Honestly? Trying to keep up with your friends sucks. It can feel pretty much impossible.

Even worse? You find yourself juggling a hundred different apps and calendars and calculating complicated maths equations to find one day everyone is free. And then there’s still someone who forgets to let everyone know when they’re free. Yeah, miss me with that.

It’s almost like there needs to be one app just to see what your friends are up to, find what they’re doing, and get together with friends… 😏

How are people keeping up with their friends?

How are you finding time to catch up with friends? How do you stay connected with them? It gets complicated pretty quickly and it’s 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 make plans with friends in the group chat. It takes (at least) 1,000 back-and-forth messages to find a time when everyone is free - even then the conversations get sidetracked by people sending gifs or asking random questions, and suddenly you’re back to square one 😭

Real life kicks in

It sucks 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 you decide on a plan, 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 stay connected with your friends, 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 keep up with everything (even though we’re lowkey impressed).

At this point, it feels like the only way to actually make plans and keep up with friends 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 actually keep up with friends - see what they're up to, what they have going on, and who they really are🕺

Share calendars

Add what you’ve got going on to the calendar and share it with friends. You can sync and share your calendar or availability with your friends to see what they’re up to, keep in the loop of what they’re doing, and easily find a time that works best. Easily drop in a plan directly to the calendar and stay connected with your friends 🫡

Friends-only feed

Forget about sponsored posts and ads taking up your feed space. Stay in the loop with everything your friends are adding to their calendar on the activity feed. Howbout's the only app that lets you keep your friends updated on the stuff they actually want to see - how they spend their time.

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 photos or gifs to make your plans and invites way more ✨aesthetically pleasing✨

Share polls

You can find when works best for your friends by sending them polls. 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 automatically has 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 photos and videos with the group 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, keep in the loop with each other and spend more time together. Howbout is 100% free and available on iOS and Android.

Get the app now!