Not all ADHD apps do the same thing
The term "ADHD app" covers a wide range of tools that serve genuinely different purposes. Some are built around medication. Some are CBT programmes. Some help with daily planning and routines. Some track symptoms and mood. Picking the wrong category for what you actually need is a common source of disappointment.
This page organises the main options by what they do, with honest descriptions. Most people living with ADHD find that two or three apps from different categories work better together than any single app trying to do everything.
Category 1: Medication tracking
These apps are for people who are on ADHD medication and want to understand how it is performing. The key distinction within this category is whether an app just logs doses or actually models what the medication is doing.
Medication modelling
ADHDose
ADHD-specific medication tracker with pharmacokinetic modelling. ADHDose models the concentration curve of your stimulant medication hour by hour, using the pharmacokinetic properties of your specific drug, dose, and timing. The Dose Timeline shows when your medication is building, at peak, fading, and when levels have dropped enough to start winding down for sleep. This is not a reminder app: it tells you what your medication is actually doing right now.
The Daily Journal captures focus, sleep, energy, and side notes against the concentration curve. After 14 days, Pattern Insights surfaces correlations between dose timing, sleep, and daily performance that are invisible day to day. Appointment Prep compiles 28 days of data into a Clinician Summary you can share with your prescriber.
Supports Elvanse, Concerta XL, Ritalin, Medikinet, Dexamfetamine, Atomoxetine, Guanfacine (UK) and Vyvanse, Adderall XR, Adderall, Focalin XR, Qelbree (US). All data stays on your device. No account required.
Best for: Anyone on ADHD stimulant medication who wants to understand how their specific dose and timing affects their day, spot patterns over time, and arrive at appointments with data rather than guesswork. More about how ADHDose works.
General medication reminders
Medisafe
General medication management for any condition. Medisafe is designed for anyone taking any medication across all health conditions. Its core features are dose reminders, adherence tracking, drug interaction warnings, and carer tools for managing multiple people's medications. Widely used and very reliable for what it does.
It does not model how a specific medication's concentration changes through the day. For ADHD medication specifically, it treats a dose as an event rather than a curve.
Best for: People managing multiple medications across different conditions who need dependable reminders and interaction checking. Works well alongside ADHDose if you take non-ADHD medications too.
Category 2: CBT and therapy programmes
These apps take a structured, cognitive-behavioural approach to ADHD self-management. They are not medication trackers and not planners: they are tools for building strategies, understanding ADHD patterns, and developing coping skills. Most are subscription-based programmes rather than open-ended tools.
Theraview
Structured ADHD support with CBT techniques. Theraview provides structured support for adults with ADHD through CBT-based exercises, behaviour strategies, and psychoeducational content. It is built around building skills and understanding ADHD, rather than tracking what a medication is doing.
It serves a different purpose from a medication tracker like ADHDose. The two categories address complementary aspects of living with ADHD: one focuses on the pharmacology of your medication, the other on the behavioural and cognitive strategies that sit alongside it.
Best for: Adults with ADHD who want structured support for self-management, whether or not they are on medication.
inflow
CBT-based ADHD self-management programme. inflow delivers a structured programme grounded in cognitive behavioural therapy and psychoeducation for ADHD. It covers understanding your ADHD, managing emotions, building routines, and improving executive function. Presented in short modules with practical exercises.
Best for: Adults who want a guided, evidence-based programme for understanding and managing ADHD, particularly those recently diagnosed or looking to build more robust coping strategies.
Category 3: Visual planners and routines
Many adults with ADHD struggle with time blindness: the difficulty in perceiving how long tasks take and how time is passing. Visual planning tools address this directly by making schedules tangible and concrete rather than abstract.
Tiimo
Visual daily planner for ADHD and autism. Tiimo is designed specifically for people with ADHD and autism who benefit from a visual, structured representation of their day. It uses visual timers, colour-coded time blocks, and routines to make the day legible. Popular among adults who struggle with abstract schedules and to-do lists.
Best for: People with ADHD who need a visual representation of their day to manage time blindness and build consistent routines.
Structured
Timeline-based daily planner. Structured lays out your day on a visual timeline, making it easy to see how tasks and appointments fit together. Its clean design and visual time awareness make it particularly useful for people with ADHD who struggle to hold abstract schedules in mind. Not ADHD-specific, but widely used in the ADHD community.
Best for: Anyone who benefits from seeing their day laid out visually and wants to build better time awareness without a complex system.
Category 4: Symptom and mood tracking
Broad health trackers are useful for people who want to log mood, energy, symptoms, and daily factors across multiple conditions or without a specific focus on medication. They are highly customisable but do not provide ADHD-specific medication modelling.
Bearable
Broad symptom and health tracker. Bearable tracks mood, symptoms, energy, sleep, activities, and medication across any health condition. It identifies correlations between tracked factors over time and has become popular in the ADHD community for general symptom tracking. Highly customisable. Does not model medication-specific concentration curves.
Best for: People who want to track a wide range of health factors across one or more conditions and see correlations over time. Works well alongside ADHDose if you want broader health tracking beyond the medication curve.
Which one fits your situation?
The question to ask is not which app is "best" overall, but which category matches what you actually need right now.
On ADHD medication and want to understand it better: ADHDose. It is the only app that shows what your specific medication is doing through the day based on pharmacokinetic data.
Want CBT-based self-management support: Theraview or inflow. These are structured programmes, not trackers. They work whether or not you are on medication.
Struggling with time blindness and routines: Tiimo or Structured. Visual planners make time concrete in a way that abstract to-do lists do not.
Want to track mood, energy, and symptoms broadly: Bearable. It is the most customisable general health tracker with a strong ADHD community presence.
Managing multiple medications across conditions: Medisafe for reminders and interaction checks, alongside ADHDose for concentration modelling of your ADHD medication.
These categories are not mutually exclusive. A common setup among people on ADHD medication is ADHDose for the medication curve and a visual planner like Tiimo for structuring the day around that curve.
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