A Motion alternative for people who time block
Ellie is a Motion alternative that combines your tasks and calendar into one app, built for people who want to plan their own day (with optional AI help)
No AI necessary
Ellie is a new take on task management. We promise you’ll enjoy manually planning your day
Affordable
Unlike Motion, Ellie Pro is $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr ($4.99/mo for students), with a 7-day free trial. Affordable for personal use
Support indie
Built by a solo-developer, you would be supporting indie makers like myself when you use Ellie
See it in action
Want to see it before trying? See how I (Chris, Ellie developer) personally use Ellie to plan and manage my day.
No complex set up or AI necessary. It’s a daily planning / time blocking app you’ll actually enjoy using ✌️
Comparing Ellie vs. Motion
Ellie
Motion
$9.99/mo or $99.99/yr, 7-day free trial ($4.99/mo for students)
$19/mo billed yearly or $29 monthly (Pro AI)
Priced per seat, with monthly AI credits
Why people are making the switch from Motion to Ellie
No AI necessary 🤖❌
Motion’s AI schedules your tasks from their deadlines, priorities and estimates, so the plan is only as good as the details you keep up to date. Ellie is for people who’d rather drag each task onto the day themselves and know exactly why it’s there 👀
A beautiful experience 😍
Motion bundles AI tasks, projects, docs, meeting notes and workflows into one workspace. Ellie stays focused on your tasks and your calendar, so there’s far less to set up before you can plan a day.
Let’s talk about price 🥲
Motion’s Pro AI plan costs $19/mo billed yearly or $29 monthly for one person, and Business AI is $29 or $49. That’s a lot for students, teachers and anyone planning their own day. Ellie is $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr ($4.99/mo for students), with a 7-day free trial.
Support Independent ❤️
Ellie is made by a single developer and has no investors. By supporting Ellie you are supporting independent app developers to continue making great experiences
Other Motion alternatives to consider
Reclaim.ai: auto-scheduling on your own calendar
Reclaim also schedules tasks, habits and focus time for you, but it works on top of Google Calendar or Outlook rather than replacing them. There’s a free Lite plan, and Starter is $10/mo billed yearly or $12 monthly.
Sunsama: a guided daily plan
Sunsama walks you through planning each day and works with Google, Outlook, iCloud and CalDAV calendars. It’s $17/mo billed yearly or $22 monthly after a 14-day trial that doesn’t ask for a card, with no free plan.
Todoist: a fast task list
If you mostly need to capture and organize tasks, Todoist’s free plan goes a long way. Pro is $5/mo billed yearly or $7 monthly, and its calendar integration shows Google Calendar or Outlook events beside your tasks.
TickTick: tasks, habits and a focus timer
TickTick puts a task list, a calendar view, a habit tracker and a Pomodoro timer in one app. There’s a free plan, and Premium is US$49.99 a year. Prices on this page were checked on each app’s pricing page on November 4, 2026.
Sasha P.
Student @ Stanford
Ready to make the switch?
Ellie combines your tasks and calendar into one app.
Web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPad. 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.
