Eisenhower vs Priority Matrix

Eisenhower

• People who sort tasks by urgency and importance
• A free matrix in the browser with no installation
• Short daily lists worked one task at a time with a timer
• Connecting an AI assistant to a task list through MCP

Priority Matrix

• Teams that prioritize with the Eisenhower urgent-important method
• Organizations that work mainly in Outlook and Microsoft Teams
• Managers who want reports per teammate and one-on-one views
• Groups of up to 5 that fit inside the free tier

Eisenhower

• The free Ike plan shows ads and keeps only 10 completed tasks per quadrant; task details, due dates, the Inbox and Dark Mode need General.
• General and President are billed yearly at $58.80 and $118.80. The terms say the monthly prices shown are yearly equivalents.
• The iPhone app is a separate $2.99 purchase, and the help page says there is no Android app yet.
• Board and Calendar views and AI agent access are limited to the President plan.

Priority Matrix

• The free tier stops at 5 projects, 100 open items and 5 teammates, and has no Gantt chart or reports.
• PM Collaborate and Business Class require at least 5 users, and Pro is limited to 100 projects and 25 seats.
• Gantt charts, advanced reports and restricted projects are not part of the Pro plan.
• API developer access and multi-factor authentication are listed only under Enterprise.

Eisenhower

Four-quadrant matrix

Tasks are filed under Do first, Schedule, Delegate or Don't do, and moved by drag and drop when priorities change. Counters and a warning discourage more than about eight tasks in a quadrant.

Focus Mode timer

A Pomodoro-like egg timer gives one task the whole screen for 25 minutes by default or a chosen duration, with optional halfway and time-up notifications.

Scheduling and delegation

A task can be scheduled in Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook, and the delegate action prepares an email or share dialog containing the task description.

Sync between web and iPhone

Signing in with the same account keeps the web app and the iPhone app in sync automatically. Sign-in works with Apple, Google or an email and password.

Goals, Board and Calendar views

General shows quarterly goals next to the matrix. President adds a full Goals view, a kanban Board and a Calendar with month, week and queue layouts for due dates.

AI agent access

On the President plan an outside AI assistant can read or change tasks, goals, labels and comments through MCP or an API, using personal access tokens that can be revoked.

Priority Matrix

Four-quadrant projects

Each project is a matrix of four quadrants based on the Eisenhower method, used to separate urgent work from important work and to hold ideas until they are ready.

Item details and files

Items carry icons, notes, dates, progress, effort estimates and attached files, and can be sorted, tagged, filtered and searched.

Assignments, followers and chat

A task is assigned to one owner and can have several followers. An in-app chat and history stream record the conversation and progress for each item or project.

Reports and Gantt charts

Daily, weekly or custom-period reports show status by project or by teammate. Advanced reports and Gantt charts start at the PM Collaborate plan.

Outlook and Microsoft Teams add-ins

The Outlook add-in turns emails into tasks with due dates and reminders. The Teams app manages projects inside Teams and sends reminders through a chatbot.

Native apps with offline use

Apps for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android keep local storage and caches so work continues offline, alongside a web app and browser extensions.

Eisenhower

• Ike$0

  The classic matrix in the web app with Focus Mode, calendar scheduling, delegation, sync and up to 10 completed tasks of history per quadrant.

• Eisenhower for iPhone$2.99

  one-time purchase on the App Store

  The iPhone app with the matrix, Focus Mode and tasks synced with the web app.

• General$4.90

  per month, billed yearly ($58.80)

  No ads, Dark Mode, Task Inbox, task descriptions, notes and due dates, unlimited completed history, quarterly goals and the Productivity Cockpit.

• President$9.90

  per month, billed yearly ($118.80)

  Everything in General plus the Goals, Board and Calendar views, shared labels across views, and AI agent access through MCP and an API.

Priority Matrix

• Free$0

  Up to 5 teammates, 5 projects and 100 open items (250 in total), with the Gantt chart and report system switched off.

• Pro$12

  per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)

  For individuals and small teams of up to 25 seats: up to 100 projects, 50 GB of file storage and 3 years of item history.

• PM Collaborate$12

  per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)

  Minimum 5 users. Unlimited projects and item history, restricted projects, advanced reports, Gantt charts, user groups and company branding.

• Business Class$24

  per user / month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)

  Minimum 5 users. Adds Microsoft Copilot integration, automatic user provisioning, 1000 GB of file storage and dedicated training.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom deployment with extended Teams integrations, unlimited storage, API developer access, multi-factor authentication and volume pricing.

Eisenhower

No public discounts listed.

Priority Matrix

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  The pricing page marks annual billing as a 20% saving: Pro and PM Collaborate are $12 instead of $15 per user a month, and Business Class is $24 instead of $30.

• Nonprofit

  50% off for registered nonprofits

  Appfluence says it currently gives qualifying non-governmental nonprofits and registered charities a 50% discount, arranged by sending the company a message.

• Education

  Discounts for students, teachers and schools

  Students, teachers and staff at educational institutions qualify for a discount on any plan. Individuals are pointed to a discounted license, and institutions contact sales.