A nonprofit's shared room
Meeting room, shared space, coworking desk: members book their own slot, instead of going through one person keeping a paper diary.
YouTim Service
Room, gear, court, vehicle, family house: open a slot schedule every member can book — with no double booking and no spreadsheet to keep up to date.
No more "is it free tomorrow?" in the chat and last-minute clashes: everyone sees what's taken and books their slot.
15 min, 30 min, 1 h, half-day, full day or a custom length: you choose the booking step.
Set open days and hours, and block one-off periods (holidays, maintenance).
One seat or several: allow multiple bookings on the same slot when the resource allows it.
Optionally show the names of who booked, or keep only availability visible.
The planning adapts: slot grid, half-days in week view, or a monthly calendar for full-day bookings.
The group stays informed, and anyone can free their slot with one tap.
| Feature | YouTim Booking | Doodle | Shared spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| No third-party account to create | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Tied to the group (chat, calendar) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Capacity & multiple seats | ✓ | limited | manual |
| Availability & blocks | ✓ | limited | manual |
| GDPR & EU | ✓ | plan-dependent | tool-dependent |
| Ad-free | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Comparison for informational purposes, based on publicly known 2026 features.
Meeting room, shared space, coworking desk: members book their own slot, instead of going through one person keeping a paper diary.
Kayaks, bikes, instruments, the shared workshop drill: everyone books the resource for the slot they need, and sees what's already taken.
Tennis, padel, a building's gym: a schedule of one-hour slots, with capacity for shared courts.
A nonprofit's car, a family van, a trailer shared between neighbors: book by half-day or full day, with no clashes.
A holiday home shared between several branches of the family: a monthly calendar to book your weeks, visible to all.
A shared washing machine, a bike room: short slots each resident books from their phone.
Yes, fully free, no subscription, no in-app purchase, no ads.
Anything shared on a schedule: room, gear, court, vehicle, house, laundry room, or a time slot with a person. You pick the slot length (15 min to a full day, or custom).
Yes if you want: the admin sets a capacity (seats per slot). Beyond that, the slot shows as full.
It's an option. The admin decides whether participants see who booked, or only availability.
YouTim Booking requires no third-party account and lives in the same group as chat, calendar and lists — same members already invited, no external link to share.
Yes. Each member can free their slot with one tap, and the seat becomes available again.
Sharing a room, a vehicle or gear between several people often turns messy: messages scattered across the chat, a shared spreadsheet nobody updates, or a double booking found out on the day. YouTim Booking replaces all that with a clear slot schedule every member checks and books from their phone.
Depending on the resource, the right step changes: an hour for a tennis court, a half-day for a vehicle, a week for a family house. YouTim offers slots from 15 minutes to a full day — and the planning displays accordingly (slot grid, half-days in week view, or a monthly calendar for full-day bookings).
The admin opens the right days and hours, blocks unavailable periods (holidays, maintenance) and sets capacity when several bookings fit a single slot. The booking window (1, 6, 12 or 24 months) keeps slots from being grabbed too far ahead.
Booking lives in the same YouTim as the group's chat, calendar and piggy bank. A nonprofit, a building, a family: one space, several services, the same members — no new account or external link to share.