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Tidebar
Drag a time range, share a link, and everyone sees it in their own time zone
- Score
- 41
- confidence 45
- Evidence
- 6
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 2
- named in sources
- First version
- 25 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop and mobile
- PWA: on computers and phones alike
- Market since
- 2006
- Mature market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop and mobile: Organizers propose times at a desk but all team members must confirm on their phone to see times in their own zone instantly. Sample screens on a computer and a phone, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Find overlap
Overlap found3 hrs
About this appAI proposal
Tidebar is a visual meeting scheduler for distributed teams. You see each teammate's local day side by side on one timeline, drag across the hours that work, and send a link. Every recipient opens it and sees the proposed times already in their own time zone.
It is built for remote teams spread across several time zones that schedule often. No more mental maths in email chains or Slack threads. Daylight saving changes show on the timeline, so a slot that shifts for one person is flagged before you send it.
Unlike a plain calendar, Tidebar starts from the question of where people overlap. It can read your calendar to hide busy hours, but you do not need it to propose a time.
- Tagline
- Pick the hour once. Everyone sees it right.
- Voice
- ClearCalmPractical
- Why this name
- Tides turn on a schedule that depends on where you stand. A bar is the timeline you drag across. Short, easy to say.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Multi-zone timeline
See every participant's local day stacked on one timeline, with working hours, night and overlap shaded clearly.
No member yet
Drag to propose
Drag across the timeline to select one or several time ranges. Add options without typing any conversion.
No member yet
Links that convert
Recipients open a link and see each proposed time in their own zone. No account needed to view or reply.
No member yet
Daylight saving warnings
Slots near a clock change in any participant's region are flagged, with the shifted local time shown.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
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Palette
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Typography
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Pick the hour once. Everyone sees it right.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no price for this category. Verified: Outlook lists 5 paid plans from RON 48.49 to RON 549.99 a month. These tiers are a starting point to test, set below that range.
Free
Free
- Unlimited share links
- Up to 4 time zones per meeting
- DST warnings
Pro
$6 a month
- Google and Outlook busy overlay
- Saved team zones
- Vote and confirm
- Unlimited zones
Team
$4 a month
- Per member, minimum 5
- Shared team zones and hours
- Admin controls
- Priority support
Would you pay Team · $4 a month?
Your answer tells PWAS which prices people accept. It changes no score.
No answers yet.
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$190,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- Shared outputs. Each proposal is a link sent to teammates, clients or partners. They see times converted to their zone with a small Tidebar mark and a prompt to make their own proposal.
- Do they become customers?
- Recipients are often teammates who schedule too, so some may become users. Test how many recipients create a proposal within 30 days, and whether any then pay.
- First customers
- Team leads and operations managers at remote-first companies of 10 to 50 people with members in at least three time zones.
- Where to reach them
- Hacker News and dev forums: Show the tool in a thread about time zone scheduling, where the problem was already raised, and ask for feedback.
- Remote work communities: Offer free use in Slack and Discord groups for remote team leads, and gather requests.
- First milestone
- Five remote teams use it weekly for a month, and three of them pay for Pro or Team.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedHacker News post received 19 points and 5 comments
- Public claimScheduling meetings across multiple time zones is painful, especially across daylight saving time transitions
- Public claimExisting calendar tools require users to manually handle time zone conversion and DST edge cases
- Public claimVisual timeline approach makes finding overlapping availability easier than existing methods
- Public claim
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Calendar accessGoogle and Microsoft calendar OAuth APIsNeeded to read busy times for the overlay; calendar integration was named as a desired feature.
- This app · Time zone dataIANA tz database via a date libraryAccurate DST rules and future clock changes for every region.
RisksAI inference
- CommercialEvidence is thin: one Hacker News post with 19 points and 5 comments. Teams may keep using existing calendars and treat this as a small helper, not a paid tool.
- PlatformGoogle and Microsoft may add visual multi-zone views, and their calendar APIs need app review and have usage limits.
- TechnicalDST edge cases, such as regions changing on different dates or rules changing, must be handled correctly or trust is lost.
- DataReading calendars means handling sensitive data; privacy review and minimal scopes are needed.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.