otto vs
reclaim.
Reclaim is a calendar AI. It automatically blocks time on your calendar for tasks and habits, defends focus time, and reschedules those blocks when meetings move. The category is AI calendar scheduling. It lives inside your calendar and works to keep that calendar tidy.
Otto is your chief of staff via text — it watches your calendar and email, decides what matters, and sends three or four messages a day. No app. No dashboards. Just the next move.
side by side
| Capability | Otto | Reclaim |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Tells you the next move via text | Blocks time on your calendar for tasks and habits |
| Interface | Text messages | Your calendar and a web app |
| Requires an app? | No | Yes, a web app and calendar integration |
| Works without you asking? | Yes, sends a few messages a day on its own | Yes, adjusts blocks as your calendar changes |
| Calendar-aware? | Yes | Yes |
| Communication-aware? | Yes, reads your email for signal | Focused on calendar and tasks |
how they differ
Reclaim works on your calendar. It looks at your tasks and habits and finds room for them, then defends that room when the day fills up. If your problem is that focus time keeps getting eaten by meetings, that is the thing Reclaim is built to fix.
Otto works on you. It reads your calendar and your email, decides what actually matters today, and sends three or four texts telling you what to do next. It does not move your calendar around. It tells you which meeting is the one that counts and what you have been avoiding.
If you want your calendar defended and your tasks slotted into gaps, use Reclaim. If you want one clear read on the day sent to your phone with no app to open, use Otto. Some people run both, one to shape the calendar and one to tell them what to do with it.
More on what Otto is: what is an AI chief of staff. Common questions on the FAQ. Or head back to the start.