Doobies vs Motion
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Doobies
Daily planner that compares what you planned with what you did
Motion
AI work planner that auto-schedules tasks on your calendar
Where they differ
- Doobies is free. Motion starts at $19 per seat / month on team plans, billed annually (individuals from $29).
- Doobies has a free plan. Motion does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Motion lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Doobies also covers time blocking, time tracking, habit tracking and goals.
- Motion also covers meeting notes, auto-scheduling and booking links.
At a glance
| Doobies | Motion | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free trial |
| Starts at | Free | $19 per seat / month on team plans, billed annually (individuals from $29) |
| Free plan | The full product is free during early access, which is joined through a waitlist. The vendor's blog says pricing will come later and no prices have been published. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial, per Motion's App Store listing. A card is required and is charged when the trial ends unless cancelled. |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Doobies | Nexusbird, Inc. |
| Price read from | doobies-app.com | usemotion.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Doobies
- People who want to compare planned time with actual time each day
- Keeping a day plan, habit streaks and goals in one app
- Planners who like an end-of-day reflection routine
Motion
- People who want tasks placed on the calendar automatically
- Teams that want tasks, projects, docs and meeting notes in one app
- Deadline-driven work that needs frequent re-planning
Worth knowing
Doobies
- It is in early access: the site's only call to action is a waitlist form, with no public sign-up.
- The vendor's blog says it is free during early access and that pricing comes later; no prices are published.
- The site links to no App Store or Google Play listing; iOS, Android and web support is stated only in a blog post.
- Google Calendar is the only calendar integration the site lists, and accounts are created with Google or Apple sign-in.
Motion
- There is no free plan. A card is required for the trial, and Motion's terms say purchases are non-refundable.
- One person pays more than a team seat: Pro AI is $29 a month billed annually for an individual, against $19 per seat for teams.
- AI use is metered: 7,500 credits per seat a month on Pro AI and 15,000 on Business AI, with extra credits charged per 100.
- Gantt charts, time tracking, capacity planning and permissions are limited to Business AI.
Key features
Doobies
- Timeline day planning
- An hour-by-hour timeline shows what is planned and what is open. Tasks carry priorities, time estimates and notes, and can repeat daily, weekly or on custom schedules.
- Activity logging with timers
- Activities are logged as they happen with start and stop timers and tagged by category. Interruptions can be marked to show where focus is lost.
- End-of-day review
- A review sets the plan beside what happened. Planning accuracy, completion rate and time allocation are tracked across days and weeks.
- Habits and goals
- Habits can be set for every day, specific days or a number of times per week and show streaks. Goals are broken into milestones with progress charts.
- AI planning assistant
- The assistant turns plain-English requests into scheduled tasks and proposes batches of actions to approve or reject. The terms name Anthropic as the AI provider.
- Google Calendar sync and templates
- Two-way sync with Google Calendar puts events and tasks in one view, and day and week templates can be saved and applied when planning.
Motion
- Automatic scheduling
- A scheduling engine places tasks into openings on your calendar based on duration, priority and deadlines, and rebuilds the plan as the day changes.
- Tasks and projects
- Tasks sit inside projects and workspaces, and AI can draft a project and its tasks from a description. Timelines and Gantt charts need Business AI.
- Calendar sync
- Connects Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook (Office 365 and Exchange Online) and iCloud Calendar. The iCloud connection has a more limited feature set.
- Booking links
- A shareable link lets other people book meetings based on your real-time availability. You set rules for availability, duration, buffers and limits.
- AI Notetaker
- Captures transcripts from video calls and drafts summaries and action items, which you approve before they become tasks.
- AI Chat and Docs
- A chat interface creates items and searches workspace data, and collaborative docs include AI drafting. AI use draws on the plan's monthly credits.
Plans
Doobies
Early access$0
The full product at no cost during early access, joined through a waitlist form. Later pricing has not been announced.
Motion
Pro AI (teams)$19
per seat / month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
AI chat, projects and tasks, calendar and meetings, docs and notes, mobile and desktop apps, and 7,500 AI credits per seat each month.
Business AI (teams)$29
per seat / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
Everything in Pro AI plus capacity planning, dashboards and reports, Gantt charts, time tracking, permissions and 15,000 AI credits per seat.
Pro AI (individuals)$29
per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
The same Pro AI plan bought by one person rather than per seat for a team.
Business AI (individuals)$39
per month, billed annually ($69 billed monthly)
The same Business AI plan bought by one person rather than per seat for a team.
EnterpriseCustom
Everything in Business AI plus custom integrations, API with engineering support, white-glove onboarding and a dedicated solutions engineer.
Ways to pay less
Doobies
No public discounts listed.
Motion
- Annual discount
Save 33% by paying annually
Motion's pricing page labels annual payment as saving 33%: a Pro AI team seat is $19 a month billed annually against $29 billed monthly.
