Howbout

Name: Howbout
Rating: 4.0 (1 reviews)

Social calendar app to easily make plans & find availability

4.0•1 review•

5 followers

Social calendar app to easily make plans & find availability

4.0•1 review•

5 followers

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Organising plans sucks...so we fixed it. Howbout is a free iOS & Android app that lets you: 🥳 easily organise any social plan ⏰ instantly find when you're all free 📅 share calendars with friends 💬 chat on every event 📫 invite anyone on or off the app

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Launch tags:Android•iOS•Productivity

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Fantastic App, saves me countless hours of planning and removes the hassle of organising things to do with my friends.

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4yr ago

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Maker

@aiden_leeming Appreciate it Aiden.

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4yr ago

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Maker

Hi Product Hunt! I’m really excited to share Howbout - an app that makes organising plans with friends easy. My co-founders and I got so fed up with how difficult it was organising anything after university - no matter if it was a quick beer, dinner party or group trip, everything was suddenly so much harder to plan. It’s a hassle trying to find a date everyone’s free, agree what the plan is and keep on top of the details - and the pandemic has only made this worse because spontaneous socialising is now so much harder as everything needs to be planned and booked. We saw a huge gap in the market for a product that could help users instantly find when their friends are free, easily organise plans and keep on top of everything they’ve got going on. Facebook events are outdated, not built for everyday plans and a lot of 20-30 year olds aren’t using them anymore. Doodle has awful UX and is limited to only part of the planning problem. WhatsApp is how most plans are made, but the lack of structure, purpose-built planning features and calendar integration makes it a poor planning tool. We had the idea back in 2015 but to be honest were too scared to go for it - we’d just graduated and were focused on new careers. In 2019 my Mum passed away from cancer and it completely changed my mentality. We each left our jobs and launched Howbout in August 2020! The app is totally free (no ads, no subscriptions) and is available worldwide on iOS and Android. Really excited to hear your feedback. Happy planning! Neil

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4yr ago

@neil_tanna have to say I think you’ve built something special dude. It feels like magic when it finds a date and time with your buddies and tbh you double check and it’s legit real! Love the work guys, keep it up!

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4yr ago

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Maker

@amir_n1 Means a lot. Thanks for the feedback!

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4yr ago

Howbout let’s me focus on things I actually enjoy about meeting up in big groups by streamlining admin. I’m no scientist, but less admin = more happy.

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4yr ago

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Maker

@sam_willing Glad it's working for you Sam, thanks for sharing! 🙌

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4yr ago

I've always been able to rely on Calendly/Google Calendar for work. But scheduling personal events has always been a huge pain. Thank you for fixing this in one fell swoop! I really don't miss multi-day Whatsapp chats to get together.

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4yr ago

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Maker

@sameer_singh7 Exactly Sameer, there's been so little innovation in the calendar space for our personal lives. It's about time someone socialised the calendar and made it as easy to organise your social life as it is to manage your work diary!

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4yr ago

Now my girlfriend and I can organise things with family and friends via our synced calendar and I never get in trouble for forgetting what we're up to!

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4yr ago

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Maker

@hazzlewis Sample size of 1 but it's definitely helped me stay out of the dog house lately 😂

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4yr ago

I can't believe this app didn't already exist, it's a no brainer for social planning! Howbout makes it so easy to plan events with friends and family.

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4yr ago

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Maker

@jamesfarnhill Best thing about it is it's solving a problem everyone knows exists - we never need to convince someone that organising on WhatsApp is an awful experience! Howbout helps make planning a lot quicker and easier for everyone.

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4yr ago

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Maker

Since we launched this app, it's genuinely changed my social life (and stress levels) for the better! Proud to have got this out there into the world 💪

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4yr ago

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