A group communication app built around the calendar
Most group communication apps are a chat feed that buries anything important. TangoHive is built around the calendar instead: a shared schedule everyone subscribes to, announcements that reach every inbox and stay put at a link, and one contact list behind them - so the things a group needs to know do not scroll away.
Group chats are good for banter and bad for logistics. The meeting time, the event, the thing everyone needs to see - it scrolls past, and the people who most need it are the ones who muted the thread.
TangoHive keeps the important things where they belong. The calendar everyone subscribes to. The announcement that lands in the inbox and lives at a permanent link. The contact list that makes sure a message reaches everyone, not just whoever is watching the chat right now.
What this kind of group actually needs
The calendar everyone shares
One schedule members subscribe to and see on their own phone, instead of asking when things are.
Announcements that do not scroll away
Email that lands in the inbox and a link that stays put - not a message lost in a feed.
One contact list, not a chat roster
Reach everyone on the list, tagged by group or role, whether or not they follow a thread.
A public page people can find
One address for your group's identity, calendar, links, and news.
How TangoHive measures up
| Shared calendar everyone subscribes toOne link into any calendar app; updates flow automatically. | |
| Announcements by email, kept at a linkWrite once, reach every inbox, and it stays readable at a permanent link. | |
| One shared, taggable contact listReach the right people every time, not just whoever is watching a chat. | |
| Public page for the groupIdentity, calendar, links, and news at your own address. | |
| Live back-and-forth group chatTangoHive is for the things that must not get lost. Keep your group chat for the banter. |
Good to know
- Not a real-time chat app - it is the calendar and the announcements around it, the things a chat feed loses. Many groups run both.
- Use it for as much as it fits.
How to send announcements to a group without a mailing list
You do not need a mailing list, a Listserv, or a Google Group to reach everyone. In TangoHive you keep one shared contact list and publish an announcement; it emails every contact and stays readable at a permanent link. Here is the whole flow.
- 1Add your contacts to TangoHive by importing a CSV or adding them one at a time, and tag them by group or role if you want to reach only some of them.
- 2Write the announcement, choosing which groups or tags should receive it.
- 3Publish. TangoHive emails everyone you picked and posts the same announcement to a permanent link anyone can open in a browser, no account needed.
GroupMe alternative
TangoHive is a GroupMe alternative for groups that need a shared calendar and announcements that reach every inbox, the things GroupMe's chat feed buries. GroupMe is good for fast back-and-forth; it is not built to hold the schedule everyone follows or to make sure an important notice lands where people actually read it.
If your group's real problem is that dates and announcements scroll away in the chat, TangoHive keeps them put: a calendar members subscribe to on their own phone, and announcements that email every contact and stay at a link. Many groups keep GroupMe for the banter and run TangoHive for the things that must not get lost.
Common questions
- What is the best group communication app for an organisation?
- For an organisation - a club, a church, a PTO, a team - the things that matter are a shared calendar everyone can subscribe to and announcements that reach every inbox and stay put. TangoHive is built around those, with one contact list behind them, rather than a chat feed that buries them.
- Is this a replacement for our group chat?
- No, and it does not try to be. A group chat is fine for conversation; TangoHive is for the things that must not get lost - the calendar, the announcements, the contact list. Many groups run both.
- Does everyone need to install an app?
- No. Reading the calendar, an announcement, or the group's page is always a link that opens in any browser. Only the people running the group need an account.
- Is it free?
- Yes, free while we are in early access, with no card required.
See it running a real group
Walk through a real group on TangoHive: the public page, the posts members read, and the calendar that lands on their phones.