apreet vs travel calendar apps: your itinerary, plus the people in it

Quick answer. A travel or calendar app organises your own plan: where you are going, when, and what is booked. apreet reads that plan and overlays it against your address book, so you also see which of the people you already know will be in the same city for the dates you overlap. One answers where am I going; the other answers who that I know will be there. apreet sits on top of your calendar rather than replacing it.

What travel and calendar apps are best at

TripIt, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and the like are very good at keeping your itinerary straight: importing flight and hotel confirmations, laying out your days, sending reminders, and making sure you know where you need to be and when. If your goal is to organise your own schedule, that is exactly the right tool, and apreet does not try to replace it.

What apreet is best at

apreet does not organise your trip; it tells you who you can meet on it. In one sentence: apreet reads the date and location of your trips from your calendar and overlays them against the contacts in your address book, so you see which people you already know will be where you are going, for the dates you overlap, before you arrive. You can read the full mechanism on how apreet works. Its strength is the human layer your calendar does not have: not what is booked, but who you can see.

Use them together

Keep planning your trips in whatever travel or calendar app you already trust. apreet reads the dates and locations you have already entered and, without changing anything, shows which of your contacts overlap with each leg. The calendar app gets you to the city; apreet makes sure you do not land in it without realising three people you know are in town the same days.

Is apreet a travel or calendar app?

Not on its own. A travel or calendar app organises your itinerary: flights, hotels, meetings, and dates, all in one place. apreet reads that same calendar but adds the missing layer: it overlays the date and location of your trips against your address book and tells you which of the people you already know will be in the same city, for the dates you overlap. The calendar app holds your plan; apreet shows who you can meet inside it.

Does apreet replace my calendar?

No, it builds on it. apreet does not store your itinerary or ask you to re-enter trips. It reads the dates and the location field of your existing calendar events, plus airports it can recognise in event titles, and uses only that to find overlaps with your contacts. Keep using whatever calendar or travel app you already trust; apreet sits on top of it.

How is apreet different from TripIt or Google Calendar?

TripIt, Google Calendar, and similar apps are about your own schedule: organising flights, meetings, and reminders so you know where you need to be. apreet is about other people: it takes the where and when from that schedule and matches it against your address book, so a trip becomes a short list of contacts you can actually meet. They answer where am I going versus who I already know will be there.