Motion vs Reclaim
Two AI calendars that plan your week. One replaces your task manager; the other works with it.
Motion and Reclaim both put your tasks on your calendar for you and re-plan when meetings move. They differ in how much they want to own. Motion is an all-in-one AI work suite: tasks, projects, docs and calendar in one app, billed with AI credits per seat. Reclaim is a calendar layer that works alongside the task manager you already use, pulling tasks from Todoist, Asana, ClickUp, Jira or Linear, protecting focus time and fitting habits around your meetings, with a free plan to start.
| Feature | Motion | Reclaim |
|---|---|---|
| Assign a task to an AI agent that does the work | Built-in AI assistant and workflows | Scheduling agents for your calendar, not task work |
| Agent work waits for your approval before it counts as done | Not documented | Preview Mode for calendar changes from Claude |
| Official MCP server for your AI agents | Community servers | Official Claude connector (MCP) |
| Time-blocks your day around your real meetings, and re-plans when one moves | Yes | Yes |
| Task dependencies (blocked-by) | Yes | Not documented |
| Daily digest of overdue / due-today / stalled | Yes | Time-use reports |
| Price | Trial; Pro AI $19/seat/mo, Business AI $29 | Free Lite plan; Starter $10, Business $15/seat/mo yearly |
| Free plan | No | Lite: 1 user, a 1-week scheduling range |
| Habits | Not documented | Yes |
| Scheduling links | Not documented | 1 on Lite, 3 on Starter, unlimited on Business |
| Projects and tasks | Its own projects, with Gantt and time tracking on Business AI | Syncs tasks from Todoist, Asana, ClickUp, Jira and Linear (paid plans) |
| How AI is metered | 7,500 or 15,000 AI credits per seat a month | AI agent counts per plan (5 on Lite) |
Weighted scorecard
Each product gets a score from 0 to 5 on eight criteria, with a one-line reason. The weights say how much each criterion counts, and the total is the weighted average, out of 5.
The default weights reflect a buyer handing work to AI agents, the person Done is built for, so they favour Done. Pick another buyer and the weights change: for a team running sprints, or for a personal list without AI, other apps often come out ahead.
Weights for
For someone who delegates tasks to Claude, ChatGPT or other agents and wants to approve what comes back.
Scores are our judgment from each vendor's public docs and pricing, checked on the date at the foot of this page. Anything a vendor doesn't document scores 0.
Choose Motion if…
- You want one app for tasks, projects, docs and your calendar
- You want an AI project manager to draft projects from a description
- You're happy to buy the AI from the same vendor as the scheduler
Choose Reclaim if…
- You want to keep the task manager you already use
- Habits, focus time and meeting buffers matter as much as tasks
- You want to start free and pay per seat from $10 a month
The verdict
Pick Motion if you want one vendor to run your tasks, projects and calendar, and you'll use its project features. Pick Reclaim if you already like your task manager and mainly need your calendar defended: focus time, habits and smart meetings, with a free plan and a lower price. Reclaim also runs an official MCP connector for Claude; Motion has community servers only.
Where Done fits
Neither Motion nor Reclaim does the task for you; they schedule when you will. Done is the other half: hand a task to Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP agent, and its result waits for your approval. Done's Plan my day also fits your open tasks around your calendar, so for some people it covers both.
Compare each with Done:Done vs MotionDone vs Reclaim
Frequently asked questions
Is Motion or Reclaim better?
Motion is better if you want an all-in-one suite with projects and docs and are happy to move your tasks into it. Reclaim is better if you want to keep your current task manager and add calendar defense on top: focus time, habits and buffers, with a free plan.
Which is cheaper, Motion or Reclaim?
Reclaim. Its Lite plan is free, Starter is $10 and Business $15 a seat a month billed yearly. Motion has no free plan: Pro AI is $19 and Business AI $29 a seat a month, with a discount for paying yearly.
Do Motion and Reclaim work with Claude?
Reclaim has an official connector for Claude and Claude Code, and its calendar changes land in a preview for you to approve. Motion has no first-party MCP server; only community servers connect it to Claude.
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Comparison based on publicly available information last verified in October 2026. Motion, Reclaim and other names are trademarks of their respective owners; features change — check their sites for the latest.