The best Reclaim alternatives

Reclaim, from Dropbox, is an AI calendar assistant that schedules focus time, habits, tasks and meetings across Google and Outlook. If you need more than the calendar, a planner that works differently, or an assistant that joins your meetings and lives in your texts, these are the alternatives.

Updated 31 October 2026. Every option is checked against its own site; sources are at the foot of the page.

Why look past Reclaim

What Reclaim doesn't do.

It's only the calendar

Reclaim arranges your time; it doesn't do the work in your inbox, CRM or docs.

It doesn't join meetings

It schedules meetings and protects the time around them, but doesn't join or record them.

It isn't in your texts

You use it in its web app and your calendar, with its chat assistant and Slack status sync.

The free plan is narrow

Lite covers one person, one calendar, one scheduling link and a week ahead.

At a glance

7 Reclaim alternatives, side by side.

Option	Best for	Where it works	Price
Cicada	Anyone whose work happens in chats: a team, a group, or one person who wants an agent in their messages, apps and meetings.	iMessage and WhatsApp (one-to-one and group chats), Slack, email and a web app	300 free credits to start with a card at sign-up, then $25 for 200 credits when you run low, or plans from $99 a month. Credits are shared across the workspace and roll over.
Motion	A team that wants one place to plan projects and calendars, with auto-scheduling at the centre.	Motion's web, desktop and mobile apps; forwarded emails, and Slack or Teams messages, become tasks	Pro AI $19 and Business AI $29 a seat a month, with monthly credits; free trial
Akiflow	One person who time-blocks their week and wants tasks and calendar in one view.	Web, desktop and mobile apps; Aki in the app, by voice and on WhatsApp; Google and Outlook calendars	Pro $34 a month, or $19 a month billed yearly; 7-day trial with a card; the meeting assistant is $19 a month extra
Sunsama	One person who wants a calm, deliberate plan for each day.	Web, desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux) and mobile apps; syncs Google, Outlook and Apple calendars	Pro $22 a month, or $17 a month billed yearly; 14-day free trial with no card
Carly	People who run their work through email and want agents with their own addresses.	Email (email, CC or forward), SMS, a web app and other AI tools through its MCP server; calling as a paid add-on	Free plan with MCP access only; Personal $35 a month with 200 credits; Organization $35 a seat a month; Enterprise priced on request
Lindy	People who work in Slack, iMessage and Gmail and want meeting notes.	iMessage and SMS, Slack, email, meetings and a Chrome extension	Free to try with $50 of credits for 7 days; Team from $49.99 a month for every active user, credits pooled; Enterprise priced on request
Claude Duet	Claude users in the US who want a proactive personal agent running Opus 5.5 for $20 a month.	Its own app on iOS and Android, and claude.ai on the web	Included in Claude Pro ($20 a month), Max ($100) and Ultra ($200), sharing their usage limits; US only, by waitlist

Cicada

by Cicada Labs

For the work that fills the calendar: Cicada's agents work in your inbox, CRM and 1,000+ other apps and report back in iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack or email. They join your Meet, Zoom, Teams and Webex calls and text you the notes. Cicada isn't an auto-scheduling calendar, so it sits well beside Reclaim.

What it is: AI agents you text on iMessage and WhatsApp, mention in Slack or email, and add to your group chats, where they keep every message and file and follow up on what people promised.
Where it works: iMessage and WhatsApp (one-to-one and group chats), Slack, email and a web app
What it costs: 300 free credits to start with a card at sign-up, then $25 for 200 credits when you run low, or plans from $99 a month. Credits are shared across the workspace and roll over.
Worth knowing: Built for work rather than personal shopping and errands, and phone calls are switched off for now.

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Motion

by Motion

Auto-scheduling inside a full work suite: tasks, projects, docs and a notetaker, from $19 a seat a month.

What it is: A work suite (tasks, projects, calendar, docs and a notetaker) that auto-schedules your day, with AI employees that work inside it.
Where it works: Motion's web, desktop and mobile apps; forwarded emails, and Slack or Teams messages, become tasks
What it costs: Pro AI $19 and Business AI $29 a seat a month, with monthly credits; free trial
Worth knowing: Your work moves into Motion, it isn't something you text that we could find, and every seat is paid after the trial.

Motion vs Cicada Motion's site

Akiflow

by Akiflow

Time-blocking with your tasks and calendars in one view, and Aki on WhatsApp; $19 a month billed yearly.

What it is: A time-blocking planner that gathers your tasks and calendars in one place, with Aki, an AI assistant you can message on WhatsApp.
Where it works: Web, desktop and mobile apps; Aki in the app, by voice and on WhatsApp; Google and Outlook calendars
What it costs: Pro $34 a month, or $19 a month billed yearly; 7-day trial with a card; the meeting assistant is $19 a month extra
Worth knowing: No free plan, a card for the trial, team pricing only through sales, and meeting notes cost extra.

Akiflow's site

Sunsama

by Sunsama

A daily planning routine you control, pulling tasks from email, Slack and project tools onto Google, Outlook or Apple calendars.

What it is: A daily planner that pulls tasks from your email, Slack and project tools onto your calendar, with a planning routine each morning and a shutdown each evening.
Where it works: Web, desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux) and mobile apps; syncs Google, Outlook and Apple calendars
What it costs: Pro $22 a month, or $17 a month billed yearly; 14-day free trial with no card
Worth knowing: A planner you arrange yourself rather than an assistant that does the work, and there's no free plan after the trial.

Sunsama's site

Carly

by Carly

Scheduling by email: CC Carly on a thread and its agents take care of it, from $35 a month.

What it is: An executive assistant you email, CC or text, with agents that each get their own name and email address.
Where it works: Email (email, CC or forward), SMS, a web app and other AI tools through its MCP server; calling as a paid add-on
What it costs: Free plan with MCP access only; Personal $35 a month with 200 credits; Organization $35 a seat a month; Enterprise priced on request
Worth knowing: Not in iMessage or WhatsApp that we could find, it posts to Slack rather than talking there, and it works from your notetaker's output instead of joining calls.

Carly vs Cicada Carly's site

Lindy

by Lindy

An assistant you text or mention in Slack that also takes meeting notes, from $49.99 a month per active user.

What it is: An AI assistant you text, mention in Slack or email, with a meeting notetaker and a Chrome extension.
Where it works: iMessage and SMS, Slack, email, meetings and a Chrome extension
What it costs: Free to try with $50 of credits for 7 days; Team from $49.99 a month for every active user, credits pooled; Enterprise priced on request
Worth knowing: No WhatsApp that we could find, every active user is billed, and its docs say approvals apply in shared Slack threads, not in DMs, iMessage or SMS.

Lindy vs Cicada Lindy's site

Claude Duet

by Anthropic

A morning brief from your email and calendar, then a check of your apps every few hours, in Claude Pro, if you're in the US.

What it is: Anthropic's proactive agent in its own app: a morning brief, then a check of your apps every few hours.
Where it works: Its own app on iOS and Android, and claude.ai on the web
What it costs: Included in Claude Pro ($20 a month), Max ($100) and Ultra ($200), sharing their usage limits; US only, by waitlist
Worth knowing: US-only waitlist, you message it in its own app rather than your texts, and it isn't on Team or Enterprise plans yet.

Claude Duet vs Cicada Claude Duet's site

How to choose

Start from what you need.

If you need	Look at
Auto-scheduling plus projects	Motion
Tasks and calendar in one view	Akiflow
Plan each day yourself	Sunsama
Scheduling by email	Carly
The work around the calendar, in your texts	Cicada
Meeting notes	Cicada, Motion or Lindy

Questions

Reclaim alternatives, answered.

What is the best alternative to Reclaim?

For auto-scheduling with projects, Motion. For time-blocking your tasks, Akiflow. For daily planning by hand, Sunsama. For agents that do the work around the calendar and join your meetings, Cicada.

Is there a free alternative to Reclaim?

Reclaim's own Lite plan is free for one person; Motion, Sunsama and Akiflow have trials rather than free plans. Cicada starts free with 300 credits; a card is taken at sign-up and nothing is charged until you run low.

What happened to Clockwise?

Clockwise's site says the product stopped being available on 27 March 2026 and its team joined Salesforce, and it pointed its users to Reclaim. Motion and Akiflow are the other auto-scheduling options here.

Does Cicada auto-schedule my calendar like Reclaim?

No. Cicada doesn't keep rearranging your calendar the way Reclaim does. It does the work in your apps and messages and joins your meetings, so the two sit well side by side.

Which Reclaim alternative joins meetings?

Cicada joins Meet, Zoom, Teams and Webex calls and texts you the notes, with the transcript kept. Motion and Lindy have notetakers too.

One teammate. The output of a team.

Works nights, remembers every decision, answers in the thread. Start free with 300 credits.