TL;DR
Aftertone: £20/mo or £100 lifetime. macOS productivity system — tasks, time blocking, Focus Screen, behavioural AI, weekly reports.
FlowSavvy: Free forever plan or $7/mo Pro. Auto-scheduling time blocker — add tasks with deadlines, and it builds your week. Web, iOS, Android. Built by two brothers.
Key difference: FlowSavvy decides when you'll do things. Aftertone helps you do them well, then tells you what to change.
FlowSavvy is what happens when someone takes the core idea of Motion — auto-scheduling your tasks into your calendar — and strips away the enterprise pricing and team features. You add tasks with deadlines and durations. FlowSavvy slots them into your week around existing calendar events. Plans change? Hit recalculate and everything reshuffles. It's clever, affordable, and genuinely useful.
The app has a devoted following, especially among students, freelancers, and ADHD users who find manual time blocking overwhelming. The free plan includes core auto-scheduling. Pro at $7/month unlocks custom scheduling hours, calendar sync, and advanced settings. It's built by two brothers and has the rough-but-functional energy of a tool that prioritises usefulness over polish.
But FlowSavvy is a scheduling engine. It decides when to do things — it doesn't help you do them. There's no focus mode, no behavioural AI, no weekly reports. Once your tasks are on the calendar, execution is up to you.
Aftertone doesn't auto-schedule. You build your day with time blocks — deliberate, manual control. Then the Focus Screen protects your attention while you work. AI tracks your patterns across the week. A weekly report tells you what to adjust. FlowSavvy automates the plan. Aftertone deepens the execution.
Side-by-Side
Feature | Aftertone | FlowSavvy |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | £20/mo or £100 lifetime | Free forever plan. Pro: $7/mo or ~$60/yr. |
Lifetime plan | Yes | No |
Platform | macOS (iOS/Android coming) | Web, iOS, Android |
Core identity | Productivity system: plan, execute, evaluate, optimise | Auto-scheduling time blocker — builds your week from a to-do list |
Task management | Native — keyboard shortcut capture, project tags, filtering | Tasks with deadlines, durations, priorities, partial completes, progress tracking |
Time blocking | Manual — visual time blocks with daily structure | Automatic — FlowSavvy generates time blocks based on priorities and deadlines |
Auto-scheduling | No — manual planning is the point | Core feature — 1-click recalculate, task splitting, workload balancing |
AI | Silent behavioural AI — tracks stalled tasks, time drift, energy patterns. Weekly insight reports. | None — auto-scheduling is rule-based, not AI |
Focus mode | Focus Screen — context-aware, current task only, overdue flags, 1-2-3 shortcuts, auto calendar updates | None |
Weekly reports | Automated, AI-generated, personalised | None |
Calendar sync | Google Calendar, two-way | Google Calendar, iCloud, Outlook (Pro) |
Independently owned | Yes | Yes (built by two brothers) |
Where Aftertone pulls ahead
The Focus Screen
FlowSavvy builds your schedule, then leaves. It doesn't know if you're doing the task, checking Instagram, or staring at the wall. Aftertone's Focus Screen takes over when it's time to work — current task, nothing else. Overdue items surface. Finish early and pick what's next. The calendar updates behind the scenes.
Behavioural AI and weekly reports
FlowSavvy tells you when to do things. Aftertone tells you how your week actually went — which tasks kept slipping, where planned time drifted from reality, when your energy dipped. That feedback loop doesn't exist in FlowSavvy.
Intentional planning vs automated scheduling
FlowSavvy's strength is that you don't have to think about when to do things. Aftertone takes the opposite position — that deciding when to do things is part of doing them well. Manual time blocking forces you to confront your real capacity every morning. Automation can mask overcommitment until the deadlines arrive.
£100 lifetime vs $84/year
FlowSavvy Pro costs ~$84/year. After 14 months, Aftertone's lifetime plan is cheaper — and includes behavioural AI, Focus Screen, and weekly reports that FlowSavvy doesn't have at any price.
Where FlowSavvy is the better fit
If manual time blocking feels like a chore, FlowSavvy eliminates it. Add tasks, set deadlines, and your schedule writes itself. For people who find the planning step paralysing — especially those with ADHD — this removes a real barrier.
It runs on web, iOS, and Android. Aftertone is macOS-only.
The free plan is genuinely usable for core auto-scheduling. No credit card, no trial countdown.
Task splitting is clever — if a three-hour task doesn't fit in one gap, FlowSavvy breaks it across multiple slots automatically.
3-year cost comparison
Aftertone costs £100 once. FlowSavvy costs approximately $60 per year — that's $180 over three years. By the end of year one, FlowSavvy already costs more than Aftertone's lifetime price. Over three years, you'd spend 1.8× more on FlowSavvy. Both are independently built tools. Only one lets you stop paying.
Who should choose FlowSavvy
If you need cross-platform support beyond macOS, FlowSavvy may be the better fit today. If you rely heavily on integrations with other tools in your stack, check whether FlowSavvy connects to what you use daily. And if FlowSavvy's specific approach — its unique features and design philosophy — matches how you prefer to work, it's worth trying.
But if you want a productivity system that goes beyond planning into execution, evaluation, and optimisation — with behavioral AI that learns your patterns and a Focus Screen that protects your attention — Aftertone goes deeper. And it costs less to own forever than most competitors charge per year.
Frequently asked questions
Is FlowSavvy better than Aftertone?
It depends on what you need. FlowSavvy has its own strengths — particularly if you need broader platform support or specific integrations. Aftertone is stronger on execution: its Focus Screen, behavioral AI, and weekly reports create a four-phase productivity system (plan, execute, evaluate, optimise) that most competitors don't attempt.
Does Aftertone work on Windows or Linux?
Not yet. Aftertone is currently macOS-only, built as a native Mac app for performance and deep OS integration. iOS and Android apps are in development. If you need Windows or Linux support today, FlowSavvy may be a better short-term choice.
Can I use Aftertone with Google Calendar?
Yes. Aftertone syncs with Google Calendar via two-way sync. Your time blocks, events, and schedule changes appear in both apps. Aftertone adds the productivity layer — tasks, Focus Screen, AI insights — on top of your existing calendar.
Is Aftertone's lifetime plan really one payment?
Yes. £100 once, then it's yours. No annual renewals, no price increases, no feature gates behind higher tiers. Every feature — behavioral AI, Focus Screen, weekly reports, unlimited projects — is included.
What if I'm switching from FlowSavvy to Aftertone?
Aftertone syncs with Google Calendar, so any events you have there will appear automatically. For tasks, you'll need to recreate them in Aftertone — but the keyboard shortcut capture makes this fast. Most users are fully set up within a day.
Related reading
For more context on how Aftertone compares in the broader productivity landscape, see Best Mac Calendar Apps for Time Blocking (2026) and Productivity Methods Compared.
Bottom line
FlowSavvy automates the scheduling. Aftertone deepens the execution. If you want your to-do list turned into a calendar without thinking about it, FlowSavvy does that well and cheaply. If you want a system that helps you work through your plan with focus, understand your patterns with AI, and improve each week — Aftertone goes further at every stage after the schedule is set. Try Aftertone free at aftertone.io.
