Remember vs Spicy Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Remember
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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
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.
- 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)
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Spicy Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Remember asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Remember | Spicy Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | COLIN TOFT | Sina Sima |
In-app purchases
Remember
No in-app purchases
Spicy Focus
- Spicy Focus Pro$4.99









