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The 6 best Tiimo alternatives in 2026

Tiimo is a genuinely good app, and most people looking for an alternative aren't unhappy with the design — they're unhappy with the price (about $79.99 a year), the trial (7 days, yearly plan only) or the model (it shows you the day, but you still build it). Which alternative is right depends entirely on which of those three is your problem. Below, six apps grouped by what each is actually best at, with what it costs and where it falls short.
Disclosure: this page is published by the team behind GoodPlans, which is why GoodPlans is on the list — first, because automatic scheduling is the gap we think Tiimo leaves. We've tried to be straight about where every other app wins, including where they beat us outright. Prices were checked against each vendor's own site in August 2026 and change often.

The quick answer

AppBest forPricePlatforms
GoodPlansWanting the day planned for you$29.99/yriPhone, iPad
StructuredThe closest visual timeline, everywhere~$29.99/yr or ~$99.99 lifetimeApple, Android, web
SunsamaA calmer, guided daily ritual$204/yrAll desktop, mobile, web
Amazing MarvinCustomising a planner to your exact brain~$8–12/moDesktop, mobile, web
BriteOne cheap app for tasks, calendar and habitsSubscription, below TiimoWindows, Mac, Android, iOS, web
Apple Reminders + CalendarSpending nothing at allFreeApple devices

Figures marked ~ vary by storefront or plan. Tiimo itself states prices vary by location.

1. GoodPlans — best if you want the planning done for you

GoodPlans

Best for automatic planning

$4.99/month or $29.99/year · free tier up to 5 active tasks · 7-day unlimited trial, no credit card · iPhone & iPad

The one thing on this list that removes the planning step rather than improving it. You add a task with an estimated duration and a deadline, file it under a category that carries its priority, and set your available hours per weekday once. GoodPlans then builds the entire week — splitting long tasks into focus sessions with breaks, fitting everything around the events already in your calendar, and writing each session into a dedicated GoodPlans calendar in your iCloud.

What makes it different from a gap-filler is that it works from deadline pressure: it measures how much slack is left before each deadline against how much work remains, so a report due Friday starts claiming Tuesday and Wednesday sessions on its own. Then it runs the block — focus timer, live countdown on the lock screen, Siri — and re-blocks the whole day in one tap when things go sideways.

Strengths

  • Genuinely automatic — no arranging, ever
  • Deadlines start work days early
  • Focus timer + lock-screen Live Activity
  • No account; tasks stay on your device
  • A third of Tiimo's yearly price

Weaknesses

  • iPhone and iPad only — no Android, web, Mac or Watch
  • No sync between your own devices
  • Not visual-first; plainer than Tiimo
  • No mood tracking or wellbeing layer
  • No sub-tasks or tags

Verdict: the right swap if you could always see what needed doing and still couldn't start. The wrong swap if you need Android, or if Tiimo's visual interface is the reason it works for you. Full GoodPlans vs Tiimo comparison →

2. Structured — best visual timeline, on every device

Structured

Closest visual match

Pro around $6.99/month, $29.99/year, or ~$99.99 lifetime · generous free tier · iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, Vision, Android, web

If what you love about Tiimo is seeing the day laid out, Structured is the most direct swap — and considerably cheaper. Tasks and calendar events sit on one vertical, colour-coded timeline with a marker showing where you are now. It's fast to add to, has sub-tasks and notes, a built-in pomodoro timer, and it runs on more platforms than anything else here, including Apple Watch and Vision.

The catch is the same one Tiimo has: you build the day. Structured Pro adds AI-assisted planning and shuffles missed items along, but the app's centre of gravity is you arranging the timeline, and it's a daily planner rather than something that schedules a week from deadlines.

Strengths

  • Best-looking timeline on the market
  • Widest platform support of any app here
  • Still offers a lifetime purchase
  • Genuinely usable free tier
  • Sub-tasks, notes and a pomodoro timer

Weaknesses

  • You still build the day yourself
  • Calendar integration is a Pro feature
  • Day-focused, not deadline-driven
  • Only a 3-day Pro trial

Verdict: the safest choice if you like how Tiimo works and mainly object to the price. How Structured compares with GoodPlans →

3. Sunsama — best if you want a calmer planning ritual

Sunsama

Best guided ritual

$22/month, or $17/month billed yearly ($204/year) · no free tier · 14-day trial, no credit card · all desktop, mobile and web

The opposite direction from GoodPlans: rather than removing the planning, Sunsama makes it a deliberate, guided ten minutes each morning — choose today's tasks, estimate each honestly, and it warns you when you've promised yourself more than the day holds. An evening shutdown closes the day and rolls what's left forward. It also pulls work in from Jira, Asana, Notion, Gmail, Todoist and 20-odd other tools.

Strengths

  • The most thoughtful planning experience here
  • 20+ integrations pull scattered work into one day
  • Overcommitment warnings are genuinely useful
  • Runs on everything, including Linux

Weaknesses

  • By far the most expensive on this list
  • No free tier at all
  • The daily ritual is a fixed cost you pay every day
  • Overkill if you aren't juggling multiple work tools

Verdict: excellent for salaried professionals with scattered tools and the discipline to sit down each morning. A poor swap if the ritual is exactly what you'd skip. How Sunsama compares with GoodPlans →

4. Amazing Marvin — best for building your own system

Amazing Marvin

Most customisable

Roughly $8–12/month depending on plan and billing · desktop, mobile and web

Marvin's premise is that no single planner fits every brain, so it ships dozens of features as toggles — calendar views, time estimates, timers, habit tracking, day planning strategies — and lets you switch on only what helps. It has a long-standing following among people who've bounced off every other planner, precisely because they could bend it into a shape that fit.

Strengths

  • Extraordinary depth of customisation
  • Strong ADHD-aware feature set
  • Timers and habit tracking built in
  • Long-established, actively developed

Weaknesses

  • The configuration itself is a project — the opposite of removing decisions
  • Interface is dense next to Tiimo's
  • Pricing sits above GoodPlans and Structured

Verdict: brilliant if tinkering energises you. Risky if a blank timeline already defeats you — a blank settings page is worse.

5. Brite — best cheap all-in-one

Brite

Best all-in-one

Subscription priced below Tiimo · Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and web

Brite folds tasks, calendar, habits, notes and projects into a single planner, and is frequently recommended as the cross-platform, lower-cost Tiimo swap. If you're currently paying for Tiimo plus a separate notes or habit app, consolidating can be the real saving.

Strengths

  • Tasks, calendar, habits and notes in one place
  • True cross-platform, including Windows
  • Cheaper than Tiimo

Weaknesses

  • Breadth over depth — no single feature is best-in-class
  • Not built specifically for neurodivergent users the way Tiimo is
  • You still plan the day yourself

Verdict: sensible if you want fewer subscriptions and work across Windows and mobile. Check current pricing before committing.

6. Apple Reminders + Calendar — best free option

Apple Reminders + Calendar

Free

Free · already on every Apple device you own

Worth saying out loud: if Tiimo's cost is the whole problem and you're on Apple hardware, you already own a capable list app with due dates, and a calendar you can block time in. It syncs everywhere, costs nothing, and is more than some people need.

Strengths

  • Free, native, private and already installed
  • Syncs across all your Apple devices
  • Siri and Shortcuts support

Weaknesses

  • No visual timeline, no focus timer
  • Zero help deciding what to do or when
  • Blocking time is entirely manual
  • Nothing recovers a day that fell apart

Verdict: the honest baseline. If it were enough, you wouldn't have been paying for Tiimo — but try it for a fortnight before paying for anything else.

How to choose in one question

Ask what actually went wrong on your worst recent day. If you couldn't see where the time went, you want a visual planner — stay on Tiimo, or move to Structured for a third of the price. If you were overwhelmed by choosing and the plan never got built, no visual will fix that; you want something that schedules for you, which means GoodPlans. If your work is scattered across a dozen tools and needs consolidating first, that's Sunsama. And if the honest answer is that you never really used Tiimo enough to justify $79.99, start with Apple Reminders and see what you miss.

Or skip the planning entirely

Add your tasks and deadlines — GoodPlans builds the whole week and starts the session with you.

Get GoodPlans free on the App Store

7-day unlimited trial · no credit card · $29.99/year afterwards · iPhone & iPad

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