C 
Clockwise
Focus-time optimisation, absorbed by the platforms.
KINDA
why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
Gemini and Reclaim.ai cover the headline feature free, so the $6/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Calendar assistants shipped inside the calendars. Google, February 21, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Gemini and Reclaim.ai.
- What the call is worth $72/yr
- $6/mo at the entry paid tier — $72 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Since
- February 21, 2024
- List price
- $6/mo
- Per year
- $72
The backstory
Clockwise rearranges meetings to protect focus time across a team. It is clever, and it works. Google and Microsoft now ship scheduling intelligence inside their own calendars with AI assistants attached, at no extra cost, which is a hard bundle to price against.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $72/yr G 
Gemini Free, and already inside Google Workspace.
gemini.google.com open_in_new R 
Reclaim.ai Direct competitor with a free tier.
reclaim.ai open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.