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Notes on planning a day.
Honest comparisons, what the daily brief actually does, and the thinking behind building a workspace around a planner instead of bolting one on.
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August 25, 2026 · 3 min read
An app that plans your day with AI (and actually reads your calendar)
What an AI-planned day looks like in practice: a short morning brief built from your real calendar, tasks, and goals, plus a timeboxed plan you can argue with. No auto-scheduling, no template digest.
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August 25, 2026 · 2 min read
The best AI todo apps for goal tracking, honestly compared
Five apps that combine task management, AI, and long-term goals, compared by someone who builds one of them. Full disclosure up front, verified prices, and a clear answer for each kind of user.
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August 25, 2026 · 2 min read
A goal tracking app that breaks goals into milestones (and an AI that remembers them)
Goals die in todo apps because they're too big to be tasks. Taskelo gives each goal a milestone roadmap, and Elo, the built-in assistant, actually references your progress in chat and in your daily brief.
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August 25, 2026 · 2 min read
A Motion alternative for people who want the AI without the $19–49 a month
Motion's auto-scheduler is clever and its pricing is heavy. Taskelo takes a different bet: an AI that proposes your day instead of rearranging it, at $8/month with a cardless trial.
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August 25, 2026 · 2 min read
A Sunsama alternative: the daily planning ritual without the $20 a month
Sunsama's guided ritual is the best thing about it. Taskelo recreates the job (a calendar-aware morning brief plus an AI-timeboxed plan) at $8/month, and is honest about what it doesn't recreate.
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August 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Taskelo vs Todoist: an honest comparison from the Taskelo side
Where Todoist genuinely wins (mobile, integrations, maturity, price), where Taskelo wins (AI with full context, goals, the daily brief), and a plain answer for who should pick which.
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August 25, 2026 · 2 min read
A Things 3 alternative for Windows, the web, and anyone who wants an AI in their todo list
Things 3 is the best-crafted todo app on Apple platforms, and it will never run on Windows or add an assistant. Taskelo runs in any browser and builds the AI in. An honest trade.
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August 25, 2026 · 3 min read
A Todoist alternative where the AI is the architecture, not a bolt-on
Todoist added an AI assistant to a finished product. Taskelo was built around one. An honest comparison for anyone searching for a Todoist alternative with AI that actually knows their tasks and goals.
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July 17, 2026 · 2 min read
An AI daily briefing that actually reads your calendar
Taskelo's daily brief is a short, Elo-written summary of your day: priorities, calendar conflicts, and a goal nudge, delivered by email or push at whatever time you pick.
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May 13, 2026 · 3 min read
A claude.ai alternative for daily work: todos, notes, and chat in one page
If you mostly use claude.ai to think through tasks, Taskelo is a lighter alternative that puts a todo list and a notes canvas right next to the chat. The workspace is free, and Elo is free for your first 14 days.
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May 13, 2026 · 3 min read
A todo list with Claude built in: why I keep coming back to this layout
Most todo apps add 'AI' as a sidebar that doesn't know what's on your list. Taskelo flips it: Elo, an assistant powered by Claude, gets your todos, notes, and goals as context with every message.