Topic 5 lists · 23 apps

ADHD

Apps for time blindness, task paralysis and the days that get away from you.

The lists

• 5 apps for chronic procrastinatorsone sec · Focus Train · Alarmy · 3Things Pal · Streaks
• 5 apps for people who are always running lateAlarmy · Due Pal · Tile · Citymapper · Waze
• 5 apps for the day the to-do list overflowsTwos · 3Things Pal · Ellie · Sorted³ · Focus Friend
• 5 apps for when you can't feel time passingStructured · Due Pal · MultiTimer · Toggl Track · Countdown
• 7 underrated ADHD apps you've probably never heard ofGoblin Tools · 3Things Pal · Llama Life · Tiimo · dubbii · Routinery · Focus Hero

Every adhd app on these lists

23 apps in total. Each line is what that app does differently from the others here — the reason it made a list rather than being a second copy of something already on it.

• 3Things PalOne question each morning: what three things matter today? Not ten.
• AlarmySolve a math problem or do squats before the alarm will stop.
• CitymapperCompares every way to get there in real time, so you know when to leave.
• CountdownCountdown works at the other end of the scale: days and months until the thing you're waiting for, sitting on the lock screen.
• dubbiidubbii is body doubling: someone works alongside you through chores, admin and routines, so starting is not something you do alone.
• Due PalA live countdown to your next thing, right on your Lock Screen.
• EllieEllie gives you a Brain Dump column to empty your head into, then lets you drag what fits onto a time-blocked day beside your calendar. Unlimited tasks free; labels, subtasks and recurring tasks are Pro.
• Focus FriendFocus Friend is a timer with a Bean who gets really sad if you stop early. Finish the session and it pays out decorations for the Bean's room; Deep Focus mode locks the distracting apps while it runs.
• Focus HeroFocus Hero is a pomodoro timer wrapped in an RPG: finished sessions level up a character.
• Focus TrainStarting is the hard part: board, and the train rolls while you work.
• Goblin ToolsGoblin Tools is small tools for when a task feels too big: break it into steps, estimate how long it takes, or rewrite a message whose tone you cannot get right.
• Llama LifeLlama Life puts a countdown on every single task and runs them one at a time, so a list becomes a sequence instead of a wall.
• MultiTimerMultiTimer runs several labelled timers at once, so the laundry, the oven and the ten-minute break stop fighting over one timer.
• one secPuts one breath between you and a distracting app before it opens.
• RoutineryRoutinery walks you through a routine step by step with timers and voice prompts, instead of just storing the routine.
• Sorted³Sorted³ puts tasks and calendar events on one timeline, with Auto Schedule to fit the tasks into the hours you actually have. Free, with Pro as a one-off purchase rather than a subscription.
• StreaksTick off up to 24 daily habits and keep each streak going.
• StructuredStructured draws the day as one vertical timeline, every task a block — so a full afternoon looks full before you promise it away.
• TiimoTiimo is a visual planner: the day laid out as blocks you can see, rather than rows of text you have to read.
• TileRing your keys from your phone, or see where you last left them.
• Toggl TrackToggl Track is one tap to start and one to stop, synced across devices — and at the end of the week you can see where the hours actually went.
• TwosTwos is for writing every thing down — ideas, tasks, events — in one place and letting the app work out what each one is. Addresses get directions, films get streaming info. Built for busy lives and, it says, ADHD minds.
• WazeLive traffic reported by other drivers, and an arrival time you can trust.