Comparison

Motion vs Chronicle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Motion

This AI-powered assistant intelligently plans your day, schedules meetings, and manages projects, helping busy professionals and teams get work done faster with fewer interruptions. It automates task reorganization and meeting coordination, freeing up valuable time.

Highlights
  • Automated daily planning
  • Smart to-do notifications
  • Team collaboration
  • One-click meeting scheduling
  • Siri task integration
  • Document and note management
Features
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Use AI to get work done 2x faster with 90% less check-ins, emails and messages, meetings, status updates. Ranked #1 fastest-growing product by Amplitude's Product Report. Motion uses automation and AI to intelligently plan your day, schedule meetings, and manage projects. Used by 1M+ busy professionals and teams to: - Automatically plan your day - See smart notifications for to-do items - Collaborate with your team - Schedule meetings in 1-click - Add tasks using Siri - Create and manage docs and notes With Motion, your AI executive assistant, you no longer have to: - Manually reorganize tasks and meetings - Keep track of fragmented calendars - Spend time coordinating meetings Motion has the most accurate algorithm in the world to plan your perfect day. Motion is best used on a computer; this mobile app is a companion to our web/desktop app and is not a standalone app. Certain settings can only be adjusted on the web/desktop version. We do not encourage users without a computer to download this mobile app. Use of the Motion app requires a Motion subscription. Motion offers both monthly and annual subscriptions which can be canceled online anytime. Start your 7-day free trial today! Questions or issues? Contact our support team at https://help.usemotion.com/. We’d love to help. Love the app? Leave a review! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Chronicle

Features
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Chronicle is a private planner and time journal. Plan tasks, work one day at a time, track time on a visual Timeline, and review patterns in Statistics. Add Journal, Emotions, and Intention & Reflection when you want them. PLAN WITH INTENT Create tasks for work that gets finished and activities for ongoing work like practice or habits. Add dates, recurrence, expected duration, and colors so each day starts realistic. Planning shows what needs attention: overdue work, unplanned tasks, missing durations, and untagged items. Open Today to see one day's tasks, recurring occurrences, and activities in a single list. Swipe to start tracking, complete, or skip. SEE WHERE TIME GOES Your day on a visual Timeline. Press and hold to start an interval at that exact moment, pinch to zoom, and drag edges to adjust, with instant save and Undo. Attach tasks and tags to recorded time so the day stays easy to review. LEARN FROM PATTERNS Statistics shows tracked time by day, tag, and task, against a daily target, for any range you pick. Tap a bar to see the exact intervals behind it. GET TIMELY PROMPTS Set reminders that repeat by day, by weekday, or by month, at a set time or at the start or end of your day. Wrap-up and still-running alerts keep a forgotten timer from spoiling the record. GO FURTHER, ONE-TIME PURCHASES WITH A FREE 14-DAY TRIAL - Journal: write about any day, or attach a note to an interval so the record carries the reason why. - Emotions: record how you felt, see it on the Timeline, and follow it over time by task and by tag. - Intention & Reflection: open a day, week, or month with an intention and close it by reading back what actually happened. - Calendar Integration: your calendars on the Timeline, and your planned work written into a calendar Chronicle creates. - Integrations: your running interval on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. No subscriptions. Buy only what you use. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you create stays on your device. No account, no server, no ads, no tracking. The developer does not collect, sell, or share your information. Export your data and settings whenever you like. Chronicle - Time Journal: plan the day, track what happened, understand the patterns, and keep the record yours.

Screenshots

Motion4 screens
Chronicle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chronicle at none against Motion's shown. Motion's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Motion sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per month and Chronicle sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Motion ships an update weekly, Chronicle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Motion versus Chronicle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotionChronicle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.9K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNexusBird, IncAlexey Kuznetsov

Bugs and requests

Motion

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Mobile app crashes frequently
  • Syncing issues between desktop and mobile
  • Tasks not rescheduling properly
  • Inability to view full task details on mobile

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved mobile app with full functionality
  • Ability to edit tasks on mobile
  • Push notifications for upcoming tasks
  • Monthly/weekly calendar view in mobile app
  • Better integration with other calendars and task managers

Chronicle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Motion

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$44.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$294.991 Year
5 purchases

Chronicle

One-time5
  • Calendar Integration$0.99
  • Emotions$0.99
  • Intention & Reflection$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Journal$0.99
  • Integrations$0.99

Questions

Is Motion free?
Motion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chronicle free?
Chronicle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Motion or Chronicle have ads?
Motion shows ads; Chronicle does not.
Which is updated more often, Motion or Chronicle?
Motion ships an update weekly, and Chronicle every 2 months. Most recently, Motion was updated on November 3, 2026 and Chronicle on November 9, 2026.

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