LettuceMeet vs Timeful

LettuceMeet

• Study groups, clubs and teams picking a meeting time
• Organizers whose invitees should not need an account
• People who want to see their own calendar while marking availability

Timeful

• Groups choosing a meeting time without anyone creating an account
• Respondents who want to fill in availability from their own calendar
• Organizations that want to self-host an open-source scheduling poll

LettuceMeet

• Web only: the site lists no mobile or desktop app.
• Meetings can be edited only by registered users; guests who try are prompted to sign up.
• The cookie notice says marketing cookies are used to provide customized ads.
• The privacy policy in the app was last updated on April 24, 2018.

Timeful

• It runs in a web browser only; the site links to no desktop or mobile apps.
• Email notifications, reminders and showing responses only to the event creator all require signing in.
• Connecting Apple Calendar means generating an app-specific password for your Apple ID and entering it in Timeful.
• Availability groups, which track members' weekly availability, read it from Google Calendar only.

LettuceMeet

Availability polls shared by link

Pick a range of dates or a single day and the hours to choose between, then share the meeting link. Everyone's availability is overlaid so the best slot is easy to spot.

Guest responses

People can continue as a guest to add their availability without signing up. An email address given by a guest is used only for updates about that meeting.

Google and Outlook calendar connection

Registered users can connect a Google or Outlook calendar to see their events underneath the grid while filling in availability. LettuceMeet says it never stores event information.

Group and one-on-one meetings

A meeting is created as Group, for three or more people, or as One on One, for the organizer and one other person. The One on One type is labelled beta.

Meeting length limit

An advanced option limits the scheduled meeting time to a set length, from 30 minutes to 3 hours in half-hour steps.

Profile and notifications

With an account, meetings you created or responded to are listed under your profile and can be changed later, and you are notified when someone responds or a meeting is scheduled.

Timeful

Availability polls

Create an event with a range of dates and times, share the link, and see where everyone's availability overlaps. The home page says no login is required, and the FAQ puts no limit on respondents.

Calendar autofill

Respondents can fill in their availability from Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar or an ICS feed URL. Other people see only the availability entered, not the calendar events.

Available and if-needed times

A respondent can mark a slot as available or as possible only if needed, and the results can show when a chosen subset of the group is free.

Time zone conversion

Times are converted to each viewer's local time zone, and a selector at the bottom of every poll lets a viewer switch zones by hand.

Email notifications and reminders

A signed-in organizer can be emailed on each response or after a set number of responses, and can send reminders on the day an event is created, one day later and three days later.

Open source and self-hosting

The code is on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0 license, with a deployment guide for Docker Compose and NixOS and a plugin API for reading and setting availability from a browser plugin.

LettuceMeet

• LettuceMeet$0

  Group and one-on-one (beta) meeting polls, with an optional free account for calendar connection, editing meetings and notifications.

Timeful

• Free$0

  Unlimited events and every feature, with no ads. The former Timeful Premium subscription has been withdrawn.