Head to head

Reclaim.ai vs Pace

Reclaim.ai
AI calendar assistant that defends focus time and auto-schedules habits
vs
Pace
Personal agentic scheduler that plans around your real calendar

Reclaim does one thing brilliantly: it defends focus time inside your work calendar by auto-shuffling habit blocks when meetings land on them. If your main scheduling pain is that meetings keep eating your deep work, Reclaim is probably the right tool. But everything about it assumes work is the problem being solved. Pace is built for what happens outside work hours - training for a half marathon, learning Spanish, writing a book over the next year. It plans across the arc of a goal, rebuilds when you miss sessions, and does all that without requiring write access to your calendar by default.

The quick verdict

Which one fits you?

Pick Reclaim.ai if...
  • you live inside Google Calendar and meetings keep eating your focus time
  • you want your exercise/reading/lunch blocks to auto-move when meetings land on them
  • you're okay with Dropbox now owning your scheduling data
  • your scheduling problem is mostly work-shaped
Pick Pace if...
  • your goals live outside work hours - fitness, language learning, writing, a side project
  • you think in weeks and months, not daily habit blocks
  • you'd rather an AI suggest than auto-write on your calendar
  • you want an independently-owned tool, not one inside Dropbox
Feature by feature

How they stack up

Feature
Reclaim.ai
Pace
Personal life goals
Habits only
Yes
AI planning
Yes
Yes
Calendar sync
Google/Outlook write access required
Read-only default, optional write-back
Adapts when life changes
Weekly habit recalc
Multi-week rebuild
Privacy-first posture
No
Yes
Independently owned
No
Yes
Free tier
Yes
$1 trial instead
Mobile app
Yes
Yes
Price
Free or $10-18/mo
$1 trial, then $49/year
What you pay

Pricing side by side

Reclaim.ai
Free tier; $10-18/mo paid
acquired by Dropbox in 2024
Pace
$1 for 7 days
then $49/year (special launch price), cancel anytime

Common questions

Can I use Reclaim and Pace together?
Yes. Reclaim handles work focus time, Pace handles personal goals. They read the same calendar and don't fight because Pace doesn't need write access by default.
Does Pace defend focus time like Reclaim does?
No. Pace doesn't auto-create calendar blocks. If you want automatic focus-time defense against meetings, use Reclaim for that. Pace plans what you want to do, then suggests when, and leaves the calendar to you.
Does the Dropbox acquisition matter?
Only if you care about who controls your calendar data. Reclaim is still Reclaim, but it's owned by a large company now. Pace is independently operated. Your call.

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