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TaskBerry

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The dedicated day planners are paid only. TaskBerry has a free plan.

Sunsama, Motion, Akiflow and Morgen put you on a trial and then a bill, with no free tier to stay on. TaskBerry's free plan does the part that matters most: it sizes your day and turns the board red before you overcommit. Here is how it sits next to each one.

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The one thing we compare on

Capacity, price, and how solo it really is

We are not going to score forty features. Three things decide whether a planner fits a freelancer, so those are the three we hold every tool against.

Capacity you can see

Not whether a tool can warn you about a full day, but where and how. TaskBerry sizes tasks and turns the board red before you start, on the screen you live in.

A price that fits one person

TaskBerry has a real free plan and Pro at €9.95 a month. Most planners aimed at this work charge about $20 a month or more per person.

Built for one, not a team

One screen, one day, one person. No seats, no shared workspace, no project hierarchy. Some tools do teams well, and we say so where they do.

At a glance

Every planner on the two things a freelancer bills on

Read the full comparison for any of them below. This is the short version: what it costs, whether it warns you before the day is too full, and whether your hours ever turn into a client bill.

  • TaskBerry

    Price
    €9.95/mo
    Free plan
    Yes
    Warns before you overcommit
    Yes, sizes each task and turns the board red before you start
    Client billing
    Yes, logged hours become a client report

  • Sunsama

    Price
    around $20/mo
    Free plan
    No
    Warns before you overcommit
    Yes, a workload counter against a daily hour limit
    Client billing
    No

  • Motion

    Price
    $19/seat/mo
    Free plan
    No
    Warns before you overcommit
    Reshuffles your calendar to fit, never asks if it should
    Client billing
    No

  • Akiflow

    Price
    $19/mo
    Free plan
    No
    Warns before you overcommit
    Time-blocking, no hours budget
    Client billing
    No

  • Todoist

    Price
    $5/mo
    Free plan
    Yes
    Warns before you overcommit
    Task durations, but no overload warning
    Client billing
    No

  • TickTick

    Price
    $49.99/yr
    Free plan
    Yes
    Warns before you overcommit
    No
    Client billing
    No

  • Trello

    Price
    $5/user/mo
    Free plan
    Yes
    Warns before you overcommit
    No, cards and due dates, no hours
    Client billing
    No time tracking on any listed plan

  • Clockify

    Price
    $3.99/user/mo
    Free plan
    Yes
    Warns before you overcommit
    No, it tracks time after you work
    Client billing
    Yes, billable rates and invoicing

Prices as of October 2026, linked on each comparison page. Todoist, TickTick, Clockify and Trello Free and Standard cost less than TaskBerry, so we lead on capacity and client billing, not price.

Side by side

Planners we put next to TaskBerry

Pick the tool you are weighing up and open its full comparison. Each one gives the other tool credit where it earns it, then shows where TaskBerry fits a solo day.

Akiflow alternative

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A command bar that pulls tasks from every tool into one place, best in class at capture. We compare that against an hours budget that turns red before you commit, plus the client billing Akiflow does not have.

TaskBerry vs Akiflow

TickTick alternative

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A strong free tier with a calendar, habit tracking, and a Pomodoro timer, and cheaper than us. We compare that against a board that sizes the day and turns red before you overcommit, plus the client billing TickTick does not have.

TaskBerry vs TickTick

Sunsama alternative

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A calm, guided daily ritual with strong calendar sync. We compare its workload warning against TaskBerry's always-on red bar, and the price gap that comes with it.

TaskBerry vs Sunsama

Motion alternative

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AI auto-scheduling that reshuffles your calendar until the work fits. We compare that against a board that turns red before you commit, so you decide what to drop, and the free plan Motion does not have.

TaskBerry vs Motion

Todoist alternative

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The most mature task list there is, with fast capture and deep filters, and cheaper than us. We compare that against a board that sizes the day and turns red before you overcommit, plus the client billing Todoist does not have.

TaskBerry vs Todoist

Trello alternative

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Boards, automation and integrations for a team, free for up to 10 collaborators, and Standard is cheaper than us. We compare that against one person's day sized in hours, which turns red before you overcommit, with the hours per client in the same app.

TaskBerry vs Trello

Clockify alternative

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Free time tracking, low-priced billable rates and invoicing, and cheaper than us. We compare a tool that records the day after you work it against one that warns you before the day is full.

TaskBerry vs Clockify

The wedge

A full day, before it happens

Nine hours of work does not fit in a six hour day. Your task list does not know that. TaskBerry sizes each task and shows it on a bar that turns red while you are still planning, not at 5pm.

9h planned, 6h in the day. 3h over before you start.

Before you switch

The capacity math behind the move

How planning from capacity works

The method under the bar: give every task a size, set the hours you really have, and watch the day fill up before you commit to it.

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Work out your own honest number

Set your days, your hours and the time that never lands on an invoice. The calculator shows how much of the week you can truly bill.

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See your own day on the bar

Start free, add a real day, and watch what happens when the plan runs past the hours you have.

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