The short answer: “AI planner” covers three different jobs. Some apps schedule for you: they decide when your tasks happen and move them when your day changes. Some plan with you: you dump what’s on your mind and they help sort it. Some understand you: you say or type a plan, and they turn it into something structured. Decide which job you want done, then compare the apps that do it.

A note first: we make Composed, one of the eight. Every detail about another app, including what its AI does, comes from its own App Store listing or its maker’s pricing page, and each card links to its source. We say where Composed fits and where it doesn’t.

Three kinds of AI planner

It schedules for you

  • Motion plans your day automatically, placing tasks around your meetings and reorganizing when things move. It’s built for work and teams. Through the iPhone app it costs $44.99 a month or $294.99 a year, and its listing calls the app a companion to the web and desktop app.
  • Reclaim works on your Google or Outlook calendar. It defends focus time, fits habits into open slots and resolves meeting clashes. The Lite plan is free. Its pricing page lists no iPhone app.
  • Structured Pro drafts a day plan for you on its iPhone timeline and moves missed tasks to a new slot.

It plans with you

  • Tiimo has an AI co-planner that helps you create, prioritize and plan tasks, and sorts a brain dump into priority groups. Its free version includes limited AI chats.
  • Apple Reminders, with Apple Intelligence, can sort a list into sections, or suggest tasks from a page you share to it. It’s free.

It understands you

  • Todoist has Ramble: you talk through your tasks, and it files them into the right projects with due dates.
  • Any.do adds tasks by voice, and its Premium plan lists AI-powered features.
  • Composed turns a spoken or typed sentence, or a screenshot of a booking, into an event with reminders. It suggests prep for events that need it, and for anything with a place it gives a leave-by estimate based on traffic. It doesn’t plan or reorder your day for you.

The quick pick

  • You want an AI to run your workday: Motion, if you work at a computer and the price fits. Reclaim’s free plan is the place to start.
  • You want an AI-drafted day plan on iPhone: Structured Pro.
  • You want a gentle co-planner for a busy head: Tiimo.
  • You want to talk through a task list: Todoist.
  • You want to talk through your plans and be told when to leave: Composed.

Every option, compared

Motion by NexusBird

What it is
An AI scheduler for work: it plans your tasks into the gaps between meetings and manages projects
What the AI does
Plans your day automatically, placing tasks around your meetings, and reorganizes when things move
Free
No free plan. A 7-day free trial, then a subscription
Paid
$44.99 a month or $294.99 a year through the iPhone app
Runs on
iPhone, as a companion to the web and desktop app
Good for
A workday of tasks around meetings, where you want the order decided for you
Worth knowing
Its listing says the iPhone app "is not a standalone app" and is best used alongside a computer

Reclaim by Reclaim.ai

What it is
An AI layer on your Google or Outlook work calendar: it defends focus time, fits habits into open slots and resolves meeting clashes
What the AI does
Finds time for focus blocks and habits on your calendar and moves them as meetings land
Free
The Lite plan, "free forever": focus time, habits, buffer time, one calendar sync and one scheduling link, planning one week ahead
Paid
Paid plans are priced per seat for teams and plan further ahead, up to 8 weeks on Starter
Runs on
The web, working through your Google or Outlook calendar. Its pricing page lists no iPhone app
Good for
Protecting time for deep work around a busy meeting calendar
Worth knowing
It is built around a work calendar of meetings, not personal errands

Structured by unorderly

What it is
Your day as one visual timeline that you drag tasks onto
What the AI does
Pro drafts a day plan for you and moves missed tasks to a new slot
Free
The timeline planner, an inbox, sub-tasks and notes, a Pomodoro focus timer, widgets, and sync across your Apple devices
Paid
Structured Pro adds calendar and Reminders import, recurring tasks, AI day planning and automatic replanning. Monthly or yearly subscription, or $99.99 once
Runs on
iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Good for
Time blocking: seeing the whole day in order, hour by hour
Worth knowing
Connecting your calendars and repeating tasks are both part of Pro

Tiimo by Tiimo

What it is
A visual, colour-coded day planner co-designed with ADHD and autism experts, with an AI co-planner and a focus timer
What the AI does
A co-planner that helps create, prioritize and plan tasks, and sorts a brain dump into priority groups
Free
A basic planner, limited AI chats and one profile
Paid
Tiimo Pro unlocks every feature and the web version, as a monthly or yearly subscription. The 7-day trial applies to the yearly plan
Runs on
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, with the web on Pro
Good for
Seeing the day as coloured blocks, with a countdown for the task in front of you
Worth knowing
It syncs with Apple Calendar and Reminders; the free version limits AI chats

Todoist by Doist

What it is
A task manager organized by project, with fast typed or spoken entry
What the AI does
Ramble lets you talk through tasks and files them into projects with due dates; Quick Add reads dates from what you type
Free
The Beginner plan: 5 personal projects, Quick Add, task reminders, and list and board layouts
Paid
Todoist Pro adds the calendar layout, task durations and 300 projects. $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year on the App Store, with a 7-day Pro trial
Runs on
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, plus the browser
Good for
Running many projects at once, alone or with other people
Worth knowing
The calendar layout is a Pro feature

Composed by us

What it is
A planner you talk to: say or type a plan, or snap a screenshot of a booking, and it becomes an event with reminders, prep when the event calls for it, and a time to leave
What the AI does
Turns a spoken or typed sentence, or a screenshot of a booking, into an event with reminders, and suggests prep for events that need it. It does not plan or reorder your day for you
Free
Every feature, for up to 5 active items you add yourself. Events imported from Apple Calendar or Google Calendar do not count
Paid
Pro removes the 5-item limit: $5.99 a month, $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $199 once
Runs on
iPhone
Good for
Appointments, trips and occasions you want to arrive at prepared and on time
Worth knowing
No projects, tags or priority levels, and no Android, iPad, Mac or web version

Any.do by Any.do

What it is
A to-do list, calendar and daily planner in one app, with lists you can share and tasks you can assign
What the AI does
Its Premium plan lists "AI-Powered features"; voice entry adds a spoken task to your list
Free
Tasks and lists, reminders, the calendar and the daily planner, synced across devices
Paid
Premium adds recurring tasks, location reminders, WhatsApp reminders and AI features. $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year on the App Store, with a 7-day trial on the yearly plan
Runs on
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, plus Android, Mac, Windows and the web
Good for
Sharing lists and assigning tasks to family or coworkers, and turning a forwarded email into a task
Worth knowing
Repeating tasks and location reminders are Premium features

Apple Calendar + Reminders by Apple

What it is
The two apps already on your iPhone. Calendar shows your iCloud, Google and Exchange calendars together, and can show, create and complete your scheduled reminders
What the AI does
Reminders understands typed phrases such as "Jog every other morning", and with Apple Intelligence it can sort a list into sections or suggest tasks from a page you share to it
Free
Everything, already installed
Paid
Nothing to buy
Runs on
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac
Good for
Starting with no download. Add a location to an event and Calendar tells you when it is time to leave
Worth knowing
Reminders only appear in Calendar after you select Scheduled Reminders in the calendar list

Other apps' details come from their own App Store listings and their makers' pricing and product pages, checked October 14, 2026. Prices are US prices. Prices and features change; the maker's page is the final word.

Planners you can talk to

If what you’re really after is speaking instead of typing, several of these do it in different ways. Apple Reminders takes a request through Siri. Fantastical, a calendar, turns a dictated sentence into an event. Todoist’s Ramble files spoken tasks into projects. Any.do takes voice entry. In Composed you tap the mic and say “dentist Thursday at 2pm”, and it’s scheduled with reminders.

Where Composed is the wrong pick

  • You want the AI to decide when your work happens. Composed doesn’t schedule tasks into your calendar. Motion, Reclaim and Structured Pro do.
  • You manage projects or a team. Composed has no projects, tags or shared task lists.
  • You don’t use an iPhone. Composed is iPhone only.

It’s free for 5 active items you add yourself, and events imported from Apple Calendar or Google Calendar don’t count toward them. Pro is $5.99 a month, $39.99 a year, or $199 once.

FAQ

What is the best free AI planner app?

Reclaim’s Lite plan is free, and works on a Google or Outlook work calendar. Tiimo’s free version includes limited AI chats. Apple Reminders is free, though Apple notes that some of its features are available only in select languages and regions. Composed’s free plan includes every feature for 5 active items.

Is there an AI that plans my day for me on iPhone?

Structured Pro drafts a day plan in its iPhone app and moves missed tasks. Motion plans your day automatically, but its listing describes the iPhone app as a companion to its web and desktop app.

Do AI planners work with my existing calendar?

Most of these do. Reclaim works on Google and Outlook calendars, Structured Pro connects your calendars and Reminders, and Composed syncs with Apple Calendar and Google Calendar.