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Howbout: shared calendar
Howbout · 18,545 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 45 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"friends"
12 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DOWNLOAD TIMETREE INSTEAD! This app makes you invite friends before you can even try the service. this means you already gave them your phone number and you cant even use the service before making your friends sign up and now they have to p…" - Chrissy Marie
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"phone"
9 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I couldn't log in with my phone number, why?" - Guāng Yuān
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"invite"
8 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "i hate how i still have to invite someone before i can use the app, very dissapointing and definitely annoying." - Khate aizel Adelino
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"number"
7 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I couldn't log in with my phone number, why?" - Guāng Yuān
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"phone number"
7 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I couldn't log in with my phone number, why?" - Guāng Yuān
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"work"
7 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this app no longer works on my phone" - Aubriona Reeves
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"people"
7 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Rewuires adding more people to "unlock" the calendar. I just wanted a shared calendar for my household, not this pathetic excuse for a chain letter. Garbage." - Quintillus 54
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"without"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I shouldn't have to provide a phone number in order to use the app. A phone number isn't needed to keep it "secure". My google account info is the very most you would need. update to developer: there's no need for me to email you. You can u…" - Account Email
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"friend"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "DOWNLOAD TIMETREE INSTEAD! This app makes you invite friends before you can even try the service. this means you already gave them your phone number and you cant even use the service before making your friends sign up and now they have to p…" - Chrissy Marie
10
"calendar"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I need to invite a friend(s) to use the calendar app to even work. If I can give 0 stars, I would." - Carmí Mendez
📋 All 45 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
I couldn't log in with my phone number, why?
this app no longer works on my phone
i hate how i still have to invite someone before i can use the app, very dissapointing and definitely annoying.
DOWNLOAD TIMETREE INSTEAD! This app makes you invite friends before you can even try the service. this means you already gave them your phone number and you cant even use the service before making your friends sign up and now they have to put in their phone number too. I got to that step and just immediately undownloaded it. left a bad taste in my mouth and went to reddit to find other good recommendations such as the free app timetree which doesnt make u jump thru hoops to use its service.
I've tried using multiple numbers, but they keep declining it, even though they're from different companies. what do I do? :(
won't let me join unless I get a friend to join. this is corrupt bro. fix this.
I need to invite a friend(s) to use the calendar app to even work. If I can give 0 stars, I would.
stop being so desperate for downloads bro and make the app actually work
make it make sense, im 2010 but cant use the app? but 2009 can? ok... calender app btw
Rewuires adding more people to "unlock" the calendar. I just wanted a shared calendar for my household, not this pathetic excuse for a chain letter. Garbage.
Requires you to share with friends in order to use the app, awful design. Practically like a pyramid scheme.
make an app wjere everyone can access it for free not some paywall bs
delete my details
absolutely rubbish. u can open the app if friends dont download and signed up as well. who came up with idea like that. do not download it, plenty of others out there.
The app does not work on Android. It lets me put my number in, it lets me verify my phone number, but once I get to the email screen it doesn't let me progress from there. And it lags and glitches my phone once I try to leave the app. I've uninstalled, I've restarted, I've cleared storage and cache. It does not work.
after trying to sign up for this app, I have been getting non stop spam phone calls. not sure if its related, or a very big coincidence
worst app ever •Does not allow any South African numbers •Tried 3!!!different numbers (still didn't work) •I don't recommend this app at all!
bad app they want you to promote them by sending their link to others. I couldn't even do what the app is for because I needed to send their stupid link to 3 people before I could actually do anything on the app.
Poor Design I understand it's a calendar targeted towards friends. But needing a friend code to even access the app is very weird. Also, that doesn't even work. I've tried invite codes as well, and I can't even get on the app through my friends.
I don't like that it makes you invite friends before being able to check out the different features. It feels kind of spammy. I'm open to changing my review if they change this, but at the moment this prevents me from determining whether I would use this app.
Can't evaluate this app because it's not usable without inviting someone first. Not going to harass people to install an app just so I can evaluate it and MAYBE use it together later.
i put in my phone number and it won't even let me make an account. it tells me to use a legitimate android or iPhone. I have an android and it still won't accept my number. i live in the US too!!
I don't like the fact that you need to send this app to your friends and the only way for the app to work is for your friends to accept 🙄😒like what is I don't have friends or my friends are always offline?😒
Requiring EVERY person to add 3 friends before they're allowed to even use the app is stupid and ridiculous. You have lost approximately 11 potential customers among my group of friends who were unable to join due to this policy. It's terrible.
I have to pay to add a widgit to my homescreen? seriously?
You will get charged, even you only have the free version, and then get told its not them that bills you!!
I wanted this app to have a shared calendar for my husband and myself. Apparently I need to invite 3 different "friends" and it didn't even count my husband as 1. Because I can't get past the choose 3 friends screen it's completely useless to me. Uninstalled. Thanks for nothing.
horrible App
Really tried to get people to use this app, through all the image sending issues etc, the thing that killed it was sending notifications to friends for things they weren't invited to. That's surely the biggest no no, telling everyone things they're not invited to. We're lucky it didn't cause a row really. The privacy settings are too confusing if that's what the problem was. Group gave up with it, back to messenger chats
app is useless. to "unlock" the app for free it requires you to send invite to friends, well when I went to do that it says "oops something went wrong" like it's forcing you to pay for the app instead. that's a scammy way to run an app, uninstalled immediately!
at the moment it's a 1, my friend slove it but someone is using my phone number so I can not get into the app.
Stupid glitch won't let my grandmother add her acount to mine and my moms calander. it sends a verification code that was never asked for
I don't like the fact that you can only join if you get a friend to join. why are we forcing people to join?
you forced me to update and now the app doesn't launch. thanks.
STUPID APP
you need a phone number and you cant use without it
Невозможно зайти, не присылает код на телефон
I shouldn't have to provide a phone number in order to use the app. A phone number isn't needed to keep it "secure". My google account info is the very most you would need. update to developer: there's no need for me to email you. You can update the apps without me needing to write you
back button doesn't work horrible interface cluttered af
was 4 stars now 2, its gotten worse to use over time. Events wont delete for others when deleted by creator among other weird glitches/changes.
I kinda have a problem of unlocking the app. I was planning on using it alone with no friends since where im from this is actually not that known so I don't know people who uses this app, I hope there's an option where you can unlock it without Inviting anyone 'cause I honestly don't want any of my friends to feel forced just because I want to be on the app
Cool Idea, terrible execution. Every time I try to enter an event, it screws me over. Changes the date, the time, whatever. I shouldn't have to enter it four times to get it in there properly. Data entry is literally the first thing that is taught to programmers. Not to mention that you have this fuction here that allows you to use commonly labeled events' names, but you couldn't bother pulling the frequently used time associated with said event title? Come on.
Cannot test the app without someone else signing up. That in itself feels sketchy.
the fact they make it so you have to PAY to have the app open to the calendar instead of the updates is insulting. purposely making the app worse to try to make people pay is pathetic. they made it open to a place they know most users don't want to open to.
the app seem perf in the tiktok ad but wdym "share with 3 friends " like dawg I only have 1 fix this cause nothing was shown on the ad to invite 3 friends and this (i think) is a form of false advertising 🥰
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Negative (1-2★)