Free Tools for Agile Teams

I run sprints with clients as part of the work I do (planning, estimation, retros) and I kept hitting the same wall: every tool for it wants an account, a workspace, a seat count, or a credit card before you can run a single session. So I built the three I actually use. They’re free, they don’t ask you to sign up, and you control how long they keep your data, not a vendor’s default. If that ever changes, I’ll say so here first.

Tool 1

Planning Poker

Estimate stories as a team without the usual “just shout out a number” anchoring problem. Everyone picks a card privately, then you reveal together.

  • No account. Share a link, the team joins, you’re estimating in under a minute
  • Standard Fibonacci deck (or swap in your own point scale)
  • Built for remote and hybrid teams. Works the same whether everyone’s in one room or scattered across time zones
  • You pick how long the room sticks around (1 hour, 1 day, 7, 30, or 90 days) and it clears itself automatically once that stretch passes with no activity. Using it again resets the clock.
Open Planning Poker →

Tool 2

Retrospectives

Run a structured retro (what went well, what didn’t, what to change) without exporting sticky notes from three different apps afterward. Pick from five templates (Start/Stop/Continue, Mad/Sad/Glad, 4Ls, Went Well/To Improve/Ideas, Sailboat) depending on how your team likes to reflect.

  • Private boards, write cards anonymously, group and vote as a team
  • Action items carry over from one retro to the next, so they stay in front of the team instead of getting lost after the meeting
  • Same retention control as the other tools (1 hour to 90 days), but built to be used longer. The board auto-renews every time you run a new retro on it, so a team that keeps meeting never loses its history, and you can export anytime before it expires
  • Cards and votes are anonymous throughout
Open Retrospectives →

Tool 3

Story Pointing

A focused tool for building a shared sense of what your points actually mean. Compare a new story against ones you’ve already sized (“is this smaller, about the same, or bigger?”) rather than estimating from scratch every time.

  • Point a whole backlog in one pass, using an anchor story the team agrees on
  • Surfaces where the team disagrees before the sprint starts, not during it
  • No account needed
  • Same host-controlled retention as the other two tools: 1 hour to 90 days, your choice, auto-cleared after inactivity
Open Story Pointing →

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to sign up?

No. Open the link and start. Nothing to install, nothing to configure.

Are these actually free, or is there a catch?

Free, no catch, no trial period. I built these for my own work and I’m sharing them because there’s no good reason not to.

What happens to my data afterward?

You decide, on all three. Each room or board lets the host set a retention window (1 hour, 1 day, 7, 30, or 90 days) and it deletes itself automatically once that stretch passes with no activity (using it again extends the clock). Retrospectives is the one meant to live longer: it auto-renews every time your team runs a new retro on the same board, so your action items stay visible across sprints, and you can export anytime before it expires.

Can I use these with a client team, not just internally?

Yes, that’s exactly what they’re for. If you’re running sprints for a team and want an extra hand (planning, coaching, or just someone who’s done this before), that’s something I do too.

Have a sprint that needs a better process, not just better tools?

Let’s talk →