What each one does.
| What | TimeLoop | Calendly |
|---|---|---|
| In one line | A day planner with a free booking link: people ask for one of your free times, and you answer | A booking page where people pick a time with you, with plans for one person and for teams |
| The booking page | One link, trytimeloop.com/@yourname, with one length at a time (30, 60 or 90 minutes), the days it offers and the hours; guests give a name and an e-mail address, with no account | One event type on Free; unlimited event types from Standard. Invitees need no account |
| Which times are offered | Only time your plan leaves free: around calendar events, the tasks it has planned and the gap you keep between things | Your availability rules, checked for conflicts against your connected calendars |
| Calendars | Reads the calendars on your phone, Google Calendar and Outlook as fixed events, writes your plan into its own TimeLoop calendar, and answers Google Calendar and Outlook invitations; free | Google, Outlook, Office 365 and Microsoft Teams calendars: one connection on Free, six on Standard and Teams |
| Payments | None | Stripe and PayPal, from Standard |
| Teams | None; circles find a time among people you know | Round-robin and team scheduling, and routing of leads, on Teams |
| Around the booking | The rest of your day: the timeline, tasks, goals and a late day replanned | Reminders and automations from Standard; Notetaker and Callie, an AI assistant, as add-ons |
| Where it runs | iPhone and Android phones, in a browser on any computer and on the Mac, from the Mac App Store. The iPad and Apple Watch apps come with the iPhone app | In a browser, with a mobile app and a browser extension |
| Free and paid | The booking link is free. A free version; Pro €4.99 a month or €29.99 a year, in the United States $3.99 or $24.99. On the App Store the yearly plan starts with a free week | Free, always, with one event type and one calendar. Standard $10 a seat a month billed yearly, or $12 billed monthly; Teams $16 or $20; on its pricing page |
As of November 2026. What is said about Calendly comes from its own website and store listing; if it has changed since, their pages are right. Calendly belongs to its makers and has nothing to do with TimeLoop.
TimeLoop fits if
You book one kind of time for yourself, want it to come out of what your whole day leaves free, and want every pick to wait for your yes. Or you want the planner too: tasks, goals and a late day planned again.
Calendly fits if
You take payments when people book, need several meeting types at once, reminders and automations, or schedule for a team with round-robin and routing. Calendly’s paid plans are made for that, and TimeLoop does none of it.
Pick a time.
Out of a real day.
TimeLoop’s booking link offers only the time your plan leaves free, and each pick waits for your yes.
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What TimeLoop adds.
Free time from the whole plan
Calendar events, the tasks TimeLoop has placed and the gap you keep between things are all taken out before a time is offered.
Every pick is a request
Nothing is in your day until you accept. Decline sends a kind note; Another time offers one of your own free times.
A planner around it
The same app plans the rest of the day and replans it when you run late.
The difference that matters most
Calendly answers one question: when can this person meet? It checks your availability rules against your connected calendars and lets people pick a time. TimeLoop answers a larger one, what your day looks like, and the booking link reads that answer. A time is offered only when your plan has it free.
That is also its limit. TimeLoop’s link has one length at a time, asks guests for a name and an e-mail address only, takes no payments and has nothing for teams. For paid sessions or a sales team, Calendly is the tool.
Asked before you asked.
Is Calendly free for personal use?
Its pricing page lists a Free plan, always free, with one event type, one calendar connection, one-on-one scheduling and a customizable booking page. More event types, more calendars, reminders and payments start with Standard.
Is TimeLoop’s booking link free?
Yes. The link, the page and answering requests are free, without TimeLoop Pro, and guests need no account.
Can TimeLoop replace Calendly?
For one person who books one kind of time, often yes. Not if you take payments when people book, need several meeting types at once, or schedule for a team.
What does Calendly cost next to TimeLoop?
Calendly is free with one event type and one calendar; Standard is $10 a seat a month billed yearly or $12 billed monthly, and Teams $16 or $20, on its pricing page. TimeLoop’s booking link is free; TimeLoop Pro, for the planning, is $3.99 a month or $24.99 a year in the United States, €4.99 or €29.99 in euros. As of October 2026.
Where do the facts about Calendly come from?
From Calendly’s pricing page, read on 5 November 2026. If something has changed since, their page is right and this one is out of date.
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Read Booking linkBooking linkShare trytimeloop.com/@yourname in a message or in your bio. People pick one of your free times without an account, and you decide which requests go into your day.
ReadLast updated 5 November 2026.