How it works
Three steps.
- 1
They come in
A time someone proposed in one of your circles, and an event someone invited you to in Google Calendar. Google Calendar is connected once, in Profile under Calendars & sync.
- 2
Answer on Today
The Invitations card lists what waits for you, soonest first, with who is asking. One tap says you are in, another says you can’t.
- 3
Open it for the rest
Tap an invitation to see it whole: the third answer, Maybe, and who else is coming.
On Today
Invitations
Opened
Design review
Fri 9 Oct · 10:00 – 10:45
Ana invited you
Design reviewAna invited you · Fri 9. Oct, 10:00. Are you in?nowFamily dinner and Training were proposed in a circle. Design review came through Google Calendar.
In detail
What it does for you.
From your circles
Family, friends, a team. When someone in a circle proposes a time, it is held in your plan and waits for your answer. Whoever proposed it hears what you said.
From Google Calendar
An event someone else set up and invited you to. Answer in TimeLoop and Google is told, so whoever invited you sees it where they sent it from.
A notice when you are invited
You are told when a circle proposes a time and when someone invites you in Google Calendar. Not for events you add yourself. Each of the two has its own switch.
A no frees the time
Say you can’t and the event leaves your plan, so the hour is open for something else. Say yes or maybe and it stays.
What is on the card
The proposals from your circles that you have not answered, and the Google Calendar invitations of this week and next that are still ahead. The soonest is on top. The card shows three and says how many more there are.
Each line says what it is, the day and the hour, and who is asking. A proposal from a circle also names the circle.
Once you answer, the line leaves the card. An event you said yes or maybe to stays in your day like any other, with the people who are on it.
Which invitations can be answered
Proposals in your circles, and invitations in a Google Calendar you have connected to TimeLoop. Those two, and no others.
Events read from the calendar on your phone, Apple Calendar on an iPhone, are shown in your plan but cannot be answered from TimeLoop. Answer those in your calendar app.
Outlook is not connected at all. An Outlook or Exchange account added to an iPhone’s calendar is read like the rest of that calendar: shown, not answered.
If the same invitation reaches TimeLoop both ways, through the phone’s calendar and through Google, it is shown once and can be answered.
Works with
- Apple CalendariPhone
- Google CalendariPhone and Android
- iCloud RemindersiPhone
Of these, invitations are answered through Google Calendar only.
TimeLoop has completed Google’s OAuth verification for its access to Google Calendar. What it reads and writes
When you hear about it
TimeLoop reads your Google Calendar on its own, also while the app is closed, so an invitation arrives without you opening anything. If you have not opened TimeLoop for two weeks it stops, and reads again when you come back.
A new invitation is announced once, and an event that repeats counts as one invitation. When several arrive together, three are announced and the rest wait on the card. Right after you connect Google Calendar, or after a long pause, nothing is announced: what was already waiting simply appears on the card.
A notice needs notifications allowed on your phone. Without them the card on Today still shows everything that waits.
Free or Pro
Seeing and answering invitations is free. So is connecting Google Calendar, joining any circle you are invited to, and one circle of your own. TimeLoop Pro lifts the limit on circles of your own. It is not needed to answer anything.
Questions
Asked before you asked.
Where do I see my invitations?
On Today, on a card named Invitations: what your circles proposed and what arrived through Google Calendar, soonest first.
Can I answer a Google Calendar invitation in TimeLoop?
Yes, once Google Calendar is connected. I’m in, Maybe or Can’t: Google is told, and whoever invited you sees your answer.
Can I answer invitations from Apple Calendar or Outlook?
No. Events from the calendar on your phone are shown in your plan and answered in your calendar app. Outlook is not connected at all.
What happens when I say I can’t?
The event leaves your plan and the time is free again. For a Google Calendar invitation, Google is told as well.
Can I change my answer?
In a circle, yes: open the proposal and tap Change. For a Google Calendar invitation, a yes or a maybe can be changed the same way; a no takes the event out of your plan.
Am I notified about every event in my calendar?
No. Only when someone else invites you, once for each invitation. Events you add yourself are not announced.
Does it cost anything?
No. Invitations, connecting Google Calendar, joining circles and one circle of your own are free. TimeLoop Pro adds more circles of your own.
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Last updated 8 October 2026.
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