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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
- Todoist9.1
- TickTick9.0
- Things 38.8
- Microsoft To Do8.7
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