Replace Sunsama?

KINDA · weekend project

catalog price reference $25/mocategory 🗓️ tasks & calendarreported replacement votes 0

A daily planning dashboard is not hard, but Sunsama's value is many integrations, careful UX, calendar sync, and habit-forming workflow.

the prompt

Build me a solo daily planner like Sunsama. Requirements:

- A local web app on localhost:4400: Node + Express + better-sqlite3, server-rendered
  with a little vanilla JS for drag and drop. No frontend framework.
- Today view, two columns: my Google Calendar events (read-only via googleapis, OAuth
  creds in .env) as a timeline, and today's task list beside it.
- Tasks have title, estimate in minutes, project tag, done flag. Quick-add box at the
  top, plus a backlog panel of unplanned tasks I can drag into today.
- Header shows planned minutes vs a daily budget from config (default 6h) and turns
  red when I overplan.
- A /shutdown page for the end of day: walks each unfinished task, one keystroke to
  roll to tomorrow, send to backlog, or drop, then shows planned vs actual.
- Keep per-day history in SQLite so a /week page can show the last 7 days of planned
  vs done.
- Calendar is read-only: never write events. Out of scope: task-tool integrations
  (Todoist, Trello, email), mobile apps, and two-way calendar sync.
- No accounts, no telemetry, everything local except the Google API calls.
- README: Google Cloud console steps for the OAuth client · budget an hour, that
  console is the worst part of this build.

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why people still pay

They pay for a planning habit that survives across tools, not a new to-do list.

what you lose

xintegration breadth

xcalendar two-way sync

xdaily ritual design

xmobile apps

xanalytics

xreliability

prior art to inspect before buildingSuper ProductivityOpen-source task/time-planning app with local-first workflows.↗

reported replacements · 0share on X ↗"Sunsama replacement research and build prompt"

questions

What does the Sunsama verdict mean?

The core job looks buildable, with meaningful gaps: integration breadth, calendar two-way sync. Read the full tradeoff list before committing. This research record is not a hosted IVCIFY tool.

What price does this directory record show for Sunsama?

The directory records $25/month for Personal, checked 2026-07-30. Verify the source before making a purchase decision. This reference stays outside retail Stack Math unless current matched evidence supports the comparison.

What do I lose by replacing Sunsama?

Honestly: integration breadth; calendar two-way sync; daily ritual design; mobile apps; analytics; reliability. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to Sunsama?

The listed prior art includes Super Productivity (Open-source task/time-planning app with local-first workflows.). Inspect those projects before starting from a blank prompt.