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Super Productivity vs SmartSuite
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Super Productivity and SmartSuite — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Super Productivity vs SmartSuite: at a glance
| Feature | Super Productivity | SmartSuite |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | PM | PM |
| Velocity score | 5.0 | 6.3 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 0 |
| Top themes | task-management, productivity, plugins, sync | work-management, itsm, grc, permissions |
| Last editorial update | 1h ago | 15h ago |
| Website | Visit → | — |
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.
What is SmartSuite?
Relentless small-surface work aimed squarely at ITSM, GRC, and PMO buyers.
SmartSuite is a work-management platform — tables, linked records, forms, dashboards, automations — and it ships several discrete releases most weeks, each documented with the exact configuration it touches. The current batch is entirely of that kind: a Date Range field usable in forms, grouping on the linked-record selector, a sticky Add New button that also unblocks record creation under certain groupings, calendar and card widgets rendering on mobile dashboards, conditional required fields enforced as you type, and an access-level overview that resolves a member's effective permissions across every solution. A week earlier, AI provider connections were centralized into an admin-controlled AI Control Center.
Super Productivity vs SmartSuite: editorial side-by-side
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.
Relentless small-surface work aimed squarely at ITSM, GRC, and PMO buyers.
◆ Current state
SmartSuite is a work-management platform — tables, linked records, forms, dashboards, automations — and it ships several discrete releases most weeks, each documented with the exact configuration it touches. The current batch is entirely of that kind: a Date Range field usable in forms, grouping on the linked-record selector, a sticky Add New button that also unblocks record creation under certain groupings, calendar and card widgets rendering on mobile dashboards, conditional required fields enforced as you type, and an access-level overview that resolves a member's effective permissions across every solution. A week earlier, AI provider connections were centralized into an admin-controlled AI Control Center.
◆ Where it's heading
Every release note names the same three buyers — ITSM service desks, GRC compliance teams, PMO leads — and the features increasingly match what those buyers audit rather than what a general user wants. Effective-permission maps exported to CSV, automation runs linked from each affected record's history, conditional validation that fires at edit time, and admin-scoped LLM keys with per-solution restrictions are all answers to "prove who could do what, and why this record changed." The AI work is being introduced through governance first, which is unusual and consistent with the audience.
◆ Prediction
Access reviews now have a per-member view but not a per-solution one; given the direction of the surrounding releases, the reverse lookup — everyone who can reach a given solution, exportable for an audit — is the obvious next piece.
Alternatives to Super Productivity and SmartSuite
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 SmartSuite.
Planify
A GNOME task app that has turned CalDAV interoperability into the product.
Kanri
An offline-first kanban app whose solo maintainer has been quiet for ten months.
GanttProject
A desktop Gantt tool on a multi-year cadence, tethering itself to its own cloud
Notion
Notion is turning itself into the place other companies' agents come to work.
Akiflow
A time-blocking client spending its releases on calendar correctness and crash fixes
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Recent activity from Super Productivity and SmartSuite
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 21h agoSmartSuiteForms: Support for Date Range Field
- 21h agoSmartSuiteLinked Records: Sticky Add New Button
- 21h agoSmartSuiteLinked Records: Grouping for Record Selector
- 6d agoSuper ProductivityRecurring task settings move into the planner's schedule dialog
- 7d agoSmartSuiteMobile Dashboards: Calendar and Card View Widgets
- 13d agoSuper ProductivityConcurrent edits to different task fields now merge instead of overwriting
- 14d agoSmartSuiteRecord Page: Conditional Required Fields
- 14d agoSmartSuiteManage Members: Access Level Overview
- 16d agoSuper ProductivityDevelopment tag carrying a project-move sync fix
- 20d agoSuper ProductivityTodoist import, drag-and-drop task creation and an Android widget
- 28d agoSuper ProductivityPlainspace collaboration expands and wallpapers gain per-context overrides
- 1mo agoSuper ProductivityIssue providers become plugins and Plainspace brings shared projects ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Super Productivity and SmartSuite?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. SmartSuite is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 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 SmartSuite?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SmartSuite is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 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 SmartSuite?
Top SmartSuite alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SmartSuite alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/smartsuite for the full list with editorial commentary on each.