Howbout: shared calendar
Description
The #1 shared calendar built for friends. Loved by millions. Over 2 billion views on TikTok. See when your friends are free and make plans instantly. No more back-and-forth. No more “when works for you?” Featured by BBC, TechCrunch, and more. (And yes — it works for couples, families, and everyone else too.) … PLANNING WITH FRIENDS SHOULDN’T TAKE THIS MUCH EFFORT You want to see your friends more, but coordinating and finding a day everyone’s free feels impossible. The hundreds of messages. The back-and-forth. The “are you free?” loops that go nowhere. Howbout takes all of that off your plate. So instead of juggling conversations and trying to piece things together in your head… you can just open the app and see what’s possible — and actually make your plans happen .… WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH HOWBOUT SEE WHEN EVERYONE’S FREE No guessing. No confusing spreadsheets. Just open the app and know. SCHEDULE PLANS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN Create 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. MAKE YOUR CALENDAR YOURS Color-code and customize your calendar however you like. SYNC YOUR CALENDARS & TIMELINES Work, school, personal — all in one place, so nothing clashes. GET MORE ON TOP OF YOUR LIFE Less to remember. Less to organize. More time for the people you care about. STAY IN THE KNOW WITH WIDGETS View your schedule and events instantly on your home screen with widgets. SHARE PICS & VIDS Send pictures and videos directly in calendar events, chats, and groups. SEE WHAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE UP TO Keep up with your friends’ plans and updates, so you’re always in the know about what they’re up to. … BUILT FOR REAL LIFE FOR FRIEND GROUPS Howbout is the ultimate shared calendar for friends, making group planning way easier. Check friends’ availability, schedule plans, and actually see each other more. FOR COUPLES The shared calendar for couples who want to stay in sync. See what your partner’s doing, plan dates faster, and stop double-booking each other. FOR FAMILIES Howbout is the best shared calendar for families — making it easier to keep track of plans and stay organized. Track school runs, appointments, family plans, and weekends, and see what everyone’s doing at a glance. … WHAT PEOPLE SAY "This app makes planning and getting a group together easy so you can spend less time planning and more time having fun with friends!" — rdkenyon "This app is AMAZING for creating events and sharing them with your spouse, friends, family, etc. Very easy to use and understand." — Echo Beard Download Howbout and start seeing your friends more. … CONTACT US We’d love to hear from you: hello@howbout.app Follow us: @howbout_app HOWBOUT+ You can access bonus features to enhance your Howbout calendar experience with a Howbout+ subscription. 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. PRIVACY & TERMS https://howbout.app/privacy https://howbout.app/terms
What's New
We’ve made it even easier to get your home screen looking aesthetic. You can now find a brand new widget entry point right inside your Settings, making it quicker than ever to discover and set up your Howbout widgets!
Details
- Developer
- Howbout Ltd.
- Main Category
- Social Networking
- Version
- 15.3.0
- Version Release
- 2026-06-30
- Initial Release
- 2019-11-30
- Size
- 146 MB
- Age Rating
- 12+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- app.zyng
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.83 (47,312)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-07-19
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
Free Rankings
Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — Social-Networking Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Threads | Free | ★ 4.64 | 2,097,246 | 31 | 2026-07-16 |
| 2 | Free | ★ 4.52 | 27,257,898 | 32 | 2026-07-14 | |
| 3 | WhatsApp Messenger | Free | ★ 4.69 | 18,268,872 | 39 | 2026-07-14 |
| 4 | Life360: Family Safety & GPS | Free | ★ 4.79 | 2,959,626 | 21 | 2026-07-14 |
| 5 | Telegram Messenger | Free | ★ 4.01 | 274,957 | 19 | 2026-07-15 |
| 6 | Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out | Free | ★ 4.70 | 3,491,255 | 1 | 2026-07-13 |
| 7 | Messenger | Free | ★ 4.66 | 13,042,637 | 29 | 2026-07-14 |
| 8 | Google Meet | Free | ★ 4.76 | 2,332,296 | 54 | 2026-07-13 |
| 9 | TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited | Free | ★ 4.79 | 911,142 | 3 | 2026-07-14 |
| 10 | Widgetable: Besties & Couples | Free | ★ 4.92 | 375,997 | 15 | 2026-07-15 |
| 47 | Howbout: shared calendar | Free | ★ 4.83 | 47,312 | 1 | 2026-06-30 |
User Reviews
As someone who's constantly busy, and everyone keeps asking me when I'm up to this app has made it so much easier for me to not only share with my family, but my friends when I'm up to it makes my life so much easier
I use this app everyday as my personal calendar as well as a shared with my partner. I love how it remembers past events to make it easier to input the same event again.
It didn’t let me login in
I would recommend this for the most part. My biggest issue is syncing my google calendar. It takes really long to sync, like over 24 hours so that can be pretty frustrating. It also makes you send an invite to three people to join the app unless you have a referral which isn’t my favorite since I was only trying to share my calendar with one person. I’m not the biggest fan of the homepage but not an issue. But overall it’s a pretty good and cute app and I would recommend it still. Easy to use as well.
Forces you to invite friends before even trying the app
Ok. I load up the app and I press get started. I type my full number in and press continue but it doesn’t work. “Hm that’s weird” I say as I try again. Yet the same issue happens. I re downloaded this app and did the same thing but yet again, it won’t load. Fix your app!
I really love this app - it makes finding a time that works for me and my friends so much easier. The one thing it’s missing is better filtering. It’d be great if I could set up groups of friends and toggle their visibility on the calendar, plus send an invite to a whole preset group at once instead of picking one by one from a master list. TLDR: Great app, makes scheduling easy, just needs group features.
It’s cool i don’t like that you have to update it to get cool features but overall it’s a cool app, love getting to see my friends schedules.
This app has helped me keep so many of my days straight! I nanny and keep track of all my kiddos special events and so on with this amazing app!
you literally cant do ANYTHING if you dont have premium and i am not paying 40$ MONTHLY for a app for teenagers?
Love this app because of the features and how organized and easy it has genuinely made my life but not a fan of the constant glitches at times when you try to input a new event, it can get frustrating
So easyyy to see my schedule for the week and upcoming events 🩷🩷🩷
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