GatherBug

Getting things ready…

Get the plansout of thegroup chat.

Get Together

GatherBug helps your group find the best day and time to get together.

Share availabilityChoose the blocks that generally work.
Find the dateSee everyone together on one group calendar.
Set the GatheringNarrow down the time only when you need to.

Your Gatherings

Gatherings created on this device.

✦ GATHERBUG PLUS

A plan for every Gathering.

Keep it simple, or make more room for your plans.

FeaturesFree✦ Plus
Price$0$4.99/month
or $39.99/year
Gatherings per month3Unlimited
Participants per Gathering6 guests + organizerUnlimited
Gathering durationUp to 6 hoursUp to 3 weeks
Whole-day or time-block availability✓✓
Invites, reminders & saved history✓✓
Custom invitation photos & cropping—✓
Duplicate previous Gatherings—✓
Reusable Gathering templates—✓

Guests always participate for free, without creating an account. Saved templates can be reused whenever you need them; new invitations are created manually.

Start a Gathering

What’s the plan?

How long will the Gathering last?

This is the length of the event—not the range of dates you're considering.

Guests select the dates that work for them.

Make it yours✦ GatherBug Plus

Add your own photo or logo to the invitation guests receive.

JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 2 MB.

Your email is used for Gathering updates.

Everyone can still see the Group Calendar and overall availability. This setting controls whether participants can see who selected individual availability blocks.

Choose possible dates to offer your group. These do not change the length of your Gathering.

Select the first and last possible date. Guests will see all dates between them.

Your availability

Tap the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening blocks that generally work for you.

Your Gathering is ready!

Share this link with your group so they can add their availability.

You’re invited

Add your availability

Help choose the time

Tap the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening blocks that generally work for you.

Choose as many or as few as you’d like.

People can respond without creating an account.

Current group availabilityTap the times that work for you. Your picks will show in darker green.

You can update your availability later.

Thank you for adding your availability!

Click See Group Calendar to see when other participants are available.

Group Calendar

lighterdarker = more available

Participants

Planning something else?

Send a Nudge

Give the group a friendly reminder.

Set the Gathering

Choose the best date.

Choose the strongest option from the Group Calendar, then decide how the start time should be handled.

Option 1

Set the Gathering with a start time

Choose the exact start time yourself and finalize the Gathering now.

or
Option 2

Set the Gathering without a start time

Confirm the date and duration now. The Gathering will show “Start time to be decided,” and you can add it later.

or
Option 3

Let the group choose the start time

Set the possible range, share your own available start times first, and then send the link to the group.

We picked the day!

Choose Start Times

What time could the Gathering start?

Tap any of the start times that work for you.

Choose as many or as few as you’d like.

People can respond without creating an account.

You’re choosing possible start times—not your full availability window.

Current group availabilityTap the times that work for you. Your picks will show in darker green.

You can update your availability later.

Thank you for submitting your start times!

Start-Time Results

Choosing the Time
lighterdarker = more available

Participants

Planning something else?

Organizer tool

Add someone’s availability.

Enter availability someone shared by text, phone, or in person.

Current group availabilityTap the times that work for them. Their picks will show in darker green.

Stage 2

Edit the time range.

Responses that still fall inside the new range are preserved. Responses outside the active range are simply hidden.

Edit Gathering

Invitation photo✦ GatherBug Plus

Crop or replace your invitation photo.

Availability on dates that remain selected is preserved. Removed dates are hidden from the active calendar.

The Gathering is set!

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Planning something else?

Share the Gathering

Share your Gathering

Copy the link, email it, or share it with another app.

Delete Gathering

Delete “”?

This permanently removes the Gathering and its participant responses. Existing Gathering links will stop working.

This cannot be undone.

Add to Calendar

Your GatherBug account

Sign in to GatherBug.

Create a free account to organize a Gathering. Invited guests can respond using their link without signing in.

Delete this template?

This removes the reusable template, not any existing Gatherings.

✦ GatherBug Plus

Save as a template

Keep the gathering details for next time. Dates, participants, and availability won't be saved.

✦ GatherBug Plus

Make more room for your plans.

Longer Gatherings and personalized invitations are available with GatherBug Plus.

Everything included with GatherBug Plus:

  • Unlimited Gatherings and participants
  • Longer plans, full days, and multi-day adventures
  • Custom invitation photos or logos, with cropping and editing
  • Saved Gathering history
  • Duplicate previous Gatherings and save reusable templates
  • Guests join for free—no account required

Your Gathering details will be kept while you sign in or upgrade. Guests still participate for free.

My GatherBug profile

Make GatherBug feel like yours.

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Choose a photo to crop, zoom, and position.

Membership & Billing

Checking membership…

Private dashboard

GatherBug Stats

A quick look at how GatherBug is being used.

This Gathering has been cancelled.

The plans are off for now.

Adjust invitation photo

Drag the photo to reposition it, then zoom until the crop looks right.

Adjust profile photo

Drag to reposition, then zoom to fit your face inside the circle.

Your image is saved as a square and displayed as a circle.