AI that assists —
not one that runs your day.
Motion auto-schedules every task onto your calendar for $29+/month. Some people love it; many find the constant reshuffling stressful. Lume is the calmer, cheaper alternative: the AI helps when you ask, you keep control, and your agents do the actual work.
Auto-scheduling isn’t for everyone
Motion’s whole pitch is that an algorithm owns your calendar. That’s powerful — and it’s exactly what some people want to get away from.
The reshuffle tax. When the algorithm moves your day around after every change, the calendar can feel like it’s happening to you. Lume keeps planning in your hands and uses AI to assist, not to seize control.
The price. Motion runs $29–49 a month. Lume is free to start and $6.99/month for Pro.
It schedules; it doesn’t do. Motion decides when you’ll do a task. Lume can decide that with you — and for scoped work, hand the task to Claude Code or Codex so it gets done without you at all.
Lume vs. Motion
Honest version — if automatic time-blocking is the feature you want, Motion does it and Lume doesn’t (yet).
Want an algorithm to fully run your calendar? Motion is purpose-built for that. Want a calm list, a quarter of the price, and agents that do the work? That’s Lume.
Motion alternative — FAQ
Why choose Lume over Motion?+
If Motion’s automatic rescheduling feels stressful or its $29+/month price is hard to justify, Lume is a calmer, cheaper alternative. You plan with AI help instead of handing your calendar to an algorithm — and you can assign tasks to AI agents to actually complete them.
Does Lume do auto-scheduling like Motion?+
Not today — automatic time-blocking is Motion’s core feature and Lume doesn’t replicate it yet. Lume’s AI helps you plan and triage on request rather than continuously rearranging your day.
How much cheaper is Lume?+
Lume is free to start and $6.99/month for Pro, versus Motion’s roughly $29–49/month. For many people the gap isn’t worth the auto-scheduling.
What can Lume do that Motion can’t?+
Assign tasks to coding agents like Claude Code and Codex, connect over a first-party MCP server, and keep a clean, Things-style design. Motion schedules your work; Lume can get some of it done for you.