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Flok vs Shared Calendars

The usual fix for “when is everyone free?” is a shared Google or Apple calendar. But to see your free days, everyone has to hand over their whole calendar — every event, title, and location.

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Shared calendars are built for people who already share everything: a household, a team, a family. You subscribe to each other’s calendars, and now everyone can see everyone’s events in full detail. For coordinating a workplace, that’s the point.

For a group of friends, it’s too much. Nobody actually wants to publish their whole calendar to the group — and even Google’s “free/busy only” sharing has to be set up per person, still ties busy blocks to you, and gives you no ranking of the days that work for the whole group. You end up eyeballing five overlapping calendars by hand anyway.

Flok vs Shared Calendars, side by side

Shared Calendars

  • Share the whole calendar: to reveal your free days, friends see every event, title, and location.
  • Set up per person: everyone has to subscribe to everyone, and keep it current.
  • No best-date ranking: you still eyeball overlapping free time across several calendars by hand.
  • Built for work and family: it’s the wrong level of trust and detail for a friend group.

With Flok

  • Free or busy, never why: your flok sees that a day is blocked — never a calendar, an event, or a reason.
  • Nothing to share or subscribe to: Flok never connects to your personal calendar at all.
  • Best dates rank themselves: the days that work for the most people rise to the top automatically.
  • Made for friend groups: trips, dinners, and hangouts — not a shared work calendar.

Flok vs Shared Calendars: FAQ

Can I see when friends are free without sharing my calendar?

Yes — that’s exactly what Flok is for. Everyone marks the days they can’t do, and Flok shows the group’s free days without anyone sharing or connecting a calendar.

Does Flok connect to Google Calendar or Apple Calendar?

No, by design. Flok never reads your personal calendar. You mark your busy days yourself, and friends see only free-or-busy — never events, titles, or reasons.

Why not just share a Google Calendar with friends?

To reveal your free days that way, friends see your whole calendar in detail, it has to be set up per person, and you still have to compare everyone’s free time by hand. Flok keeps it private and ranks the best group dates automatically.

Is Flok free?

Yes — free to download and use on iPhone and Android.

Plan your next thing with your flok.

Free on iPhone and Android. Your group, the days that work, no polls.