Best Apps for ADHD

July 2021

Search Apps for ADHD, and you will come across so many suggestions from so many sites! Here are the Apps that are the most popular and consistently rated the highest by users with ADHD. Several of them help in more than one category.

Give some of these a try and let us know how you like (or not like!) them.

What Apps do you have the most success with?

Which ones need to be added to the list?

—Focus–

Focus@Will – increases focus and attention using specially engineered audio music channels.

Freedom – website and app blocking program. Enables you to block distractions across multiple devices.

UnRoll.Me – free service that cleans up your inbox by unsubscribing.

—Productivity—

Asana – helps teams organize, track, and manage their work.

Bear-focused flexible notes app for apple products.  Encrypts, syncs and organizes notes with tags. Organization, editing and exporting tools.

Boomerang for gmail – allows you to send emails at a future time. Lets you know if the recipient has received or answered it.

BrainFocus – lets you get things done by breaking up individual tasks into intervals, separated by short breaks.

BrainSparker – creativity app that uses random prompts to activate imagination, overcome creative blocks, and brainstorm new ideas.

Grammarly – edits and corrects grammar, spelling, punctuation with a personal writing assistant, grammar checker, and editor.

PomodoroTimer   productivity system app that stops procrastination and distraction with a timer. Creates work times and breaks.

SimpleMind– mind mapping solution that simplifies the process of structuring, analyzing, and presenting thoughts. The form free layout feature allows you to organize thoughts and arrange topics.

SnapandRead Universal – text reader that simplifies vocabulary, translates text, reads inaccessible text. Captures and cites sources.

Voice Notebook – voice-to-text app that creates and retains the words you speak out loud. It can transcribe audio clips and send them to another person.

—Organization—

Dropbox – store documents and files in the cloud that you can access anywhere.

LastPass – remembers all your passwords for you, and keeps them safe behind the one password that only you know.

Pocket – organizes articles and websites for later.

Evernote – designed for note taking, organizing, task management and achieving. Categorize and store in tagged notebooks.

RememberTheMilk – Add, organize and complete tasks on the go.

Todoist – to do list and task manager to organize life and work in list and grid forms. Keeps track of everything in one place.

Trello -looks and works like yellow stickies on a whiteboard. Organizes teams, projects and workflows by with dragging and dropping.  

HomeRoutines – creates routine checklists with completion on specified days of the week. You’ll get reminders and a gold stars for completion. Checklists can automatically reset.

Toby –tab management extension. Drag and drop browser tabs to create collections. Automatically syncs to all your devices.

    —Time Management—

    Due – remembers all the things that you need to do, so you don’t have to. It reminds you repeatedly until you act on them.

    EpicWin – streamlined to-do list with role-playing. By completing each task, you earn XP to develop your own character in an on-going quest.

    FreakyAlarm – alarm will not stop ringing until you answer logic questions.

    PriorityMatrix – decision-making tool that helps sort through tasks and ensures the most important ones keep top priority. Helps focus on long-term goals by providing a framework to prioritize.

    RescueTime – see how much time you’re actually spending on an activity versus how much time you think it takes. Set goals, track progress. Improves awareness of time.

    ScheduleOnce – Easily schedule customer appointments, group meetings and one on one meetings. Works in tandem with Google calendar.

    —Money Management–

    Mint – money management app which uses visual outlines and graphics.  Brings together all of your finances, including balances, transactions, budgets.

    Prism – automatically tracks bills and sends you due date reminders

    —Self Care—

    HeadSpace – mindfulness and meditation app that helps with stress, anxiety, sleep and more.

    SleepCycle –sleep tracker that analyzes your sleep patterns. The intelligent alarm clock wakes you gently when you’re in your lightest sleep phase.

    NatureSpace – soothing, looped 3D sounds of nature.

    —Support—

    CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) https://chaad.org

    Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) http://add.org

    ADDitude  https://www.additudemag.com