Side by side
| Paper | Im Here! | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | One pen, one line at a time | Everyone at once |
| Legibility | Handwriting | Typed names |
| Afterward | Transcribe it into a computer | Copy or download; it's already digital |
| Getting lost | Regularly, in someone's bag | Deletes itself on schedule, on purpose |
| Signatures | Real ones | None |
| Cost | Pennies | Free |
What paper does well
No wifi, no batteries, no phones required, and it collects actual signatures, which a browser tab can't.
If you need proof that a particular hand signed a particular line, use paper or a real e-signature tool. This page isn't for that.
Nothing to charge
No wifi, no batteries, and nobody needs a phone to sign in.
Real signatures
Waivers, medication logs, anything a lawyer might one day read.
What Im Here! is
An online sign-in sheet that runs on a timer. You open a room, put the four-digit PIN and QR code where people can see them, and everyone types their name from their own phone at the same time.
You watch the list fill in, copy or download it, and when the timer ends there's nothing left on our end to lose.
- Free
- No accounts
- Nothing to install
Keep the list: press Copy Names or Download before the timer runs out.
So which one?
Paper had a four-thousand-year head start and it's still a respectable choice, especially for signatures or a room full of dead phones.
But if the list ends up in a computer anyway, you might as well start it there.
Also compared: Google Forms, Jibble, OneTap