Alternatives to Sunsama
Daily planning ritual pulling from your tools
Sunsama ranks #11 of 20 in Task managers, with an Alt Score of 63. It is proprietary, sold by subscription from $17/month (billed yearly) and available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and Web. 10 of 11 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Knowledge workers and professionals—designers, engineers, product managers, executives—who juggle tasks across multiple tools and calendars and want a more realistic, less overwhelming daily schedule.
A unified daily planner that pulls tasks and events in from tools like Asana, ClickUp, Jira, Linear, Todoist, Gmail, and Google/Outlook/Apple calendars. You timebox tasks against your actual calendar, track time spent versus planned, and use built-in focus mode with distraction muting. A structured daily shutdown ritual closes out each day and carries unfinished work forward.
You plan your day by dragging in tasks from connected tools and timeboxing them onto your calendar, work through the day with focus mode and time tracking active, then complete a guided daily shutdown that reviews progress and rolls over anything unfinished to the next day.
Where Sunsama stands out
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Ranked alternatives
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Task managers checklist (15 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Sunsama is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-12
protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws
https://www.sunsama.com/terms -
Pricing model Subscription verified 2026-07-12
$22 per month, billed monthly
https://www.sunsama.com/pricing -
Starts at $17/month (billed yearly) verified 2026-07-12
$17 per month, billed yearly (USD)
https://www.sunsama.com/pricing -
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web verified 2026-07-12
The desktop app does not support Windows 7/8/8.1 or older.
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Status active verified 2026-07-12
Weekly Product Changelog: June 19, 2026
https://roadmap.sunsama.com/changelog/weekly-product-changelog-june-19-2026 -
Natural language input Partial verified 2026-07-12
Describe what you want in natural language — you don't need to use specific Sunsama terminology.
https://help.sunsama.com/docs/usage-guides/sunny/ -
Recurring tasks Yes verified 2026-07-12
Create tasks that repeat on a regular basis for routine work.
https://help.sunsama.com/docs/tasks-recurring-tasks -
Subtasks depth Partial verified 2026-07-12
Break tasks into smaller parts; subtasks can be timed and completed.
https://help.sunsama.com/docs/task-basics -
Projects & labels Partial verified 2026-07-12
Channel: Organize tasks into categories.
https://help.sunsama.com/docs/task-basics -
Priorities Yes verified 2026-07-12
Urgent, Priority, Normal (default), Low Priority
https://help.sunsama.com/docs/usage-guides/tasks/task-priority -
Reminders (time & location) Partial verified 2026-07-12
Select the timing for sound and visual reminders before your planned time runs out.
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Shared lists Yes verified 2026-07-12
If you want to use Sunsama with another person, or you want to add all the Sunsama users in your company under one paid account, you'll want to set up a shared workspace.
https://help.sunsama.com/docs/using-sunsama-with-teammates -
Calendar sync (2-way) Yes verified 2026-07-12
When you timebox a task, a calendar event is created on your underlying Google, Outlook, or iCloud calendar.
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Quick capture (global shortcut) Yes verified 2026-07-12
Hit Cmd Shift A (or Ctrl Shift A on Windows/Linux) to pull up the global add task window.
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Offline Partial verified 2026-07-12
There is a local cache, the app works fine if you're offline.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sunsama/id1475755747
FAQ
Yes. Todoist, TickTick and Any.do have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Tasks.org, Super Productivity and Vikunja — every license claim links its source.