Chats · Hangouts · Drops · Calls

Your chats and your communities, finally in one beautiful place.

Chats, Hangouts, Drops and calls — no ads, no trackers.

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Android beta — via Google Play internal testing, public soon

01 Ask your chats anything — @Howdy digs up the answer, receipt included.

Hangouts

Name it.
We paint it.

Spin up a Hangout: Howdlo paints the banner — AI art, made for the room — and the channels are ready before your friends arrive.

02 Channels appear as you type — #general, #ramen-reviews, a late-night lounge.

03 And that's just the lobby. Keep scrolling.

What's inside

Everything a group needs.
Nothing it doesn't.

No screenshots, no promises — every window below is a little piece of Howdlo, doing the real thing.

Chats that keep up

Replies, reactions, edits, read receipts — and when nobody can decide, a live poll settles it right in the thread.

Drops

A line, a photo, an aurora — up for 24 hours, then gone. Tap through like stories.

Say it out loud

Voice notes for when typing's too slow — and 1:1 voice or video calls with no links, no lobbies.

Hangouts

Communities with channels, roles and voice lounges — tap in, talk, tap out.

The Planner

Plan the trip inside the trip chat — days, itineraries, photos, all live for everyone.

The Plaza

An opt-in public square — find your people, send a wave. Your chats stay yours.

Meet Howdy

One bot for every job.
It levels up when you do.

Howdy comes free in every Hangout — and the things other apps charge for are exactly where it starts. Upgrade, and the same bot grows new powers. Nothing new to invite, nothing to re-teach.

Howdy is included free. Upgrading to Plus levels it up to Howdy Partner; a Crew Hangout gets Howdy Chief.

Howdy Free

In every Hangout from day one — including the stuff other apps make you pay for.

Welcomes

Every newcomer greeted like a regular.

Reminders

Set it in the chat — it shows up on time.

Reaction roles

Tap an emoji, wear the role.

Custom + slash commands

Teach it your room's tricks — no code.

Howdy Partner Plus

The personal upgrade — Partner follows you into every chat you're in.

Personal recall

Ask your chats anything — answer with receipt.

Digests

Catch-me-up summaries for busy rooms.

Transcripts

Voice notes, turned into text.

Live translation

Every language in the room, translated in place.

Howdy Chief Crew

One upgrade for the whole Hangout — Chief runs the room, every member covered.

Auto-moderation

The rough stuff never makes the room.

XP + levels

Show up, level up.

Analytics

See what's landing — trends, growth, top channels.

Custom name

Call it anything — it proudly shows what it's built on.

And Howdlo itself? The built-in helper lives in every room — @mention it to ask anything about the app, or what's new. Always free.

Free forever to start — see the full ladder.

HowdyMic · voice typing

You talk. It types.
Then it tidies up.

HowdyMic listens, types, and sweeps the ums away before they land. It's already inside Howdlo — and it's about to go everywhere you type.

In Howdlo — free The sparkle mic is already in every chat. Tap it, talk, send. Open Howdlo Everywhere on your computer Coming soon HowdyMic standalone types into any app, system-wide — same tidy magic. Join the waitlist

No ads. No trackers.
We don't sell your data. Ever.

Sign in with an email code — no passwords. Your phone number helps friends find you; it's never shown or sold. And if you ever want out, delete your account in-app. Gone, instantly.

Read the privacy policy

Pricing

Start free. Stay free.
Upgrade the vibe when you want.

Every new Hangout starts with a free month of everything. No card needed.

Free

$0forever

Everything that makes Howdlo, Howdlo.

  • Unlimited chats, Hangouts, Drops, calls and voice notes
  • The Planner — trips and events, planned right in the chat
  • Howdy, your free bot — welcomes, reminders, reaction roles, custom and slash commands
  • A monthly allowance of AI-painted photos
  • No ads, no trackers. Obviously.
Open Howdlo — it's free
Our pick

Plus

$3.99/mo, for you

Your Howdlo, leveled up — in every chat you're in.

  • Howdy Partner — the leveled-up bot at your side
  • Live translation, right in the bubble
  • A bigger monthly stack of AI photos
  • Bigger uploads for videos and files
  • Premium Planner layouts and polished PDF exports
  • Priority support
Coming soon

Crew

$7.99/mo per Hangout

One upgrade, the whole community feels it.

  • Howdy Chief — the top bot tier, running that Hangout
  • Plus-grade powers for everyone in the room — translation, bigger uploads and more
  • Extra headroom — higher bot usage caps for busy rooms
  • Community analytics — see what's landing
  • A custom name for your bot

One Crew covers every member — nobody else has to pay.

Coming soon

Proposed launch pricing — paid plans aren't on sale yet, and final numbers may shift before they arrive. Fair-Flow: during heavy usage we may apply short cooldown times to keep Howdlo fast and fair — never a surprise bill.

Coming up at Howdlo

On the roadmap, out loud.

Howdy's next gears

Partner and Chief arrive with the paid plans — recall, translation, auto-moderation and analytics, all from the bot your Hangout already knows.

Developer bots

Build and publish your own Howdlo bots — a sandboxed platform with install-time permissions, a review process, and revenue share.

Nearby, unlocked

Optional location sharing and place check-ins light up Nearby — see friends very close, in the same area, or in your city. Always on your terms.

Boards

Save notes, media and dates in any chat — and find them again instantly. Your group's memory, finally in one place.

Ask your chats anything

Catch up in one line — summarize a busy room, find that one message, get the answer with a receipt. Private to you.

It's nicer in here.

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