Motion

Freemium

By AI Bookmarks Editorial Team, Directory editors Last reviewed 2026-10-23

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Task manager and calendar that schedules your work automatically and reshuffles when plans change.

Quick facts

Pricing	Freemium
Free tier	No — trial only, then paid plans
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Developer	Motion
Website	https://www.usemotion.com/

What Motion is

Motion combines a task manager, calendar and project tracker with an AI scheduler. You enter tasks with deadlines and durations, and it places them into your calendar automatically, reshuffling when a meeting appears or a deadline moves. That automatic planning is the core difference from a to-do list: the calendar becomes the plan rather than a separate record of what happened. It also handles project timelines, meeting notes and documents, and can generate a plan from a described goal. The limits are trust and rigidity: automatic scheduling works only if durations and priorities are honest, a calendar full of meetings leaves little room to place anything, and the imposed structure suits individual knowledge work better than collaborative processes with handoffs. Recurring tasks are placed automatically, and the scheduler absorbs meetings that arrive mid-week without a manual replan. Deadlines on a project cascade to individual tasks, which keeps the schedule consistent.

Best for

Individuals juggling many deadlines across projects
Teams whose work is time-boxed rather than handoff-driven
Anyone whose calendar and task list never agreed

Not ideal for

Complex multi-team processes with approvals
Users unwilling to record realistic task durations

Pros

Calendar and task list become one artefact
Reschedules automatically when something moves
Project timelines share the same data

Cons

Depends on honest duration estimates
Long meeting days leave little room to schedule
Less suited to team handoffs and approvals

Pricing in detail

Motion is sold on monthly or annual subscriptions with no permanent free tier; a trial covers evaluation. Plans are billed per user and differ by calendar and task limits, AI credits and access to project and meeting features. Because the product is priced per seat and its value is personal, a team rollout costs more than the sum of individual gains unless everyone actually works from the schedule.