Motion Reviews: 4.3/5 — Solid Choice

Motion allows me to condense my day, and be more productive.

It doesn't work well with dependent tasks. It's implemented in projects, but it doesn't always do what you would hope.

Helps me focus on the most important tasks.

Motion acts as a basic project manager in scheduling tasks based on importance and deadline around the meetings and events with fixed times. More importantly, when something new pops up or something changes, Motion reschedules all the tasks FOR you. You don't have to spend a ton of time rejuggling everything. And more importantly, it will tell you when you have run OUT of time. Which is a great moment to reprioritise or seek out assistance or delegation.

The lack of integrations with things like project management tools and zapier, despite being heavily requested but the community, has been frustrating to work around. The interface could be more user friendly with views of which Possible, but it is creating some double entry which reduces the time saving benefits of Motion

I use motions appointment scheduling for internal meetings that make more sense to lump together with similar tasks and dont need as much interaction from a scheduling software. Motion is really great at that. Then of course it acts as my task master once Ivedone all the brainstorming as to what the tasks are, along with dependencies.

I find that motion has added significant extra time to my day. The system is well designed and intelligent with my schedule

Sometimes they put out too many upgrades... not the worst thing!

I have a crazy schedule. Motion helps me keep it all straight!

I loved starting to use Motion. It took me 1-2 hours to gather all my to-do lists and Google Tasks, organise them and input them. After that, I could already feel the pressure of doing work off me shoulders. I stopped thinking "Should I prioritize this task or that one??" It gave me a lot of anxiety to consantly re-asking myself the same questions...

I think I'd like to be able to input task in High-Medium-Low priority WITHOUT having to also input a deadline. A lot of my tasks don't have deadlines but still have a priority order. I tried giving them deadlines 6 month from now but my OCD really didn't like to have "false" deadline. I'd love to be able to give priority order without deadlines.

Helping me organise my days without having to go through all my to-do lists everyday. It gave me confidence that I'm constantly working on what I should be doing at the moment. A lot of stress off my shoulders.

simple to enter tasks. Booking feature is good.

Doesn't load sometimes. Genuinely good tho.

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Increased productivity: A task manager helps you prioritize your tasks and stay focused on what needs to be done. With Motion, you can create lists, set deadlines, and assign tasks to team members, making it easier to stay organized and get things done.

Overcomplication: Depending on the user's preference, some may find task managers to be too complex and overcomplicated. With so many features, it may take time and effort to learn how to use them efficiently, and some users may feel overwhelmed.

Scheduling Task prioritisation Improved time management Reduced stress Increased productivity

I love how seamlessly Motion connects with my different calendars and accounts. The fact that i can create a meeting from within motion, which then creates a zoom link for me and sends it to my contacts, and then moves my tasks around this newly created meeting is fantastic

I think that with all the additions to the app, it is now in a place where it is so fully featured that it might be overwhleming for a new user. Having gotten in on the "ground floor" of the app development when it was pretty basic, i have been able to keep up with the updates to it and it is not as overwhelming for me at the moment, but i feel like new users might not have the same experience.

I love that i do not have to go back and forth with a client when trying to schedule a meeting. I can send them a link to my calendar, and they can pick a time that suits them and get a zoom link automatically created for that

I love that it takes the guess work about what I should do that day...it lowers my decision fatigue and helps me plan my life

It is a little on the pricier side, especially as I started using it as a college student. Also, there are still some bugs. Nothing that totally ruins the experience, but it can make things a little slow.

Motion helps me to plan my day and prioritize my tasks. As a ADHD college student with two jobs and a five-year-old at home, this is really helpful to me.

Motion definitely helps me move more quickly from task to task since I don't waste so much time wondering what to do next or trying to get my work day organized.

It has some glitches - some recurring tasks (such as teaching for me) do not appear recurrently and I would like to be able to set my work vs personal schedule differently every day.

It makes it easier to maximize my time and it synchronizes with Outlook, so it's easier to plan meetings ahead.

The ability to create a schedule without having to think about what to do next.

Recurring tasks can not be edited further like changing out priority like ASAP or need to happen without fail.

Getting all tasks in one place and having it scheduled.

It keeps me on task and helps me prioritize

It's a little clunky and slow sometimes.

Helps me prioritize

Help me fix my calender whenever an emergency arises.

Would be useful to be able to link mails or documents, or add # directly in the quick Add task menu

helps me keep track of my deadline

It helps me understand my time better and assists in prioritization. I like the warning feature that lets me know if something won't meet a target deadline so I can rearrange or let others know we need to push a deadline. The project feature is great, along with the ability to trigger tasks based on the completion of others. I would love it if that could be integrated with recurring tasks as well

Motion doesn't hold completed tasks on the calendar, so I can't go back and see how I spent my time after the fact. If I don't keep it updated, it obviously can't prioritize correctly, but updating becomes a task unto itself. It took some time to get clear on how Motion prioritizes tasks- sometimes I disagree with the assessment, so to get my calendar to match my priorities, I have to tinker with the settings on my tasks until they fit my desired priority ranking The app is the biggest obstacle- it takes a long time to sync, and calendars frequently drop from it entirely, so I don't have visibility to my meetings when I'm trying to make plans away from my desktop. It also only keeps info updated for two weeks, and I need visibility well beyond a 2-week timeframe at my fingertips.

Task planning- it takes the planning out of when something will be accomplished, and I know it will make sure all my tasks take place before their deadline, taking stress of my shoulders to order things properly.

It keeps my tasks organized. If I skip one, it will find another place for it to go.

Not everything is intuitive, and it is more geared towards businesses than personal lives.

It's picking tasks for the day, and encouraging less procrastination.

It has liberated my mind from constantly stressing about getting my todos finished in time -> my tasks are scheduled and inconsistencies are flagged. My mind is clear thanks for Motion.

Since they've added the project management features, I've been a bit lost, and Motion has as well. Some of my tasks got lost and I had to go dig them up. Dependencies don't seem to get scheduled and stuff got lost on the wayside as a results. Dissappointing. Maybe a good tutorial would help?

The scheduling system is really great, I schedule most of my meetings that way. Would be great to have an option for 'inperson' vs 'online' meetings. In terms of productivity, on those days where you don't know where to start, Motion will tell you where to start and that is priceless.

They automatically help you to reschedule your tasks if you don't complete them. This is very useful if you aren't good at estimating how long it takes to complete your tasks or if you easily get distracted by other events

The desktop app can be buggy at times and is not as fast as I would like it to be. Hence, there are I am too lazy to organise my tasks and i end up not using motion for a week or so. The unusable mobile app also makes me use Motion less

Motion helps to automatically reschedule tasks that I dont complete and helps to find a time for everything. To be honest, what it really helps me with is to assure me that I can get my stuff done at the start of the week or whenever I try to organise my stuff

The algorithm does a great job of taking the guesswork out of planning and scheduling work. The meeting scheduling tool is a great addition and is easy to use. Overall, the platform delivers on it's promise to make you more effective.

I spend 90% of my day working in a browser window - so when Motion was available as a sidebar/extension, I was able to use the tools directly in the context I spent all day in. The move to an app has made things more of a pain, and reduced the usefulness of the platform as I now have to switch contexts. I reached out to Motion with some feedback about this, and never heard back.

Spending less time planning and organizing work, booking meetings, managing my calendar and making sure that I stay productive. It helps me spend less time switching between tasks and evaluating what to do next.

I like the idea of being able to just dump tasks in as soon as I think of them and leave it to the AI to schedule everything. I also really like the calender scheduling feature that creates snippets, I would pay just for that feature.

There are a bunch of obviously missing features (e.g searching your tasks) and a lot of bugs. It used to be a web-app/chrome extension and the switch to desktop is strictly worse. The desktop app still requires internet access to function at all so there's little benefit to the desktop version and things like the task banner no longer appear where you're working.

Motion helps me schedule meetings and manage my task list.

Motion is a great tool and has a lot of features, and it really helps with productivity.

I feel like the product is stuck and is not moving forward except for small updates here and there. The mobile app is nearly unusable, with no integration with other tools, and te customization features are very limited.

I can say that Motion is a great tool and has a lot of features, and it really helps with productivity

The idea is brilliant - being able to create tasks and have them automatically sorted into existing time in my schedule could be a game changer.

After a good experience in my first few months, things changed. The layout and visual presentation changed and there is no way for the user to change it back or alter it in any way, other than light or dark mode. The book calendar which I thought was amazing... well, it stopped working. The links generated to the booking calendar populated a page that said I had NO availability. As I was dealing with that, my task list in the sidebar changed from listing ONLY tasks to including ALL of my daily meetings. It was impossible to find tasks. One of the (previous) advantages of Motion was being able to shift the assigned time to work on a task if priorities changed. Technically, you can still do that... IF you can find the task. The worst part was trying to reach support. First I got sent to an AI model which provided incorrect information. Next, I went into "live" chat which identified itself after the fact as a bot (which also did not provide accurate or helpful information. Finally, I was able to send a message to support. However, over 24 hours later, no one has even looked at my message.

Motion is NOT solving any problems. The concept is amazing, but the poor implementation has CREATED problems, such as booking links populating pages that indicate I have no availability to meet, ever, on any calendar day.

The AI auto scheduler is good, it comes with google calendar sync and eliminates mental fatigue on decision making process and you dont wonder what to do next, if you need a system or hierarchy for this, its great

Charged twice by usemotion, they assured me they'd refund me, and it's been almost a month with nothing received on my end, their customer support ignores it and connects you to a chat bot. Even the trial of seven days has a shady system going on, after expiring, you're charged a full year by default with no option to access a monthly subscription unless you contact them directly, which again you're gonna be put on hold on a chat bot, until they decide if they wanna get back to you or not by a real person on the customer support. Ultimately what really did it is that they now auto archive tasks and dont let you keep an active backlog, just another feature that implies they are smarter than everyone else about what you need yourself, instead of allowing you the free will to decide yourself for you I've tried cancelling my subscription and get back a refund for the one that was double charged but of course, usemotion team sees no urgency on this. I wonder if there's even a customer support at all. Not a good look for a startup with lots of bells and whistles about revolutionizing the way one person works by speeding up your workflow while simultaneously being a drag on your life's finance and logistics. I'd give less than a one star but this site won't allow that. Usemotion changed the terms on archiving your tasks without your consent, charged twice for a full year, they change the rules and the system you bought mid subscription but are skeptical of refunding or cancelling your plan as byproduct.

Deciding what tasks to do next, prioritize work, schedule appointments.

Not much. Thoought it was good at first. Then constant bugs.

I have sent out my calendar link to multipe people. Motion bugs or developer ineptitude allow for meetings to be double booked, rendering their software innoperable to use. On top of that, having to explain to people (potential clients) who double booked, without their knowledge, that I have to move thier meeting. Good product in theory, terrible in practice.

They are causing more problems for me than solving them.

The fundamental ideas about Motion are good. When it works, it feels great. Specifically, being able to toss all my tasks & priorities into a bucket, and have a planned list for accomplishing them in a sane order, is a great feeling. The booking links are convenient as well, and the team features have potential.

The product has been highly buggy for years. They removed functionality - e.g. it used to be fast to navigate around the calendar with keyboard shortcuts - removed for some reason with no replacement. It's very expensive for what it is, support is slow to respond and is unhelpful, and it feels like the product barely improves over time. In addition, extremely basic features have been missing for ages - e.g. multi selecting todos for bulk actions. Want to add 10 tasks to a project? Open each one individually, hit the dropdown, hit the project - 10 times. Delete 10 tasks? Same thing. This is table stakes for a todo app, let alone a team todo app.

Was helping with calendar management and personal task & project management. I'm still using it as my calendar for the moment, but am actively looking for alternatives.

Timeblocking element and reduces admin workload

Huge problem with confidential information. The platform misses the ability to make the events private by default, for instance everyone in your team can see all your events visibility by default, you have to mark each of them private one by one. It would be good to make all events (across all your calenders) private by default so that your team members cannot see what you are doing, instead they see you are marked as "Busy".

Auto schedules tasks

Surface level it solves a problem that all calendars should fix innately - and that is to show me what I have amongst all my different calendars so I don't have software fatigue from switching between apps to check when I'm available.

Had to reconnect my accounts 2x in less than a month. Just got an email from a strong lead that they couldn't book with me. Not what I was expecting from a company that is "endorsed by the CEO of Y Combinator"

Motion is not solving any problem for me. It's actually making things much more difficult because leads cannot schedule with me without friction. Low immediate support as well.