Howbout: shared calendar

4.7
13.4K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Howbout is the #1 shared calendar app made for friends ✨

Because calendars don’t need to be boring. Your plans are fun, and your calendar should be too.

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This is that app you’ve seen all over TikTok.

Not ā€˜Howabout shared calendar’, not ā€˜How bout social calendar’, not ā€˜HowBout the social shared calendar’, not ā€˜How about a calendar?’, and not ā€˜Howbbout’... we're Howbout, and we're the absolute best shared calendar for friends.

Millions of people are already on Howbout - you should be too.

Also featured by Apple, Business Insider, BBC, MailOnline, TechCrunch and more!

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SHARED CALENDAR šŸ“…
- Easy group calendar sharing with shared calendars & group planners to keep up with what friends are doing

COLOR-CODE EVENTS šŸŽØ
- Organise your calendar plans at a glance and choose colors for each of your friends’ shared calendars too

MAKE PLANS šŸ‘Æā€ā™€ļø
- Actually get plans out of the group chat and keep all the details together; add notes, reminders, descriptions, locations, alerts, polls, memos, countdowns, and fun header pictures or gifs too

SHARE AVAILABILITY 🚦
- See and manage friends’ schedules, calendars & availability; easily find when everyone’s free and see when they’re busy

CUSTOMIZE & MAKE IT YOURS šŸ’…
- Add a profile picture, choose colors that fit your personality, set up your Howbout calendar with anything that makes you you!

CHOOSE WHO SEES WHAT šŸ”’
- Set your sharing and privacy settings for any event, group, or friend - you control what’s visible in your calendar

CHAT, CHAT, CHAT šŸ’¬
- Every plan & group has a built-in group chat, and of course DMs too - your planning & messaging in one place

GET NOTIFICATIONS šŸ””
- Stay up to date with friends’ calendar updates, activity, reactions, and new events - you can choose and control your notifications

FRIENDS-ONLY ACTIVITY FEED šŸ“°
- See all your friends' latest plans, updates and activity on the feed (we’re all for snooping)

SEND REACTS šŸ˜
- Show friends you care by reacting to their new events, updates, plans, and everything your friends are doing

SYNC CALENDARS šŸ”„
- Already use a different calendar (like for your work, shift, school or class schedules & timetables or rota?) - sync it all into your Howbout calendar

CALENDAR INTEGRATIONS šŸ”Œ
- You can sync in any calendar on your phone to Howbout - Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook Calendar, even subscribed calendars, like artist tour schedules, sports team calendars, moon & horoscope calendars - anything your heart desires!

ADD A WIDGET 🧩
- Use the widget to keep up with your schedule; see all your daily plans & events on your home screen without opening the app

SHARE PICS & VIDS šŸ“ø
- Send pictures & videos directly in calendar events, chats, and groups

SEND INVITES šŸ’Œ
- Invite anyone easily with a link

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Bored of keeping up with your friends on Howbout? Keep up with us instead: @howbout_app on socials, hello@howbout.app on email
Updated on
9 Oct 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Messages and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
13.2K reviews
Simone Robinson-Stevens
10 October 2025
I love this app! It's been great to use with my partner since we're in a long-distance relationship, and it's super fun to add personal photos and messages. Recently, there's been some glitches I've noticed. I try to change the time on events I make, and for some reason it jumps the time back by a couple of hours (I'll put "3pm-4pm," but it saves as "12-1pm"??) Also, I created a new event with a chosen photo, but when I click create, it'll put a gif on it instead?? Really hope this gets fixed!
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Paul Kleinert
1 October 2025
It's a good app, does what you expect it to. I use it for my wife and myself to plan. We have included friends in the past but they're hesitant to use it. I dropped the score by two stars because I've reached out to support multiple times about changing phone number with no response. This app only uses your phone number for an account without any backup recovery option. Don't change your phone number!!
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Howbout
8 October 2025
Hey! So sorry we missed your messages about changing your phone number 😌 We respond to all support requests, so we're really sorry that you got missed. Please can you forward your emails onto support@howbout.app and we'll get you sorted ASAP!
Jess
15 September 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
7 people found this review helpful
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Howbout
16 September 2025
So glad you're loving the no-ads experience! 😌 We hear you on the color variety - that feedback is super helpful and I've passed it along to our product team. Thanks for sticking with us through the sign-up process! For any other thoughts, drop us a line at feedback@howbout.app 🫶

What's new

Nothing to see here: just some minor improvements and bug fixes ✨