Palby Planner

Sunsama alternative

A calm Sunsama alternative for home and work

Sunsama is a daily planner built around your calendar and your work tools. Palby Planner plans the same day and adds your routines, habits and notes to it.

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30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

The short version

Stay with Sunsama if your tasks start in Asana, Trello, Jira or Slack, or your calendar is Outlook or Apple's. Pick Palby Planner if you plan home and work on one Google Calendar and want your routines and habits on the same day.

Who should pick which

Stay with Sunsama if

  • Your tasks start in Asana, Trello, Jira, email or Slack. It pulls them in
  • Your calendar is Outlook or Apple Calendar. It syncs both ways with each
  • You like a guided daily plan, and a shutdown when you stop for the day

Pick Palby Planner if

  • Your calendar is Google Calendar
  • You want routines that nudge you, and habits with a streak, beside the plan
  • You want to send a task or a note from Telegram

Side by side

Compared onPalby PlannerSunsama (from sunsama.com, 31 October 2026)Source
PriceNo published price yetUS$17 a month billed yearly (US$204), or US$22 monthlySunsama pricing
To startBook a 30-minute walkthroughA 14-day trial with no card. No plan that stays at no costSunsama pricing
Works onInstalls from your browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Not in the app stores yetApps for iOS and iPadOS, Android, macOS, Windows and LinuxSunsama site
CalendarsGoogle Calendar events beside your tasks; the time you plan can go back onto GoogleTwo-way sync with Google, Outlook and Apple calendarsSunsama site
Where tasks come fromTyped in one line, or send a task or a note as a telegram messagePulled from Asana, Trello and Jira. Emails, Slack and Teams messages become tasksSunsama site
Planning the dayA timetable for today. Drag tasks onto the hours, or let Plan my day fill the gapsGuided planning, timeboxing on your calendar, and a daily shutdownSunsama site
FocusA 25-minute focus timer. Tap Done and the task is ticked offFocus mode and Pomodoro timersSunsama site
As of October 2026. Sunsama's details are from its own pages, read on 31 October 2026. Plans and prices change, so check them before you pay.

Where Sunsama is strong

Sunsama is a daily planner first. It walks you through planning your day, puts tasks and meetings in one plan, and closes the day with a shutdown and your highlights. It has focus mode and Pomodoro timers, and it pulls work in from Asana, Trello, Jira, email, Slack and Teams, and syncs both ways with Google, Outlook and Apple calendars. If your day starts in those tools, it fits better.

The three differences that matter

Routines and habits sit on the plan

Set a routine once and it comes back on the days you picked, on tomorrow's timetable. If it isn't done by its time, you get a Telegram message. Habits keep a streak, with the last 30 days at a glance.

Capture from a chat

Type it, say it or snap it in Telegram, and it's filed as a task or a note in the planner. Useful in a queue, or with your hands full.

Goals and notes in the same account

Set a goal with a number and a date, and each month shows what it still needs. Notes sit in folders beside your tasks, with voice notes.

Switching in three steps

  1. Book a 30-minute walkthrough and see a day planned on your own calendar.
  2. Connect Google Calendar, then add this week's tasks. There's no import from Sunsama yet.
  3. Set up the routines you do every week, so tomorrow starts with them already on the timetable.

Questions

Plan the whole day, home included.

See your routines and your calendar on one timetable.

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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.

  • Sunsama: US$22 a month per person billed monthly, or US$17 a month billed yearly (US$204); 14-day trial with no card; no plan that stays at no cost. www.sunsama.com/pricing
  • Sunsama: A digital daily planner; tasks and meetings in one plan; timeboxing on the calendar; focus mode and Pomodoro timers; tasks pulled from Asana, Trello and Jira, and from emails, Slack and Teams; two-way sync with Google, Outlook and Apple calendars; guided planning and a daily shutdown; apps for iOS and iPadOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Linux. www.sunsama.com/