ByDesign vs Timestripe

What you get with ByDesign that Timestripe doesn’t offer

• AI that builds the plan

  Say a goal and ByDesign writes the tasks, subtasks, courses and deadlines, then schedules them around your hours with a preview you approve. Timestripe has no AI inside the app; its route is a command-line tool that lets an agent such as Claude Code edit your goals.

• A calendar that syncs both ways

  Edit an event in ByDesign or in Google and Apple Calendar and both stay right, with Outlook and ICS subscriptions too. Timestripe sends goals to Google or Apple Calendar as all-day events, one way; its FAQ says two-way Google sync isn’t there “right now” but is planned.

• A canvas, not columns

  Year, quarter, month, week and day on one zoomable surface, with sticky notes, images and pinned pages wherever you want them. Timestripe’s Horizons are columns of goals per period, and its images live inside each goal.

• Habits, focus and chat built in

  A habit tracker with streaks and stats, a Pomodoro timer, time tracking on any task, voice control and team chat. Timestripe repeats goals as habits, counts completions in Insights, and talks in comments.

Why people switch from Timestripe to ByDesign

Say the goal. Get a scheduled plan.

Tell ByDesign what you want to achieve. It asks a few questions, then builds the tasks, subtasks, courses and deadlines and schedules them around the life you already have. Replan in one message.

Timestripe: In Timestripe you write the goal, split it into subgoals by hand and place them across the Day, Week, Month and Year horizons yourself. Nothing is generated or scheduled for you.

Your calendar, both ways

Connect Google or Apple Calendar and edit an event in either place, with Outlook and ICS subscriptions too. Auto-scheduling fills the real gaps around the meetings already there.

Timestripe: Timestripe pushes your goals into Google or Apple Calendar as all-day events, one way. Its FAQ says two-way Google sync isn’t there “right now” but is planned, and scheduling means typing a time into the goal or dragging it onto the day’s timetable.

Your whole year on one surface

The planning canvas zooms from the full year down to a single day. Pin goals, notes and milestones where they belong, drag anything, and the plan keeps up.

Timestripe: Timestripe shows the same stretch as columns: a list of goals for the day, the week, the month, the year, out to decades and a lifetime. Clear, but it is a list. Notes and images don’t sit on the plan itself.

Habits, focus and a team that can talk

Track habits with streaks and stats, run a Pomodoro, track time on any task, and chat with your team in threads without leaving the app.

Timestripe: Timestripe builds habits with recurring goals and counts completions in Insights. There is no Pomodoro, no start-and-stop timer on tasks and no chat; teams talk in comments with @mentions.