Akiflow is a keyboard-first daily planner that merges tasks, calendars, and emails from dozens of apps into one timeline with drag-and-drop time blocking and an AI assistant, Aki, plus MCP control.

Overview

Akiflow is a planning app for people who live inside a dozen productivity tools at once. It pulls tasks and meetings from Google Calendar, Outlook, Gmail, Slack, Notion, Linear, Jira, GitHub, Todoist, ClickUp, Trello, and more into a single Universal Inbox, then lets you drag them onto a calendar as time blocks. The pitch is execution, not capture: a daily planning ritual, a command bar for fast entry, and Focus Mode keep you on the timeline instead of refactoring your to-do list. In 2026 Akiflow added Aki, an AI executive assistant, and a hosted MCP server so external AI agents like Claude can read your schedule and reschedule blocks by natural language. In our evaluation Akiflow is best-in-class for hands-on time blocking, but it is premium-priced and has no permanent free tier, it competes with Sunsama and Motion, not free to-do apps.

Key Features

  • Universal Inbox — aggregate tasks and meetings from 18 plus integrations in one place.
  • Drag-and-drop time blocking — schedule tasks onto your calendar with conflict detection and recurrence.
  • Daily planning ritual and command bar — keyboard-first capture and a structured start-of-day review.
  • Aki AI assistant — summarize, plan, and surface the day’s priorities automatically.
  • MCP server — let external AI agents read and reschedule your calendar via natural language.
  • Cross-platform — macOS, Windows, web, tablet, and mobile apps with Focus Mode and stats.

Pricing

PlanPriceFor
Free trial$07-day full-feature trial, no permanent free tier
Pro Monthly$34/moUnlimited integrations, tasks, meetings, Aki, power features
Pro Yearly$19/moEverything in Pro Monthly, billed annually, $228 per year
TeamsCustomShared schedules, team billing, collaborative planning, contact sales

Comparison

Compared to Motion, Akiflow gives you manual control over every block while Motion auto-schedules for you, choose Akiflow if you want to stay hands-on. Against Reclaim.ai, both defend your calendar, but Akiflow’s Universal Inbox and command bar are broader for multi-app users. Versus ClickUp AI, Akiflow is a focused planner, not an all-in-one project manager, so it pairs well rather than replaces it.

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Editor’s Review
4.2/5
Pros
  • +Best-in-class time blocking across many integrated apps
  • +Keyboard-first command bar makes capture genuinely fast
  • +Aki and MCP let AI agents plan your day by natural language
Cons
  • No permanent free plan, only a 7-day trial
  • Premium pricing, $19 to $34/mo, for what is essentially a solo planner
  • Team features are lighter than full project-management suites

Akiflow earns its price only if you actually time-block and juggle many apps; for that user it is the best in class. The missing free tier stings, and AI features should be reviewed for sensitive-data access, but the planning loop is hard to beat.

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