If you want a daily plan on the Mac without a subscription, HWH is free to download and fully useful without paying. It coordinates the tools you already use and keeps that plan on your Mac. Akiflow is a subscribed planner with calendar time blocking, desktop and mobile apps, and an AI assistant included in Pro.
Native macOS app · Available now on the Mac App Store · Free to download, every feature earnable through use. The optional Founder Pack is $29.99 once, never required, and not a subscription.
Akiflow publishes one Pro plan, with a trial that requires a card. HWH publishes a free path, and an optional one-time Founder Pack if you want every feature on the first day.
| Topic | HWH | Akiflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free on the Mac App Store. Every feature can be earned through normal use. You start with 3 silver coins, about 10 days’ head start. An optional Founder Pack ($29.99, one-time) unlocks everything immediately. It is never required, and it is not a subscription. | Akiflow’s pricing page lists Pro at $34 per month billed monthly, or $19 per month billed yearly ($228 once per year). There is no free plan. The 7-day trial needs a card. Longer Pro commitments are listed at $357.60 for two years or $699 for five years. Team pricing is quoted by Akiflow rather than published as a self-serve rate. The AI Meeting Assistant is an optional $19 per month add-on. Akiflow says some countries see local purchasing-power prices, and that the checkout price is the one that applies. Eligible students and researchers can ask about 40% off Pro Yearly. |
| Platforms | A native Mac app for macOS 14 or later. HWH does not publish an iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, or Apple Watch app. | Desktop apps for macOS and Windows, the browser, and iOS and Android apps. Akiflow’s download page asks you to install the desktop app before the mobile apps. |
| Account and the plan | No HWH account. HWH builds the plan on your Mac and does not keep an HWH server copy of your tasks, plans, notes, scores, or source context. Connected tools, optional AI, diagnostics, Game Center, and this website each have their own data flow, set out in the privacy policy. | Akiflow is a signed-in product on desktop, web, and mobile. This comparison does not describe where Akiflow stores tasks. Akiflow’s privacy policy is the place to read that. |
| How the day is planned | One current task at a time, with a link back to the source. Quick replanning when the day changes. Planned time set against actual time. Habits, metrics, and life-area balance across Health, Wealth, Happiness, and Work. | Akiflow’s pricing and time-blocking pages describe tasks and subtasks, a daily planning ritual, and time blocking beside Google Calendar and Outlook or Microsoft 365 calendars, including moving a block when the day changes. The download page also describes automatic time blocking. |
| Existing tools | Works alongside the tools you already use, rather than replacing them: Apple Mail, Gmail, Microsoft 365/Exchange mail, Apple Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, Things 3, OmniFocus, Todoist, Asana, Jira, Redmine, Safari Reading List, and TheBrain. | The time-blocking page says tasks are collected from email, chat, and project tools into one inbox. The mobile help article lists Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Gmail, Superhuman, Outlook email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom from the phone, with further integrations on web and desktop. The pricing page also lists Zapier, IFTTT, and two-way sync. |
| Teams | Not a team project planner. There is no shared HWH workspace, SSO, or admin billing. | The pricing page includes team collaboration in Pro and says team pricing is arranged with Akiflow, rather than listed as a self-serve price per seat. |
| AI | An optional assistant, off by default. It uses an API key you provide, with a provider you choose. HWH is not the AI provider, and the Founder Pack does not include AI usage credits. | Aki, the AI assistant, and the Akiflow MCP connector are included in Pro. The AI Meeting Assistant, for recording, transcripts, summaries, and action items, is a separate $19 per month add-on. |
Choose on the workflow you actually want: a free coordination layer on the Mac, or a subscribed calendar and AI workspace that also runs on Windows and a phone.
HWH is free to download, and every feature can be earned through normal use. The optional Founder Pack is $29.99 once and is not a subscription. Akiflow’s pricing page says there is no free plan. Pro is $34 per month, or $19 per month billed yearly, after a 7-day trial that requires a card.
HWH sequences the day and shows planned time against actual time. Akiflow’s pages describe placing tasks on Google Calendar or Outlook, and automatic time blocking. If that calendar-block workflow is the point of the switch, Akiflow is the closer match.
HWH’s assistant is optional, off by default, and uses an API key you provide. It does not include AI usage credits. Akiflow includes Aki and its MCP connector in Pro. Akiflow’s meeting assistant is a separate $19 per month add-on.
Choose Akiflow when you want Mac, Windows, and mobile apps, calendar time blocking, and a built-in AI assistant, and you are ready to subscribe. Choose HWH when you want a free native Mac plan that stays beside the tools you already use.
HWH facts on this page come from the HWH homepage, use-case pages, and privacy policy. Akiflow facts come only from Akiflow’s own pages, read on 1 October 2026.
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