LifeAt vs Sukha

LifeAt

• People who like working against an ambient video backdrop with sound
• Remote workers and students who want shared Pomodoro rooms
• Keeping a task planner, calendar and focus timer in one window

Sukha

• Writers, developers and designers doing solo deep work
• People who want music, timer, tasks and blocking behind one button
• Slack users who want their status set automatically during focus time

LifeAt

• The free plan has no daily planner, allows one to-do list and one calendar, and includes only a limited set of background spaces.
• LifeAt's help center says it does not offer refunds on any plan, except when upgrading from monthly to yearly.
• Desktop apps are offered for macOS and Windows only; no iOS or Android app is listed.
• Business pricing is not published, and the Pro prices are labelled early-bird with no end date given.

Sukha

• There is no free plan: after the 3-day trial it costs $20 a month or $400 once, and no annual plan is listed.
• It runs only in Chromium browsers such as Chrome, Edge, Arc and Brave, with no native desktop app; Safari and Firefox are not listed.
• The site says blocking reaches apps and websites on your phone but does not explain how, and it lists no mobile app.
• The vendor says Sukha is not suited to people whose day is mostly phone calls, Zoom and meetings.

LifeAt

Virtual spaces

Full-screen moving backgrounds in themes such as nature, cafe, city and beach sit behind your widgets. Free accounts get a limited set; Pro opens more than 1,000.

Sounds and music

An ambient soundboard with more than 20 sounds that can be mixed, plus a media widget that plays YouTube and Apple Music inside the workspace. Pro lists custom Spotify playlists.

Pomodoro timer

A Pomodoro timer with adjustable settings and a stopwatch. In a shared room the timer is synchronized, so the group works and rests together.

Focus with others

Join a public coworking room or invite people to your own. Members share the same background and timer and can use the built-in chat and video.

Planner with time tracking

Tasks carry tags and tracked time and can be dragged between days or onto the calendar to block out time. The daily planner is a Pro feature.

Unified calendar

Google and Outlook calendars appear in one view, with work and personal schedules kept separate. Connecting multiple calendars needs Pro.

Sukha

One-button focus sessions

A single Play button starts the music, the timer and the blocking together, so a session needs no separate setup. Members get unlimited daily sessions.

Flow music

Lofi and binaural tracks plus six more sound worlds, playing for as long as a session runs.

Distraction blocking

Blocks distracting websites and apps during a session, on the computer and, the vendor says, on your phone. A free Chrome extension extends the blocking across the browser.

AI task manager and coach

A task list keeps the next step in view, and the AI assistant breaks a task that feels too big into one specific next step. To-dos can be imported from Todoist, Linear and Google Tasks.

Automated Pomodoro timer

Sessions run on a work-and-break rhythm with prompts for healthy breaks, and streaks and points track how consistently you show up.

Slack status updates

When a session starts, Sukha sets your Slack status to say you are in a session and mutes incoming notifications.

LifeAt

• Free$0

  One to-do list, a limited set of background spaces and community support. No daily planner and no multiple calendars.

• Pro (Early bird), yearly$8

  per month, billed yearly

  Daily planner, 1,000+ Pro background spaces, unlimited to-dos and notes, multiple calendars and priority support. Shown against a crossed-out $15.

• Pro (Early bird), monthly$12

  per month, billed monthly

  The same Pro features billed month to month. Shown against a crossed-out $25.

• BusinessCustom

  For companies: project management, a collaborative workspace, invoicing and dedicated support. No price is shown.

Sukha

• Monthly$20

  per month

  Unlimited daily focus sessions, flow music, distraction blocking on desktop and phone, AI task manager, Pomodoro timer and AI focus assistant.

• Lifetime$400

  one-time

  Everything in Monthly for a single payment, with all future features and priority support.

LifeAt

• Annual discount

  Save 33% with yearly billing

  The pricing page says switching to yearly saves 33%: Pro is $8 a month billed yearly against $12 a month billed monthly.

Sukha

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime access for a one-time $400

  A single $400 payment replaces the $20 monthly membership, the same cost as twenty months, and includes all future features and priority support.

• Other savings

  Discounts on request

  The pricing page invites students, people between jobs and people in other countries who need a lower price to email the founder, who says he will work something out.