Comparison

TimeSee vs ADHD Timer

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

Head to head
About

TimeSee

This app helps individuals with ADHD visualize time passing through a simple, customizable ring timer. It offers features like keeping the screen on, overtime tracking, haptic feedback, and various completion sounds to aid focus and manage deadlines.

Highlights
  • Visual ring countdown timer
  • Screen always on toggle
  • Overtime count-up mode
  • Customizable haptic feedback
  • Multiple completion sound options
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Quick preset timers
  • Extensive customization options
Features
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TIME BLINDNESS ENDS HERE If you have ADHD, you already know: time doesn't feel real. Minutes vanish, deadlines sneak up, and "just 5 more minutes" becomes an hour. TimeSee makes time something you can see - so your attention can stay on your life, not on the clock. FIVE WAYS TO SEE TIME A ring that shrinks. A filling circle. A slim bar. A clock face where the time you have spent stays visible in a lighter shade. And Wall Clock, where the hands show the actual time. Pick the one your eyes read fastest. WALL CLOCK (NEW) Your session, drawn on a real clock face. The hands show the actual time, so the end of your session is a place on the clock - not a number counting down. The finish time is always written underneath: "until 4:30". Drag the end of the band to the minute you want to finish, or type the minutes as usual. Pause, and your finish time moves with you - honestly. A LIBRARY OF YOUR OWN Build a session once and keep it. Its length, its marks, its finish message, its colours, its sounds - saved together under a name you will recognise. A 55-minute call and a 5-minute reset sit side by side, each remembering everything. PROGRESS MARKS Mark the parts of your session - say, 8 and 16 minutes of a 30-minute call. Up to 8 marks, shown on the dial before you start, so you can see the whole plan while you set it. Passed marks quietly fade. No sounds, no pop-ups. Guidance, not judgement. A MESSAGE FOR YOUR FUTURE SELF Write a note before you start - "book the next appointment", "drink some water" - and it will be waiting when the timer ends. Not a celebration: a handover, from the you who planned to the you who has just finished. AN ENDING, NOT AN ALARM Instead of one alarm you have to kill, the finish sound comes back gently until you are ready. Snooze it - 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes, your choice - or silence it; either can be undone with the same tap. Time being up should not feel like being told off. OVERTIME MODE When time's up, TimeSee keeps counting, so you can see how long your task actually took. Red is an option, never a rule. FEEL TIME PASSING An optional gentle tap as the timer passes each of your marks - five strengths, from a light touch to a long steady pulse you can feel with the phone on a stand. A quiet tap on the shoulder, without breaking your focus. CALM BY DEFAULT TimeSee opens with the essentials and nothing else. One switch at the top - "Show all settings" - reveals every option when you are ready. Nothing is removed; it waits until you ask. MADE FOR DIFFERENT BRAINS AND DIFFERENT SENSES 15 colour themes plus any custom colour, 11 colours for the digits, and 5 fonts including Atkinson Hyperlegible and Lexend. Adjust letter spacing, ring thickness, mark sizes and text size. Or turn the numbers off entirely and keep only the shape, if counting down is the part that stresses you. 15 COMPLETION SOUNDS From a Japanese wind chime to a singing bowl or a retro beep. Or turn sound off for silent meetings - the ending still arrives as a gentle vibration. APPLE WATCH COMPANION Your timer syncs to your wrist, following the colours, style and marks you chose on your iPhone. SMALL THINGS THAT HELP Keep the screen awake while the timer runs. Question marks beside the settings whose names do not explain themselves. A live preview you can tap to see the finish screen. Confetti when you finish - unless Reduce Motion is on, in which case it stays quiet. BUILT WITH ITS USERS The Clock style, Wall Clock, Progress Marks, the Library, the finish message and the gentler ending all began as user reviews and emails. The app is still growing, and you can help shape it: support@defrust.com PRIVACY FIRST Zero data collection. Zero tracking. No account. Everything stays on your device. Your focus is your business - and nobody else's. 100% FREE Every feature. Every sound. Every theme. No in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no hidden fees. TimeSee is built to help - not to monetize your attention.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

Screenshots

TimeSee4 screens
ADHD Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ADHD Timer at 5.0 against TimeSee's 3.0. ADHD Timer also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18). TimeSee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. ADHD Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. TimeSee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ADHD Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeSee ships an update every 2 weeks, ADHD Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TimeSee versus ADHD Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeSeeADHD Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1815.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIDEKAZU YAMAOKAMaciej Planeta

Customer experience

TimeSee

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

ADHD Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TimeSee

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

ADHD Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annually3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is TimeSee free?
TimeSee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ADHD Timer free?
ADHD Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TimeSee or ADHD Timer?
ADHD Timer is rated higher. TimeSee averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ADHD Timer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TimeSee or ADHD Timer have ads?
Neither TimeSee nor ADHD Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeSee or ADHD Timer?
TimeSee ships an update every 2 weeks, and ADHD Timer weekly. Most recently, TimeSee was updated on September 10, 2026 and ADHD Timer on August 22, 2026.

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