Is Asana or Motion free?

Asana can be used for free (free plan, paid upgrades). Motion is paid.

Do I need to install Asana or Motion?

No. Both run in a web browser, so you can open either one and start.

Price, ratings and what each one does, side by side. Every fact here comes from their listings on Linkstore.

Plan work and track who is doing what by when.

Auto-schedules your tasks onto the calendar.

Asana

Motion

Asana organizes tasks into projects with timelines, boards and workload views.

Motion takes a task list and places the work into open gaps on your calendar, then reshuffles when meetings move.

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