HabiTamer vs ADHD Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HabiTamer
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ADHD TIMER FOR TIME BLINDNESS & HYPERFOCUS HabiTamer helps you manage time blindness, hyperfocus and doom scrolling with smart timers designed for ADHD brains. Track how long tasks and apps actually take, understand your patterns and build healthier habits through awareness—not restriction. WHY ADHD BRAINS LOVE HABITAMER Regular timers stop at zero, and app blockers can feel frustrating. HabiTamer keeps counting overtime. Set a 15-minute timer for Instagram but spend an hour scrolling? HabiTamer shows the difference between your intended and actual time, helping you better understand time blindness without judgement. FEATURES APP TIMER Choose an app, set how long you intend to use it and launch it with a timer already running. Track app sessions and overtime to see when a quick check becomes an extended scrolling session. OVERTIME TRACKING Regular timers stop at zero. HabiTamer keeps counting, revealing when a “15-minute break” actually lasted 47 minutes. DYNAMIC ISLAND TIMER Keep your active timer visible while using other apps. This persistent reminder supports time awareness during doom scrolling and hyperfocus. MULTIPLE TIMERS Run several timers at once for work, study, breaks, hobbies and side projects. QUICK LAUNCH WITH TIMERS Open apps such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube with a timer attached. Set your intention before opening an app and compare planned time with actual usage. ADHD-FRIENDLY ANALYTICS * Time Awareness Score * Hyperfocus pattern detection * Time-consuming app identification * Weekly progress charts * Overtime leaderboard * Intended versus actual time insights VISUAL TIMELINE View your day as a colour-coded timeline of timer sessions and App Timer activity. Zoom in to understand periods of overtime, hyperfocus and lost time. SESSION TEMPLATES Create reusable timers for work sprints, study sessions, breaks, medication reminders, hyperfocus limits and everyday tasks. SMART NOTIFICATIONS View and control active timers from notifications without reopening HabiTamer. HABITAMER CAN HELP WITH * Time blindness * Hyperfocus * Doom scrolling * Task initiation * Time estimation * Procrastination * Executive dysfunction * Task switching PERFECT FOR * Adults with ADHD managing time blindness * Students using study timers * Remote workers tracking focus * People prone to hyperfocus * Social media users building healthier habits * Anyone who wants better time awareness THE ADHD-FRIENDLY APPROACH HabiTamer does not shame or unnecessarily block you. Instead, it helps you set an intention, see what actually happened and recognise patterns in how you use your time. HOW PEOPLE USE HABITAMER 1. Work and study sprints 2. App Timer sessions for distracting apps 3. Social media time boundaries 4. Hyperfocus detection 5. Visual time blocking 6. Support with task transitions 7. Improving time-estimation skills 100% PRIVATE All data stays on your device. No account, cloud sync or behavioural tracking. Your app usage, timer activity and routines remain private. BETTER THAN A REGULAR TIMER * Tracks overtime instead of stopping at zero * Connects app use with your intended time * No restrictive app blocking * Persistent visual timers * Multiple simultaneous timers * Analytics for patterns and progress * Flexible tools that adapt to you START BUILDING BETTER TIME AWARENESS Download HabiTamer and transform how you experience time. Use it alongside ADHD medication, therapy, coaching or other executive-function strategies. Built by someone who understands ADHD time blindness. PRICING HabiTamer Premium: Monthly: £3.99 Yearly: £34.99 Lifetime: £79.99 Monthly and yearly subscriptions include a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime through your App Store account. Terms of Use: https://habitamer.co.uk/terms Privacy Policy: https://habitamer.co.uk/privacy
ADHD Timer
This app makes time visible with a color-changing screen and vibration pulses as deadlines approach. It helps you accurately estimate task durations by tracking actual time spent versus your guesses, improving future planning.
- Visual countdown timer with color changes
- Task mode for estimating and tracking time
- Planning multiplier for estimate accuracy
- Focus routines for sequential timers
- Home screen widget for quick start
- Colorblind-friendly palette
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You don't have a motivation problem. You have a time problem — you genuinely can't feel it passing, so a "quick" task eats the afternoon and you never see it coming. This app works on that from both ends: making time visible while it passes, and showing you how badly you misjudge it. WATCH TIME PASS The whole screen is the timer. It shifts from calm green to amber to urgent red as your deadline approaches, so you always know where you stand without reading a number. Vibration pulses intensify in the final stretch. No tiny digits, no abstract progress ring — just color you can read from across the room. FIND OUT HOW LONG THINGS REALLY TAKE Switch to Task mode, name what you're doing, and guess the time. When your estimate runs out the timer doesn't quietly stop — it asks whether you actually finished. If you didn't, it keeps counting, and the real duration is what gets recorded. Not the one you hoped for. YOUR PLANNING MULTIPLIER After five tracked tasks, a single number tells you how far off your estimates are. 1.7x means a task you think is 30 minutes usually runs 52. It's broken down task by task, so you learn which work always overruns and which you actually judge well. KNOW BEFORE YOU START Set 25 minutes on something you've done before and the app tells you what it will really take. Plan against your own history instead of your optimism. ALSO INSIDE • Focus Routines — chain timers into a sequence and just hit start • Insights — this week's focus time, plus sessions, streaks and patterns with Pro • A Home Screen widget to start a session without opening the app • Presets from 5 to 45 minutes, plus custom lengths • A colorblind-friendly palette • No account. Nothing to set up. It works offline. Free to use: the timer, Task mode, the estimate gate, your first three forecasts and your first custom timer cost nothing. Pro unlocks your full planning multiplier, unlimited forecasts, custom timer lengths, your own routines, full Insights and complete history. Built for ADHD brains that can't feel time passing. Because when time is invisible, focus breaks — and every estimate is a guess. Privacy Policy: https://maciejplaneta.github.io/privacy-policies/time-blindness-timer/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ADHD Timer at weekly against HabiTamer's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. HabiTamer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and ADHD Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HabiTamer ships an update every 3 weeks, ADHD Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HabiTamer | ADHD Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Suneth Thotagamuwa | Maciej Planeta |
In-app purchases
HabiTamer
- HabiTamer Premium Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- HabiTamer Premium Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- HabiTamer Lifetime Premium$79.99
ADHD Timer
- Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Annually3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99









