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Zella
What Zella is
Zella is a free daily planner for students and adults who choose a Daily Big 3 to prioritise work. It is designed for people who may feel overwhelmed or forgetful, and runs on Android, iOS and the web. Its calendar offers month, week and day views, recurring tasks, and a way to move unfinished tasks to tomorrow. Users can speak an event into the microphone, import school schedules through Canvas, Blackboard or an iCal link, and bring in events from a syllabus, webpage or group chat for confirmation. Goals can be divided into milestones and steps, while habits do not punish a missed day. Zella also provides mood and energy check-ins, period and headache tracking, and an optional health report. Phone-calendar synchronisation is one-way. Voice audio and transcription are processed by OpenAI. Zella is for ages 13 and up, currently only in the United States, and needs internet access.
Who it suits
Zella suits students and adults who want prioritised daily planning, school-calendar imports and wellbeing tracking. It is intended for users aged 13 and older in the United States.
What it does well
- Free plan available during early access
- Android, iOS and web platforms
- Month, week and day calendar views
- School-calendar imports through Canvas, Blackboard or iCal
- Goals, habits and wellbeing check-ins
What to know first
- Currently available only in the United States
- No offline mode; internet connection required
- Phone-calendar sync is one-way
- Voice processing is sent to OpenAI
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free (current early access) | Free while building with early users; paid plans have not arrived | Free |
As zellaapp.com lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Zella focuses on a small set of daily priorities while adding school scheduling, goal steps, habits and wellbeing tools. Its free early-access plan is broad, but availability, internet dependence and one-way calendar syncing are important limits.
Facts from Zella's own pages
- Age and availability
- Zella is for ages 13 and up, blocks under-13 accounts, and is currently available only to users in the United States. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Calendar sync
- Yes · zellaapp.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Focus sessions
- No · zellaapp.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Founders
- Zella was co-founded by Rachel Buchanan and her daughter Caelan Buchanan, who was in ninth grade when the site described the founding story. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · zellaapp.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Goals and habits
- Users can break goals into milestones and steps, and create habits that do not punish a missed day. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Health privacy
- Zella says mood, energy, period and headache details stay on the user's device, with only an optional yes-or-no weekly health summary shareable with a parent. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Offline limit
- Zella requires an internet connection to load and does not currently have an offline mode. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Phone calendar sync
- Zella can show its schedule in a phone calendar app through a one-way sync; changes made in the phone calendar do not flow back into Zella. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Planning
- Its calendar has month, week and day views, and unfinished tasks can move to tomorrow as a gentle reminder. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Planning method
- prioritization · zellaapp.com, 21 Sept 2026
- Platforms
- Zella runs in a browser and can be added to a phone or computer home screen; it does not require an app store download. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Zella is a daily planner for students and adults built around choosing a Daily Big 3 and designed for people who can feel overwhelmed or forgetful. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Recurring tasks
- Yes · zellaapp.com, 21 Sept 2026
- School calendars
- Zella imports calendars through Canvas, Blackboard or another iCal link, refreshes imported events, and can import events from a syllabus, webpage or group chat for confirmation. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Voice data
- Voice audio is sent to OpenAI for transcription, and transcribed text is processed there to structure calendar events; Zella says the audio is not permanently stored by it. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Voice input
- Users can speak an event into the microphone and Zella turns it into a calendar event sorted to the right class. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Wellbeing features
- Zella includes mood and energy check-ins, period and headache tracking, and a health report users can choose to share with a doctor. · zellaapp.com, 12 Oct 2026
Where Zella stands on Freedom251
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