The shared calendar for friends, couples, and family
This is the app you’ve seen all over TikTok. 10M downloads, 200M+ plans made, and 1B+ views across social media. Howbout is how millions of people actually see each other more.
Planning shouldn't take a hundred messages and a "when works for you?" thread that goes nowhere. Howbout fixes that. Find the gap, lock in the plan, actually see the people who matter to you.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH HOWBOUT
SEE WHEN EVERYONE'S FREE
No guessing, it's right there on the calendar.
MAKE PLANS
Add events, add details, and keep everything together, so plans don't fall apart.
SHARE YOUR CALENDAR OR AVAILABILITY
Choose what people see. Stay private or share with friends.
KEEP ALL THE DETAILS IN ONE PLACE
Plans, chats, locations, notes, photos… no switching apps or losing the details.
REAL TIME NOTIFICATIONS
Get updates when plans change or when your friends are up to something fun.
MAKE YOUR CALENDAR YOURS
Color-code and customize your calendar how you like.
SYNC YOUR CALENDARS & TIMELINES
Work, school, personal, social… it's all in one place, so nothing clashes.
UP NEXT WIDGETS
Stay on top of your upcoming plans and see what your friends are up to from your home screen.
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BUILT FOR REAL LIFE
For friend groups: check availability, lock in plans, actually see each other more.
For couples: stay in sync, plan dates faster, stop double-booking each other.
For families: track school runs, appointments, and weekends, all in one place.
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HOWBOUT+
Unlock more customization like colors and app themes, smarter planning tools, and get an all around better experience.
Your subscription will automatically renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in your App Store settings.
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I would put a five but there’s some things this app needs work on. Love it but wish it just had more options. Okay cus this feature is starting to get me really mad. I’m going to explain this as best as I can. When you click on a date then click on a time let’s use an example 4pm you can create a note on how long it will be and what it is right? Let’s say you put the time first before you put in the tittle , let’s say 4pm-8pm right? then you go click the color blue then click a tittle and type in work but by doing that it automatically goes to a color then it changed your time since it was originally 4:00pm - 8:00pm now it’s 4:00pm-8:30pm. Now when that starts doing that it makes me furious cus I be quick with my notes and sometimes don’t double check CUS I ALREADY SET THE DANG TIME. Why do I need to change it again? it genuinely makes this so much harder now I have to look back at all my notes to make sure it didn’t change the times on it. It Unfortunately made me late to work thinking I had the TIME right. But no it for some reason added 30 mins on the time I already set.
Developer Response
Thanks for the detailed feedback about the time setting bug! That sounds super frustrating, especially when it made you late for work 😔 Please reach out to support@howbout.app with more details so we can investigate this properly and get it sorted for you!
Great app!
Jennyyyy444
I’ve been using this for over a year now and it’s been great. There are always updates that are helpful. I LOOOOVVVVEEEEE using GIFS !!!!!!! I can’t express this enough. It is so fun. Such an amazing way to express plans. I like that it can connect the iphone calendar app because then I can automatically see any events from my sister. We use it so i can see when she is working. I also share with my friends to see when they are free. I like that I can see multiple people’s plans at the same time with different colors. There’s always something new coming out— like the summer wrapped?? Hilarious. Love love love this app. Only thing i wish is that I’d be able to log in on my ipad and my iphone at the same time. It disconnects when I log in on my ipad or different device, which isn’t a crazy big deal but still. Love this app. Super helpful. 5/5
Developer Response
Wow, this made our day! 🫶 Love hearing how you and your sister stay connected through work schedules and that you're having fun with GIFs - they really do make planning way more expressive! Multi-device login is definitely something we hear about and totally get why you'd want that flexibility. Drop us a line at features@howbout.app with your thoughts!Thanks for sticking with us for over a year and for all the love 😌
Inclusivity made easy; less time planning, more time doing
rdkenyon
While Howbout easily attracts the planner in your group, it may be even better for the people who HATE planning. This app makes planning and getting a group together easy so you can spend less time planning and more time having fun with friends! Perhaps the greatest benefit is the ease of connecting with people at your parties and other activities to be able to include them in your next plans. Easy to be inclusive and branch out with Howbout—like Meet Up but at a micro level, how most friends and connections are made. Excited to see how this app evolves, particularly with tools to help remember the great moments!
Developer Response
This review 🥹🥹 We love to see that Howbout is both for the people who love planning and those who just want to get it done quickly to get to the fun bit🕺 It’d be great to talk to you a little more about the tools to remember moments that you have in mind, just drop us an email at features@howbout.app 🫶
Duplicates annoying
Sunnie1ee
Calendar functionality could be better for collaboration. The thing I find most fun is the updates and reacting to them, but the calendar itself is so tiny and ours immediately filled up with a bunch of duplicates, such as people having multiple "busy" items on the same day/overlapping times, and multiple people making the same event instead of it merging into one. And there are only four of us. Since you can only see four items at a time (because there's only one calendar view) it's kind of pointless to have anymore than four items per day or else you can't actually see what people are doing at a glance. I think the 'busy' feature in general is kind of pointless and clutters everything- I wish I could at least hide it. If this and duplicates could be dealt with it would be a lot better! A weak view would also be great.
Developer Response
Thanks for the detailed feedback! To merge mutual plans, toggle this on in the settings, this will help de-clutter your calendar 🫶 We don't have a 'busy' feature, but this is what you'll see when a friend has decided not to share the details of a plan with you. Drop us a line at feedback@howbout.app if you have more thoughts!
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Version 16.1.0
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