Akiflow vs Planzer.io

Akiflow

• People whose tasks are spread across email, chat and project tools
• Planning each day by time blocking tasks around meetings
• Keyboard-driven users who want a command bar and shortcuts

Planzer.io

• Individuals whose tasks are spread across several work tools
• People who want time estimates compared with tracked time
• Linux users: there is a desktop app beside the Mac and Windows ones

Akiflow

• There is no free plan, and the 7-day trial requires a card.
• Monthly billing costs $34 per month, against $19 per month on the yearly plan.
• The AI Meeting Assistant (recording, transcripts, summaries) is a separate $19-per-month add-on.
• Desktop downloads are listed for macOS and Windows only, and team pricing is arranged with sales.

Planzer.io

• The free plan stops at 100 tasks; once the limit is reached, new tasks need Pro or extra tasks earned by leaving reviews.
• Pro features are not available in the iPhone, iPad and Android apps, even with an active Pro plan; they work on the web and desktop apps.
• Subscriptions can only be bought and managed on the web or in the desktop apps, not in the mobile apps.
• The vendor describes it as built for individuals, not as a team tool.

Akiflow

Universal inbox

Tasks from connected tools such as Gmail, Slack, Notion, Asana, Jira and Todoist land in one inbox. Zapier and IFTTT cover tools without a native integration.

Time blocking on the calendar

Place tasks on a calendar that syncs with Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar, so planned work sits next to meetings.

Aki AI assistant

Ask Aki by chat or voice to plan, prioritize or move work, for example clearing an afternoon and pushing tasks to the next day. Included in Pro.

Availability sharing and booking

Share open slots or a meeting link so other people can book one-off or recurring meetings with you.

Command bar and shortcuts

Create, edit and navigate tasks from the keyboard. The command bar also turns copied text from a web page into a task.

MCP connector

Connects Claude, ChatGPT or another MCP client to your Akiflow tasks, calendar and meetings.

Planzer.io

Guided daily and weekly planning

Plan my day runs in four guided steps and a shutdown ritual closes the day. Plan my week and Review my week do the same at the weekly level.

Time blocking on your calendar

Drag any task onto Google, Outlook or iCloud Calendar as a real event. Resizing the block updates the task's time estimate.

Tasks from 16 integrations

Tasks from tools such as Notion, Todoist, Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Jira and Linear appear in a sidebar and are dragged into the day. Outlook emails can be planned too.

Focus timer and time tracking

Focus sessions run with breaks, overtime and background sounds, and tracked time is compared with each task's estimate day by day.

Projects, goals and templates

Projects carry milestones and goals that tasks link to. Routines and checklists can be saved as templates and added to any day.

AI features on Pro

Pro adds parsing of dates, tags, projects and priorities from typed text, AI break-down of large tasks, a ranked top 3 and a written weekly review.

Akiflow

• Pro$19

  per month, billed yearly ($228)

  The single plan: tasks, calendar planning, integrations, the Aki AI assistant and the MCP connector. $34 per month when billed monthly.

Planzer.io

• Free$0

  Up to 100 tasks with all 16 integrations, guided daily planning, time blocking, the focus timer, time tracking and every app.

• Pro$8

  per month, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly)

  Unlimited tasks, smart task parsing, AI break-down into subtasks, AI top-3 ranking, an AI weekly summary and file attachments up to 5 MB.

Akiflow

• Annual discount

  Save 44% with yearly billing

  Pro costs $19 per month when billed yearly ($228) instead of $34 per month on monthly billing. Akiflow lists this as a 44% saving.

• Education

  40% off Pro Yearly for students and researchers

  Eligible university students and researchers get 40% off Pro Yearly for life after verifying an academic email with Akiflow support.

• Other savings

  Believer multi-year plans

  Longer Pro commitments cost less per month: $357.60 for two years (equal to $14.90 per month) or $699 for five years.

Planzer.io

• Annual discount

  Lower Pro price with yearly billing

  Pro is $8 per month billed yearly against $10 billed monthly. The vendor labels this a 33% saving, although the two listed prices differ by 20%.