Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Polite
Automatically silence your phone during calendar events
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Polite launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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UHMMM▲204Auto-plays elevator music when online meetings go silent
2020 · uhmmm.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built an iPhone app called *Smart Silence* after sitting in a quiet setting (a service, actually) where someone’s phone rang loudly and interrupted everything. It wasn’t intentional — just one of those forgetful moments. I started wondering: what if our phones could gently remind us to stay silent when it matters? *Smart Silence* helps iPhone users do just that. It lets you: - Mark places where silence is expected (like libraries, meetings, classes, or houses of worship) - Get a reminder when you enter, with an easy Shortcut to enable Do Not Disturb - Schedule quiet times (e.g.…
2025 · testflight.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Receive unimportant emails and newsletters on your schedule
2020 · workspace.google.com · its alternatives →
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April▲664Reach Inbox Zero by speaking with your email & calendar
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Mute Me▲137A simple Touch Bar app to mute/unmute your microphone
2017 · muteme.pixelpoint.io · its alternatives →
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I kept missing appointments and meetings because calendar notifications are too easy to ignore. Alarms, on the other hand, always break through silent mode/DND and force you to acknowledge them — but setting them manually every day was another chore. With iOS 26’s new AlarmKit, I built Beacon: it automatically syncs with your Apple Calendar and converts important events into real iOS alarms. You can define simple rules (like “only events with ‘Interview’ in the title” or “meetings with 3+ attendees”), and Beacon sets the alarms for you — no extra work required. Would love feedback!
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Smooth Talker▲111Automatically cut out silence from videos
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Just mark your calendar as OOO, we take care of the rest
2020 · getclockwise.com · its alternatives →
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Callegram▲78App that let's you manage a call calendar inside Telegram
2023 · t.me · its alternatives →
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Mute Pilot ▲6📵 Never forget to silence your phone again.
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Turn text, photos, voice into events & reminders in seconds
2025 · smartcalendars.ai · its alternatives →
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Smart notifications and quick replies on Android Wear watch
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Control your phone's sound profile by scheduling volumes
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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A helpful scheduling app: Reminder, notes, planner
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Codictate▲72I've built an AI dictation tool (like many others), but this time I have taken the time to benchmark all of the 34 models that we provide, so users can actually make a qualified choice on what model should be the daily driver. The best is that it's open source, so if you think we can improve something, please come and help out.
Apr 2026 · codictate.app · its alternatives →
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Never manually type a calendar event again.
Jan 2026 · text2cal.app · its alternatives →
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