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Sunsama review

A daily planner that pulls tasks from your other tools onto your calendar and guides a start and end of day routine.

By the HearSmart research desk · Updated November 11, 2026

Performance (40%)
8.8
Ease of use (25%)
8.2
Value (35%)
6.6

Sunsama is less a to-do list than a daily planning ritual. Each morning it walks you through choosing tasks for the day, setting a realistic workload and blocking time for them on your calendar; each evening a shutdown step records what got done. It syncs both ways with Google, Outlook and Apple calendars, so a timeboxed task appears next to meetings. It also gathers work from elsewhere: tasks from Asana, Trello and Jira, emails dragged into the list, and Slack or Teams messages turned into tasks, plus Zapier for 9k+ more apps. Weekly objectives, a Pomodoro timer and analytics on where your time went round it out. The cost is the catch. Pro is $17 a month billed yearly or $22 monthly, and Sunsama says it has no free plan and does not plan to offer one. The 14-day trial needs no credit card. For people whose day is ruled by a calendar, it replaces several tools; for a grocery list, it is overkill.

Who it is for

Professionals who time-block their workday on a calendar

Price

No free plan; Pro $17 a month billed yearly or $22 monthly; 14-day free trial without a credit card.

$ 17 per month, billed yearly (USD)
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 11, 2026.

Key features

  • Guided daily planning and a daily shutdown routine
  • Bi-directional calendar sync with Google, Outlook and Apple calendars
  • Pulls tasks from Asana, Trello and Jira, and turns emails and Slack or Teams messages into tasks
  • Weekly objectives, Pomodoro timer and time analytics
  • Zapier integration with 9k+ apps

Strengths and weaknesses

  • Strength: 14-day trial with no credit card required
  • Strength: Syncs Google, Outlook and Apple calendars both ways
  • Strength: SOC2 compliant, with SSO on the Enterprise tier
  • Weakness: No free plan, by policy
  • Weakness: $204 a year on annual billing, far above list apps
  • Weakness: Built for work days rather than household lists

Key facts

  • Free plan: No
  • Pro price: $17 a month billed yearly, $22 monthly
  • Trial: 14 days, no credit card
  • Calendars: Google, Outlook, Apple
  • Zapier: 9k+ apps

Where it ranks

Sunsama is No. 9 in our Best To Do List Apps verdict.

Alternatives we scored

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