5 Best Productivity Apps for People with ADHD (2025 Edition)

Living with ADHD means dealing with challenges like time blindness, distractions, and task switching. The right app will not solve everything. But the right one can make life easier. Here are five apps in 2025 that many people with ADHD find useful.

1. Lifestack

What it is
Lifestack is a daily planner that connects your calendar, tasks, and health data. It shows when your energy is high or low and suggests the best times for work, rest, or breaks.

Key features

• Syncs with wearables like Apple Watch, Oura, and Whoop

• AI that can plan your day or move tasks for you

• Energy map that highlights peak focus times

Why it helps ADHD

• Tackles time blindness by showing not just time, but when you will likely have energy

• Reduces overload by letting the AI place tasks in the right slots

• Helps prevent burnout from overbooking

Trade-offs

• Works best if you already use a wearable

• Still a newer tool with fewer templates and integrations

2. Tiimo

What it is
Tiimo is a visual daily planner made to support ADHD, autism, and executive function needs.

Key features

• Visual timeline layout you can see at a glance

• Countdown timers for tasks

• Custom icons, colors, and routines

Why it helps ADHD

• Visuals make schedules concrete instead of abstract

• Timers help with starting and switching tasks

• Routines break down bigger goals into small steps

Trade-offs

• May feel limiting if you prefer free-form lists

• Focuses more on structure than automation

3. Lunatask

What it is
Lunatask calls itself an ADHD-friendly task manager. It blends tasks, habits, journaling, and mood tracking.

Key features

• Prioritizes tasks automatically

• Focuses on one life area at a time to reduce overwhelm

• Includes journaling and habit tracking

Why it helps ADHD

• Cuts down decision fatigue by suggesting what to do next

• Reduces app overload by offering many tools in one

• Provides a place to capture thoughts quickly

Trade-offs

• Can feel overwhelming if you try to use all features

• Calendar and automation integrations are limited

4. Focus Keeper

What it is
Focus Keeper is a timer app based on the Pomodoro method. You work in short intervals and take frequent breaks.

Key features

• Customizable work and break times

• Simple design with little setup

• Basic progress tracking

Why it helps ADHD

• Short work blocks are easier to commit to

• Frequent breaks prevent burnout

• The ticking timer helps you stay anchored in the task

Trade-offs

• Does not manage tasks or calendars

• The rigid structure may not fit every work style

5. Focus Friend

What it is
Focus Friend is a gamified focus app created by Hank Green. When you work, a character called a “bean” works too. If you stop early, progress stops.

Key features

• Visual feedback as your bean progresses

• Rewards like decorating your bean’s space

• Deep Focus mode blocks distracting apps

Why it helps ADHD

• Gamification provides extra motivation to stick with tasks

• Visual progress creates accountability

• Blocking helps reduce distractions

Trade-offs

• Only supports focus sessions, not full task management

• Gamification might feel distracting to some

Final Thoughts

Each app supports ADHD in a different way. Lifestack helps you plan around your energy. Tiimo makes schedules visual. Lunatask reduces decision paralysis. Focus Keeper gives structure with timers. Focus Friend adds fun and accountability.

Start with one planner and one support tool. For example, Lifestack plus Focus Friend, or Tiimo plus Focus Keeper. Keep it simple at first, and adjust as you learn what actually helps.