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Cutline vs Notion Calendar
Notion Calendar connects your existing calendars to your Notion workspace and is great for people who live in Notion. Cutline is a separate weekly planner focused on doing: you time block your week, tick blocks off, and earn XP and cleared days for the hours you finished.
The short version
| Notion Calendar | Cutline | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Calendars next to your Notion workspace | Planning and finishing your own week |
| Mark a block done | Not the focus | Yes, one tap |
| Score for finished time | No | XP, levels, cleared days |
| Social accountability | No | The Floor and the Arena |
| Payment links | No | Yes, on Verified and up |
| Price | Free | Free; paid plans from $8/month |
What Notion Calendar does well
Notion Calendar (formerly Cron) is a clean, fast calendar app from Notion. It connects to your Google calendars, shows Notion database dates next to your events, and suits teams that already keep docs and projects in Notion.
What Cutline does differently
- Built around finishing. Every block can be ticked, and finished time earns XP.
- A weekly rhythm. Your week shows finished hours by category and how many days you cleared.
- People. Follow others on the Floor, compete on the weekly Arena board, and bring your team on Crew.
- Get paid. Send payment links through your own Stripe account, with 0% Cutline fee.
Using both
Keep Notion for documents and projects. Plan the hours of the week in Cutline, with block names that match your Notion projects, so you can see how many hours each project really got.
Try Cutline next to what you use now
Planning, XP, streaks and the Arena are free. Plan next week in Cutline, keep Notion Calendar for what it is good at, and compare on Sunday how many of your planned hours you finished.
Questions
Can Cutline read my Notion databases?
No. Cutline is a separate planner. Name blocks after your projects to track time per project.
Which is better for time blocking?
If you want to see whether you finished your blocks and build a habit of it, Cutline is built for that. If you want your Notion dates in a calendar, use Notion Calendar.
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