To Do Machine vs Sunsama (2026) — a guided daily plan or an app shaped by you?
Updated . Sunsama facts come from Sunsama's own pages; see the sources at the bottom of this page.
Sunsama is a daily planner built around a ritual. Each morning it walks you through choosing today's work, pulled from your inbox, your project tools and your calendar, and timeboxing it into your day. Each evening it walks you through a shutdown. Sunsama says the goal is to help you feel calm and focused.
To Do Machine is a to-do app you redesign by chatting: tell To Do Machine how you work, and it builds the views, features, and layout to match. It syncs both ways with Google and Apple Calendar and time-blocks your tasks around your meetings, but nobody leads you through a ritual unless you ask for one.
AT A GLANCE
| Feature | TO DO MACHINE | SUNSAMA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Standard $69.99/year; Max $199.99/year. 7-day free trial (14 on Max). | Pro $204/year; 14-day free trial (no card); Enterprise custom. |
| Platforms | iPhone and Mac, plus the web | iOS/iPadOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, web |
| AI | To Do Machine creates and edits tasks, projects, reminders, and repeats, and redesigns the app itself. | 'AI + MCP + Zapier' on Pro; AI summaries in daily notes. |
| Customization | The app redesigns itself around how you work, by chatting: custom views (list, kanban, calendar, focus, blueprint), custom fields, layouts and themes, plus brand-new custom features To Do Machine builds on request. | A guided daily-planning flow with timeboxing, daily shutdown, and highlights. |
| Calendar | Two-way sync with Google and Apple Calendar; time-blocking that respects meetings, focus blocks and breaks. | Two-way sync with Google Calendar, Outlook, and Apple Calendar; timebox tasks on your schedule. |
| Integrations | Google and Apple Calendar | About 20, including Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Gmail, Jira, Linear, Notion, Slack, Todoist, Trello, Zapier. |
THE SHORT VERSION
Pick Sunsama if you want a calm, guided ritual that pulls work from many tools into one daily plan on your calendar. Pick To Do Machine if you want a personal app built around your own system, at a lower price.
Where To Do Machine is the better choice
- The app redesigns itself around how you work. Custom views, custom fields, layouts and themes, plus custom features To Do Machine builds when you ask, all by chatting. Sunsama’s flow is Sunsama’s; in To Do Machine every screen is up for discussion.
- It costs less. To Do Machine Standard is $69.99 a year; Sunsama Pro is $204 a year.
- Your system isn’t a daily ritual. Six-task days, habits, a weekly big-rocks list, a quick log: To Do Machine builds the screens for whichever one you use, and changes them when you switch.
- Personal life, not just work. Groceries, workouts, a reading list, the water you drink: if you can describe it, To Do Machine can track it.
Where Sunsama is the better choice
- You want to be guided. The morning plan and evening shutdown are Sunsama’s core, and they’re well thought through.
- Your work lives in other tools. Sunsama pulls tasks from Asana, Jira, Linear, Gmail, Slack and more into one daily view. To Do Machine doesn’t pull tasks in from other tools.
- You use Outlook. Sunsama syncs both ways with Google, Outlook and Apple calendars.
- Windows, Linux or Android.
Switching from Sunsama
Bring your tasks over with screenshots. Take pictures of your Sunsama day and backlog, send them to To Do Machine, and it reads them and recreates your open tasks and recurring work. It works from the pictures, not a connection to your Sunsama account. Then connect the same Google Calendar. If you’ll miss the morning ritual, ask To Do Machine for a “plan my day” screen, and it builds one.
TRY IT
Get To Do Machine on the App Store for iPhone and Mac, or open the web app. Start the free trial and describe how you plan.
GET THE APPSOURCES
Each company's own pages and App Store listings, checked on October 20, 2026.
