
- Each entry gets its own QR code and its own scoring form. You print the codes and place one at each table or booth. Visitors scan the code in front of them, score that entry from 1 to 5 on up to five criteria you define, and move on. Every score feeds a single private leaderboard that ranks the whole field live.
- Can visitors see who is winning?
- No. Visitors see a thank you screen after voting, never the running totals. The leaderboard sits behind a private link you share only with your jury. Hiding standings keeps early votes from steering later ones and stops contestants watching their own position instead of talking to visitors.
- Do attendees need an app or an account?
- No. Scanning the QR code opens the scoring form in the phone's browser. There is no app to download, no account to create, and no email address to hand over. Scoring one entry takes about fifteen seconds.
- How do you stop people voting twice?
- PollQR marks a device after it votes and blocks a second vote for the same entry from that device. It does not block by IP address or device fingerprint, because venue WiFi puts hundreds of phones behind one address and identical phone models produce identical fingerprints — either would reject genuine voters. Someone who clears their browser data could vote again, so audience scoring is best paired with a jury who makes the final call.
- What stops a quiet stand beating a busy one?
- The leaderboard shows vote counts beside every score, and you can set a minimum. Entries below your threshold are flagged as provisional, so your jury knows which averages rest on six votes and which rest on two hundred.
- How much does a competition cost?
- Competitions are sold as a one-time pass per event rather than a subscription, priced by how many contestants you have. Setting up a competition is free — you buy the pass when you open voting. Pro members pay a lower price on every pass, and Business and Enterprise plans include competitions.
Running one soon?
Build the whole thing free, print the codes, and test it on your own phone before deciding whether it is worth paying for.