# Timeful

> Free, open-source group availability poll with calendar autofill

Timeful, formerly called Schej, is a web-based availability poll for finding a time when a group can meet. An organizer creates an event and shares its link, and each respondent marks when they are free, by hand or by filling in from a connected calendar. In October 2026 the hosted service removed its ads and its Premium subscription, so every feature is now free. The code is published under the AGPL-3.0 license and can be self-hosted.

- **Category:** Calendar & Scheduling
- **Made by:** Liu Laboratories LLC
- **Website:** https://timeful.app
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Timeful is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Free for everyone since October 7, 2026: no ads, no cap on the number of events, and every feature that used to need Timeful Premium. Donations are optional.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Unlimited events and every feature, with no ads. The former Timeful Premium subscription has been withdrawn. |

Read from https://timeful.app/blog/timeful-is-now-free/ on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Timeful before buying.

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- 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

## Worth knowing

- 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.

## Works with

Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar

**Tags:** Calendar, Surveys, Open source, Self-hostable

## Alternatives

- [When2meet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/when2meet): Free group availability survey for finding a time to meet. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/timeful-vs-when2meet)
- [LettuceMeet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lettucemeet): Free availability poll for finding a time a group can meet. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lettucemeet-vs-timeful)
- [Crab Fit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/crab-fit): Free, open-source availability heat map for group events. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/crab-fit-vs-timeful)
- [Rallly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rallly): Open-source meeting polls for finding a time that suits a group. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rallly-vs-timeful)
- [Doodle](https://toolgpa.com/tools/doodle): Group polls, booking pages and sign-up sheets for scheduling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/doodle-vs-timeful)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://timeful.app/blog/timeful-is-now-free/
- https://timeful.app/
- https://timeful.app/js/app.a04f04c0.js
- https://timeful.app/blog/
- https://timeful.app/blog/schej-is-now-timeful/
- https://github.com/schej-it/timeful.app
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/schej-it/timeful.app/main/DEPLOYMENT.md

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/timeful
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