Choose Reclaim if…
- You live in Google Calendar or Outlook and only want a smart layer that defends focus time.
- Your team needs shared scheduling links and per-seat admin.
- The free Lite plan's one-week range is enough.
Choose Needt if…
- Any of your calendars are iCloud or CalDAV.
- You want tasks, habits, docs, moodboards and email in the same app as the schedule.
- You want to approve every change when the day rebuilds.
Side by side
| Needt | Reclaim | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7/month or $59/year; Lifetime $149 once | Starter $12 ($10 yearly), Business $18 ($15 yearly), Enterprise $22 per seat/month |
| Free plan | Yes: 1 calendar, 1 board, 15 auto-scheduled tasks/month | Yes: Lite, 1-week range, 1 calendar |
| Trial | 14 days of Pro, free | 14 days |
| Auto-scheduling | Yes: around meetings, by deadline, priority and energy; day rebuilds when plans move | Yes: Focus Time, Habits, tasks |
| Time-blocking | Yes, tasks and events in one view | Yes, on your calendar |
| Docs | Yes: pages with rich text and databases | Not listed |
| Moodboards | Yes: Boards with images, hex swatches, notes, links | Not listed |
| AI assistant | Ask agent; small allowance on Free, included on Pro; bring your own key | Not listed |
| Calendars | Google, Outlook/Microsoft 365, iCloud, any CalDAV | Google, Outlook |
| Gmail, Outlook, IMAP (up to 3 mailboxes on Pro) | Not listed | |
| MCP/API | Remote MCP server + REST API (Pro) | MCP |
| Apps | Web app, installable on Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android (PWA); native mobile apps in development | Not listed |
Prices and features from each company’s own pages, checked 11 Oct 2026. “Not listed” means we couldn’t find it there.
Who Reclaim is great for
Reclaim lives inside your existing calendar. It blocks Focus Time, fits recurring Habits like a daily walk or weekly planning, and gives teams scheduling links. If you are happy in Google Calendar and want it to defend your time, Reclaim is a light, effective layer.
Where Reclaim wins:
- Habits and Focus Time that flex around meetings.
- Team scheduling links on paid plans.
- A free Lite plan and a low Starter price at $10 a seat a month billed yearly.
Where people get stuck
Reclaim supports Google and Outlook only. If your personal life runs on iCloud, or your work calendar is on a CalDAV server, it cannot see those events, and it may book focus time on top of a dentist appointment it never saw.
The free Lite plan plans one week ahead on one calendar. And because Reclaim is a calendar layer, your tasks, notes and email still live somewhere else. You plan in one app and keep the details in two or three others.
How Needt differs
- More calendars. Google, Outlook and Microsoft 365, iCloud and any CalDAV. Pro connects unlimited calendars.
- A planner, not only a layer. Tasks with estimates, priority and energy; habits; focus sessions; docs; Boards; email-to-task.
- You confirm changes. When the day rebuilds, Needt shows what moved before it applies.
An example day
Alex's work meetings are in Outlook, the gym and family dinner are in iCloud. Needt reads both. Spanish practice, 25 min, daily lands at 07:40 before the 08:30 standup. website bug triage, 1h, high energy #Website lands at 09:15. The 18:30 dinner from iCloud blocks the evening, so pack shop orders, 40 min #Shop goes to 16:30.
Cost over a year
| Plan | Math | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Reclaim Lite | $0 | $0 |
| Reclaim Starter, yearly | $10 × 12 | $120 |
| Reclaim Business, yearly | $15 × 12 | $180 |
| Needt Free | $0 | $0 |
| Needt Pro, yearly | $59 | $59 |
Both have free plans. On paid plans for one person, Needt Pro is $61 a year less than Reclaim Starter. Sources: Reclaim pricing and Needt pricing, checked October 11, 2026.
Switching in an afternoon
- Sign up for Needt and confirm your email to start 14 days of Pro.
- Connect Google or Outlook, then add iCloud or CalDAV calendars Reclaim could not see.
- Recreate your Habits in Needt (a 15-minute job for most people). Turn off Reclaim's Focus Time so the two do not double-book.
- Ask an assistant on the Needt MCP server to move your Reclaim tasks over.
Sources
- Reclaim pricing — reclaim.ai
- Needt pricing — needt.app
