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https://akiflow.canny.io/features-and-improvements-request/p... You can follow this to get an update as soon as we release it!

Akiflow will support Outlook before the end of the year ;)

Thanks for the feedback! We are looking into adding a whatsapp bot soon! Regarding capture, you can do it on most browsers this way https://www.notion.so/akiflow/How-to-capture-texts-and-URLs-...

We actually have a lot of them and a command bar, we had to be more 'visual' in the demo video :D

-> https://www.notion.so/akiflow/Keyboard-Shortcuts-d523d9377fc...

Almost there. We have good retention on specific cohorts and we are working on the 3 main reasons for churn

Thank you!

We keep working on this, but it's so much better that it used to be!

Thank you! I've always been a fan of your product, great design! Happy to connect ;)

We think the problem most knowledge workers are facing when planning their time is getting all the information from different sources into the same place and navigate/keep the workspace updated.

We think that our solution to productivity makes us quite different from the other tools in the market: Consolidation + Time Blocking. Happy to share more about this

Regarding our roadmap, we are still working on nailing the individual experience, before we look at how team member can interact with each others in a more productive way

Any way / certification we can get to be approved on your Google Workspace?

The Microsoft suite' integration is something we want to work on real soon.

We didn't do it so far because our main problem was product-market fit, and increasing the addressable market was secondary.

I agree with everything you said, and thanks for the suggestions!

We'll definitely try to do a better job explaining the permissions, thanks for pointing this out.

Unfortunately a fully functioning calendar is key to our product and we decided not to limit features at the moment. We'll consider a "lighter" approach in the future

Hello that's absolutely a fair question, I think that all the apps mentioned are working on similar problems and they are doing a great job!

A lot of our users have been using either Sunsama or Motion and I'm sure that some of our users moved to them after trying Akiflow. We have many differences in terms of features, UI and UX. For example, Motion puts a lot of focus on ai powered scheduling while we are more focused on making sure the users can plan their time "intentionally".

One thing I learned building Akiflow is that productivity is extremely personal and there's no right or wrong. I'd encourage to give a try to all and see what works

Thanks for the question! We didn't really focus on the enterprise market yet. So far our customers are individual users looking for a time blocking solution that goes beyond calendar features. The main target is busy professionals like managers and founders, the response has been very good and we really feel like we've been scraping the surface of the market.

Regarding the CAC, so far the vast majority of our growth was organic we invested very little in paid advertising.

Hi! Yes https://product.akiflow.com/features-and-improvements-reques... We are also going to release a web app soon which should help linux users

That's so great to hear :) Would be great to hear from you after the trial to understand if the integration with Slack works as expected!!

Hello, feel free to reach out on the chat for more free trial if you need!

I didn't try Amie personally, but I agree that importing tasks automatically via integration is one of our differentiators. We put a lot of effort into creating a strong task management tool and we have a set of features to enhance planning. For example, we added rituals to plan our day, folders, labels, and sections to organize your tasks. On top of that, we offer a full calendar experience optimized for time blocking with features like "meet with", share availability, multiple time zones and customizable views

We want to keep building the best experience for personal use. For example, more integration, improving time blocking features etc... We are also doing customer interviews to investigate how we can help teams' interacting better. If you are currently working in a team, we'd love to have a call with you to understand how we could improve!

They should have a free tier that you can use up to 100 tasks/mo. We can't wait to have the native integration ready!

Thank you so much! :)

Hi congrats on Artemis, looks very cool! This is indeed a huge and very competitive market with a lot of different solutions. We saw a lot of founders tackling the problem with different approaches leading to structural differences in the tool they develop, so I think that there's actually much space for innovation and improvements! Would love to have your feedback on Akiflow :)

It is! https://product.akiflow.com/features-and-improvements-reques...

We are getting more and more requests for developers' tools! In the meantime, you can already connect Jira via Zapier. We already created some templates for you to use and you can find them in Settings > Integrations > Add via Zapier or use these links: https://zapier.com/apps/jira/integrations/akiflow https://zapier.com/apps/jira-software/integrations/akiflow https://zapier.com/apps/jira-service-desk/integrations/akifl...

Thank you so much for this :)

Hi HN! We are Nunzio and Sebastiano, co-founders of Akiflow (https://akiflow.com). Akiflow is a personal planner that consolidates all your calendars and tasks in a unified view of your work.

For people who like to plan their time, it is tough to be realistic about what work you can get done without a calendar showing you how much time you can invest in your tasks. But it is hard to organize this because there is so much context-switching due to tasks coming from different apps—not to mention "unstructured" sources like email, notes taken during a meeting, a message on Slack, etc..

I’m that type of user—for me, my calendar has always been the ‘primary source of truth’. But the user experience was terrible. I had to keep to-do lists on the side of another app and manually turn my tasks into events to see them in the calendar. Tasks were scattered across messaging apps (emails, Slack), project management platforms, video calls, the web, etc., forcing me to jump between tabs, tasks and tools. I had to manually turn emails or Slack messages into tasks on Asana and always remember to push new tasks into my task lists.

We originally started Akiflow with a narrower idea: a command bar, similar to Alfred, to create tasks on Asana, Trello, etc.. or add events on the calendar. After a while, we learned that what our users really wanted was to have everything in one place. Once we understood that, it was obvious that we should pivot to building that one tool: a tasks+calendars app focused on making people faster.

How it works: most people start their day by checking outstanding conversations on their emails or Slack from mobile or desktop. There are two types of conversations—those that can be answered right away (in which case just do it!), and those that generate a task. The latter are what you save into Akiflow. Once you’re done processing your emails, Slack, etc., you open Akiflow where you find all your tasks coming from your various conversations and tools.

Once in Akiflow, you can organize each task quickly—you see all your to-dos and can drag and drop them into your calendar between events already scheduled. Alternatively, you can snooze a task for later if you need more time, or snooze it for someday if it isn't actionable yet.

Now you have a complete list of your tasks for today and can hunker down to work. As your day goes on, Akiflow sends notifications on what you should be working on, based on your calendar events and tasks. We make this easy—for example, when it is time for a call, you can join right away with a click or a shortcut.

We have integrations (via APIs) with multiple sources of to-dos (Gmail, Slack, Todoist, Notion, Asana, Trello, ClickUp, and anything else via Zapier and IFTTT) to consolidate tasks in a single inbox. We added a lot of keyboard shortcuts and a command bar (we had this ready from Akiflow #1) and built a desktop application that manages all this information and helps schedule it.

The calendar works offline and supports both events and tasks; it's built for time blocking and gives a comprehensive view of your day, week or month with features that make everyday actions much faster (join a call, share calendar availability, meet with, review your days). We integrate with your Google Calendar with a two-way sync, and we support working entirely offline. We also have a mobile app currently in beta to add and manage tasks on the go.

The desktop application is built using Electron and React. We use some native node modules to use a local SQLite database to store all the information and provide offline support. Our desktop app is in sync with our cloud, so multiple desktop clients will be kept in sync.

If you're interested in trying the product, we have a free 7 days trial available; after that, we have a basic SAAS pricing model (https://akiflow.com/pricing/).

We would love to hear your feedback and ideas—thanks!

Thanks for the feedback! At the moment your gsuite token is only stored on your machine and the synch happens between your device and google servers. We’ll may change this in the future to improve performances and multi-device support tho

We are working on it! Would be great to have a chat to talk about how you would like it :)

I’ve been building my own: https://akiflow.com. Allows me to consolidates my tasks in the same place from multiple apps (notion, asana..), turn emails/slack messages into tasks, view all my calendars and drag&drop tasks to do time blocking.

Loved the story and the product!