Comparison

Remember vs Spicy Focus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Remember

Features
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Tap, type a name, done. That’s all it takes to add a task. Need a time? Just type “4-6pm Meeting” — Remember figures it out. Drag to reorder your day. Set tasks to repeat weekly, monthly, or yearly. Pick from 6 color themes to make it yours. Add a widget to see your plan without opening the app. Features: • One-tap task creation • Drag-and-drop reordering • Repeating events with flexible exceptions • 6 color themes, dark mode • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Notification reminders • No account required — your data stays on your device

About

Spicy Focus

This app uses science-based techniques to help individuals with ADHD manage focus and initiate tasks. It offers smart duration recommendations, micro-commitments, and ambient soundscapes tailored for ADHD brains. Premium features include advanced insights and customizable modes.

Highlights
  • Smart duration recommendations
  • 5-minute micro-commitment
  • Session intention setting
  • Hyperfocus nudge
  • ADHD-specific ambient soundscapes
  • Insights dashboard (Pro)
  • Focus streaks with grace days (Pro)
Features
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Spicy Focus - Science-Based Timer for ADHD Brains Every feature in Spicy Focus is grounded in peer-reviewed ADHD neuroscience. Not productivity advice repackaged with a "for ADHD" label — actual research. Here's what's inside and why. FREE FEATURES Smart Duration Recommendations ("Focus Calibration") ADHD brains literally cannot predict their own focus capacity — that's time blindness (Barkley, 2015). And choosing from 7 duration options triggers decision paralysis (Baumeister's decision fatigue research). Spicy Focus learns from your history — energy levels, completion rates, time of day, activity labels — and auto-selects the duration you're most likely to complete. It nudges you up when you're on a streak (adaptive difficulty from game design) and pulls back when you're struggling. You can always override it. But you'll rarely need to. "Just 5 Minutes" Micro-Commitment ADHD brains need 2-3x more dopamine stimulation to initiate tasks (Volkow et al., NIDA PET imaging study). The 5-minute rule is the #1 clinician-recommended technique for overcoming initiation paralysis. Commit to 5 minutes. When it's up, you choose: extend or stop. Research shows 80%+ continue past the initial commitment. Session Intentions Vague goals are executive dysfunction's worst enemy. Research on implementation intentions (Gollwitzer, 1999) shows that specifying exactly what you'll do — "I will write the intro paragraph" — dramatically increases follow-through. Set one concrete task before each session. Check it off when you're done. Hyperfocus Nudge 68% of adults with ADHD report frequent hyperfocus episodes (Ashinoff & Abu-Akel, 2021). The optional Focus Nudge gently reminds you to stretch, drink water, or rest your eyes without interrupting your flow. Ambient Soundscapes A 2024 meta-analysis found that ambient noise has a statistically significant benefit for ADHD focus (effect size g=0.249, p=0.0001) — but a negative effect on neurotypical brains. The benefit is ADHD-specific (Soderlund, Sikstrom & Smart, 2007). Also free: countdown timer, stopwatch mode, energy tracking, session history, and dark mode. SPICY FOCUS PRO - $4.99 (with 7-day free trial) Unlock the full toolkit: - Insights dashboard with focus trends, heatmaps, and energy correlation charts - Focus streaks with Grace Days — your streak won't break if you miss a day, because shame-based systems backfire for ADHD brains (backed by RSD research) - Daily goals with flexible tracking - Pomodoro mode with customizable intervals - XP and leveling system for long-term motivation - Premium soundscapes - Personal records and streak calendar Every feature cites its research in the in-app Science section. 366 million adults worldwide have ADHD. This app was built for you.

Screenshots

Remember3 screens
Spicy Focus3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remember at none against Spicy Focus's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spicy Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Remember asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Remember versus Spicy Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRememberSpicy Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCOLIN TOFTSina Sima

In-app purchases

None

Remember

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spicy Focus

One-time1
  • Spicy Focus Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Remember free?
Remember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spicy Focus free?
Spicy Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Remember or Spicy Focus have ads?
Neither Remember nor Spicy Focus shows ads.

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