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Howbout: Shared Calendar

by Howbout

4.7
ANDROIDSocial

Howbout is the ultimate **shared calendar** app designed for friends. Easily coordinate plans, share availability, and stay updated on everyone's activities. Color-code events, chat within the app, and customize your calendar to reflect your unique style.

Detailed Review

Howbout is the #1 **shared calendar** app designed for friends, making planning fun and easy. It's the app you've seen all over TikTok, featured by Apple, Business Insider, BBC, and more. Millions are already using Howbout to stay connected. With Howbout, you can easily share calendars with friends and use group planners to keep up with everyone's activities. Color-code events for easy organization and add notes, reminders, descriptions, locations, alerts, polls, memos, countdowns, and fun header pictures or GIFs to your plans. See and manage friends’ schedules and availability to find the best times to meet. Customize your calendar with profile pictures and colors that fit your personality. Control your privacy settings for each event, group, or friend. Chat within the app using built-in group chats and DMs. Stay updated with notifications about friends’ calendar updates, activity, and new events. See all your friends' latest plans and updates on the activity feed. React to friends' events and updates to show you care. Sync calendars from other apps like Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Microsoft Outlook Calendar. Add a widget to your home screen to see your daily plans and events. Share pictures and videos directly in calendar events, chats, and groups. Invite anyone easily with a link. Howbout simplifies **social planning** and keeps everyone in the loop.

Key Features

  • Share calendars easily with friends and groups.
  • Color-code events and customize your calendar.
  • Sync calendars from other apps like Google Calendar.

Why Users Love It

Simplifies group event planning
Enhances social connections

Perfect for: Students, young adults, and social groups seeking a fun and easy way to coordinate schedules and stay connected.

Screenshots

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Current Rank

#50

Best Rank

#50

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Average Rank

#50

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User Reviews

Chaos Ex
Aug 17, 2025

Cute app! Like it better than some competitors I've tried before. My one thing is that it could use a widget, maybe one as functional as the Google calendars widget? The sign up process is also a smidge annoying. I have a timezone difference with friends so waiting for one to wake up so I could even start messing with it in the first place was :/ And I don't like that I had to essentially force them to create an account. What if I had just wanted to test it myself before recommending it to them?

Emily
Jul 8, 2025

contacted the devs about an issue/with a few suggestions and they replied really promptly. app is really easy to use and takes the aggro out of finding a date where your friends a free. defo recommend it. I've only ever used the free version btw I don't even know if there's a paid version it's that good

Jess
Sep 15, 2025

really enjoy how easy and simple it is to use, The sign up process is a bit annoying as it took a few hours for me to be able to join but aside from that. There aren't any ads or paywalls. My only quif is that the colors are too similar and when you have a big group they tend to look the same. Wish we could use a color spectrum or just be able to have a wider variety of colors instead of 5 green 2 blue 1 orange and 4 pinks and a red

Nalu Stratton
Jun 29, 2025

So intuitive and easy to use, and no bloat getting in the way of coordinating! Only used it for a few minutes and it just helped me and my wife organize our next few months activities.

Lydia Dalby
Jul 13, 2025

This is so easy to use! Great for coordinating diaries and knowing when everyone is free. Set up group events for everyone to see.

App Details

Developer

Howbout

Platform

android

Rating

4.7

Last Updated

10/15/2025