Palby Planner

Routine alternative

Routine alternative: tasks, calendar and notes, plus the habits that make the day

Routine puts tasks, your calendar and notes in one app, with AI. Palby Planner does the same three, and adds habits, routines that nudge you, and goals.

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30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

The short version

Stay with Routine if you want a US$0 plan, offline mode, or AI meeting notes and agents. Pick Palby Planner if you want habits, routines and goals in the same plan as your tasks, calendar and notes.

Who should pick which

Stay with Routine if

  • You want to start at US$0
  • You want offline mode and desktop apps for macOS and Windows
  • You want AI meeting notes and agents

Pick Palby Planner if

  • You want habits with a streak and routines that nudge you
  • You want goals with a monthly figure in the same account
  • You want to send a task from Telegram

Side by side

Compared onPalby PlannerRoutine (from routine.co, 31 October 2026)Source
PriceNo published price yetUS$0 forever. Personal US$5 a month, Professional US$10 a monthRoutine pricing
Works onInstalls from your browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Not in the app stores yetmacOS, Windows, iPhone, iPad and watch, Android and the webRoutine site
Tasks, calendar and notesAll three, with Google CalendarAll three, on the US$0 planRoutine pricing
Time blockingDrag tasks onto the hours of a timetableOn Personal and upRoutine pricing
Habits and routinesHabits with streaks, and routines that come back on the days you pickNot listed on its pagesRoutine pricingRoutine site
As of October 2026. Routine's details are from its own pages, read on 31 October 2026. Plans and prices change, so check them before you pay.

Where Routine is strong

Routine puts tasks, calendars and notes in one app on a US$0 plan, with an AI assistant, voice commands and offline mode, and it has a Pomodoro timer. Personal adds time blocking at US$5 a month, and Professional adds AI meeting notes and agents. It has apps for macOS, Windows, iPhone, iPad, watch, Android and the web. If you want AI working across your notes and meetings, it fits better.

The three differences that matter

Habits and routines are part of the plan

Set a routine once and it's on the timetable on the days you pick. If it isn't done by its time, you get a Telegram message. Habits keep a streak.

Goals with a monthly figure

Set a number and a date. Each month shows what it still needs, so a slow February does not sink the year.

Send it from Telegram

Type, say or snap it in a Telegram message, and it's filed as a task or a note in the planner.

Switching in three steps

  1. Book a 30-minute walkthrough and see the planner on your own week.
  2. Connect Google Calendar and add this week's tasks. There's no import from Routine yet.
  3. Set up the routines and habits you want to keep this month.

Questions

Make the habits part of the plan.

Tasks, calendar, notes and routines on one day.

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.

  • Routine: US$0 forever with tasks, calendars and notes, an AI assistant and offline mode; Personal US$5 a month adds time blocking; Professional US$10 a month adds AI meeting notes and agents; a Pomodoro timer. routine.co/pricing
  • Routine: One app for tasks, calendar and notes, powered by AI; macOS, Windows, iPhone, iPad and watch, Android and the web. routine.co/