Google Calendar gives you Events, Tasks, and Reminders — three separate objects that mean the same thing, with different sharing rules, different expiry rules, different everything. Scenariod gives you one thing: a scenario. How certain are you? That's the only question that matters.
No account needed to start. Sharing requires Pro (CA$4.99/month).
The frustration you feel is not a you problem. It's a design problem that's been baked in since the 1990s.
One object. Four states. Everything shareable. Everything carries forward until it's done or cancelled. That's the entire model.
Every state is shareable. A Maybe shared with a colleague is a Maybe she can see and update. No class of scenario is "not shareable by design." That distinction doesn't exist here.
The competition makes good products. They're optimizing the wrong model. Here's the difference, feature by feature.
| What matters | Scenariod | Google Calendar | Sunsama | Reclaim.ai | Fantastical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One unified object type | ✓ Only scenarios | ✗ Events + Tasks + Reminders | ~ Tasks only, on top of G-Cal | ✗ Inherits G-Cal model | ~ Events + Tasks, better UI |
| Uncertainty is native | ✓ 4 certainty states built in | ✗ Certainty assumed | ✗ Certainty assumed | ✗ Certainty assumed | ✗ Certainty assumed |
| Tasks shareable at any state | ✓ Everything shared equally | ✗ Tasks never shareable | ~ Team view, limited | ~ Scheduling only | ✗ Tasks not shareable |
| Everything carries forward | ✓ All states roll forward | ~ Tasks only — events vanish | ✓ Auto-rollover (closest) | ✓ Auto-reschedules | ✗ Events expire silently |
| Standalone — no Google/Apple required | ✓ Fully independent | — | ✗ Requires Google Calendar | ✗ Requires Google or Outlook | ✗ Rides Apple/Google data |
| Plain language entry | ✓ Type it naturally | ✗ Form-based creation | ~ Limited | ✓ Strong NL | ✓ Best-in-class NL |
| Price | Free · Pro CA$4.99/mo | Free (Workspace $7+/mo) | $20/month | $10–20/month | $5.75/month |
| Underlying model | Scenarios — certainty spectrum | Events/Tasks — certainty assumed | Intentions — still on G-Cal | Optimization — on G-Cal | Better UX — same data model |
Sunsama is the closest competitor philosophically — auto-rollover and "intentions" language, $20/month. But it requires Google Calendar underneath. It optimizes within the broken model. Scenariod replaces the model.
Fantastical, Sunsama, Reclaim.ai — they all live on top of Google Calendar or Apple Calendar. They inherit the Events/Tasks distinction as a technical dependency. Fixing the data model means breaking sync for every existing user. They can't do it without starting over.
Google knows the model is broken. An APK teardown in late 2024 showed them planning to merge Tasks into Calendar — six years after Tasks launched. When that merger ships, it'll be two broken object types welded together, not one correct one built from scratch.
Reclaim.ai has 937,000 users and $20M in ARR. Their entire business is built on Google Calendar's infrastructure. They cannot change the foundation.
Scenariod has no such debt. No legacy users to break, no Google sync to preserve, no inherited architecture. The window to own this space is now.
Free gets you everything you need as an individual. Pro is for the moment you want to share anything with anyone.