Guide · November 2026

ADHD planner apps, by problem

Most lists of ADHD planner apps rank apps that do different jobs against each other. This one sorts them by the part of your day that breaks: seeing it, starting it, or breaking it down.

There are three kinds of app in this category and they're not competitors. Visual planners make time real. Task games make starting worth it. Task breakers make a wall into bricks. People with ADHD often need two of the three, and almost nobody needs the same two. We make a task game, so read our row accordingly.

01 · Visual planner

Tiimo

Your day as a timeline where duration is space. Co-designed with neurodivergent people; Apple's iPhone App of the Year 2025. Calm; free basic version, full planner on subscription.

If time disappears on you.

02 · Visual planner

Structured

A clean day timeline with icons and a widget. Simpler than Tiimo, with a free version and a Pro upgrade; less ADHD-specific.

If you want a timeline without the subscription.

03 · Task game

Questify

Rant the day at the Orb, get three quests, finish them to damage a boss and evolve a hero that looks like you. Free task game; Premium for the selfie hero and Guilds. iPhone only.

If you can see the day and still can't start it.

04 · Task game

Habitica

The original habit RPG: deep, free, cross-platform, with free parties. Setup-heavy; missed dailies cost health.

If you like a system and group accountability.

05 · Task breaker

Goblin Tools

Magic ToDo turns one scary task into steps; free on the web. Stateless, no list.

If the first step is invisible.

06 · One-at-a-time timer

Llama Life

Shows you one task with a timer and hides the rest of the list. Oddly effective for overwhelm.

If seeing the whole list is what freezes you.

Pick one from the column that matches your failure mode, not the one with the best screenshots. If you plan fine and don't start, a planner won't fix it and a game might. If you start fine and lose the day, a game won't fix it and a timeline will. Pair a planner with a game if you need both; they don't overlap.

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Questions people ask

What's the difference between an ADHD planner and a task game?

A planner shows you the shape of your day and makes time concrete. A task game gives you a reason to start each piece: XP, a boss, a character. Tiimo is a planner; Questify and Habitica are games.

Is any of these a treatment for ADHD?

No. None diagnose or treat anything; Questify says so in the app and on this site. Choose by design.

Which is free?

Questify's task game, Habitica, Structured and Tiimo (basic) have free versions; Goblin Tools is free on the web. Llama Life has no free plan, only a 7-day trial.

Which works on Android?

Tiimo, Habitica, Goblin Tools, Structured and Llama Life. Questify is iPhone and iPad only for now.

Every app named here is a trademark of its respective owner and is not affiliated with Questify. Details reflect public information as of November 2026; check each app's own page for current pricing. Questify is a task game, not healthcare.