Busy vs GroundTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Busy
Easily coordinate plans with friends by sharing availability and finding the best times to meet. Schedule events, track RSVPs, and organize friends into groups for seamless social planning.
- Find optimal hang out times
- Schedule and track events
- Organize friends into groups
- Create and vote on bucket list ideas
- See real-time friend availability
- Integrated calendar view
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Busy makes it easy to coordinate plans with your friends. Share your availability, find the best time to hang, and schedule events — all in one app. • Find a Time — Connect your Google Calendar or device calendar and let Busy find when everyone's free. Pick from the top suggested time slots and schedule instantly. • Events & RSVPs — Create events, invite friends or groups, and track who's in. Add comments, reactions, and discussion threads to any event. • Friend Groups — Organize your friends into groups like "College crew" or "Work friends." Share events and bucket list ideas with the right people. • Bucket List — Save activity ideas for later. Vote on what to do next with polls, then schedule it when the time is right. • Open to Hang — Toggle on when you're free and your friends get notified. See who's available right now. • Calendar View — See all your upcoming hangouts color-coded by RSVP status alongside your personal calendar. Busy is free to use. No ads, no premium tiers — just a better way to make plans with the people you care about.
GroundTime
Connect with verified airline crew members for meetups in any city. Easily find or create gatherings for coffee, drinks, or meals during layovers or at your base. Enjoy ephemeral chats and build your reputation through real-world meetups.
- Verified airline crew members only
- Find meetups at any airport
- See crew nearby during layovers
- Create meetups quickly
- Join domicile and base groups
- Reputation building through vouching
- Ephemeral chats
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GroundTime is the meetup app built for verified airline crew. When your layover lands you in an unfamiliar city or your base brings you home, GroundTime connects you with other crew nearby — for coffee, drinks, dinner, or whatever fills the hours between flights. Every member is a verified airline employee. No impostors, no outsiders. — Find meetups at any airport — See which crew are currently around at your base or layover — Create a meetup in 30 seconds — Join your domicile and local base groups for ongoing crew conversation — Vouching from real meetups builds your reputation over time GroundTime works the way crew schedules work. Instant join. Ephemeral chats. No friend requests, no DMs. Show up, hang out, move on. Currently for airline crew employees only — pilots, flight attendants, gate agents, dispatch, ground crew. Family pass holders and retired crew are not supported at this time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.groundtime.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://groundtime.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Busy at 5.0 against GroundTime's 3.6. Busy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). GroundTime's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. GroundTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Busy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Busy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GroundTime has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Busy ships an update every 9 days, GroundTime every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Busy | GroundTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dane Potter | Threadwell Labs, LLC |
In-app purchases
Busy
No in-app purchases
GroundTime
- Crew Membership1 Month trial$5.991 Month
- Crew Membership1 Month trial$49.991 Year
- Founding Member$49.99
