Comparison

Spoons vs ADHD Brain

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

Head to head
About

Spoons

This app helps autistic adults track their energy levels to identify patterns of burnout, sensory overload, and masking fatigue. By logging energy and triggers, users can gain insights to better pace themselves, set boundaries, and reduce exhaustion.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

ADHD Brain

Features
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ADHD Brain is an all-in-one ADHD focus app designed to help improve concentration, support memory, reduce overwhelm, build routines, and create calmer daily habits. If you have been looking for an ADHD app with brain games, focus tools, calming sounds, productivity support, sensory experiences, notes, and a focus timer in one place, ADHD Brain is built for you. Living with ADHD can feel like having too many tabs open at once. Tasks pile up, thoughts move quickly, motivation changes, distractions win, and even simple routines can feel harder than they should. ADHD Brain is designed to support those everyday moments with practical tools you can actually use. Use ADHD Brain as a daily companion for focus, productivity, memory, calm, and structure. Start your morning with intention. Use the focus timer during study sessions, work blocks, chores, or short bursts of concentration. Open the notes and planning tools when your mind feels cluttered and you need to capture ideas fast. Take a break with calming sounds, sound therapy, visual relaxation, or sensory-friendly activities when you feel overstimulated. Come back later for brain training games that help support attention, recall, sequencing, pattern recognition, mental flexibility, and concentration. ADHD Brain combines the parts many people search for separately: an ADHD productivity app, a brain training app, a focus timer app, a calming app, a sound therapy app, a notes app, and a sensory relaxation app. Instead of switching between different tools, you can keep everything in one beautiful ADHD-friendly space. Inside the app, users can explore ADHD-friendly brain games designed to support memory and attention, focus tools that help make work and study sessions easier to begin, calming sound experiences that help with emotional reset, interactive sensory tools that feel soothing and engaging, and planning features that make it easier to reduce mental clutter. This makes ADHD Brain useful not only when you want to be productive, but also when you need calm, balance, and recovery. ADHD Brain can fit naturally into real life. Students can use it for study focus, memory practice, and attention training. Professionals can use it as a focus and productivity companion during work sessions. Creatives can use it to capture fast thoughts and return to tasks with less friction. Anyone who struggles with distraction, overwhelm, restlessness, poor focus, or mental clutter can use ADHD Brain as a more supportive and structured everyday tool. This app is especially useful for people searching for: ADHD focus app, ADHD brain games, concentration games, memory games, attention training, calming sounds for ADHD, sensory app for relaxation, focus timer for ADHD, ADHD productivity tools, brain training games, study focus app, daily planner for ADHD, and notes for mental clutter. Subscription Information ADHD Brain offers auto-renewable subscriptions for premium access. Available subscription options include: Monthly Premium Yearly Premium Premium unlocks the full ADHD Brain experience, including the complete set of ADHD support tools, focus features, brain games, calming experiences, sensory activities, notes, planner tools, and productivity support designed to make the app more valuable as a long-term daily companion. Subscription pricing may vary by region and will be shown clearly in the app before purchase. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://iamspecial.co/adhd-brain/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Spoons4 screens
ADHD Brain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Spoons at 15.1 against ADHD Brain's 17.6. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spoons sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and ADHD Brain sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Spoons versus ADHD Brain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpoonsADHD Brain
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpoonsSaurabh Khare

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Spoons

Subscriptions2
  • Spoons Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Spoons Yearly$29.991 Year
2 purchases

ADHD Brain

Subscriptions2
  • ADHD Brain Monthly Subscritpions3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • ADHD Brain yearly Subscriptions$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Spoons free?
Spoons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ADHD Brain free?
ADHD Brain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spoons or ADHD Brain have ads?
Neither Spoons nor ADHD Brain shows ads.

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