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BEST ADHD APPS

The best to-do apps for ADHD in 2026

Capture speed first, feature lists last. Taps to Capture is counted for every pick.

TickTick is the best to-do app for ADHD right now: fast capture, built-in Pomodoro, low price. Todoist is the most dependable system of record. Amazing Marvin is the endgame for tinkerers, with a warning attached.

Every score on this page comes from the same published rubric. how we score

The ranked table

Scored comparison of apps in The best to-do apps for ADHD in 2026
AppScoreVerdictTapsPriceLitmus
TickTick80KEEPNot yet measured$
  • Setup friction 15 out of 20
  • Capture friction 13 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 11 out of 15
  • Reward design 7 out of 10
  • Notification quality 8 out of 10
  • Price honesty 9 out of 10
  • Accessibility 8 out of 10
  • Staying power 9 out of 10
Todoist81KEEPNot yet measuredfree + $
  • Setup friction 16 out of 20
  • Capture friction 14 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 11 out of 15
  • Reward design 6 out of 10
  • Notification quality 8 out of 10
  • Price honesty 8 out of 10
  • Accessibility 8 out of 10
  • Staying power 10 out of 10
Amazing Marvin69TRIAL FIRSTNot yet measured$$ or lifetime
  • Setup friction 9 out of 20
  • Capture friction 11 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 13 out of 15
  • Reward design 7 out of 10
  • Notification quality 7 out of 10
  • Price honesty 8 out of 10
  • Accessibility 7 out of 10
  • Staying power 7 out of 10
Lunatask73TRIAL FIRSTNot yet measured$
  • Setup friction 14 out of 20
  • Capture friction 12 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 12 out of 15
  • Reward design 7 out of 10
  • Notification quality 7 out of 10
  • Price honesty 8 out of 10
  • Accessibility 7 out of 10
  • Staying power 6 out of 10
Due81KEEPNot yet measuredone-time $
  • Setup friction 17 out of 20
  • Capture friction 14 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 10 out of 15
  • Reward design 6 out of 10
  • Notification quality 9 out of 10
  • Price honesty 9 out of 10
  • Accessibility 8 out of 10
  • Staying power 8 out of 10

Entry by entry

TickTick

KEEP80/100

The strongest conventional to-do app for ADHD use: fast capture, built-in Pomodoro, calendar view, and a price that undercuts rivals. Less opinionated than everything above, which is either freedom or homework depending on your brain.

Best for
One app instead of three, cheaply.
Watch out
Feature breadth means settings sprawl; ignore 80% of it.
Price
$

Todoist

KEEP81/100

The most dependable to-do app alive, with natural-language capture.

Best for
A trustworthy system of record that will exist in ten years.
Watch out
Neutral by design; brings no ADHD opinions, you supply the method.
Price
free + $

Amazing Marvin

TRIAL FIRST69/100

The most configurable task manager alive: every ADHD strategy you have read about exists as a toggle. That power is also the risk; configuration can become the procrastination. For tinkerers, unmatched.

Best for
People whose ideal system exists nowhere else.
Watch out
Configuration is a hobby here; it can eat the time it saves.
Price
$$ or lifetime

Read the full Amazing Marvin review →

Lunatask

TRIAL FIRST73/100

Privacy-first to-do with ADHD and mental-health-aware modes built in.

Best for
People who want ADHD-aware defaults without the pastel branding.
Watch out
Smaller team; polish trails the giants.
Price
$

Due

KEEP81/100

Reminders that renag every few minutes until you act or reschedule.

Best for
The five things that truly cannot slip.
Watch out
Use for everything and you will hate it by Friday.
Price
one-time $

Cards, if you scan

TickTickKEEP
  • Setup friction 15 out of 20
  • Capture friction 13 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 11 out of 15
  • Reward design 7 out of 10
  • Notification quality 8 out of 10
  • Price honesty 9 out of 10
  • Accessibility 8 out of 10
  • Staying power 9 out of 10

To-do, calendar, and a built-in Pomodoro timer, priced under everyone.

80/100 · $ · Not yet measured

TodoistKEEP
  • Setup friction 16 out of 20
  • Capture friction 14 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 11 out of 15
  • Reward design 6 out of 10
  • Notification quality 8 out of 10
  • Price honesty 8 out of 10
  • Accessibility 8 out of 10
  • Staying power 10 out of 10

The most dependable to-do app alive, with natural-language capture.

81/100 · free + $ · Not yet measured

Amazing MarvinTRIAL FIRST
  • Setup friction 9 out of 20
  • Capture friction 11 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 13 out of 15
  • Reward design 7 out of 10
  • Notification quality 7 out of 10
  • Price honesty 8 out of 10
  • Accessibility 7 out of 10
  • Staying power 7 out of 10

Every productivity strategy ever written, as toggles. The tinkerer's endgame.

69/100 · $$ or lifetime · Not yet measured

LunataskTRIAL FIRST
  • Setup friction 14 out of 20
  • Capture friction 12 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 12 out of 15
  • Reward design 7 out of 10
  • Notification quality 7 out of 10
  • Price honesty 8 out of 10
  • Accessibility 7 out of 10
  • Staying power 6 out of 10

Privacy-first to-do with ADHD and mental-health-aware modes built in.

73/100 · $ · Not yet measured

DueKEEP
  • Setup friction 17 out of 20
  • Capture friction 14 out of 15
  • Forgiveness 10 out of 15
  • Reward design 6 out of 10
  • Notification quality 9 out of 10
  • Price honesty 9 out of 10
  • Accessibility 8 out of 10
  • Staying power 8 out of 10

Reminders that renag every few minutes until you act or reschedule.

81/100 · one-time $ · Not yet measured

Questions people actually ask

What matters most in a to-do app for ADHD?

How fast a thought becomes a captured task. Everything else is negotiable, which is why capture friction carries 15 points in the rubric.

Is Todoist or TickTick better for ADHD?

TickTick by a nose: the built-in timer and calendar remove two apps from your stack. Todoist wins on reliability and ecosystem.

Do I need a separate timer app?

Not if your to-do app has one. If it does not, Llama Life is the strongest pairing here.

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