Howie

Howie is an AI executive assistant that schedules meetings, manages your calendar and chases follow-ups for busy professionals who cannot justify a full-time human assistant. You bring it into conversations the same way you would loop in a real assistant: copy it on an email thread or send it a text. It then negotiates times with the other people, books the meeting and keeps your calendar in shape.

What is Howie used for?

Howie handles the coordination work around meetings and commitments, so you can stay out of back-and-forth threads.

• Scheduling meetings when you add Howie to an email thread, including groups across time zones
• Taking requests over email, SMS and iMessage, so you can ask it to book or move something on the go
• Creating booking links and adding holds and buffers around meetings
• Protecting focus time and rearranging lower-priority events when your week fills up
• Following up with people who stop replying and tracking who you are waiting on
• Managing reminders and to-dos, and sending a daily briefing with integrations such as Notion, Todoist, Linear and Granola

Who Howie is best for

Howie suits founders, investors, executives, consultants and salespeople who book many external meetings and want guests to experience a polite assistant rather than a booking page. Teams that share calendars and need coordination across several people will also benefit. If you mostly schedule internal meetings with colleagues who can see your calendar, a scheduling link or calendar app may be enough.

Howie pricing

As of October 2026, Howie's pricing is based on credits. The Team plan starts at $25 per month, with credit tiers ranging from 1,250 to 150,000 credits per month for heavier use. A custom assistant email address, so Howie writes from your own domain, is an add-on at $20 per month. New users can start with $25 in free credits, and Enterprise pricing is available through sales. The site does not map every credit tier to a price, so check your expected volume during the trial.

Limitations to keep in mind

• Credits make it harder to predict cost if your meeting volume swings from month to month
• Some recipients may prefer a direct booking link to an email exchange with an assistant
• It needs access to your inbox and calendar, which some companies will review carefully
• Automation can still misread unusual requests, so check new bookings in the first weeks

Howie vs alternatives

Reclaim AI is the better choice if you mostly want smart time blocking for habits, tasks and focus time inside Google Calendar or Outlook. Motion combines an AI calendar with project and task planning. Lindy lets you build general AI assistants that can include scheduling among many other jobs. Fyxer AI centers on email sorting and drafting. Howie wins when external meeting coordination over email and text is the job you most want off your plate.

Tips for getting started with Howie

Write down your scheduling preferences early, such as preferred meeting hours, default length, buffer time and which meetings may move. Start by copying Howie on a few low-stakes threads to see how it phrases emails. Use the free credits to measure how many credits a typical week uses before picking a tier. Add the custom email address if you want guests to see your company domain.

Howie FAQ

Is Howie free?

Howie is not free long term, but new users get $25 in free credits, and paid use starts at $25 per month on the Team plan.

How does Howie schedule meetings?

You add Howie to an email thread or message it by SMS or iMessage, and it proposes times, books the meeting and sends invites.

Does Howie work with Google Calendar?

Yes, Howie connects to Gmail and Google Calendar, along with tools such as Zoom, Notion, Todoist, Linear and Granola.

What is the best alternative to Howie?

Reclaim AI is a strong alternative for calendar time blocking, and Motion suits people who want scheduling combined with task planning.