Lantern: ADHD Planner

Will today fit? Most planners let you keep adding until the day is impossible. Lantern does the sum for you and answers in one line: "Fits. 40m spare." or "Doesn't fit. You'd finish at 11:40 pm." Here is a day with it. 8:05 am. Everything on your mind goes into one messy brain dump, typed or spoken. Lantern splits it into tasks, guesses how long each will take and drops them into the free gaps between your calendar events. Sorting happens on your iPhone, and with Smart sort off it simply splits by line, free and unlimited. 8:10 am. Your day is a column of timeblocks with a day budget underneath: planned time, breathing room and what's left before you wind down. 11:20 am. A call ran long. Tap Running late, pick 5, 15 or 30 minutes, and every block after now slides back together. It works from Control Center too, without opening the app. 3:00 pm. The day no longer fits. Make it fit moves the latest blocks that can move to tomorrow and shows the new finish time before you agree. Your Musts (up to 3 a day) and calendar events never move. All day. The Now card counts down the block you're in. Widgets on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen and in StandBy, plus a Live Activity, keep now and next in view. 9:30 pm. The routine player walks you through winding down one step at a time, each with its own timer, and tells you when you'll be done. Some days are harder. Switch to an Easy day and Lantern plans only 70% of it. Over a few weeks, Time truth learns how long things really take you and suggests that length next time. Nothing to sign up for and no chatbot. Your blocks, routines and brain dumps stay on your iPhone. What's free: the Today timeline and day budget, Make it fit, Running late, Easy days, 3 smart sorts a day plus unlimited simple sorting, 1 routine, gentle and standard alerts, calendar events, the Now widget and both controls. Lantern Pro adds unlimited smart sorts and routines, alerts that keep going and alarms, the Live Activity, the Today and StandBy widgets, the week view, Time truth and extra app icons. It costs $34.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, $6.99 a month, or $69.99 once, and Lantern reminds you 2 days before a trial ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; cancel any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Lantern is a planner, not a medical app. It does not diagnose or treat ADHD. Requires iOS 26. Smart sort uses Apple's on-device model on iPhones with Apple Intelligence; other iPhones sort line by line. Terms: https://smallwonderapps.com/apps/adhd/terms/ Privacy: https://smallwonderapps.com/apps/adhd/privacy/