Mihaly vs Motion
Motion builds and rebuilds your schedule with AI, inside a suite for teams. Mihaly is a free Mac app for one person: you choose what matters today and give it an hour, then review what actually happened.
Choose Mihaly if
- you want to decide the day yourself, with a short ritual each morning and evening;
- you work alone on one Mac;
- you want no subscription and no account;
- you already use Claude Code or Codex on your own subscription.
Choose Motion if
- you want AI to place and move your tasks for you;
- your team needs projects, documents and chat in one product;
- you need mobile and Windows apps;
- you use Outlook calendars.
| Feature | Mihaly | Motion |
|---|---|---|
| One person, billed yearly | Free | $29 a month |
| One person, billed monthly | Free | $49 a month |
| Team pricing | No team plan | $19 per seat a month billed yearly, $29 billed monthly |
| Trying it | Free, no account or card | Free trial; no free plan on its pricing page |
| Platforms | Mac | iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, web |
| Your data | On your Mac, no cloud copy | Account required; storage location not stated on its site |
| Calendars | Apple Calendar, Google Calendar | Google, Outlook, iCloud |
| Daily rhythm | Daily planning and daily shutdown | Motion builds the day itself |
| Time blocking | By hand, dragging a task onto the calendar | Automatic, rebuilt as things change |
| AI planning | You plan; auto-schedule fills the next free slot without AI | The core of the product |
| Focus | Timer with breaks between rounds; its own music, nature and noise layers | Not mentioned on its site |
| Connections | WHOOP and Oura (sleep and recovery), MeetCal booking pages | Zoom, Gmail, Teams, Google Meet, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Siri, Zapier, API |
| Team features | Focus sessions with others, by invite | Projects, docs and chat for teams |
| AI agents | Hands a task to Claude Code or Codex and takes back a report | Its own AI employees inside Motion |
Question
Does Mihaly schedule tasks automatically like Motion?
Only on request. An auto-schedule action puts one task into the next free slot inside your working hours. Mihaly does not rearrange your day by itself.
Sources
Prices and features checked on November 8, 2026. They change; each product's own site has the current version. Corrections: [email protected].
Mihaly for Mac
Plan the morning, timebox the day, close it with a look back. Free, with no account; signed and notarized by Apple.
Download for MacmacOS 14 or later ยท Apple Silicon and Intel
