# Dopodoro: ADHD Focus Timer — Just start. Tiny doses of done > Just start. Tiny doses of done (iPhone/iPad app by JEFFREY PARKER KENT JR.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dopodoro-adhd-focus-timer/id6770181975 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [JEFFREY PARKER KENT JR](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896722299) - Category: Productivity, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.1 · 61 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-18 - Data updated: 2026-10-03 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dopodoro-adhd-focus-timer/id6770181975/reviews.md ## What is Dopodoro? A focus timer built for ADHD brains: the one that actually gets you started. The hardest part isn't focusing. It's starting. Dopodoro is built around that: pick one thing, take five minutes, and never get punished for an off day. The AI runs entirely on your phone, and your data is never sent to us. No Apple Intelligence on your device? Every helper still works, with simple built-in versions. GET STARTED (the hard part, solved) - Pick one for me: tell it your energy; the AI chooses one task, with a reason. No more staring at a list. - Break it down: turn an overwhelming task into small, startable steps. - Just 5 minutes: when 25 feels impossible, five is a doorway. One tap and you're in. - Brain dump: type or speak a mess of thoughts; get back a clean task list. - Park a thought: capture a stray idea mid-session without breaking focus. A CALM, CAPABLE TIMER Five focus presets, from a classic 25 to a 90-minute deep-work block (Classic, Long Focus, DeskTime, Sprint, Ultradian). A timer you don't have to babysit: close the app, restart your phone, forget it exists. It keeps perfect time anyway, and it rings through Silent and Focus modes. NOW ON MAC Dopodoro is a native Mac app too, with a menu bar timer, keyboard shortcuts and a task inspector. Your tasks, history and settings sync over iCloud, so a plan you make on your phone is waiting at your desk. Turn on "Mirror the session across devices" in Settings to see a running session on your other devices and take it over. NOW ON IPAD Dopodoro runs full size, in any orientation, with a sidebar instead of the tab bar. Keyboard shortcuts and pointer support come with it. ON APPLE WATCH Your session at a glance: the ring, time remaining, when it ends, and how many focuses you've done today. Start and pause from your wrist. MAKE IT YOURS Light, dark, or system, plus ten colour themes. All ten are free. Your categories carry their own colour everywhere, from today's timeline to your stats. SOUNDSCAPES A real focus environment: brown, pink, and white noise, rain, ocean, café, and more, plus binaural and isochronic tones. Listen with or without a timer, set a sleep timer, or mix under your own audio. (Some people find these help concentration.) MOMENTUM YOU CAN SEE Every finished session ends with a spark and joins your focus history: a clear daily chart, an hour-by-weekday heatmap that shows when you focus best, and streaks counted as active days, so a gap never breaks anything. Your full history and export are free. No leaderboards, no guilt for empty days. EVERYWHERE IN THE SYSTEM On iPhone: a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, Home Screen widgets to start, pause, skip, and extend, Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, Control Center, and an optional Focus mode + app blocking to protect your sessions. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No servers of ours. No ads. No third-party tracking. The AI runs on your device with Apple Intelligence; your data is never sent to us or any third party. If you use iCloud, it syncs privately across your own Apple devices. DOPODORO+ (optional) Everything you need is free: the whole timer, unlimited tasks and projects, your full focus history and export, all ten themes, the everyday AI helpers, and a starter soundscape set. Plus adds depth for people who want to support a solo developer: the full 40-sound library and custom soundscape generator, your own saved blends and focus profiles, a custom colour of your own and themes that follow the season, the advanced AI helpers (weekly review, energy prediction, and more), your calendar on your timeline with two-way sync, and custom views. $4.99/month or $29.99/year (first month free), or $69.99 once for lifetime. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Built by one indie developer. No VC, no investors, no growth team. If it helps you start, leave a review. That's how indie apps survive. Privacy Policy: https://dopodoro.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://dopodoro.com/terms ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Dopodoro+ Monthly | $4.99 | per month | | Dopodoro+ Annual | $29.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Dopodoro+ Lifetime | $69.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4 — 2026-10-01 Dopodoro comes to the Mac, and the iPhone app gets a calmer, clearer look. Dopodoro on Mac A native Mac app with a menu bar timer, keyboard shortcuts and a task inspector beside your list. Your tasks, history and settings sync over iCloud. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Follow a session across devices Optional, and off until you turn it on. Switch on "Mirror the session across devices" in Settings and a focus you start on one device shows on the others, with a Take over button. Only the device that started it sounds the alarm. Dark, not black Dark mode now uses a very dark grey instead of pure black. Cards, task rows and the capture bar have clearer edges, and the timer bar above the tab bar is easier to read in light and dark. Tasks, tidied Switch between Today, Next, Inbox and Projects from one menu, with a count for each. Now is the one card that stands out. Pick for me and Timebox sit right under the capture bar. Today and Plan Your next block is a proper timeline row with a Start button and Just 5 minutes. Plan uses the same rows, and today is quietly ringed in the week strip. You and Stats Your weekly rhythm is a ring that shows the days you have focused against your goal. Section titles in Stats are easier to read, and the heatmap levels are clearer. Soundscapes Sounds that need Plus wear a Plus chip, and nothing is stamped Free any more. Fewer ways to browse, the same library. Quick Add Type !1, !2 or !3 to set a priority. The number stays out of your title. An honest sync line The line under your name reads "Synced with iCloud" only after a sync has actually finished. Until then it says "iCloud is on". Easier to see With Increase Contrast on, the timer controls switch to a solid fill. Fixed Moving a task into a project that another device has just deleted is now refused, instead of quietly sending the task to your Inbox. ### 1.3.0 — 2026-09-14 Dopodoro now speaks up at the two moments it used to stay quiet: when a block you planned begins, and when the day is done. Block reminders Put a task on your timeline and Dopodoro tells you when it starts. Only for blocks you placed yourself, never anything else, and one tap turns it off for good. An end to the day From 5pm, on a day you have focused at least once, Dopodoro sums it up: what you did, and one tap to set tomorrow's first block. On a day with no sessions it stays quiet. On your Lock Screen Add Dopodoro to your Lock Screen or to StandBy and read the phase and the time left without opening anything. Three sizes, and the wide one pauses and resumes. Repeats that match real life Repeat on the third Tuesday, or the last Friday. Give a repeat an end date. Count from the day you finish a task instead of the day it was due. Skip a single occurrence and keep the series. Someday Park a task without deleting it. It leaves your lists and waits, and it never counts against you. On a device still running the previous version it shows as an ordinary task until that device updates. Speak a brain dump Say everything on your mind and Dopodoro turns it into separate tasks the moment you stop. Ask Siri to ramble, or put it on your Action Button. Days per week, not a streak Set how many days a week you want to focus. Three to start. Miss one and nothing breaks. ### 1.2.2 — 2026-09-08 Dopodoro is a real iPad app now, and the whole app has a new look. iPad Run Dopodoro full size, in any orientation. A sidebar replaces the tab bar on the big screen, and your text stays at a comfortable reading width instead of stretching the full window. Keyboard shortcuts and pointer support come along too. A new look Appearance is one page now: light, dark or system, plus ten colour themes. All ten are free. Dark mode is properly dark, rebuilt on a neutral base instead of a warm one. Your categories carry their own colour everywhere you see them, from today's timeline to your stats. Custom tints, and themes that change with the season, are part of Plus. Calendar sync (Plus) Sync your scheduled blocks both ways with Calendar. Move a block in Calendar and Dopodoro follows. Deleting an event never deletes your task. Adding a block Pick a time faster. Tap a part of the day instead of scrolling a long rail of times. On your wrist The watch ring fills the face now instead of floating in the middle of it. Easier to read Better contrast in dark mode across every theme, and the timer no longer cuts off its own time at the largest text sizes. Fixed The Focus by day chart no longer draws empty space past the end of your history. Opening Tasks and projects on Mac no longer crashes. A focus block now starts at its own length. Your session remembers what it is for, even if it gets closed. Erase all data clears synced calendar events too. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-31 Dopodoro is now on your wrist. See your session at a glance, start and pause from your Apple Watch, with Always-On and VoiceOver support. More of the app is now free: your full focus history, export, and an AI planning cap raised so high you'll likely never meet it. It's your data, and now the app fully acts like it. Plus a refreshed icon that follows light and dark mode, and a round of fixes. Found something? Email me. A real person reads those, and it's me. ### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-27 First update since launch. Thank you for being here early. Light, dark, or system. Dopodoro now follows your phone by default, or you can pin it to light or dark in Settings. Your choice syncs across devices. Fixes: · The paywall showed two close buttons. Now it shows one. · If the store loaded slowly, the lifetime option could go missing with no way to retry. Fixed. · The soundscape library's sound button jumped around when tapped and read wrong in VoiceOver. Fixed both. · Editing a task right after deleting it could save into nothing. · Task lists and exports load faster. Found something? Email me. 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