Lifestack vs Motion

Lifestack

• People who want demanding work scheduled when their focus is highest
• Wearable owners who want sleep and recovery data next to their calendar
• People with ADHD who want structured routines and clear time blocks

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

Lifestack

• There is no free plan. Once the 7-day trial on the annual plan ends, a paid subscription is required.
• Only the annual plan includes a trial. The monthly and lifetime plans are charged without one.
• The Chrome extension supports only certain Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar views, such as day and week.
• No Windows app is listed. Lifestack is offered for iPhone, Mac, Android, Chrome and the web.

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.

Lifestack

Energy Zones

Predicts high and low energy periods through the day from sleep and health data, so demanding work can be lined up with the peaks.

Plan My Day

Schedules the day's to-dos, routines, meals and rest onto the calendar in one step, turning a task list into time blocks.

Chat with Lifestack

An AI assistant you can ask to build a plan for the day or week or to set up routines. The vendor describes it as a round-the-clock copilot for daily decisions.

Wearable and health data

Connects to Apple Health and wearables including Oura, WHOOP, Garmin, Apple Watch and Fitbit. Without one, it can use an iPhone sleep schedule, Google Fit or Samsung Health.

Calendar and task integrations

Brings several calendars into one view and integrates with Google Calendar, Outlook, Todoist and Trello. Calendar events are labelled by type automatically.

Chrome extension and Apple Watch

The Chrome extension overlays energy levels on Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar, and the Apple Watch app shows energy, calendar and to-dos.

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.

Lifestack

• Monthly plan$7

  per month

  Mobile apps on iOS and Android, the Chrome extension, and unlimited calendars and tasks. No free trial.

• Annual plan$50

  per year

  The same features billed yearly, and the only plan that starts with a 7-day free trial.

• Lifetime plan$120

  one-time payment

  The same features for a single payment instead of a subscription. No free trial.

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.

Lifestack

• Annual discount

  About 40% less on the annual plan

  The annual plan is $50 a year against $7 a month. Twelve monthly payments come to $84, so paying yearly costs about 40% less.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime plan for $120

  Lifestack sells a lifetime plan as a one-time payment of $120, with the same features as the subscriptions and no free trial.

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.