Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to downtime

The social discovery app for college students

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. downtime launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Down – The easiest way to get together with friends▲29
2015 · down.life · its alternatives →
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Free▲447
Share your availability and get more time with friends
2015 · ffrree.com · its alternatives →
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SocialCall▲72
The virtual world for college students
2021 · linktr.ee · its alternatives →
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PathTime▲78
A collaborative app to plan get-togethers with your friends.
2018 · its alternatives →
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Islands▲329
Slack for College 🌴
2017 · islands.im · its alternatives →
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Snazz Screen Time▲96
modern screen time app to reduce digital distractions
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hang Time▲62
Hang out with friends and family!
2019 · its alternatives →
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LinkedIn Students▲361
Discover career paths and land a job
2016 · students.linkedin.com · its alternatives →
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Spontime▲94
A social app to meet with friends and people nearby.
2016 · spontime.co · its alternatives →
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FreeTime▲208
Calendly for friends
2021 · bubble.io · its alternatives →
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Thread▲85
Group chats, stories, and curated content discovery app
2019 · its alternatives →
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DownToDash▲67
Meet fun people based on activities & discover events!
2017 · downtodash.com · its alternatives →
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Socially - The Friendship App▲147
Discover local activities & make new friends
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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ClassTime▲73
Timetable, tasks and files for school, college or university
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Chatr.▲81
A location based social media for college campuses.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
16
Deadlines▲105
A calendar app for students and freelancers
2019 · deadlines.appspot.com · its alternatives →
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MeetPoint▲71
A mappable, social schedule for meeting your friends
2019 · its alternatives →
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MeeTime▲96
An iPhone app to make meetings less soul-crushing
2017 · meetimeapps.com · its alternatives →
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WAYF – A Simple Scheduling App▲122
A dead-simple web app to find the best time for your next meetup with friends. No logins, no bloat. Schedule with a link. --- When trying to schedule events with my friends, we often have a long text thread of sporadic dates and the group has to mentally combine all the messages to produce a date that works for all. There are plenty of apps out there to coordinate scheduling, but I found many of them were bloated with features that didn't matter to us, required user sign ups and app downloads. This friction is enough for us to prefer rudimentary long text threads. I wanted something that I…
2024 · wayf.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Pastimes▲81
Find friends who do your favorite activities
2021 · its alternatives →
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I built a fun video meeting app with 2D physics and proximity chat▲166
Hi HN! https://flat.social is a web video meeting app for organising fun online meetings & social events. Each participant can move around and talk with others in their proximity. Here is a quick demo if you wanna see it in action: https://youtu.be/Y2yH3twjrx4 I’ve been on it solo for around a year right now. Tech used is Next.js, Typescript, PIXI.js on the front-end and Node, Mediasoup, Socket.io and Matter.js (physics engine) on the backend. Feel free to jump in into the demo room (https://flat.social/f/Flat.Social-Demo) to say hi, I’ll be…
2022 · flat.social · its alternatives →
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Clubhouse▲184
Audio-based social app
2020 · clubhouse.com · its alternatives →
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WhosDown▲139
Friend making app designed for genuine real-time meetups
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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FindU▲109
Find and explore colleges
2025 · joinfindu.com · its alternatives →

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