Palby Planner

Motion alternative

A Motion alternative for people who'd rather plan the day themselves

Motion's AI calendar plans your day for you. In Palby Planner you place the tasks on a timetable beside your Google Calendar, and ask Plan my day to fill the gaps when you want the help.

Book a walkthrough Download

30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

The short version

Stay with Motion if you want AI to plan and replan your day, or you run team projects with Gantt charts. Pick Palby Planner if you'd rather decide where each task goes yourself, with your routines and habits on the same day.

Who should pick which

Stay with Motion if

  • You want the day planned for you, and replanned when it changes
  • You run projects with a team, with timelines and dashboards
  • You want an AI meeting notetaker in the same app

Pick Palby Planner if

  • You want to see the day and decide what goes where
  • You plan your own life, not a team project
  • You want habits, routines and a focus timer beside the plan

Side by side

Compared onPalby PlannerMotion (from usemotion.com, 31 October 2026)Source
PriceNo published price yetPro AI is listed at US$19 a seat a month. Business AI at US$29Motion pricing
To startBook a 30-minute walkthroughA trial you can cancel any timeMotion pricing
Works onInstalls from your browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Not in the app stores yetiOS, Android and desktop appsMotion pricing
Planning the dayYou place the tasks on a timetable. Plan my day fills the gaps when you askAn AI calendar auto-plans your dayMotion site
Also in itHabits with streaks, and routines that come back on the days you pick. Goals, notes and a focus timerAI projects, tasks, docs and a meeting notetaker. 7,500 AI credits a seat a month on Pro AIMotion siteMotion pricing
As of October 2026. Motion's details are from its own pages, read on 31 October 2026. Plans and prices change, so check them before you pay.

Where Motion is strong

Motion wants to take planning off your hands. Its AI calendar auto-plans your day, and the same app runs AI projects, tasks, docs, dashboards and a meeting notetaker, with iOS, Android and desktop apps. Business AI adds Gantt charts, time tracking and team capacity planning. If you want a work app that schedules itself, it fits better.

The three differences that matter

You decide where each task goes

Tap a task onto an hour and stretch it in 15-minute steps. When a meeting moves, drag the task to the next gap. Plan my day fills what is left only when you ask it to.

Built for your own day

Tasks from work and home on one list, with Google Calendar events beside them. No seats, no projects to share, no dashboards to keep up.

Habits and routines on the same timetable

Routines come back on the days you pick and nudge you on Telegram if they slip. Habits keep a streak. A 25-minute focus timer starts from any task.

Switching in three steps

  1. Book a 30-minute walkthrough and see a day planned on your own calendar.
  2. Connect Google Calendar and add this week's tasks. There's no import from Motion yet.
  3. Place tomorrow on the timetable yourself, and ask Plan my day to fill the gaps.

Questions

Plan tomorrow yourself, in ten minutes.

Your tasks and your Google Calendar on one timetable.

Book a walkthrough Download

30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

Sources

Every page read on 31 October 2026. Nothing about a competitor on these pages comes from anywhere else.

  • Motion: Pro AI listed at US$19 a seat a month with 7,500 AI credits a seat; Business AI US$29; iOS, Android and desktop apps; start with a trial. www.usemotion.com/pricing
  • Motion: An AI calendar that auto-plans your day; AI projects, tasks, docs and a meeting notetaker. www.usemotion.com/