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Best Social Planning Apps for iPhone (2026)

13 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Howbout: shared calendar is the top-ranked of 13 social planning apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 51,040 ratings.

  1. 1
    Howbout: shared calendarS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 51,040 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    buggg: make plans with friendsA
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 21 ratings · score 86
  3. 3
    Kndrd: Make Friends IRLA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,236 ratings · score 83
  4. 4
    Lual: Calendar for FriendsA
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 6 ratings · score 81
  5. 5
    Dibs: Make PlansA
    Free · ★ 5.0 · 2 ratings · score 81

What belongs in this list

Plan get-togethers and activities with friends and settle on a time and place.

Not here: a social media post planner alone; a school planner alone; a party planning checklist alone; a budget planner alone; a group chat alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Howbout
A
bugggKndrdLualDibs
B
WTM?Saturn
C
FriendsReal Friends
D
RibbonMeet'em
F
picnic-makeBizzy

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Howbout: shared calendarS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 51,040 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    buggg: make plans with friendsA
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 21 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  3. 3
    Kndrd: Make Friends IRLA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,236 ratings · score 83 · excellent
  4. 4
    Lual: Calendar for FriendsA
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 6 ratings · score 81 · excellent · provisional
  5. 5
    Dibs: Make PlansA
    Free · ★ 5.0 · 2 ratings · score 81 · excellent · provisional
  6. 6
    WTM? - Make Plans, Not ExcusesB
    Free + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 6 ratings · score 78 · good · provisional
  7. 7
    Saturn CalendarB
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 67,859 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
  8. 8
    Friends CalendarC
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 21 ratings · score 70 · situational
  9. 9
    Real Friends AppC
    Free · ★ 5.0 · 3 ratings · score 61 · situational · provisional
  10. 10
    RibbonD
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 65 ratings · score 58 · weak
  11. 11
    Meet'em: Availability CalendarD
    Free · ★ 1.0 · 1 ratings · score 53 · weak · provisional
  12. 12
    picnic-make plans with friendsF
    Free · ★ 2.5 · 2 ratings · score 47 · avoid · provisional
  13. 13
    Bizzy - Plan, Schedule, ChatF
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 21 ratings · score 47 · avoid

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Questions people ask

What is the best social planning app for iPhone?
Howbout: shared calendar, S tier, ranked #1 of 13, rated 4.8 by 51,040 people.
Which social planning apps are free?
13 of 13 are free to download: Howbout: shared calendar (S), buggg: make plans with friends (A), Kndrd: Make Friends IRL (A), Lual: Calendar for Friends (A) and more. 3 of them sell in-app purchases. 9 report no in-app purchases.
Which social planning app has the best App Store rating?
Howbout: shared calendar at 4.8 from 51,040 ratings.
How many social planning apps reach S or A tier?
5 of 13. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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