Clickable prototypeTry it in your browser

The hangout planner for group chats

The AI picks a time everyone can make, and friends reply from a link with no app. A plan goes out in under 30 seconds.

Plan a hangout in under 30 seconds

Click the phone to open the working prototype in a new tab, then tap the planet and watch the timer in the corner.

  1. 01Home. Tap the planet.
  2. 02What. Pick the group and the activity.
  3. 03When and where. Keep the AI pick or change it in one tap.
  4. 04Who. Everyone is already picked.
  5. 05Sent. The link drops into the group chat.

Built for the friend who always plans. Nobody chases replies.

AI pick for the hangout time and place

It reads free and busy times and the times friends tap. One tap swaps its pick.

The AI pick screen: Saturday at 7 PM at Ridgeway Plaza, five of six free

Plan lock-in at three yeses

The plan goes ahead once three friends say yes. Late replies can still join.

A plan marked locked in after three people said yes

Plan reminders for quiet friends

The app sends one friendly nudge to anyone who has not replied.

Replies to a food run: two in, three waiting, one who can't make it

Invite link that needs no app

Friends answer from the group chat link: I'm in, can't make it, or another time.

The invite as a friend sees it in the browser, with an I'm in button

Buddy, for plans nobody else can make

Nobody free for the hot pot place? See verified students nearby who want the same night out.

  • Verified students only
  • Public venues, and you meet at the event
  • The plan is shared with a friend you choose
  • Report or block in one tap
Hot pot night in Buddy: four people want to go, with Aisha and Noah as verified students

One plan, start to finish, in the demo film

Filmed on the prototype, from the first tap on the planet to the invite landing in the group chat.

8.8 s

to make and send the plan in the film

5

screens from opening the app to sent

1

tap to change the AI pick

“We should hang out sometime.”

Then nothing happens for three months. In our interviews, both people had lost a plan in the group chat.

“Everyone kept spamming reels on Insta, and my message went up and no one saw it.”
Amy, 18, University of Toronto
“I find the process of making plans really annoying.”
Yi-Ping, 18, Schulich School of Business

Questions about Planet Plan It

Do my friends need the app?

No. They open the link in the group chat and reply in the browser.

Does the AI read our group chat?

No. It uses the times friends tap, free and busy times from calendars, past plans and travel time.

What if only some friends reply to a plan?

The plan locks in at three yeses. Anyone who has not replied gets one friendly nudge.

What does Buddy share in the app?

Your first name, school and interests. You meet at a public event, and a friend you choose can see the plan.

Where can I get the app?

Planet Plan It is in testing. The store buttons open the clickable prototype on this page.

The Planet Plan It logo: a planet circled by people holding hands