Zella
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Zella, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Zella's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free (current early access) | Free | Free while building with early users; paid plans have not arrived |
The facts
Each one read from Zella's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Calendar sync
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Focus sessions
- Nochecked 21 Sep 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Goals and habits
- Users can break goals into milestones and steps, and create habits that do not punish a missed day.checked 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Offline limit
- Zella requires an internet connection to load and does not currently have an offline mode.checked 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.checked 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recurring tasks
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 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.checked 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.checked 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.checked 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Planning
- Its calendar has month, week and day views, and unfinished tasks can move to tomorrow as a gentle reminder.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Planning method
- prioritizationchecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- 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.checked 12 Oct 2026
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