Hangtime vs Availio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hangtime
Easily see which friends are available and instantly create plans for activities. Connect with friends by sharing your availability and interests to find companions for spontaneous outings.
- View friend availability
- Create plans instantly
- QR code friend adding
- Set availability and interests
- Direct messaging
- Friend request system
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For years, you have spent countless weekends at home with the family... it is time to move on, with Hangtime. Hangtime lets you quickly view which of your friends are available, and helps you put together plans instantly. Regardless of what you're in the mood to do, there's probably a friend willing to join you. Get started planning fun times with friends on Hangtime today. How to use the app: ● Add friends with the QR scanner. Try to only add friends that you will hangout with. ● Flip the switch when you are free, and enter something you're in the mood to do. Then hit "Save". ● View a list of your friend's that are also free. Long press on a name to request them, if they also request you, you will see a blue smiley face icon. Tap on the name again to start messaging them.
Availio
Easily see which of your friends are available to hang out right now or later. Quickly share your availability and activities to make spontaneous plans for coffee, games, or anything else.
- See friends' real-time availability
- Share your own availability instantly
- Suggest activities and locations
- Create spontaneous group chats
- Control who sees your availability
- Add friends from contacts
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Availio is the fastest way to turn free time into time together. No feeds to scroll. No followers to impress. Just your real friends and one simple question: who's free? FREE NOW Free for the next couple of hours? Say it in one tap. Add what you're up for and where you are (coffee, tacos, a walk around the park), and your friends see it instantly. SEE WHO'S AROUND Your home feed shows which friends are free right now and who's free later today, whether that's morning, afternoon, or evening, so a plan is never more than a message away. PLAN THE WEEK, LOOSELY Mark when you're free over the next few days ("down for a hike", "movie night?"). Your friends see the overlap, and spontaneity does the rest. HANGCHATS When someone's in, spin up a hangchat: a group chat built to turn "I'm free" into a time and a place. YOUR CREW, YOUR CALL You decide who sees you, every single time: all your friends, a group like Brunch Club or Climbing Crew, or just a few people. Nothing is ever public. FIND YOUR FRIENDS Add friends straight from your contacts in seconds, and invite the ones who don't have the app yet. Availio is for the plans that never make it to the calendar: the coffee runs, the pickup games, the "I'm around if you are". Spontaneous starts here.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Availio at 5.0 against Hangtime's 4.2. Hangtime's advantage is iOS requirement (10.2 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Availio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hangtime | Availio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.2 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Randy Perecman | Frenz Inc |
Customer experience
Hangtime
Availio
In-app purchases
Hangtime
No in-app purchases
Availio
No in-app purchases
