Obituary · 27 Mar 2026
Clockwise
Calendar optimizer for Focus Time. Dead since March. Closest like-for-like is Reclaim.
What it actually did
Clockwise sat on Google Calendar and defragmented the week: Focus Time blocks, flexible meeting moves, team-level calendar optimization, Slack focus status. Used by engineering orgs (Lyft, Asana, Twitch were the usual citations). Salesforce took the team. The app did not transfer.
Cal.com and SavvyCal replace Clockwise only if you used it as a booking page. They do not protect Focus Time or reshuffle internal meetings. Reclaim is the tool Clockwise itself pointed people at.
Replacements
| Replacement | Does this job | Honest gap | Their price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The like-for-like: Focus Time / habits, smart 1:1s, buffers, Slack status, Google + Outlook. Clockwise's own recommended path. | Team-level auto-optimization is less 'set and forget' than Clockwise's pitch. Still the closest row on this list. | Free tier; paid from ~$8/user/mo | |
| AI planner: tasks, deadlines, meetings, a rebuilt day every morning. | A different product. More aggressive, more expensive, more PM. Not a drop-in for 'just give me Focus Time.' | From ~$19–29/mo | |
| Unified calendar, AI suggestions, task integrations, desktop apps. | Advisory, not Clockwise-style real-time defragmentation of the team's week. | Free tier; paid ~$9–15/mo | |
| Inbox of tasks from everywhere, time-blocking onto the calendar, keyboard-first. | You still place the blocks. It does not reshuffle other people's meetings for you. | From ~$19/mo | |
| Guided daily plan, task + calendar, shutdown ritual. | Manual. If Clockwise's value was that you never had to think about it, this is the opposite religion. | From ~$16–20/mo | |
| Fast keyboard calendar, hold slots, availability sharing. | Speed UI. No Focus Time engine, no team defrag, no Slack focus sync. | From ~$20/mo | |
| Native Focus Time events on work calendars. Declines or warns on conflicts depending on settings. | Static. No auto-defrag, no flexible meetings, no Slack sync, no team analytics. Free, and it shows. | Included with Google Workspace | |
| Polite scheduling links with calendar overlay. Excellent at that one job. | Same honesty as Cal.com: booking, not Focus Time, not team optimization. | Paid, published on site | |
| Open-source scheduling infrastructure: links, routing, workflows, self-host option. | Not a calendar optimizer. Listed because vendors keep saying it is. It isn't, unless your job was 'send a link.' | Free tier; paid from ~$12/user/mo |
Reclaim
Free tier; paid from ~$8/user/mo
The like-for-like: Focus Time / habits, smart 1:1s, buffers, Slack status, Google + Outlook. Clockwise's own recommended path.
Gap. Team-level auto-optimization is less 'set and forget' than Clockwise's pitch. Still the closest row on this list.
Visit Reclaim Motion
From ~$19–29/mo
AI planner: tasks, deadlines, meetings, a rebuilt day every morning.
Gap. A different product. More aggressive, more expensive, more PM. Not a drop-in for 'just give me Focus Time.'
Visit Motion Morgen
Free tier; paid ~$9–15/mo
Unified calendar, AI suggestions, task integrations, desktop apps.
Gap. Advisory, not Clockwise-style real-time defragmentation of the team's week.
Visit Morgen Akiflow
From ~$19/mo
Inbox of tasks from everywhere, time-blocking onto the calendar, keyboard-first.
Gap. You still place the blocks. It does not reshuffle other people's meetings for you.
Visit Akiflow Sunsama
From ~$16–20/mo
Guided daily plan, task + calendar, shutdown ritual.
Gap. Manual. If Clockwise's value was that you never had to think about it, this is the opposite religion.
Visit Sunsama Vimcal
From ~$20/mo
Fast keyboard calendar, hold slots, availability sharing.
Gap. Speed UI. No Focus Time engine, no team defrag, no Slack focus sync.
Visit Vimcal Google Calendar Focus Time
Included with Google Workspace
Native Focus Time events on work calendars. Declines or warns on conflicts depending on settings.
Gap. Static. No auto-defrag, no flexible meetings, no Slack sync, no team analytics. Free, and it shows.
Visit Google Calendar Focus Time SavvyCal
Paid, published on site
Polite scheduling links with calendar overlay. Excellent at that one job.
Gap. Same honesty as Cal.com: booking, not Focus Time, not team optimization.
Visit SavvyCal Cal.com
Free tier; paid from ~$12/user/mo
Open-source scheduling infrastructure: links, routing, workflows, self-host option.
Gap. Not a calendar optimizer. Listed because vendors keep saying it is. It isn't, unless your job was 'send a link.'
Visit Cal.com