Frequently Asked Questions

Campfire Vote is a real-time group voting app for social events like wine tastings, cook-offs, and talent shows. Create a party, share a code, and let everyone rate and rank entries using their phones. It turns any gathering into an interactive, fair competition.

The host creates a party and gets a unique party code. Guests join on their phones, submit entries (like a wine or dish), then vote on each entry as it's presented. Campfire Vote tallies the ranked-choice votes and reveals the winner. Check our how-to guides for step-by-step instructions.

Campfire Vote offers two affordable options: a Single Party Pass for $20 (one event) or an Annual Pass for $35 (unlimited parties for a year). Participants always join free—only the host needs a pass.

Hosts need an account to create and manage parties. Participants can join any party without an account—just enter the party code and your name. Sign up as a host to get started.

Create a Campfire Vote party, have guests bring wrapped wines, then use ranked-choice voting to rate each wine blindly. The app handles all scoring automatically. Read our complete blind wine tasting guide for tips on setup, wine selection, and hosting.

Set up a Campfire Vote party with the Rib Cook-Off theme, have contestants register their entries, then let judges taste and rank each dish. See our cook-off guide for judging criteria and competition tips.

Yes! Campfire Vote is perfect for talent shows and performance competitions. Each performer presents, then everyone rates the act. Check out our talent show guide for hosting tips and fair judging ideas.

There's no participant limit. Whether you have 5 guests or 50, everyone joins via the party code and votes from their own device. The app scales seamlessly for parties of any size.

About 5 minutes. Sign up, create a party, choose a theme, and share the party code. Your guests can join immediately. Get started now.

Ranked-choice voting lets participants rank entries from favorite to least favorite instead of picking just one winner. Campfire Vote uses this method to find the entry with the broadest appeal—the one most people genuinely enjoyed, not just polarizing favorites.

After each presentation, everyone rates it on their phone. When all entries have been presented, votes are tallied and results are revealed. The ranked-choice system ensures fair, consensus-driven winners.

There's a setting as a host to decide whether votes are anonymous or not. You can choose to show who voted for what, or keep all votes private. Either way, the results are tallied fairly.

Campfire Vote is ideal for cook-offs because it handles ranked-choice voting, works on any phone, and requires no app download. Judges simply join via party code and rate each dish as it's tasted. Learn how to run a cook-off.

Yes, Campfire Vote is fully mobile-responsive and works great on phones, tablets, and computers. Most guests participate from their smartphones—no app download required.

No app download needed. Campfire Vote runs entirely in your web browser. Just share the party code and guests can join instantly from any device with internet access.

Participants go to campfire.vote/join, enter the party code (like WINE-1234), and type their name. That's it—they're in! Codes are themed to match your event type.

While Mentimeter focuses on business presentations and audience polling, Campfire Vote is built for social events and competitions. It features ranked-choice voting, themed party experiences, and real-time presentation flows tailored for wine tastings, cook-offs, and talent shows. See our full comparison.

Campfire Vote is optimized for social gatherings and friendly competitions, not corporate settings. For business polls and presentation feedback, tools like Mentimeter or Slido are better suited. Compare your options.

Blind wine tasting is when you taste wines without knowing which bottle is which—labels are hidden or wrapped. This removes bias and lets you judge purely on taste. It's a fun way to discover that pricey bottles don't always win! Host your own blind wine tasting.

You'll need multiple dishes to vote on (side dishes work great), phones for each voter, and a Campfire Vote party set to the Thanksgiving theme. Read our Thanksgiving voting guide for menu ideas and hosting tips.