an honest comparison · checked September 2026
Nuffo vs Sunsama.
A calm daily planner for knowledge workers: a guided morning ritual, timeboxing, and a gentle shutdown.
Pick Sunsama if…
your work lives in a calendar, Slack and a dozen tools, and you want a thoughtful ritual that pulls it all into one plan with time blocks.
Pick Nuffo if…
you want the calm without the $17–22 a month, or your list is as much life as work: groceries, trips, the dentist.
Where Sunsama is better.
- The best daily planning ritual we've seen, plus a workload warning when you plan too much.
- Timeboxing on your real calendar.
- Pulls tasks in from tools like Asana, Jira, Gmail and Slack.
- Native apps everywhere, including Linux.
- Official MCP server.
Where Nuffo is different.
- Nuffo has a free plan. Sunsama doesn't, and says it doesn't plan to.
- Nuffo sets a hard cap (three), not a warning.
- It's built for all of life, not only work. Somedays get their own lists.
- No calendar or timeboxing. Nuffo picks what, not when.
Side by side.
yes. yes partly. partly, or paid only no. no not sure. we couldn’t confirm
| Feature | nuffo | Sunsama |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | yes. everything, while we're young | no. 14-day trial |
| Paid plan | partly. Pro planned at $9/mo, not on sale yet | yes. $17/mo yearly, $22 monthly |
| Native phone & desktop apps | no. installable web app; iOS app planned | yes. iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux |
| Works in a browser | yes. | yes. |
| Caps your day | yes. 3 things a day, 3 projects | partly. workload warning, not a hard cap |
| Makes new ideas wait | yes. 7 days | no. |
| AI sorts a brain dump | yes. today / later / wishes | partly. AI included in Pro |
| Voice capture | yes. talk, it splits the ramble | not sure. |
| Repeating tasks | no. | yes. |
| Reminders at a set time | partly. morning email, no push yet | not sure. |
| Calendar / time-blocking | no. | yes. timeboxing |
| Shared lists | no. | partly. share your plan to Slack/Teams |
| Streaks or points | no. on purpose | no. |
| Official MCP (Claude, ChatGPT) | yes. plus Claude Code & Cursor hooks | yes. |
Sources: Sunsama pricing · Daily planning · Sunsama MCP. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Or use both.
Sunsama and Nuffo agree on the big idea: plan less, finish more. If you love timeboxing and your company pays, Sunsama is lovely. If you want the ritual for free, try Nuffo.
Quick answers
Is there a free Sunsama alternative?
Nuffo is free and has a similar spirit: a morning plan, a cap, an evening wrap-up. It has no calendar timeboxing, though.
Does Nuffo integrate with my calendar?
Not yet.
What can't Nuffo do that Sunsama can?
The best daily planning ritual we've seen, plus a workload warning when you plan too much. Timeboxing on your real calendar. Pulls tasks in from tools like Asana, Jira, Gmail and Slack.