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

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 Facebook events are outdated, not built for everyday plans and a lot of 20-30 year olds aren’t using them anymore.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

@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!

@amir_n1 Means a lot. Thanks for the feedback!

This is exactly what friends groups are missing nowadays!!

@claudia_whyte 100%! There are so many tools in the B2B world to make organising meetings quick or scheduling calendars easy, but nothing in the social space - until now!

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

@aiden_leeming Appreciate it Aiden.

It's easy to use and a great tool to share my schedule with friends and theirs with me so that we can take 90% of the stress of trying to organise plans away

Howbout

Social calendar app to easily make plans & find availability

Social calendar app to easily make plans & find availability

Howbout

Social calendar app to easily make plans & find availability

Social calendar app to easily make plans & find availability

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