Why TimeFlow is $5/month — locked for life

TimeFlow is $5/month, locked for life for anyone who subscribes during beta. That's a deliberate choice, not a launch promo. Here's the reasoning, transparently — because you should know what you're getting into when you trust a small tool with your calendar.

What you're paying for

TimeFlow is a calendar that auto-schedules your work around your meetings. It includes:

The auto-scheduler (places tasks and habits into the gaps between meetings, reflows when meetings move)
AutoScheduler MAX (an LLM-driven strategic planner that picks high-leverage placements for the week)
Chat assistant on the calendar
Projects with deadlines and explicit phases (Discovery → Build → Launch)
Built-in time tracker
Habit goals (e.g. "5 hours of exercise per week")
Kanban view
Natural-language task input
Two-way Google Calendar sync

That's a feature set comparable to Reclaim ($10–22/mo), Motion ($19/mo), or Akiflow ($15–24/mo).

Why $5

Three reasons.

1. The market is over-priced

Auto-scheduling SaaS prices crept from $8 in 2019 to $19+ today, mostly because two companies (Reclaim and Motion) raised significant venture funding and need to grow fast enough to justify the rounds. The pricing isn't a function of cost-to-serve — it's a function of investor expectations.

TimeFlow doesn't have those expectations. We can charge what the software is worth to a user, not what a Series B board thinks the LTV/CAC ratio needs to be.

2. $5/month survives the "is this useful enough to keep open" test

Most productivity tools die not because they're bad, but because the user looks at the bill, decides "I haven't used this enough," and cancels. The cancel-rate elasticity around $5 vs $10 vs $20 is non-linear — the difference between $5 and free is small; the difference between $10 and $5 is enormous.

At $5/month, the question stops being "is this worth the money" and starts being "is this useful enough to keep open." Most TimeFlow users find the answer to the second question is easy.

3. Locking it for life is a commitment to early users

The beta-locked rate exists because there's a real risk in trusting your calendar to a small product. We can't make that risk zero, but we can make the price-side commitment as strong as possible: if you sign up during beta, your $5/month rate stays $5/month for as long as the subscription stays active. We can't raise it on you. New signups at general availability pay $10/month; you don't.

That's the price-side promise. The product-side promise is implicit: ship fast, fix bugs publicly, and treat early subscribers as the people we owe most.

What $5 is NOT

A few things this isn't:

Not a launch discount. It's the permanent rate for early users. We won't write you in a year saying "your $5 rate is expiring."
Not freemium. There's no premium tier hidden behind the $5 — beta subscribers get the full feature set including AutoScheduler MAX and the chat assistant. (Standard at GA will be $10/mo with the same features.)
Not annual-only. Monthly is fine. Annual saves 20% (will be $48/year for beta subs once billing rolls out).

The math, briefly

For a comparison:

Reclaim Business: $16/month × 12 = $192/year
Motion Individual: $19/month × 12 = $228/year
Akiflow Individual: $15/month × 12 = $180/year
TimeFlow Beta: $5/month × 12 = $60/year, locked for life

If you're paying for the calendar tool yourself, the gap pays for several other subscriptions. If your company is paying, the gap pays for someone's lunch.

The risks, honestly

The product is in beta. Things may shift week to week. Encrypted, backed up daily, but you shouldn't make TimeFlow your only source of truth until 1.0.
The team is small. One core maintainer plus tooling. Response times are good but not instant.
The team-features gap is real. TimeFlow is solo-first today. If you need shared availability or Smart 1:1s, Reclaim is the better fit.

The $5 price acknowledges these — it's deliberately low because the product is genuinely young.

What changes at GA

When TimeFlow exits beta:

Standard rate moves to $10/month for new signups (still half of Motion).
Annual option launches at $96/year (saves 20%).
Billing handled by Paddle as Merchant of Record.
Beta subscribers stay at $5/month forever — that's the price-lock promise.

Try it

TimeFlow is free during beta. Connect Google Calendar in 30 seconds; have your first auto-scheduled week running before you finish your coffee. If it's useful, you can lock in the $5/month rate before paid plans roll out.