Easier Now vs Motion
Looking for a Motion alternative that does not rewrite your calendar.
If the reason you are leaving is that your day kept being rearranged, this is the difference. Easier Now never moves a calendar event. Easier Now works in the gaps between your meetings and hands you one task at a time.
Side by side
Both do more than a plain list. The difference is what happens to your calendar.
| Capability | Easier Now | Motion |
|---|---|---|
| What you see when you open it | One task, four buttons | A rescheduled calendar |
| Who moves your calendar | Nothing you marked strict | The app reschedules blocks |
| Overdue work handled one at a time | ||
| Estimates learn from your logged minutes | ||
| Points and a tree you can switch off | ||
| Two-way Google Calendar sync |
Where Motion is the better fit
If you want software to own your calendar and place every task in a slot, Motion does that well. People who live in their calendar and trust it to rearrange things get a lot from it.
Where Easier Now is the better fit
If you do not want your calendar rewritten, Easier Now does not touch it. You get one task at a time, sized to the hours between your meetings, and overdue work comes back one item at a time.
The difference is your calendar
Motion puts your tasks into calendar slots and moves those slots when things change. Some people want exactly that.
Easier Now reads your calendar and writes nothing back unless you ask it to. It counts the hours between your meetings and picks one task that fits.
If your tasks need more hours than you have, Easier Now shows you which ones will not fit today rather than compressing them into slots.
Questions about switching
I have abandoned every productivity app. Why would Easier Now be different?
Easier Now has nothing to maintain. There is no board to tidy, no weekly setup and no daily planning session. Miss a fortnight and you are handed the backlog one item at a time, with three buttons under each: skip it, do it today, or mark it done.
What happens when a client blows up my afternoon?
Press Optimise schedule and Easier Now works the rest of the day out again. Your strict commitments stay where they are, your flexible work is refitted into the hours that are left, and anything that no longer fits today is shown to you so you can move it or drop it.
What if Easier Now does not work for me?
If this is your first subscription, ask us within 30 days of your first payment and we refund it. No form, and you do not have to tell us why.
- Cancel in a click In settings, with no phone call and no form.
- No surprise charges You always know what you are paying, and when.
- Your data is yours Export your tasks or delete them, any time.
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