When2meet vs World Time Buddy
We give When2meet a 3.0 GPA and World Time Buddy a 3.8, out of 4.0. World Time Buddy grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
World Time Buddy
Visual time zone converter and world clock for planning calls
Free plan · from $2.99
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAWhen2meetVery good | 3.8GPAWorld Time BuddyExcellent | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AIt's a free service with no paid plans at all. Anyone can create availability surveys and take part in them at no cost. Donations through PayPal are optional. | AThe website costs nothing. The only price anywhere is a $2.99 upgrade inside the iPhone app, for location groups, and the maker's own mobile page gives a workaround that unlocks it for free. |
| Free plan and trial | AThe product is free, and the site says it doesn't ask for contact or billing information. What you put up with is third-party ads on the page, which it says help cover operating costs. | AFree with every feature on the web since the maker dropped paid subscriptions in May 2022. The iPhone and Android apps are free downloads too. Most people will never pay a thing. |
| Features | CIt does one narrow thing: an availability survey over specific dates or days of the week, within a time window you set. The site describes no calendar sync and no booking pages, and day-of-week surveys expect everyone to be in a single time zone. Thin, even for a poll. | BIt does one job, comparing time zones, and does it fully: hour tiles, daylight saving warnings a week ahead, a Google Calendar overlay and widgets for your own website. But it won't hold your events, and the App Store shows the last iPhone version as November 2020. |
| Ease of use | BThe home page is the setup form: type a name, click and drag across the calendar, press Create Event. You can't get much quicker. No rating on record to go by, so a B at best. | A4.8 from about 14,000 App Store ratings. Add your cities, drag across the hours you want, send them to your calendar. That's the whole thing. |
| Platforms and integrations | CIt runs in a web browser and that's it. The site describes no mobile apps, and the listing shows nothing it connects to: no calendars, no video tools, no API. | AWeb, iPhone and Android, and a time you pick opens in Google Calendar, Outlook, iCal or Gmail. Do note Google Play labels the Android app as having ads, and shows its last update as January 2020. |
| Best for | the quickest free way to compare a group's free time | comparing time zones at a glance |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: When2meet and World Time Buddy. How we grade
Where they differ
- When2meet is free. World Time Buddy starts at $2.99 in-app upgrade in the iOS app (billing basis not shown).
- Only World Time Buddy lists iOS and Android apps.
- When2meet also covers surveys.
- World Time Buddy also covers calculator.
In commonFree planWebCalendar
At a glance
| When2meet | World Time Buddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free plan |
| Starts at | Free | $2.99 in-app upgrade in the iOS app (billing basis not shown) |
| Free plan | Free service: anyone can create and take part in availability surveys at no cost. Third-party ads cover some operating costs, and donations are accepted through PayPal. | The website is free with every feature: the maker announced in May 2022 that paid subscriptions were discontinued. The iOS and Android apps are free to download. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | 8 Degrees LLC | Helloka, LLC |
| Price read from | when2meet.com | apps.apple.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
When2meet
- Groups that need to compare availability for a one-off meeting
- Clubs, classes and volunteer teams that want a tool with no cost
- Organizers who want a quick setup that asks for no contact details
World Time Buddy
- Comparing working hours across several time zones at a glance
- Picking a call time for people in different countries
- Showing a webinar time in each website visitor's local time
Worth knowing
When2meet
- Pages carry third-party advertising, which the site says helps cover operating costs.
- The site describes no calendar sync, booking pages or mobile apps; it runs in a web browser.
- Day-of-week surveys assume that every participant is in the same time zone.
- There are no paid plans or business features, and support is by email.
World Time Buddy
- Renaming locations and grouping them in tabs on the website require signing in.
- The iOS app lists a $2.99 in-app upgrade, although the maker's mobile page gives a workaround that unlocks it free of charge.
- The App Store shows iOS version 1.28 from November 2020, and Google Play shows the Android app last updated in January 2020.
- Google Play labels the Android app as containing ads and in-app purchases.
Key features
When2meet
- One-form event setup
- The home page is the setup form: type an event name, click and drag across a calendar to choose candidate dates, and press Create Event.
- Specific dates or days of the week
- A survey can ask about particular calendar dates or about days of the week in general, chosen from a menu when the event is created.
- Time window and time zone
- Set the earliest and latest times to offer and pick the event's time zone. Day-of-week surveys expect all participants to be in a single time zone.
- No billing or contact details
- The site states that it is a free service and does not ask for contact or billing information.
- Translated interface
- The page looks for a translation that matches the browser's preferred language and falls back to English when none is available.
World Time Buddy
- Hour-tile time comparison
- Add locations by searching for places or time zones such as UTC, reorder them by dragging and mark one as home. Each location gets a row of hour tiles aligned with the others.
- Select and share a time range
- Click and drag across the hour tiles to pick a range, then open it in Outlook, iCal, Google Calendar or Gmail, copy it to the clipboard, or create a public event page.
- Google Calendar overlay
- Signed-in users can overlay Google Calendar above the hour tiles to find open slots. The mobile apps can show the device's calendars in the same position.
- DST warnings and weekend marking
- Daylight saving warnings appear a week before a change. Weekends are highlighted, including in countries where the weekend is not Saturday and Sunday.
- 12-hour, 24-hour or mixed format
- Hours can be shown in 12-hour or 24-hour format, or in a mixed mode that uses each location's native format.
- Embeddable widgets
- A world clock widget and an event widget can be placed on a website. Both detect each visitor's time zone, and the event widget shows the event in the visitor's local time.
Plans
When2meet
Free$0
Create availability surveys and take part in them at no cost, with third-party ads shown on the page.
World Time Buddy
Free$0
The website with all features, plus the iOS and Android apps without the in-app upgrade.
Upgrade$2.99
in-app purchase on the App Store; billing basis not shown
The iOS listing marks location groups as the pro feature. The maker's mobile page describes a temporary workaround that unlocks the upgrade at no charge.
