For shift workers
Your day starts at 22:00. Your planner should know that.
Office-hours calendars assume you wake up at 7, work 9 to 5 and sleep at night. If you rotate shifts, that assumption breaks every single week. SMART Planner runs the full 24 hours, seven days, in 15-minute steps, so a night shift, the sleep that follows it and the errands squeezed in between are all planned where they actually happen.
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Shift work
A grid that doesn't stop at 6 PM.
Midnight to midnight, Monday to Sunday, 15-minute precision. Night shifts, early starts, split days, rotating rosters and tasks that cross midnight are planned where they actually happen.
- Plan a 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM shift as one real block
- Sleep and recovery live in the grid like anything else
- Rotating weeks stay readable in Weekly and Monthly views
- 10:00 PM – 6:00 AMNight shift
- 6:30 AM – 7:15 AMWind down
- 7:15 AM – 2:00 PMSleep
- 3:00 PM – 3:45 PMErrands
- 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMGym
What changes on a rotating roster
Tasks that cross midnight
A shift from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM is one block, not two broken halves in two different days.
Sleep is a plan, not a gap
Recovery gets a slot like anything else, so nothing is suggested on top of it.
The week that never repeats
Weekly and Monthly views stay readable when Monday looks nothing like last Monday.
When a task slips
Tap Postponed, pick from the first 5 genuinely free slots, and keep the record of why it moved.
Built to be understood in two minutes, not configured for a week.
Most planners ask you to connect calendars, learn rules, or trust an algorithm before you get anything back. This one asks for your hours and three tasks.
| Criteria | SMART Planner | AI scheduling calendars | Guided daily planners |
|---|---|---|---|
| To get started | Set your hours, add three tasks. No account linking required. | Connect a work calendar first | Connect your task apps, then learn the ritual |
| When a task slips | You tap Postponed and pick from 5 free slots | An algorithm reshuffles your calendar for you | You re-plan it manually in the next session |
| Who is in control | You are. Nothing moves unless you move it. | The algorithm decides, then you review | You do, but the daily ritual takes 15–20 minutes |
| Your day covers | Midnight to midnight, seven days, shaped around your real hours | Working hours on a standard calendar | Working hours on a standard calendar |
| With no connection | Opens and keeps working | Cloud-first, varies by product | Cloud-first, varies by product |
| What you pay | $49 once | A monthly subscription, per user | A monthly subscription, per user |
SMART Planner
- To get started
- Set your hours, add three tasks. No account linking required.
- When a task slips
- You tap Postponed and pick from 5 free slots
- Who is in control
- You are. Nothing moves unless you move it.
- Your day covers
- Midnight to midnight, seven days, shaped around your real hours
- With no connection
- Opens and keeps working
- What you pay
- $49 once
AI scheduling calendars
- To get started
- Connect a work calendar first
- When a task slips
- An algorithm reshuffles your calendar for you
- Who is in control
- The algorithm decides, then you review
- Your day covers
- Working hours on a standard calendar
- With no connection
- Cloud-first, varies by product
- What you pay
- A monthly subscription, per user
Guided daily planners
- To get started
- Connect your task apps, then learn the ritual
- When a task slips
- You re-plan it manually in the next session
- Who is in control
- You do, but the daily ritual takes 15–20 minutes
- Your day covers
- Working hours on a standard calendar
- With no connection
- Cloud-first, varies by product
- What you pay
- A monthly subscription, per user
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