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#1 calendar app for shift work

Howbout is the shared calendar for shift workers that puts your work-life balance in one place. Easily share your schedule, see when friends are free, and track shifts alongside personal plans. Stop juggling screenshots of your roster and start seeing your month at a glance on iOS and Android.

Howbout app interface for shift workers, displaying a monthly roster with high-visibility event labels. The screenshot highlights the yours and friends' schedules, showing how the app automatically identifies free time for social plans between irregular work shifts.

Share calendars as a group

Share schedules with your friends on Howbout, perfect for shift workers to see friends’ upcoming shifts and days off easily, so planning is a breeze.

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Sync your shifts and your social life. Howbout’s visual calendar shows you your whole month of work rotations alongside friends' plans. It’s the easiest way to manage your roster personally and let your friends know exactly when you're free for those rare catch-ups.
Take control of your rotating roster. Howbout lets you visualize your work patterns alongside personal and social plans like 'Therapy,' 'Girls trip' and 'Study sessions.' With proactive 15-minute reminders, you can manage your time effectively and keep your friends updated on when you're off-duty.

Color-code all your categories

Use over 30+ colors on Howbout to separate shift blocks from your "me time." Having a visual map of your shifts helps you process exactly what’s next, so you can start maximizing your time off between shifts.

Keep your shifts top of mind

Use widgets to see your work-life balance on your home screen, making it easier to see your week and upcoming shifts at a glance, and when your next plan with friends is.

Howbout iOS home screen widgets for a shift worker, showing an October calendar with 'Late shift' blocks and a large 'Today' widget highlighting a 'Late shift 🙄' starting at 6:00 PM. The interface shows how shift workers can track work rotations, pilates, and cat-sitting while receiving motivational notifications for upcoming days off.
A mobile screenshot of the Howbout Instant Availability tool, cross-referencing five different calendars in real-time. This feature helps shift workers bypass planning paralysis by visualizing when a group is free for dinner or drinks without the back-and-forth texting.

Easily see free time between shifts

See your friends’ schedules and find overlap in your shifts for when everyone is free! Book in a time that works for the whole group, so you’re actually spending your days off with friends.

Planning around shifts is easy...

...on Howbout. Plan around everyone’s shift schedules, so tricky availability doesn’t stop you from seeing your friends. See who’s working, who’s off, what’s coming up, and the plans you still want to book — all in one shared calendar.

Stay in the loop, even on a rotating schedule. Howbout’s event pages give you all the info at a glance—location, who's going, and a dedicated chat. Whether you're coming straight from a night shift or heading out on an off-day, you have everything you need to join the fun without the stress.

Don't just hear it from us...

Is best app to use for daily life and for work as well to add all your working hours and days into a one agenda also all your events in daily life.

-Andrei M

really easy to set up, use and change. my business uses it as a calendar for work so all colleagues can see where we're working and what we're doing. such an improvement on a physical diary 5*

-Rachel Bould

super awesome app, helps keep me and the fam up to date on work schedules, outings, and more. love the gif on the background for plans!

-Cat Columbus

It’s an AMAZING scheduler wayyy better than my iPhones calendar. It’s so customizable and fun! I use it for my work schedules (I work 2 jobs.) I use it for plans with gfs and everything in between! Again, this app, to me, is perfect!

-luvxglo

Why Howbout?

7M+ downloads
2B+ views across socials
100+ countries
150M total events added
4.8/5
from 75k+ reviews
Make plans that actually happen. Join 5M+ users on Howbout to share calendars with friends, see live social feeds, and chat inside every event. Download for free.

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