A small, annoying question I couldn't shake.
Slotora started with one frustration that just wouldn't leave me alone: why is it still so hard for a group of people to agree on a time?
It didn't matter what it was — drinks with friends, someone's leaving do, five-a-side on a Tuesday, volleyball, a school group, a community meetup. The same thing happened every single time. Messages got buried. Plans changed halfway through. People forgot. And someone — usually the same someone — ended up chasing everyone for an answer.
I wanted one calm place where a group could just sort it out. Create something, see what's coming up, say yes or no in a couple of taps, and share a calendar everyone actually keeps an eye on. That's really the whole idea.
Less time going back and forth about dates. More time actually doing things together.
Made by hand, by one person who cares.
I'm building Slotora on my own, in the small pockets of spare time I can find — around a full-time job as a nurse and, more recently, a newborn at home. So most of it happens late at night, between feeds and shifts. I won't pretend that's always easy, but it does mean this is personal.
There's no big team, no investors leaning over my shoulder, no growth targets to hit by Friday. Just me, building carefully and honestly, trying to make something genuinely useful for the kind of groups I'm part of too.
Whether it's a one-off plan or the same training session every week, I want organising to feel lighter, clearer, and a little less stressful. The goal was never to add another app to your life — it's to take a small, tedious job off your plate so you can get on with the fun part.
