Set · ADHD Task Manager vs Aethyr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Set · ADHD Task Manager
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Set is a planner built around time. Every task has a length and a start time, so Today always shows when your day will finish. When the morning slips, one tap rebuilds the rest of it. TODAY, AS A TIMELINE Tasks, breaks and calendar events sit in one list, each with its start time. The overview at the top shows what is left and when you will finish; tap it for a countdown to what is next. Overplan and the finish time turns orange, and Set offers to move the overflow to the days ahead. Swipe down for the week strip and drag a task onto any day. ONE-TAP RESCHEDULE Running behind? Tap Reschedule and everything moves forward from now, in order. Locked tasks and breaks keep their times, the rest flow around them and your meetings, and nothing is shortened. Hold it to start from the next half hour or any time. ADDING IS QUICK Tap + for a new task, or drag one out of it into place. End a title with "45m", "tomorrow" or "at 2pm" and Set fills in the details, in all 20 languages. Ask Siri to add a Set task, or use Shortcuts and the Action button. Templates (Pro) give you 30 ready-made tasks. A TIMER THAT FITS REAL LIFE It counts the time you really spend, not rigid Pomodoro blocks. Run past your estimate and it counts on in red; finish, and the real minutes go to Stats (Pro), which compares them with your estimates. Add an overdue alarm and ambient sounds, and follow it on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, or in the Mac menu bar and a floating window. BLOCK THE DISTRACTIONS (PRO) On iPhone and iPad, App Blocker blocks chosen apps, or allows only the ones you need, while the timer runs, never in breaks. Or keep them blocked until Today is clear. Turning it off means typing a sentence, so impulse doesn't win. BREAKS AND ROUTINES Name breaks, lock their start time, repeat them, or let Auto Breaks add one after each task. Repeat tasks daily, weekly, monthly or your own way. A routine returns at its usual time, a missed one carries over or skips, and each keeps its streak. PROJECTS, STAGES AND INBOX Capture anything in the Inbox and sort it later. Split big work into projects and stages, with progress and deadlines that warn you when the work won't fit. Drop a task on another to make a subtask (Pro), and duplicate any task, stage or project. MADE FOR ADHD MINDS Time blindness is easier to fight when time is visible. On iPhone and iPad, Focus mode strips Today back to your list. Hold a task to select several and change them at once, and Sort mode takes a messy Inbox one question at a time. NOTES THAT DO MORE (PRO) Markdown notes with a formatting toolbar, preview and checklists. With Apple Intelligence, tidy messy notes or turn them into clear steps. YOUR CALENDAR AND REMINDERS (PRO) Events show in Today at their real times without being copied in; edit or skip them there. Your tasks can add events to any calendar, and Reminders import or sync both ways. SCAN, EXPORT AND BACK UP Photograph a handwritten list and Scan Tasks (Pro) turns it into tasks. Export any day, project or your Inbox as PDF, Markdown or Rich Text, or email it, and back up everything. APPLE WATCH Today's timeline on your wrist: complete, reorder, Reschedule and add tasks by voice. The timer runs on the watch even without your iPhone, and complications show what is next. EVERYWHERE, IN 20 LANGUAGES iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, synced through your own iCloud, no account needed. A real Mac app with its own window, menu bar and shortcuts. Widgets, Siri, Shortcuts and themes. FREE, WITH PRO WHEN YOU WANT IT Free: 3 projects, 8 tasks a day, 3 repeating tasks, Reschedule, the timer, Focus, Select and Sort, deadlines, widgets, Apple Watch, iCloud sync, export and backup. Pro removes the limits and adds notes, subtasks, templates, stats, Calendar and Reminders, App Blocker, Scan Tasks, AI rewriting, ambient sounds and more colors. Family Sharing covers your household. Not a medical device. Consult healthcare professionals for medical advice.
Aethyr
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A calmer place for a busy mind. Aethyr holds the remind journeys and loose ends your brain has been trying to carry — quietly, privately, until you're ready for them. Built binds. EMPTY YOUR HEAD Say it or type it, all in one breath, exactly as it comes out. Aethyr sorts it: the job, the g you've run out of, the dentist you need to move. For a big one she shows you the list first and one tap adds the lot. N said it wrong. REMINDERS THAT UNDERSTA "Half seven." "First thing." "Before the end of the month." "When I get to the garden centre." e actually say a time —and a place — and fires when it matters. Reminders carry forward; they never nag. WHERE DID I PUT IT? Tell Aethyr once where a thing lives — the passport, the spare key, the charger under the kettlSnap a photo of something and she'll name it and remember where it was. YOUR DAY, DRAWN TO SCALE Day Ahead shows the nex can see: what's on,what's next, how much room there is between. One thing to focus on. A short brief for the day MEDICATION, KEPT STRAIG Doses, timings, what you took late and what you missed, supply running low. ADHD medication on — never advice. PLAN YOUR DAY Break a job into steps you can actually start. Sort by how much energy you've got, not just wh FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, DIA Log how you are in a tap. Keep ideas before they go. See the day you actually had, assembledno streaks, no scores,no judgement. OUT AND ABOUT Journeys and places, a rPlay for the drive, and your Apple Music where you need it. FOCUS, ALONE OR TOGETHER A focus timer that bloc Focus Together — focusalongside someone you know over SharePlay. No strangers, no accounts, no camera. ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME Apple Watch, widgets, and Siri — "Tell Aethyr…" hands-free. YOURS Everything lives on youCloud. There's noaccount to make, nothing sold, nothing shared. When Aethyr needs more room to think, she usespute — nothing is keptthere and nobody can read it — and your iPhone otherwise. Lock the app with Face ID if you wan SAFE If a message sounds like a crisis, the helplines come first — always, free, before anything e Aethyr is not a medical device for ADHD and it doesn't replace professional support. It just makes a loud day quieter. PREMIUM Reminders, Offload, Day, places, items, diaryand journeys are free, always, with no limits. Premium adds Medication, Memory Vault, Aethyr Munthly, yearly, or, until 31 December, once for life. Overwhelm is real. It is not a character flaw. You do not need to become someone else. Privacy Policy: https://www.aethyradhd.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Set · ADHD Task Manager at 18.4 against Aethyr's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Set · ADHD Task Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Aethyr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Set · ADHD Task Manager ships an update every 2 weeks, Aethyr every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set · ADHD Task Manager | Aethyr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 285 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MATTHEW PETER DICKERSON | Leo Roberts |
In-app purchases
Set · ADHD Task Manager
- Set Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Set Pro Annual1 Year trial$34.991 Year
- Set Pro Lifetime$39.99
Aethyr
- Aethyr Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Aethyr Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- lifetime$39.99
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