Reclaim.ai

ALMOST

A weekend of work, and real gaps remain.

Defends time in your calendar: it schedules habits and tasks into free slots and moves them automatically when a meeting lands on top.

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Build task scheduling into calendar gaps.

STACK
- A worker, SQLite, the Google Calendar API

THE INPUT
- Tasks with a duration, a deadline and a priority
- Working hours per weekday in a named time zone

PLACING
- Fetch busy time, compute free blocks, place tasks longest-first into the earliest block that fits before the deadline
- Never split a task under thirty minutes; fragments do not get done

RESCHEDULING, WHICH IS THE HARD PART
- On every calendar change, recompute from scratch rather than patching
- Events you created are disposable; events you did not create are immovable
- Tag your own events with a private property so you can tell them apart reliably

STOPPING THRASHING
- Do not move a task starting within two hours; a plan that changes constantly is worse than a wrong plan

Include the placement algorithm, the tagging and the thrash guard.

What you lose

Automatic rescheduling that keeps working as meetings shift, which is a constraint-solving problem rather than a placement one
Two-way sync with several calendar providers
Team-wide scheduling that respects everyone's defended time

If you would rather not build

A recurring calendar block, which is free and works
Motion, for the same job as a service

The escape hatch

open source · no votes, no paid placement

Vikunja

Self-hosted tasks with due dates and a calendar feed to subscribe to.

go-vikunja/vikunjafree · open source

Cal.com

Handles the calendar connection half, which is the tedious part.

calcom/cal.diyfree · open source

Why this verdict

our own opinion · changed only by a person

58/100

Verdict kinda at 58. Placing tasks is straightforward; making the calendar stable rather than constantly rearranged is the difficult part.

History

tracked since 10 Aug 2026 · nothing is ever overwritten

Interest · last 30 days

Nothing recorded yet. This chart fills in once the page has visitors, votes or prompt copies — it will not draw a flat line to look busy.

Questions about Reclaim.ai

answered from the record above

Is Reclaim.ai free?

No — the plan we track is $10 a month. Starter at around $10 per seat per month billed monthly, cheaper annually.

Can you replace Reclaim.ai by building your own?

ALMOST. A weekend of work, and real gaps remain. Replacement score 58 out of 100, build time a weekend. Read what you lose before you decide.

How much does Reclaim.ai cost?

$10 a month on Starter — $120 a year. Recorded 10 Aug 2026.

What do you lose by replacing Reclaim.ai?

Automatic rescheduling that keeps working as meetings shift, which is a constraint-solving problem rather than a placement one; Two-way sync with several calendar providers; Team-wide scheduling that respects everyone's defended time. If any of those carry weight for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to Reclaim.ai?

Yes: Vikunja, Cal.com. The prompt on this page is for when you want it your way instead.

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