# Cutline vs Sunsama

URL: https://gocutline.com/compare/sunsama-alternative/

Sunsama is a paid daily planner with a guided ritual for planning each day from your tasks. Cutline plans the whole week at once in time blocks, scores every finished block with XP, and adds friends and a weekly leaderboard. Cutline is free to start.

## The short version
| | Sunsama | Cutline |
|---|---|---|
| Planning rhythm | Daily ritual | Weekly, with daily ticking |
| Starts from | Your tasks | Your week |
| Score for finished time | No | XP, levels, cleared days |
| Social accountability | No | The Floor and the Arena |
| Free plan | Trial | Free forever for planning |

## What Sunsama does well
Sunsama is known for its guided daily planning: each morning it walks you through what to work on, pulls tasks in from the other tools you use, helps you timebox them into your calendar, and ends the day with a shutdown routine. It is designed to make work feel calm and sustainable.

## What Cutline does differently
- **The week is the unit.** You see Monday to Sunday at once, which shows early when a week is overbooked.
- **Energy, not calm.** Cutline leans into momentum: XP, levels, cleared days and a weekly board with friends.
- **Free to plan.** Planning, XP, streaks and the Arena cost nothing.

## Using both
If you like a daily ritual, you can keep it: plan the week in Cutline on Sunday, then use a short morning check to adjust the day's blocks.

## Try Cutline next to what you use now
Planning, XP, streaks and the Arena are free. Plan next week in Cutline, keep Sunsama for what it is good at, and compare on Sunday how many of your planned hours you finished.

## Questions

**Does Cutline import tasks like Sunsama?**
No. Cutline starts from time, not tasks: you plan blocks, not a task list.

**Is Cutline cheaper than Sunsama?**
Planning in Cutline is free. Paid plans start at $9 a month and add a badge, posting, messaging and payment links.

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Cutline: Cutline is a weekly calendar and planner that turns time blocks into XP, levels and streaks. You plan your week in blocks, tick each one off when it is done, and see your progress on a social feed (the Floor) and a weekly leaderboard (the Arena). Planning and budgeting are free; paid plans add a badge, posting, messaging, shared calendars and lower selling fees, from $9 a month. Pro is free to try for 7 days.
Facts: https://gocutline.com/facts/ · Updated 2026-10-23