# Spoons – Autism Energy Tracker — Track burnout and overload

> Autistic adult energy tracker for burnout, overload, and masking fatigue. (iPhone/iPad app by Spoons.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spoons-autism-energy-tracker/id6759444989 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Spoons](https://appshunter.io/developer/1878629281)
- Category: Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 31 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-02
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: subscription
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spoons-autism-energy-tracker/id6759444989/reviews.md

## What is Spoons?

Spoons is an energy tracker for autistic adults dealing with burnout, sensory overload, and masking fatigue.

Diagnosed, self-identified, or still figuring it out.

Log how much energy you have at any moment and see patterns around burnout, masking, shutdowns, and sensory overload.

I built Spoons after years of autistic burnout and sensory overload, because the accommodations around me were not enough, and most autism apps on the app store are made specifically for kids, almost NOTHING out there exists for us.

Spoons uses a 0-10 slider to track your energy at any moment. Simply slide and release. (Auto saves upon release)

There is also a history view from the past 14 days right below the slider to view patterns on:

What is draining you:
— Sensory overload
— Masking
— Shutdowns 
— Autistic Burnout 

What may help restore you:
— Stimming
— Time alone
— Reducing sensory input

Over time, tracking can help you notice subtle drains, recovery patterns, and situations that cost more energy than they first seem to.

Once you start seeing what drains your energy and what helps you recover, you can plan ahead, pace yourself, set boundaries, and make changes that reduce unnecessary exhaustion.
— Taking time off work on very low-energy days
— Removing routines that consistently drain you or create unnecessary friction
— Can lead to fewer meltdowns, shutdowns, and burnout cycles, since your nervous system has less to "fight against".

Spoons also includes reflection cards that makes discovering patterns and drains involves certain days, weeks, months, or even years much more obvious. Drains like:

- Your Mondays tended to be lower recently ->Could correlate specific days that could involve more masking, and more sensory overload, which is usually subconscious and invisible

- Higher-energy days were sometimes followed by lower days soon after. -> Could be a brief recovered period where you have more energy, but after masking or special interest engage, energy is lower for a certain period

- |"Your lowest entries were lower than usual over the past few months".-> Could possibly indicate accumulated sensory overload which could make it hard to recover & deal with more masking or other types of sensory overload that drains you.

These are made to be purely observational as well as actionable, not to point out context that it doesn't know.

This can be very specific and are highly influential from the patterns on your energy you built over time, which helps can you help you plan ahead and self-accommodate yourself what is likely to have the best impact on your energy over time.

Spoons has..
No accounts.
No notifications.
No streaks.
No motivational messages.
Just tracking your energy.

No ads. Ever. Spoons works offline, and your data stays on your device.

Export and import are always available, even without a subscription.

Spoons includes 30 days of full access. No payment information is required to get started.

Spoons is $2.99/month or $29.99/year. These prices never go up. Ever. Even if you stop paying and eventually want to come back.

Regional pricing is available in 45+ countries to keep energy tracking more affordable globally.
 
Starting once the sustainability threshold has been reached, 40% of Spoons revenue goes toward funding autism diagnoses for those of us who cannot afford them.
 
I created this app to help us accommodate ourselves in a world that clearly doesn't do enough to help us.

Terms of Service: https://getspoons.app/terms-of-service

Privacy Policy: https://getspoons.app/privacy-policy

## Key features

- Energy level tracking (0-10 slider)
- Identify energy drains (sensory overload, masking, burnout)
- Identify energy restorers (stimming, time alone)
- Pattern analysis for triggers and recovery
- Reflection cards for deeper insights
- Offline functionality
- Data export and import

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spoons Monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Spoons Yearly | $29.99 | per year |



## Frequently asked questions about Spoons

### What is Spoons?

Spoons is an energy tracking application designed for autistic adults. It helps users log their energy levels and identify patterns related to burnout, sensory overload, and masking fatigue, providing insights for better self-management.

### How does Spoons track energy?

Spoons uses a simple 0-10 slider that users can adjust to reflect their current energy level. The app automatically saves the entry upon release of the slider.

### What kind of patterns can Spoons help identify?

Spoons helps identify patterns in what drains your energy, such as sensory overload, masking, shutdowns, and autistic burnout, as well as what helps restore it, like stimming or time alone.

### Does Spoons have ads?

No, Spoons is ad-free. The app is designed to provide a focused tracking experience without interruptions from advertisements.

### Can I use Spoons offline?

Yes, Spoons works offline. Your data is stored locally on your device, ensuring privacy and accessibility even without an internet connection.

### What are the subscription options for Spoons?

Spoons offers a monthly subscription for $2.99 or a yearly subscription for $29.99. A 30-day full access trial is available without requiring payment information upfront.

### Can I export my data from Spoons?

Yes, data export and import are always available in Spoons. This feature is accessible even without an active subscription, allowing you to back up or transfer your tracking history.

### Is Spoons suitable for children?

Spoons is designed for autistic adults. While the age rating is 4+, the content and focus on burnout, masking, and adult-specific challenges make it most relevant for adult users.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2026-07-04

- Updated the reflection card captions to be more literal and easier to understand. 

- Adjusted the thresholds for what allows certain cards to fire, requiring more evidence for them to confidently fire. This impacts both short and long-term cards.

- Added a couple more reflection cards to the catalog, as well as discarded and removed a couple low-value ones.

- Added subtext to compliment each reflection card. In combination with the main caption and the new visual summary (See below), should allow each card itself to be more actionable rather than simply saying "Your Mondays were the lowest compared to other weekdays", without more context that makes them useful.

- Added a visual summary for majority of the reflection cards, aside from one and two. This allows to better understand what your data means and how it's important without always having to go the day bubbles and manually figure this out yourself. (Which is obviously very exhausting)

- Improved the performance when transitioning from list -> calendar and vice versa. Generally speaking, it should be more snappier than it was before.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-06-18

App:
- Updated the appearance of sections in the help section. It is more visually prominent and now includes animations when opening and closing one.
- Updated the reflection card captions to be more literal to be easier to understand. This does not change the conditions underneath for a specific one to fire.
- Added a popup regarding future changes to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Only shows for current users who've already agreed to the terms prior to using Spoons. Will only appear in the future if there is a change related to either of these.

Other:
- Updated the Privacy Policy and TOS.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-06-10

- Updated the access period from 30 days -> 90 days. This is an intentional and permanent change and I personally felt that the 30 day period was far too short for the full value of spoons to be at it's strongest. 
- Added an "Extend to 60 days" button" once trial has expired. This only shows up for current expired users who's trial has ended recently. This compliments the update mentioned above and allows you to use Spoons for roughly 2 more months before you can make a decision whether or not you want to describe. No pressure if you can't/don't want to, of course!

- Added reflection cards - This rests in the calendar view and should make tracking feel more "automatic" so the patterns that you've been noticing with your data should take far less energy than it would have to deciper months and days of data manually. There are a total of 52 cards and a new one shows up roughly every 2.5 weeks. More info about this is included in the "?" section. You can disable these cards in settings at any time if you prefer to not see them. Feel free to let me know what you think of this feature, as I expect to improve and tweak it over time.

- Just like before, reflection cards will NOT be paywalled. Promised just like before only the slider will be disabled once the trial expired, everything will remain useable regardless if a subscription is active or not.

- Updated the "?" section to have tappable headers to view certain sections of text. Hopefully this should make viewing each of the sections one at a time far less draining. :)

- Cleaned up some inaccuracies and wording in the agreement screen, paywall, and "?" text.

- Updated the Base price from $7.99/mo & $79.99/year -> $2.99 month & $29.99/year. This is also intentional and permanent. The Spoons terms of service also ensures that the price MUST remain the same and must never go up. The new pricing for both the US and other countries should be applied by June 11th for both the yearly and monthly plans.


Other:
- Updated the Diagnosis funding page with updated info and cleared up a lot of inaccuracies.
- Updated the Privacy Policy and TOS to compliment these changes.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-05-20

- Added Calendar view: Allows you to view the previous 12 months of your data at any time. Each day is displayed as monochrome bubbles
Brighter: Higher energy
Darker: Lower energy
- There is also a monthly average for months that have at least 2 days of entries for that month. Clicking on a bubble will show the entries for that day similar as before, as well as the average for that particular day

- Cleaned up some text on the intro/onboarding screen & "?" text
- Included some gentle animations in the app, involving the screen thumb release, Past 7 and past 30 day bubbles, and transitioning from list view -> Calendar (And vice versa)
- Settings: new Leave a Review option

### 1.0.6 — 2026-05-10

— Significantly improved the "?" help text to provide clarity on the short and long term value of Spoons, Autistic Burnout relevance, and more examples.
— Added "Average" to each history boxes that has at least 2 entries or more. Useful to know how stable or demanding a particular day was, especially compared to others.
— Other polishing and clarity tweaks.

## Related topics

[autistic burnout](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/autistic-burnout) · [autism](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/autism) · [autism tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/autism-tracker) · [acutis](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/acutis)

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