Comparison

Motion vs LISZ

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

LISZ

This app acts as a central hub for managing the complex needs of principals, organizing tasks, travel, properties, and finances. It allows users to capture information quickly, review it, and then delegate or act on it efficiently. The redesigned interface offers clear separation of duties and a streamlined workflow.

Highlights
  • Centralized task and trip management
  • Property and vendor organization
  • Receipt and expense tracking with budgets
  • Client dossier management
  • Calendar integration for event scheduling
  • Quick capture of thoughts, receipts, and documents
  • Private by construction with no account or servers
Features
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LISZ is the working desk for the person who runs someone else's life: estate managers, executive and personal assistants, chiefs of staff, family-office hands. Your principal says six things in one breath. LISZ catches all six, works out what each one is - a task, a trip, a property job, a person to call, a receipt - and files it in the right world. You review before anything lands. Then it hands the work back when it matters. NEW IN 2.0 A redesigned LISZ: three tabs - Today, Work and Clients - and one round capture button beside them. Your data is unchanged, and everything from 1.1.1 is still reachable. ONE WORLD PER PRINCIPAL Every principal, family or property is its own world. Switch from the top left and the whole app follows: tasks, travel, residences, staff, vendors, documents, spend. Choose All clients for everything at once. TODAY Next shows what is coming, with the open time. Needs you shows up to five items, with an Act now band on top for anything safety-related. Below: captures to review, handed-off work that came back or went quiet, and clients who need attention. By day shows your week; on iPad a days column sits beside the briefing. CAPTURE FIRST, SORT LATER The round capture button opens the Capture hub. Brain dump comes first: one thought per line, typed or dictated, then Done and review what LISZ sorted before anything lands. Beside it: Magic paste, Voice task, Snap receipt, Scan document, Record meeting. Hold it for Photo, Voice or Record meeting. Four ways to report an issue: a line that starts with a work word such as fix or repair, guided steps, one sheet, or a photo first. WORK Handoffs, Waiting and Trips under one tab, with Open board for everything in flight. When a handoff goes quiet, Nudge drafts the chase; you send it, log the reply and confirm. CLIENTS One card per client, with a health ring, what needs you, what is waiting and what is next. Clients who need attention come first. A client opens as a dossier; Open workspace is one tap away. PROPERTIES AND TRIPS A property opens as a brief: Upkeep, Open issues, The house runs on, Standing rhythm. Report an issue from it, or share a Turnover brief as a PDF. On a travel day a trip opens as routing, with Route, House, Keys, Files and Itinerary. EVERYTHING ONE SEARCH AWAY Search opens the command sheet: results, actions such as New handoff and Log an expense, and a Go to list. THE WORK YOU ACTUALLY RUN Properties with vendors, systems and records. People with the role each plays for each principal, linked to your contacts. Receipts and expenses with budgets that warn you early. YOUR CALENDAR, NOT A COPY OF IT LISZ reads the calendars you point it at to find free windows, and writes back only the events you confirm, only to the calendar you chose. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No account. No login. No servers of ours. Your principals' data lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud, encrypted by Apple, invisible to us. No analytics, no ads, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. Discretion is the job; LISZ is built the same way. ALSO FOR YOUR OWN LIFE Running only your own life? My Life is a world like any other, and a switch in Settings speaks Projects, Locations and Gigs instead. PRICING - Free: everything in My Life, with one property and one active trip. - LISZ Personal: My Life without limits. $4.99 a month or $49 a year. - LISZ Pro: add your principals and clients, without limits. $69 a month or $699 a year. Nothing is ever locked away: if a subscription ends, everything you entered stays visible, editable and exportable. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://poolsidestudios.github.io/lisz-privacy iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Motion4 screens
LISZ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LISZ at 5.0 against Motion's 4.1. LISZ also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). Motion's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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 LISZ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LISZ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Motion has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Motion versus LISZ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotionLISZ
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.9K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNexusBird, IncLOUIS CHRISTIAN OBERLANDER

Customer experience

Motion

All ratings1,853 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative19.9%
Written reviews812 reviews
Positive42.2%
Neutral8.3%
Negative49.5%

LISZ

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

LISZ

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
4 purchases

LISZ

Subscriptions4
  • LISZ Personal$4.991 Month
  • LISZ Personal$49.001 Year
  • LISZ Pro$69.001 Month
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  • LISZ Pro$699.001 Year

Questions

Is Motion free?
Motion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LISZ free?
LISZ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Motion or LISZ?
LISZ is rated higher. Motion averages 4.1 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while LISZ averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Motion or LISZ have ads?
Motion shows ads; LISZ does not.
Which is updated more often, Motion or LISZ?
Motion ships an update weekly, and LISZ weekly. Most recently, Motion was updated on November 3, 2026 and LISZ on November 5, 2026.

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