Roam review

Roam is a shared timeline for coordinating future trips, moves, semesters and meetups with friends. Add plans as location entries, then check whether your dates put you and a friend in the same city. For group trips, friends mark days they cannot travel and Roam identifies weeks that work for everyone.

It is a coordination tool, not a video-conferencing service: our published product information lists no calling feature, which fits our verdict that it is not a fit for video meetings. Roam also says it does not track GPS. You can mark plans tentative or private, or hide them from specific friends. Calendar imports accept .ics files, which are parsed locally on your device. The basic pitch is straightforward: share enough of your future schedule to find overlaps without turning the app into a live location tracker.

Roam focuses on the awkward part of making plans: finding a time when everyone is actually free and in the right place. A shared timeline makes upcoming trips and relocations visible together, while plan crossings show when friends are scheduled to be in the same city. For a group getaway, people mark unavailable days and Roam calculates weeks that work for everyone. That is more specific than simply sharing calendars and asking friends to compare them manually.

Privacy controls give users options beyond making every entry public to every friend. Plans can be tentative, private, or hidden from selected friends, and the product says it does not track GPS. The .ics import is another useful detail for people who already keep plans elsewhere: the files are parsed locally on the device, according to the published product information.

Roam Plus is a one-time purchase for eight custom color themes and matching app icons. It is cosmetic, not a stated planning upgrade, so the available information does not suggest that paying for Plus unlocks the core timeline or group-date features.

Roam’s usefulness depends on friends adding and maintaining their plans. The published information does not publish caps for friends, entries, groups, or calendar imports, so we cannot say how it holds up for larger networks or heavy use. It also does not describe integrations beyond .ics import, or explain whether changes in an imported calendar sync back to Roam.

Pricing is the bigger caution. The published pricing result lists a $19.50 monthly price per active member, no annual commitment, and a 14-day trial for each new team member. But the named plan is “Virtual Office Super Bundle,” described for teams using a virtual office. That does not match the friends-and-travel product, so we would not treat it as confirmed consumer pricing for this Roam. The notes also cite a 2027 price of $20.88, without explaining the change. Roam Plus has no price listed in the published information. There is no confirmed free plan, but the plan mismatch makes that detail uncertain too.

According to the pricing details checked on 2026-11-07, Roam’s Virtual Office Super Bundle costs $19.50 per active member per month, with no annual commitment listed. The published pricing page details show one plan, so there’s no documented tier jump to compare. Inactive seats do not count, guests are free, and each new team member gets a 14-day trial.

The notes also cite a 2027 price of $20.88, but don’t explain when or how that price applies. Treat that as a possible increase, not a confirmed second tier. The listed plan is aimed at teams using a virtual office; it may be an awkward fit if you only want a shared travel timeline with friends. The feature list mentions Roam Plus, a one-time purchase for eight themes and matching icons, but its price isn’t published in the published details. No annual rate or other add-on prices are listed.

The documented route for bringing plans into Roam is importing .ics calendar files, which are parsed locally on your device. The published details don’t say whether imports cover every calendar app, how much information carries over, or whether you can export your Roam timeline later. If you’re moving a group’s plans in, check those points before relying on Roam as the only copy.

The published material doesn’t document migration tools, bulk export, or account lock-in terms. That leaves the effort of switching away hard to judge: confirm you can retrieve your plans in a usable format before adding lots of entries. Roam is for coordinating future plans, not video calls, so teams needing live conferencing would need another product. No Reddit posts or comments were published for this review, so we can’t responsibly attribute common reasons for leaving to Reddit users.