Great Software, Okay App
I’ll start this review focusing on the app. This app is not a standalone app and, as stated in the description, is only a supplementary tool alongside the web version. The app is a little clunky, but functional. I can’t assign tasks to projects or categories, but it’s a great way to quickly get notes, thoughts, events, tasks etc down so you don’t have to go to the browser every time. This is great for me, as I get distracted easily, which I will touch on below.
As for the software as a whole, I started using Motion in the web in 2025, but have really found great use of it in 2026 after being diagnosed with AuDHD. Unsurprisingly, didn’t pay attention to the tutorials and have mostly been setting things up through trial and error. It has been great with managing tasks inside notes, separating tertiary study, work, and personal tasks, and breaking down large assignments/work projects into small bite sized chunks and managing it around breaks and meetings. It has been a lifesaver for me and has improved my efficiency, reduced mental load, and helped support me through executive disfunction.
In AUD the software is about $500 a year. Many will think it’s too expensive and generally I agree, but for me it has been worth it. Not for everyone, and a 1 week trial is unfortunately too short of a time to really see if this software is for you.
As for the software as a whole, I started using Motion in the web in 2025, but have really found great use of it in 2026 after being diagnosed with AuDHD. Unsurprisingly, didn’t pay attention to the tutorials and have mostly been setting things up through trial and error. It has been great with managing tasks inside notes, separating tertiary study, work, and personal tasks, and breaking down large assignments/work projects into small bite sized chunks and managing it around breaks and meetings. It has been a lifesaver for me and has improved my efficiency, reduced mental load, and helped support me through executive disfunction.
In AUD the software is about $500 a year. Many will think it’s too expensive and generally I agree, but for me it has been worth it. Not for everyone, and a 1 week trial is unfortunately too short of a time to really see if this software is for you.
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Cancelation of account issues
I had canceled my account in 2025 July and yet I still get charged a year later and support team tells me that I have no record of an active account that only a email is listed on the account. I advise anyone not to link any credit cards or payment methods they charge they even after you have canceled your services etc I would not recommend using this app very poor outcome on my experience
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Calendar event creation
I wish the AI chat can create events as well instead of just creating tasks. I want to be able to just tell it hey i have this thing going on at this time, put it in the schedule, so then when i create tasks it can auto schedule around them.
Also, the AI keeps getting dates wrong. It will say “Monday July 7th” even though July 7th is a Tuesday. Also, I’ll have events scheduled for a certain day (Ie. An event on July 10th, a Friday) and the AI will tell me I have that event on Thursday, July 9th instead, even though it’s scheduled for the 10th! I even tell the AI it got the date wrong and it will still get it mixed up.
Also, the AI keeps getting dates wrong. It will say “Monday July 7th” even though July 7th is a Tuesday. Also, I’ll have events scheduled for a certain day (Ie. An event on July 10th, a Friday) and the AI will tell me I have that event on Thursday, July 9th instead, even though it’s scheduled for the 10th! I even tell the AI it got the date wrong and it will still get it mixed up.
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Updates suddenly stopped. Where have the developers all gone?
Loved how last year was full of innovation and updates to the product. Then they did their funding round and the product development suddenly stopped. I can’t stay on a platform that seems to have ceased developing their product. So gone back to Asana for task management
Instant failure
I signed up for Motion because it’s marketed as an AI-powered scheduling assistant. Within the first hour, I ran into two major issues.
First, the app prominently features an AI Chat tab, but tapping it told me my plan didn’t include AI features. That’s a strange experience when AI is a core part of the product’s marketing.
Second, and much more concerning, Motion scheduled tasks directly on top of existing calendar events that were already marked as busy. As a teacher, my calendar contains commitments that cannot be double-booked. A scheduling app’s primary job is to avoid exactly that.
For $45/month, I expected a polished experience. Instead, I spent my trial debugging the app. The concept is great, but if I have to supervise the scheduler, it defeats the purpose.
First, the app prominently features an AI Chat tab, but tapping it told me my plan didn’t include AI features. That’s a strange experience when AI is a core part of the product’s marketing.
Second, and much more concerning, Motion scheduled tasks directly on top of existing calendar events that were already marked as busy. As a teacher, my calendar contains commitments that cannot be double-booked. A scheduling app’s primary job is to avoid exactly that.
For $45/month, I expected a polished experience. Instead, I spent my trial debugging the app. The concept is great, but if I have to supervise the scheduler, it defeats the purpose.
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Fraud
Do not use this service. Do not download. There is no customer service to speak with. It is all AI customer service. My account was fraudulently charged.
Will charge you without prior consent
I paid for a yearly subscription but they charged me twice a couple months later. On top of that good luck getting your money back because they do not respond to customer service emails or in their AI chat. Used to love this but seems like they are doing some shady stuff in regard to billing.
Terrible design
And difficult to disconnect tracking in personal email. False app promises and extremely expensive for no features
So Amazing! Life Changer!
Absolutely love this app and how it organizes my life perfectly everyday. Don’t know what I would do without it!
Not ready. Just a task list creator
I thought Motion would replace an assistant for calendaring and creating tasks and organizing my days and my weeks. This is not the case. It will create a task list and it will prioritize, but that’s the same thing any other AI LLM will do.
I want to type in what I needed to get done, when I needed to get it done, what the priority was, and how long I thought it would take into a text box and have the software automatically populate both calendar, events, and tasks on my calendar. It will not do this.
It does a good job of creating task list and prioritizing them, but I can already do that with Claude or ChatGPT and those have free versions. This is not worth $50 a month.
When it gets there, I might reconsider it, but I’m pretty frustrated right now and feel like I was take advantage of.
I want to type in what I needed to get done, when I needed to get it done, what the priority was, and how long I thought it would take into a text box and have the software automatically populate both calendar, events, and tasks on my calendar. It will not do this.
It does a good job of creating task list and prioritizing them, but I can already do that with Claude or ChatGPT and those have free versions. This is not worth $50 a month.
When it gets there, I might reconsider it, but I’m pretty frustrated right now and feel like I was take advantage of.
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Amazing App
Keeps me focused and saves time. Able to combine work and personal calendars and tasks in one place. My wife and I use it to manage tasks between each other. Love this app
WARNING: False Advertising & Unauthorised Charges
Avoid Motion App at all costs - it is advertised as free, but you will be unexpectedly charged unauthorised billing’s (I was just charged $250 USD at random). There is no real support team either - just an AI chat bot that will stonewall you.
If anyone else ends up in this situation: after 2 days of trying to find someone, the AI chat bot issued a full refund. The AI chat bot is permitted to issue full refunds - do not bother waiting for a human to contact you - they will not.
If anyone else ends up in this situation: after 2 days of trying to find someone, the AI chat bot issued a full refund. The AI chat bot is permitted to issue full refunds - do not bother waiting for a human to contact you - they will not.
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Warning: no renewal reminders or customer support
Tried chat and emailing customer support no response.
Didn’t end up using motion much. Not as useful as I’d hoped.
Didn’t end up using motion much. Not as useful as I’d hoped.
Calendar update
It doesn’t update continuously with my laptop. And it doesn’t update my calendar in mobile app. I billed annual, please solve this problem.
Wack and Overpriced
Sucks so fkn much. Doesn’t keep any tasks where I move them and moved everything around constantly. So ridiculous for the $45 it costs a month.
This App is Garbage/Dishonest
I did a substantial amount of research about this app on ChatGPT, the internet generally and the apps own Ai interface. I described my needs very specifically. I was assured over and over that my needs (not at all demanding) were easily manageable by Motion and that I was "exactly the kind of person Motion was designed to help." It was an epic failure. I don't know if ChatGPT has an ownership interest in this and therefore a stake in severely distorting its functionality. I DO know that the Ai feature in the browser is an absolute joke. It made representation after representation about what it could do for me and after literally 5 hours, it finally said "I should be honest with you. I really never would have been able to do that. You have done enough. You should go to bed." It was 6:30 pm my time. Stay far, far away. This is duplicitous junk.
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Dark Mode!
Please please please add dark mode
Paid tier
WHY DON’T YOU TELL US ABOUT THE STUPID PAID TIER BEFORE WE DOWNLOAD THE FLIPPING THING?!?!?
The pice is absurd
The app looks interesting and, with time and change, could be a very interesting alternative to the regular Google Calendar, but 250 PLN per month is absurd. The current features are worth the 25 PLN per month.
Soul Mate
Motion just gets how my brain works - realistically how most people’s do considering everyone I introduce it to immediately sees the several massive problems it flawlessly solves.
I recently got rid of my first account and onboarded my entire real estate team. It’s truly magical to see Motion working at its peak with multiple people involved vs just myself in previous years.
We’re still building our client facing work flows and continuing to build on everyone’s collection of to do list scattered across the cloud, but long story short, Motion has been life changing for me since I discovered it the years ago, and I love seeing my team quickly adopt it. You can visibly see the tension release when it clicks in someone’s mind exactly how it works.
I recently got rid of my first account and onboarded my entire real estate team. It’s truly magical to see Motion working at its peak with multiple people involved vs just myself in previous years.
We’re still building our client facing work flows and continuing to build on everyone’s collection of to do list scattered across the cloud, but long story short, Motion has been life changing for me since I discovered it the years ago, and I love seeing my team quickly adopt it. You can visibly see the tension release when it clicks in someone’s mind exactly how it works.
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