Aftertone vs Amie (2026)
TL;DR
Aftertone: £20/mo or £100 lifetime. macOS productivity system — tasks, time blocking, Focus Screen, behavioural AI, weekly reports.
Amie: Free plan (limited) or $6–$15/mo. Beautiful calendar with tasks, email integration, AI meeting notes (bot-free), and Pomodoro timer. Mac, iOS, web. No Android. Pivoting toward AI meeting recording.
Key difference: Amie is a gorgeous calendar that records your meetings. Aftertone is a system that helps you do the work between meetings.
Amie is one of the most beautiful productivity apps on the market. The design is exceptional — pastel colours, fluid animations, a calendar that genuinely makes scheduling feel pleasant. It combines calendar, tasks, and email in one view, and recently added bot-free AI meeting recording that summarises calls and extracts action items without an awkward bot joining your meetings.
But Amie is mid-pivot. The team is investing heavily in AI meeting features, and the calendar-and-tasks side — while still functional — feels more like supporting infrastructure than the core product. Task management is basic. There's no behavioural AI, no weekly reports, no focus mode beyond a Pomodoro timer. And it's not cheap — $6 to $15/month with no lifetime option.
Aftertone doesn't do meetings. It does the work between them. Time blocks, native task management, a Focus Screen that adapts while you work, AI that studies your patterns, and weekly reports that tell you what to change. Less beautiful, perhaps. But built for execution.
Side-by-Side
Feature | Aftertone | Amie |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | £20/mo or £100 lifetime | Free (limited). Personal: ~$6/mo annual. Pro: ~$15/mo annual. |
Lifetime plan | Yes | No |
Platform | macOS (iOS/Android coming) | Mac, iOS, web. Windows and Android in beta. |
Core identity | Productivity system: plan, execute, evaluate, optimise | Beautiful calendar + AI meeting notes + basic tasks |
Task management | Native — keyboard shortcut capture, project tags, filtering | Basic — create tasks, drag to calendar. Integrates with Todoist, Notion, Linear. |
Time blocking | Visual time blocks with daily structure | Drag tasks onto calendar. AI suggests time slots (paid tier). |
AI | Silent behavioural AI — tracks stalled tasks, time drift, energy patterns. Weekly insight reports. | AI meeting recording (bot-free), meeting summaries, action items, AI email drafting, chat assistant. |
Focus mode | Focus Screen — context-aware, current task only, overdue flags, 1-2-3 shortcuts, auto calendar updates | Pomodoro timer |
Weekly reports | Automated, AI-generated, personalised | None |
Calendar sync | Google Calendar, two-way | Google Calendar, Apple Calendar |
Meeting features | Not included | Bot-free recording, AI summaries, action items, follow-up email drafting |
Email integration | Not included | Gmail integration — drag emails to tasks, respond from within Amie |
Independently owned | Yes | Yes (Berlin-based startup) |
Where Aftertone pulls ahead
The Focus Screen
Amie has a Pomodoro timer. Aftertone has a context-aware working environment that shows your current task, flags overdue items, offers 1-2-3 shortcuts for what's next, and updates your calendar automatically. One is a countdown clock. The other is where you actually do your work.
Behavioural AI vs meeting AI
Amie's AI records meetings, writes summaries, and drafts follow-up emails. Useful if your day is meetings. Aftertone's AI watches how you actually work — which tasks keep slipping, where planned time drifts from reality, when your energy dips — and writes you a weekly report with specific suggestions. Amie's AI handles what happened in meetings. Aftertone's AI handles what's happening with your work.
Weekly reports
Amie has no end-of-week analysis. Aftertone generates a personalised weekly report that compounds into an improvement loop over time.
£100 once vs $72–$180 per year
Amie Personal costs ~$72/year. Pro is ~$180/year. Aftertone's lifetime plan is £100. Over two years, Aftertone is cheaper than even Amie's cheapest paid tier.
Native task management
Amie's task management is basic — many users pair it with Todoist or Linear. Aftertone's is native and complete. Keyboard shortcut from anywhere, tag to a project, done.
Where Amie is the better fit
If your day is meetings, Amie's bot-free AI recording is a genuine differentiator. No awkward bots joining calls, automatic summaries, action items extracted, follow-up emails drafted. Aftertone doesn't do meetings at all.
The design is exceptional. Amie is arguably the most visually polished productivity app on the market. If aesthetics matter to you, it sets a standard.
Email integration lets you drag Gmail messages into tasks and respond from within the app. Useful if email is a major source of your work.
Amie has iOS and web apps. Aftertone is macOS-only for now. For more alternatives, see the full best Amie alternatives guide.
Bottom line
Amie is a beautiful calendar that's becoming a meeting-first tool. Aftertone is an execution-first system built for the work between meetings. If you spend most of your day in calls and need AI summaries and follow-ups, Amie solves that. If you need a Focus Screen that protects your attention, AI that studies your work patterns, and weekly reports that help you improve — Aftertone does things Amie wasn't designed to do. And it costs less over time. Try Aftertone free at aftertone.io.