Oarly

Your calendar invites, as phone calls.

Add your own Oarly email address as a guest on any invite, approve the sender once, and Oarly rings your phone before the event starts. No calendar to connect, no password to hand over, and we never read your calendar.

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14 days free on Android and iPhone

Your Oarly address goes in as a guest. That is the whole setup.

One email address, any calendar.

  1. Claim your address

    When you sign up you pick your own Oarly address, like emma@oarly.app. It is yours alone.

  2. Add it as a guest

    On any event, in Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar or anything that sends standard invites.

  3. Approve the sender once

    The first invite from any address, even your own, waits for your yes in the app. After that, its invites ring on their own, with a notification before each call.

Invites and app reminders, one day.

Whatever came in by invite sits next to what you typed in the app, and rings the same way.

  • 09:30Weekly team callAnswered, 12 seconds
  • 11:15Dentist, King StreetRings in 40 minutes
  • 14:00Ring the landlord back
  • 16:30Parents' evening, moved from 15:00

It keeps up with your calendar.

  • Moved means moved

    When the organiser changes the time, the update reaches Oarly and the call moves with it.

  • Cancelled means quiet

    A cancelled event cancels its call. Nothing rings for a meeting that is not happening.

  • Recurring invites work

    A weekly meeting gets a call every week, and a change to one occurrence only changes that one.

  • No spam calls

    Your address is easy to guess, so invites from anyone you have not approved never ring. Block a sender and their invites are dropped for good.

  • Time zones handled

    Times come from the invite itself, so a call is right even when you are travelling.

  • Nothing to connect

    No sign in with Google, no calendar permission. Oarly only ever sees the invites you send it.

Questions

Which calendars work?

Any calendar that can invite a guest by email: Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Fastmail and others. Oarly reads the standard invite these calendars send.

Does Oarly read my calendar?

No. Oarly never connects to your calendar. It only receives the invites you add your Oarly address to, and uses them to set up the call you asked for.

Can I still add reminders without a calendar?

Yes. Most reminders are typed straight into the app. The calendar is simply a second way in.

Why do I have to approve a sender?

So nobody can make your phone ring just by knowing your address. You get a notification when an invite from a new address arrives, and nothing from it rings until you approve it. You approve each address once.

Will the other guests see my Oarly address?

On a shared invite, other guests can see the guest list, just as with any email address. For a private reminder, add it to an event only you are on.

More of what Oarly does

Your next meeting, ringing.

Oarly is in closed beta on Android and iPhone. Leave your email and we will tell you the moment a spot opens.

Oarly is not an emergency, medical or health service.

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