SHIFT vs ADHD Brain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SHIFT
This app offers real-time interventions for neurodivergent individuals experiencing crisis regulation. It provides five distinct modes designed to help manage racing thoughts, shutdown, anger, overwhelm, and paralysis. The tool focuses on practical, immediate support without guilt or pressure.
- Crisis regulation tool
- Five regulation modes
- Designed for neurodivergent brains
- Real-time intervention
- No guilt or streaks
- Sensory overload management
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Your nervous system is not broken. It's overwhelmed. SHIFT is a crisis regulation tool built specifically for ADHD, autistic, and neurodivergent brains — not a meditation app, not a mood tracker. A real-time intervention for when your system hits its limit. WHEN YOU'RE IN CRISIS, YOU NEED TOOLS THAT ACTUALLY WORK. SHIFT gives you five regulation modes designed around how neurodivergent nervous systems actually function: - Spiraling — racing thoughts, can't stop. breathing and grounding to interrupt the loop. - Frozen — shut down, can't feel. body activation to bring you back online. - Raging — about to lose it. controlled discharge to metabolize the charge. - Overwhelmed — too much, can't handle it. sensory reduction and coherent breathing. - Stuck — can't start, paralyzed. micro-steps and external anchors to unlock movement. NO GUILT. NO STREAKS. NO TOXIC POSITIVITY. SHIFT doesn't care if you missed yesterday. It meets you exactly where you are, every time. BUILT BY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT. Created by an AuDHD founder who got tired of wellness apps designed for neurotypical brains. Every mode, every interaction, every word was designed with your nervous system in mind — not a general audience. WHO SHIFT IS FOR: - ADHD and autistic adults navigating daily dysregulation - Anyone experiencing sensory overload or autistic burnout - People with anxiety, hypervigilance, or rejection sensitive dysphoria - Neurodivergent parents, founders, and professionals - Anyone whose nervous system runs hot and needs real tools Free to start. No account required. Open it when you need it. This is your reset button. Terms of Use: https://themindshiftapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://themindshiftapp.com/privacy
ADHD Brain
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SHIFT 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
Both are free to download. SHIFT sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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.
| Parameter | SHIFT | ADHD Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Williams | Saurabh Khare |
In-app purchases
SHIFT
- SHIFT Starter$4.991 Month
- SHIFT Pro$9.991 Month
- SHIFT Starter$49.991 Year
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- SHIFT Pro$99.991 Year
ADHD Brain
- ADHD Brain Monthly Subscritpions3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- ADHD Brain yearly Subscriptions$69.991 Year









