Flare vs Bizzy

Flare is the ultimate app for groups. Flare keeps your group connected, organized, and engaged—all in one app. Whether you’re running a student organization, campus council, alumni network, or a national community, Flare makes communication effortless and events unforgettable. Why Flare? Tired of juggling endless group chats, scattered files, and disorganized calendars? Flare brings everything together: messages, events, attendance, photos, polls, points and more. With privacy controls and high‑quality features, it’s the smarter way to manage your community. Key Features & Benefits: ▶ Events & Attendance – Create and share events with details, RSVPs, and reminders. Track attendance with QR codes, passcodes, geolocation, or ticketing. ▶ Group Chats & Announcements – Keep everyone in the loop with customizable chats and a dedicated announcement wall. Optional message approval gives admins control when needed. ▶ Albums & Highlights – Upload high‑quality photos (up to 5000px), save your favorite photos, and share approved highlights. ▶ Engagement Tools – Polls, points system, birthday reminders, and alumni engagement. ▶ Payments Made Easy – Sell tickets or collect payments with Venmo integration. ▶ Seamless Organization – Share files, manage rosters, connect with alumni, and build lasting group connections. Built for Privacy & Control: - Protect your chats with screenshot blocking and admin notifications - Admin can delete messages and suspend members - Settings to approve messages, highlights, and membership requests. Join 500,000+ users already using Flare to simplify communication and boost engagement!

The social planning network! Bizzy is the go-to platform for making plans. Just add events and use it like a regular calendar. Add friends to allow them to compare schedules without sharing sensitive info like event titles and location! With the built-in calendar, you can create events in your personal calendar or create a public calendar that others can view and join events. Tools to help you and your friends schedule together: • Organize your work schedule, personal calendar, student schedule, and school events, and social calendar in one place • Organize calendar events FAST with natural language • Event chat inside every shared calendar event • Customize your profile with cover photos! FOR STUDENTS: + Make bizzy the best student planner by inviting friends and adding your school calendar events. We are currently working on recurring events to make it easier to add your school schedule. + Event chat inside plans make it easy to continue making plans CREATE SHARED/PUBLIC CALENDARS: + A social calendar for friends or family + Perfect for couples organizing events + Use bizzy for school calendar events PERRSONAL CALENDAR SECURITY: Event info is hidden if friends are not invited to events inside your personal Bizzy calendar. HOW TO PLAN ON BIZZY? 1. Create an event and select what calendar it will go to 2. Add your work schedule to make it easy to share availability 3. Event chat inside of social calendar events WHY WE BUILT BIZZY: We wanted a way to make planning with friends and couples more collaborative. We also wanted to the option to keep personal calendar events private and social calendar events organized. A shared calendar is a powerful tool for students, friends, groups, family and communities. We hope you enjoy using bizzy and give feedback so we can improve how you organize events! SAY GOODBYE TO: - Messy event chat inside email threads - Boring personal calendar - Forgetting to make plans with friends - Shared calendars with no event chat inside - Friends asking for your work schedule - Yelling into the wind "Who wants to hang out?!" SIGN-IN WITH GOOGLE CALENDAR: + Use your Google Sign-In to quickly jump into Bizzy WHAT EVENTS SHOULD I CREATE? + Work Schedule + School Calendar events + Family and groups looking for a shared calendar + Wedding plans or scheduling for bachelor and bachelorette parties + Friends and couples looking for a casual way to lock down plans in a shared calendar + People who want a more fun personal calendar + So much more is coming too...for reals One place for your college calendar events, couples calendar plans, school calendar events, group schedules, work schedules, etc are easily organized in this social calendar! ------------- FEATURES + Built-in personal calendar and social calendar! (Invite family and friends to make it easier to plan) + Profiles + Event Chat (Temporary Group Chats For Events) + Add personal calendar events from Bizzy to your Google calendar (easy way to add your work schedule from bizzy to Google) + Add your friends or fellow student and see which ones are already on Bizzy by connecting your contact list (no spam though - our team uses bizzy too and we would hate that) --------- Bizzy profiles are private, so don't worry...no one can see you have a Zumba Class at 8am. Just that you're busy during that personal calendar time! Invite friends and help bizzy grow! **More Features Coming! Feel free to request features/tools that would ease the stress of planning with friends and make scheduling more social. Built By Friends. For Friends.