Honestly, trying to make plans with your friends sucks. It can feel pretty much impossible.

Even worse? You find yourself juggling a load of different apps and calendars and calculating complicated maths equations just to find a date that works. And then there’s still someone who can’t make it. Yeah, miss me with that.

It’s almost like there needs to be one app just to see what your friends are up to, make plans and organise things to do with your entire friend group… 😏

How are people making plans with their friends?

What are they doing to find time to get together? How do you invite people to your events? It gets complicated pretty quickly and it’s so hard to keep up with it all. It takes way more effort than it should and here’s why…

The group chat madness

We’ve all been there when you try to plan an event in the group chat. Whether it’s a quick drink or a holiday, it takes (at least) 1,000 back-and-forth messages to find a time when everyone is free.

The conversations get sidetracked by people sending gifs or asking random questions, and suddenly you’re back to square one 😭

Real life kicks in

That moment when you realise that all your friends have lives and they’re always busy… 😳 People don’t answer fast enough (or at all) and you’re left wondering if you should wait for a response or go ahead without them.

When the stars finally align and a plan is decided, it still gets lost in the group chat. You end up manically scrolling or searching for random words to find the details. Then, of course, there’s always that one person who still says “so what’s the plan again guys?”... 🙄

So many apps…

You’re trying to get everyone together but there are just so many things that you need to make that happen.

Flipping between your phone calendar, your group chats (on iMessage, Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp, Snap…), your social media, your notes, your maps, downloading new apps to create polls, keeping track of itineraries… the list is never-ending 😣. Most tragic? The Excel guy building a spreadsheet with formulas and calculations to try to find everyone’s availability (even though we’re lowkey impressed).

At this point, it feels like the only way to actually find a time that works is by getting everyone together in one room… and then you’re back to where you started… trying to get your friends together… 😳

Enter Howbout: the social calendar to share time with friends 

With the Howbout app, you can easily see what your friends have got going on, make plans and spend more time together 🕺

Share calendars

You can sync and share your calendar or availability with your friends to see what they’re up to and easily find a time that works best. Easily drop in a plan directly to their calendar and get your plans out of the group chat. The question of who’s free and when is solved before you even have to ask 🫡

Each plan keeps all the details together

All the details of the plan are in one place so everyone knows exactly what’s going on. See the plan location and even click through directly to your maps so you can work out how to get there. You can also customise all your events with pictures or gifs to make your plans and invites way more ✨aesthetically pleasing✨

Share polls

You can find when works best for everyone by sending them polls and automatically see your availability when voting on polls to decide the best date or time.

Once the date’s sorted, you can also share polls to work out the other details, such as where to go for bottomless brunch or the getaway spot your friends are dying to visit 😎

Built-in chat for every plan

You don’t need a million new WhatsApp groups because every plan you make in Howbout will automatically have its own dedicated group chat. It’s the best way to keep conversations and details together without the constant spamming. And it’s a great way to share pictures and videos with the group too so you can relive those memories after the event!

Easily invite friends

Make responding super easy for your friends - they can easily be invited on the app or by sharing a quick link ⚡️

Ready to get your plans out of the group chat?

Howbout is the only app you need to get plans made with your friends and spend more time together. Howbout is 100% free and available on iOS and Android.

Get the app now!