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TimeFlow vs Akiflow

Same auto-scheduling promise — half the price, with an explainable LLM planner on top.

Akiflow

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$19–34/month per user

$19/mo annual, $34/mo monthly. 7-day free trial; no permanent free tier.

Strengths

  • Best-in-class keyboard shortcuts and command palette.
  • Strong multi-source task inbox — pulls from Slack, Gmail, Linear, Notion, Outlook, MS Teams.
  • "Aki" AI Executive Assistant ships AI auto-scheduling that adjusts the calendar in real time.
  • Daily-planning ritual is well thought out.

Gaps vs TimeFlow

  • Starts at $19/month annual ($34 monthly) — almost 4x TimeFlow's price for similar core features.
  • AI auto-scheduling is newer than Reclaim's or TimeFlow's — fewer years of edge cases handled.
  • No habit goals (weekly hour targets) like TimeFlow's.
  • No projects with deadlines + phases.

TimeFlow

You
$5/month

Locked for life for beta subscribers. Free during beta. $10/month for new signups at GA.

Strengths

  • Auto-schedules tasks and habits around meetings, reflows when meetings move.
  • AutoScheduler MAX — LLM-driven strategic planner that picks high-leverage placements and explains them.
  • Chat assistant on the calendar; projects with phases; built-in time tracker; habit goals.
  • $5/month, locked for life for beta subscribers — half to a quarter of competitors.

Feature comparison

Capability
Akiflow
TimeFlow
Auto-schedules tasks around meetings
Akiflow's "Aki" AI now auto-schedules tasks based on calendar availability — a recent addition. TimeFlow's auto-scheduler is more mature.
Explainable LLM-driven strategic planner
Limited
Akiflow has AI scheduling but no equivalent of TimeFlow's AutoScheduler MAX — a separate weekly mode that picks strategic placements and explains them.
Calendar-aware chat assistant
Built-in time tracker
Limited
Habit goals (weekly hour targets)
Multi-source task inbox (Slack, Gmail, Linear)
Akiflow's biggest single strength. TimeFlow doesn't aggregate external task sources today — post-beta roadmap.
Projects with deadlines and phases
Kanban view
Keyboard-driven
Price (annual)
$19/mo
$5/mo, locked for life

Comparison reflects features advertised at time of writing — competitors update too.

The honest read

Akiflow shipped AI auto-scheduling in 2026 — its "Aki" assistant pulls tasks from Slack, Gmail, Linear, Notion, and similar sources and slots them onto the calendar based on real availability. The category gap I would have written a year ago ("Akiflow doesn't auto-schedule") doesn't exist anymore.

What's still meaningfully different. Akiflow's headline strength is the unified multi-source task inbox — if you're drowning in cross-tool task notifications, Akiflow remains the best at gathering them in one place. TimeFlow's strengths are habit goals (weekly hour targets the scheduler treats as soft commitments), explicit projects with deadlines and phases, and the AutoScheduler MAX weekly-planner mode that doesn't have an Akiflow equivalent.

On price: Akiflow is $19/month on annual billing, $34/month on monthly — TimeFlow is $5/month locked for life for beta subscribers. For most solo professionals, the auto-scheduler quality is comparable enough that the price gap decides it.

FAQ

Does Akiflow auto-schedule now?

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Yes — Akiflow shipped AI auto-scheduling in 2026 ("Aki" assistant + AI Tasks auto-schedule). The category gap that used to exist between Akiflow and Reclaim/Motion has closed substantially.

Does TimeFlow pull tasks from Slack and Gmail like Akiflow?

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Not today. TimeFlow focuses on placing the tasks you do have onto your calendar automatically. Multi-source task aggregation is on the post-beta roadmap.

Is TimeFlow as keyboard-driven as Akiflow?

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Yes — TimeFlow ships shortcuts for everything you do most, plus a command palette. Akiflow is the gold standard for keyboard UX in this category, and TimeFlow is built to the same standard.

How does the price compare?

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Akiflow is $19/month annual or $34/month monthly. TimeFlow is $5/month, locked for life for beta subscribers, $10/month for new signups at GA — between a third and a sixth of Akiflow's price.

Can I use TimeFlow alongside Akiflow?

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Yes — they don't conflict. Some users keep Akiflow as their cross-source inbox and use TimeFlow purely for calendar/scheduling. Google Calendar sync ties them together.

Try TimeFlow free instead of Akiflow

Auto-schedules your tasks and habits around your meetings. $5/month locked for life if you subscribe during beta.

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