Choice Limitby Tiny Add-ons
Works with Google Forms™

Limit how many people can pick each option in Google Forms™

When an option is full it closes by itself on your normal form. Anyone who comes later goes on a waiting list, and moves up if a place opens.

Install from Marketplace See how it works

Free for one form up to 25 responses. Then $12 once, with no subscription.

A parent picks a time in a Google Form and the place fills in your list at once. When a time is full it closes on the form, and the next person who picks it joins the waiting list and is emailed.
Left, a parent fills in your form. Right, the same moment in Your list.

For any form where each option has limited places

Schools, events, charities, shops and teams use the same few steps.

Schools

Meeting times, clubs and lunch orders, without counting replies by hand.

  • Parent-teacher meetings, one family per time
  • Clubs and electives with a class size
  • Lunch orders that stop when food runs out

Ready-made forms: Parent-teacher meetings, Clubs and electives

Set it up in a minute, inside Google Forms

Meeting times, workshops, volunteer shifts, pre-orders and training sessions: any form where each option has a limited number of places.

  1. Open Choice Limit from the add-ons menu and put a number beside each option, such as 1 family per meeting time or 5 helpers per shift. Leave it empty for no limit.

    The add-on panel: type how many places each option has, then press Turn on

  2. Hide it from the form, or show it as full with a waiting list.

    Choosing what happens when an option is full: hide it, or show it as full with a waiting list

  3. Your form link does not change. Under the question, people see how many places are left for each option, and a full option says so.

    A Google Form where the places left update and a full time is marked as full

  4. Your list shows every place and the waiting list in order. If someone cancels, free their place and the next person moves up.

    Your list in the add-on: who has each place, and who is waiting

  5. People hear when they join the waiting list and when a place becomes theirs. You hear when an option fills up and when every place is taken. Emails go out from your own Google account, so replies come to you.

    The email a parent gets: first that they are on the waiting list for 4:00 pm, then that a place at 4:00 pm is now theirs
The add-on panel: type how many places each option has, then press Turn on

If two people pick the last place at the same moment

Limits are applied a few seconds after each response arrives. If two people send the form within those few seconds, both answers can get in.

  • The first person keeps the place.
  • The second goes on the waiting list and gets an email.
  • Nobody is double-booked without being told.

Tried a tool like this before?

We read 427 reviews of similar tools. Three complaints kept coming back, and each one shaped how this works.

  • A surprise bill

    ElsewhereA trial ends while your form is still taking answers, and the form stops being managed.

    HereThe price is on this page. Setup tells you before you share the form if you will need to pay.

  • Double bookings

    ElsewhereTwo people submit together and both get the last place. Nobody is told.

    HereThe later person goes on the waiting list and gets an email.

  • A second link

    ElsewhereLimits only work on the tool's own page, with its own address.

    HereIt works on the form link you already have.

Your responses stay in your Google account

Choice Limit runs inside your form. Read the privacy policy

  • Answers never leave your form

    Responses and email addresses are read inside Google Forms. They are never sent to us.

  • Only the form you open it in

    It cannot see your Drive, your Sheets or your inbox.

  • Emails come from you

    Messages to the people who fill in your form go out from your own Google account, so replies come back to you.

  • One thing stored if you buy

    The email address of your Google account, so the add-on knows you have paid.

Pay once, if you need to

Most people run a form like this a few times a year. A monthly bill makes no sense for that.

  • No subscription and nothing to cancel
  • Unlock from inside the add-on when you need it
  • Prices in US dollars

Free

Always free

One form at a time, up to 25 responses

Install free

Includes:

  • Limits on each option
  • The waiting list and moving people up
  • Emails to people and to you
  • Your list of who has each place

Paid once, yours to keep

Unlimited

$12 once

Every form you make, no cap on responses

Install, then unlock

Everything in Free, and:

  • Any number of forms at once
  • No limit on responses
  • Tied to your Google account, not one form

On the free plan, setup tells you if your limits add up to more than 25 places, and you get an email at 20 responses. At 25 the form stops taking new responses so that nobody is overbooked. Unlocking reopens it at once.

Ready-made forms to start from

Copy one into your Google account, change the times, and turn the limits on.

See all ready-made forms

Questions

How do I install it?

Open Choice Limit on the Google Workspace Marketplace and press Install. Then open any Google Form, press the add-ons button at the top, and choose Choice Limit.

Doesn't Google Forms do this already?

Partly. Since January 2026 a form can close itself at a date or at a total number of responses. It cannot limit each answer, so it cannot close 4:20 pm while leaving 4:40 pm open.

Do people need a different link?

No. You share the ordinary link to your form.

Can two people still get the same place?

Only if they send the form within the same few seconds. Limits are applied a few seconds after each response, so Google can accept both answers. Choice Limit then keeps the first, moves the second to the waiting list and emails them. It cannot stop the second answer before it is sent, and we would rather say so here.

What happens when someone cancels?

Press Free this place beside their name in Your list. The first person on the waiting list for that option gets the place and an email telling them.

What do I need switched on in my form?

For emails to reach people, the form has to collect email addresses. Setup checks this before you share the form.

Does it work with a school or work account?

Yes, if your administrator allows add-ons from the Google Workspace Marketplace.

Does it do quiz timers or scheduled opening?

No. It does one job: a limit on each option, with a waiting list.

Set limits on your next form

Install Choice Limit from the Google Workspace Marketplace. Free for one form up to 25 responses, then $12 once.

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