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Super Productivity vs Resource Guru

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Super Productivity and Resource Guru — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Super Productivity vs Resource Guru: at a glance

FeatureSuper ProductivityResource Guru
SectorPMPM
Velocity score5.06.3
Sparks · 30d01
Top themestask-management, productivity, plugins, syncresource-scheduling, mcp, custom-fields, integrations
Last editorial update1h ago20h ago
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What is Super Productivity?

A solo-focused task manager grows a plugin layer and, quietly, a collaboration story

Super Productivity is a cross-platform task and time-tracking app shipping every one to two weeks. The recent stream is dense with planning ergonomics — recurring task settings folded into the planner's schedule dialog, add-task short syntax highlighted as you type, existing tasks appearing in tagged board columns, archived tasks restorable to Today, a single-day view on the Schedule tab. Underneath that, sync has become a named priority: concurrent edits to different fields of the same task now merge instead of one silently overwriting the other.

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What is Resource Guru?

Resource Guru opens its scheduling data to AI assistants with an MCP server.

Resource Guru ships small, steady scheduling changes on a blog that also carries search-oriented content. The recent product work is view-layer control: reorderable Projects columns including custom fields, colour-coding bookings by custom field value, and an opt-in daily digest of placeholder bookings. The MCP server is the first move outside that pattern, exposing account data to AI assistants through plain-language questions.

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Super Productivity vs Resource Guru: editorial side-by-side

S5.0

A solo-focused task manager grows a plugin layer and, quietly, a collaboration story

◆ Current state

Super Productivity is a cross-platform task and time-tracking app shipping every one to two weeks. The recent stream is dense with planning ergonomics — recurring task settings folded into the planner's schedule dialog, add-task short syntax highlighted as you type, existing tasks appearing in tagged board columns, archived tasks restorable to Today, a single-day view on the Schedule tab. Underneath that, sync has become a named priority: concurrent edits to different fields of the same task now merge instead of one silently overwriting the other.

◆ Where it's heading

Two structural changes sit beneath the feature churn. Built-in issue providers are being converted into plugins — Azure DevOps and Trello have moved, and Todoist import arrived as a plugin rather than as core code — which turns integrations into a surface others can extend. In parallel, Plainspace integration has introduced shared projects, task creation and polling into an app whose design assumptions have been single-user and local-first. The sync merge work reads as a prerequisite for that: shared data makes silent last-write-wins a real data-loss risk rather than a rare annoyance.

◆ Prediction

Expect more built-in integrations to migrate to plugins and Plainspace collaboration to keep expanding, with continued sync-conflict work as the multi-user surface widens.

R6.3

Resource Guru opens its scheduling data to AI assistants with an MCP server.

◆ Current state

Resource Guru ships small, steady scheduling changes on a blog that also carries search-oriented content. The recent product work is view-layer control: reorderable Projects columns including custom fields, colour-coding bookings by custom field value, and an opt-in daily digest of placeholder bookings. The MCP server is the first move outside that pattern, exposing account data to AI assistants through plain-language questions.

◆ Where it's heading

Two tracks are running at once. The visible one is incremental configurability, letting schedulers reshape existing views around their own custom fields rather than introducing new planning concepts. The MCP server points elsewhere: if asking who is free and who is overbooked moves into whatever assistant a manager already has open, the product's own interface stops being the only way in. The recent Trello and ClickUp integrations and external Gantt links read as the same widening of access from a different angle.

◆ Prediction

Expect custom fields to reach further into filtering and reporting next, and the MCP surface to grow from read-only questions toward creating or amending bookings.

Alternatives to Super Productivity and Resource Guru

Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Super Productivity or Resource Guru.

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Recent activity from Super Productivity and Resource Guru

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 22h agoResource GuruConnect Resource Guru to AI tools: Introducing our MCP server
  2. 2d agoResource GuruCapacity planning guide: Definitions, strategies, and formulas
  3. 6d agoSuper ProductivityRecurring task settings move into the planner's schedule dialog
  4. 8d agoResource GuruGet a daily summary of placeholder bookings
  5. 9d agoResource GuruCustomize the Projects view
  6. 13d agoSuper ProductivityConcurrent edits to different task fields now merge instead of overwriting
  7. 16d agoSuper ProductivityDevelopment tag carrying a project-move sync fix
  8. 17d agoResource GuruColor-code bookings by custom field
  9. 20d agoSuper ProductivityTodoist import, drag-and-drop task creation and an Android widget
  10. 25d agoResource GuruResource Guru Reviews: What Real Customers Have to Say
  11. 28d agoSuper ProductivityPlainspace collaboration expands and wallpapers gain per-context overrides
  12. 1mo agoSuper ProductivityIssue providers become plugins and Plainspace brings shared projects

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Super Productivity and Resource Guru?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Resource Guru is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Super Productivity better than Resource Guru?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Resource Guru is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Super Productivity?

Top Super Productivity alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Super Productivity alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/super-productivity for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Resource Guru?

Top Resource Guru alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Resource Guru alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/resource-guru for the full list with editorial commentary on each.