Motion Reviews & Product Details

I'm a freelance audio engineer and was seeking a software to help me manage my daily tasks. My goal was straightforward: I want something that I can dump my tasks into (assigning them a deadline and priority), and in turn will provide me with a list of tasks I should complete every day in order such that I can fulfill all my obligations in time. To that end, Motion works great! As with most productivity softwares it takes some time to set up, but once you get it to a good place it works. Customer Support is done REALLY well. There's a chat bot in the corner of the page, and I received personal emails from the Motion team following up on my questions without being prompted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The toughest challenge is adaptability. Motion is aware of this, but schedules and plans change ALL the time. For example, I take advantage of the 'schedules' feature, specifically in that I have a "Business Hours" schedule, a schedule for my "9-5", and a schedule for personal time. The fact of the matter is is that as a freelancer, those times windows aren't fixed. I may expect to have 5-10p each evening for Business Hours, but then get called into my 9-5 the day of. Of course Motion allows you to edit the schedule windows, but I think it would be good to pull that out of a rather buried menu. I appreciate that the AI instantly rearranges my day based on the new schedule. Separately, the UI is a bit complex. I think some streamlining can be done to make it nicer and more simple to look at. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use motion for personal task management both in work and in my personal life. If I ever need to remember to do something, I can jot it down really quick with a due date and priority and know that I don't have to remember it - Motion will handle the scheduling for me.

I use it for planning my work day in the morning and for remembering personal chores, errands, and tasks, such as bills, etc.

I never get caught in a position where I don't know what I could be working on. Motion always has all my tasks prioritized.

The setup was also incredibly easy. It connected seamlessly with both my work and personal calendars. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Motion is maybe a little over-built for what I use it for.

Since I only use it for myself, the team scheduling and project organization is more than I really need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the AI time fill ins. If I need to cancel a meeting or have some spare time it fills my space with what project/task needs to get done. It is reletively easy to implement to your team and have everyone on and connect your calendars. We use it on a day to day basis and even contacting support to have an issue fixed with switching from the team plan to indivudal they handled it with no issues or trouble. Would recommend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only couple downsides is having everything set up accordingly in projects and templates for reason use. Automating tasks and steps are simple but doesn't go in as complex as I'd like in terms of writing varibeles for names or automatically starting projects apart of the company rather then a private personal level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great integration between Kanban task planning and Automatic Calendar management. However this combination is useful for a small minority of our tech team. For most this became a very expensive Kanban tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our team didn't find Motion useful. Only 1 of 6 members (me) liked using a Kanban or task list combined with calendar and deadline management. Team voted to switch.

Also pricing is a bit of a dark pattern. It's not advertised anywhere but if you move from 5 to 6 team members you need to double your spend from $720 to $1440!

Apropos none of it is refundable. Not even downgrades. If you try the tool and then add more members and they don't like it, you need to pay a year subcription for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Creating a reusable template for a buyer transaction and listing transaction was a GIANT timesaver for each new deal. Instead of going off manual checklists and dates written down or manually put into my calendar, the system now does it for me! I never miss a step and have important dates and tasks automatically scheduled based on the timeline I input. It's like magic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The inability to merge with the showingtime calendar so that my showing appointments that I am attending could auto-populate into my calendar without me having to block the time manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the fact that Motion takes the thinking out of my day! It's my daily companion. With so many details to consider, and tasks to accomplish, it's a big time-saver to have a tool tell me when to do what! I so appreciate that I don't have to take the time to plan my day, I can just execute on what Motion tells me to do. And with the right data input into Motion, I am also at ease and confident that I am doing what I need to be doing every moment of the day, so I can accomplish the bigger goals I seek. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is a bit of a learning curve on Motion. I am really committed to making this work, because I need it to...but for others who may not be, the learning curve may be a bit of a derailer. I watched videos, read help pages etc. I almost wish there was a way to use ai to determine my need, and present the specific steps to solve it. All-in-all, though, I think it's a great tool...and besides the price point which is a bit high, I think this is gonna be my constant companion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

After a few weeks of watching the ads come across my Insta, I figured I would give it a shot. It's been a game changer in that I don't have to think about what to do next. Plug in all the ingredients and I get a fully baked schedule. I'm still learning the ins and outs, but so far, so good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish it had an easy way to say "I always want to do X first thing" or "Please don't schedule Y on days I have Z"

It also would be helpful if it integrated with a map app so the travel time feature worked consistently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Motion solves the biggest issue I had with time boxing, which was frequently something would come up which would prevent me from working or completing the task I had blocked off time to do. Motion automaticaly re-arranges my schedule when I don't complete tasks, based on priority, due dates, estimated duration, etc... I'm still not perfect, but I do feel like Motion has noticably improved my productivity and rate of execution.

Motion's API is also pretty solid, and I have written a couple custom integrations to optimize my workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Motion lacks a few features which would really make it fit my needs beter. A key one is the ability to block off time in my work calendar, to prevent meetings from getting scheduled during that time, but allow Motion to schedule tasks in that time block. Basically I want to say "Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from noon-5 PM will be my focused work times, block my calendar so I don't get meeting invites, but fill that time in with the Motion magic tasks".

The API also lacks a few of their newer features like Agendas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

First task management software I've ever used that actually takes care of task management for you. All the other tools expect you to actively manage everything, but this one actually does it for you. Once you work with Motion, you can remove time management from your daily activities. I use it daily, and it's been easy and quick to get started. Customer support is also fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It would be nice if I could share my Motion tasks with people outside of my team. At the moment, it only works for internal team tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to clearly see my tasks organized in a easy to read way. There is so many ways to customize your tasks, keep track of progression, and allow yourself more time to either tackle more work projects or more time to yourself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I would like to change is the ability to organize scheduled tasks under a project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.