What each one does.
| What | TimeLoop | Google Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 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 made from Google Calendar, for a personal or a Workspace account |
| Free with an account | The booking link with one length at a time, offered from your real free time, every pick a request you accept, decline or answer with another time; the planner by hand | A single booking page with a personal Google Account |
| Made where | In TimeLoop on iPhone and Android, or in a browser | On a computer; Google’s help says it cannot be made in the Calendar app for Android or iPhone |
| Which calendars count | Your whole plan: Apple, Google and Outlook calendars and the tasks TimeLoop has placed | Checking availability across several calendars needs an eligible Google One or Workspace subscription |
| Reminders and payments | No payments; the guest gets an invitation by e-mail when you accept | Automatic e-mail reminders and payments need an eligible subscription |
| Against spam | One e-mail address can have three requests waiting, and you answer each | E-mail verification for people not signed in to Google needs an eligible subscription |
| 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 | Google Calendar in a browser and in its Android and iPhone apps; appointment schedules are made on a computer |
| 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 | One page free with a Google Account. More than one page needs Google One Premium, Google AI Pro or Ultra, or an eligible Google Workspace plan; Google’s page for one person offers Workspace Business Standard at $14 USD a month, or $16.80 billed monthly |
As of November 2026. What is said about Google Calendar comes from its own website and store listing; if it has changed since, their pages are right. Google Calendar belongs to its makers and has nothing to do with TimeLoop.
TimeLoop fits if
You want to make and answer your link from your phone, and want it to offer only what your whole plan leaves free, other calendars and planned tasks included.
Google Calendar fits if
You already keep everything in Google Calendar, one booking page is enough, and you make it at a computer. Or you have Google One Premium or Workspace and want reminders, payments and more pages.
Made on your phone.
Answered there too.
TimeLoop’s booking link is made, shared and answered in the app, and offers only the time your plan leaves free.
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What TimeLoop adds.
More than one calendar, free
Apple, Google and Outlook calendars are all read as fixed before a time is offered.
A yes from you first
A picked time is a request; it is in your day only once you accept.
Made in your pocket
Name the link, choose the days and hours, and share it from the phone, as a link or a story picture.
The difference that matters most
Google’s appointment schedule lives in Google Calendar. On a free personal account you get one booking page, made on a computer; more pages, reminders, payments, spam checks and availability across several calendars come with a paid Google One or Workspace plan.
TimeLoop’s link lives in a planner. It reads every calendar you connected and the tasks it has placed, and you make and answer it on your phone. It has no payments and one length at a time.
Asked before you asked.
Is Google Calendar’s appointment schedule free?
One booking page is, with a personal Google Account. More than one page, automatic e-mail reminders, payments, e-mail verification and checking several calendars need an eligible Google One or Google Workspace plan.
Can I make an appointment schedule on my phone?
Not in Google Calendar: its help says appointment schedules are made on a computer. TimeLoop’s booking link is made in the app on iPhone and Android, or in a browser.
Does TimeLoop work with Google Calendar?
Yes. Your Google Calendar events are read as fixed, so the booking link never offers those times, and an accepted booking goes to Google Calendar when it is connected.
What does Google Calendar cost next to TimeLoop?
One appointment schedule is free with a Google Account. For more, Google’s page for one person offers Workspace Business Standard at $14 USD a month, or $16.80 billed monthly; Google One Premium and Google AI plans include it too. TimeLoop’s booking link is free; TimeLoop Pro 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 Google Calendar come from?
From Google Calendar’s help pages and Google Workspace’s page for one person, read on 5 November 2026. If something has changed since, their pages are right and this one is out of date.
Both give you a link where people pick a time with you. Calendly is built around the meeting. TimeLoop is built around your day, and the link is one part of it.
Read GuideShare your availabilitySomeone asks when you are free. You can type times, share your calendar, or send a link they pick from. Here is when each one works, with Google Calendar’s steps as its help gave them in November 2026.
Read Calendar syncTwo-way calendar syncMany planners import your calendar and stop there. TimeLoop reads your events, plans around them and writes the plan back, so it shows up wherever your calendar already does.
ReadLast updated 5 November 2026.