Jan 25, 2026

The Best Alternative to Morgen: Carly

Carly is an AI-powered scheduling assistant that works over email and SMS. Unlike traditional booking links or calendar tools, Carly reads messy email threads she is cc'd on, understands context, and sends real invites that keep the conversation natural. You can forward Carly an email, send her a text, or send screenshots and images for her to process and add to your calendar. It's built for busy professionals who want a human-like assistant that just works, handling coordination and calendaring so you don't have to. ChatGPT could never be this useful.

Feature Comparison

Feature	Carly	Morgen
AI-Powered Scheduling	✅	Partial
Human-like Conversational Assistant	✅	❌
Booking Links	✅	✅
Click-to-Book (One-Click Scheduling)	✅	❌
SMS Integration	✅	❌
Natural Language via Email	✅	❌
Handles Incoming Invitations	✅	❌
Calendar Consolidation	✅ (Google, Outlook)	✅ (Google, Outlook, Apple, Fastmail)
AI Task Prioritization	❌	✅
Time-Blocking	❌	✅
Travel Time Automation	❌	✅
Daily/Weekly Briefings	✅	❌
Smart Time Zone Detection	✅	✅
Chrome Extension	✅	❌
Desktop App	❌	✅ (Win/Mac/Linux)
Pricing	$35/month	~$16-27/month (€15-25)
Setup Time	2 mins	10-15 mins
Privacy-Focused	N/A	✅ (GDPR, no data storage)

Why Carly is the Better Choice

Morgen is a solid calendar app that consolidates multiple calendars (Google, Outlook, Apple, Fastmail) into one unified view and adds time-blocking capabilities with AI-assisted prioritization. It’s particularly popular among privacy-conscious users since it doesn’t store calendar data on its servers. However, Morgen is fundamentally a calendar app - it helps you view and organize your calendars, but it doesn’t communicate with other people on your behalf.

Conversational Scheduling: Carly handles scheduling conversations via email and SMS like a human assistant would. When someone emails you asking to meet, Carly responds, negotiates times, and confirms the meeting. Morgen cannot do this - you still need to manually respond to scheduling requests.

SMS Integration: Morgen has no SMS capabilities whatsoever. When a client texts asking to reschedule, you’re copying availability back and forth manually. Carly handles SMS scheduling naturally.

Click-to-Book: Both Carly and Morgen offer booking links, but Carly’s click-to-book feature lets contacts book meetings with a single click - no availability grids or forms to fill out. Combined with conversational scheduling, Carly gives you flexibility: share a booking link or let Carly handle the back-and-forth via email.

No App Required: Carly works entirely through email and SMS - your contacts don’t need to download anything or visit any websites. Morgen’s value proposition requires you to use their desktop or mobile app, and while it’s well-designed, it’s another app to manage.

Simpler Pricing: Morgen’s pricing can be confusing with euros-based pricing that converts to roughly $16-27/month depending on whether you choose individual or team plans. Carly offers straightforward $35/month pricing with no per-user fees.

When to Choose Morgen Instead

Morgen is the better choice if you need a unified calendar app that consolidates multiple calendar accounts into one view. If you juggle Google Calendar, Outlook, and Apple Calendar and want them all in one place with a native desktop app, Morgen delivers this well. It’s also strong for privacy-conscious users who want GDPR compliance and a tool that doesn’t store their calendar data. If you need built-in time-blocking and task management with AI prioritization, Morgen offers these features that Carly doesn’t.

Conclusion

Morgen and Carly serve different needs. Morgen is a calendar consolidation and time-blocking app - it helps you view and organize your calendars in one place. Carly is a scheduling assistant - it handles communication with other people to coordinate meetings via email and SMS. If your main frustration is juggling multiple calendar accounts and wanting better task prioritization, Morgen is a good fit. If your main frustration is the back-and-forth of scheduling meetings with clients, colleagues, and contacts, Carly eliminates that friction entirely. Some users benefit from both: Morgen for calendar management, Carly for external scheduling.