Motion and Reclaim alternative: Orondia compared
Last updated: 20 October 2026
Motion and Reclaim made auto-scheduling known: you give the app your tasks and habits, and it finds them time in your calendar. Both come from the United States and are built mostly around work and teams. Orondia does the same kind of planning for one person, in English or Dutch, with school in mind as much as work. Here is an honest comparison of what that means.
What Orondia does too
- Tasks with a number of hours and a deadline, split into sessions in your free time.
- Habits such as exercise or lunch, with a window, given a slot that fits every day, including “three times a week, on whichever days suit”.
- Both ways with Google Calendar: what Orondia plans shows in Google, and what you change in Google comes back.
- Protected time, such as focus time or sleep, that nothing is planned over.
- Sharing your availability, so someone can pick a time in your free hours.
What Orondia does differently
- It says why. Every move shows in a notice with its reason, with a button to put it back. A day with nothing wrong stays put.
- You decide on a clash. When something does not fit, you get choices instead of a planner that shortens something by itself.
- Exams. An exam gets a study plan counted back from the exam day, with reviews at the end. See how to make an exam study plan.
- School platforms. A link from Canvas, Moodle, Brightspace or Blackboard becomes a task list with your deadlines. See Canvas and Moodle deadlines in Google Calendar.
- Share links with levels. Friends see titles, acquaintances only “busy”, for the days and hours you choose.
- English and Dutch, with prices in euro, VAT included, and a student price.
What Orondia does not do
Fair is fair. If you need one of these, another tool will serve you better:
- Planning projects and tasks for a whole team.
- Connecting with Outlook or Microsoft 365: today Orondia works with Google Calendar and calendar links.
- Working out travel time between appointments.
- An app from the App Store: you install Orondia on your phone from your browser, and it works without a store.
- An AI assistant you chat with: Orondia's planner follows rules you set and explains each move.
Who should pick which
- You plan for a team, with projects and dependencies: a team tool such as Motion fits better.
- You live in Outlook: look for a scheduler that supports it; Orondia does not yet.
- You are a student with classes, deadlines and exams: Orondia was built for this week, with platform feeds and exam plans.
- You want a calendar that plans your own week and tells you what it changed: Orondia.
What it costs
Orondia is free to use, with the planner, tasks, habits, Google Calendar on your main calendar, one calendar link and one share link. Pro costs €4.99 a month or €39.99 a year and adds writing to more calendars, more Google accounts and unlimited links. Students get Pro for €19.99 a year with a school email address. For the first 14 days you get everything. See pricing.
Switching
There is little to move. Connect Google Calendar and your events are in. Put in your habits and tasks with their window or deadline; at the end of the welcome your first week is planned. What your old planner scheduled is still in Google and counts as fixed time until you remove it.
Curious how the planner decides? Read an auto-scheduling calendar that plans your day, or make a free account and try it with your own week.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a free alternative to Motion?
- Orondia has a free plan with the planner, tasks, habits and Google Calendar on your main calendar, without a time limit. Pro adds more calendars and links.
- Is Orondia cheaper than Motion or Reclaim?
- Orondia Pro is €4.99 a month or €39.99 a year, VAT included, and €19.99 a year for students. Compare with their current prices on their own sites, as they change.
- Does Orondia work with Outlook?
- Not today. It works with Google Calendar and with calendar links from school, clubs and other calendars.
- Can I use Orondia next to Motion or Reclaim?
- Yes, but let only one of them plan a given calendar. In Orondia you can set a calendar another tool plans to hands-off, so Orondia plans around its events and never moves them.