Comparison

TimeSee vs ADHD Matrix

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 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. Pause, and your finish time moves with you - honestly. A LIBRARY OF YOUR OWN Build a session once and keep it. Its length, marks, finish message, colours and 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 see the whole plan as 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 that does not break your focus. CALM BY DEFAULT TimeSee opens with the essentials, in the order you actually decide them: which timer, then your session, then sound. 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 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 on while the timer runs. Question marks beside settings that need explaining. A preview card you can tap to see the finish screen. Confetti when you finish - unless Reduce Motion is on. BUILT WITH ITS USERS The Clock style, Wall Clock, Progress Marks, the Library, the finish message, the gentler ending and the settings screen itself 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 Matrix

This task management app helps you quickly capture, organize, and prioritize your to-dos using the Eisenhower Matrix. It offers a streamlined workflow with an inbox, matrix view, and completed task history, all synced privately across your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Fast task capture
  • Eisenhower Matrix organization
  • Inbox for unsorted tasks
  • Completed task history
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Export/import backup files
Features
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I made this for myself. I have ADHD, and one long to-do list just freezes me. I can't tell what's actually on fire and what can wait, so I end up doing nothing. So I built the thing I needed, and figured some of you might need it too. Here's how it works. You write a task down before it leaves your head, then you put it in one of four buckets: - Do Now - Plan - Handle Soon - Later Four buckets. Not twenty lists, not folders inside folders. Just four places for a thing to go. What's in it: - Quick capture, so writing a task down isn't its own little chore - An Inbox for everything you haven't sorted yet - Recurring tasks: Daily, Weekdays, Weekly, or Monthly. You can also type a tag like @daily when you capture - Drag tasks into the order you want in Inbox and the Matrix - A Completed list, so finished stuff goes somewhere instead of staring at you - Siri and App Shortcuts, if you'd rather just say it out loud - Home Screen widgets, so your matrix stays visible without opening anything - Five curated color themes plus one custom palette. Curated themes stay contrast-checked in light and dark; a custom palette can keep the colors you pick even when contrast is low - Rename the four buckets to whatever your brain actually calls them - Optional private iCloud sync, so your tasks can show up on your iPhone and iPad - German, Spanish, Italian, and Simplified Chinese, with English as the fallback About your data: it lives on your device. You don't make an account, you don't sign in, and I don't run analytics or hand your stuff to anyone. The sync is your own iCloud, between your own Apple devices. It's free. No subscription, no ads. iPhone and iPad, iOS 18 and up. One honest note: this won't fix your brain, and I'd be lying if I said it would. It's just a small, quiet place to put your tasks that didn't make me feel worse to use. I built it by myself, around how my own brain actually works. That was the whole goal.

Screenshots

TimeSee4 screens
ADHD Matrix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ADHD Matrix at 100% against TimeSee's 0%. ADHD Matrix also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). TimeSee's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ADHD Matrix holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADHD Matrix has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of TimeSee's written reviews are positive against 100% of ADHD Matrix's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeSee ships an update fortnightly, ADHD Matrix every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TimeSee versus ADHD Matrix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeSeeADHD Matrix
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1818.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIDEKAZU YAMAOKAAnthony Gagliardo

Customer experience

TimeSee

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

ADHD Matrix

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TimeSee

No in-app purchases

None

ADHD Matrix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeSee free?
TimeSee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ADHD Matrix free?
ADHD Matrix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimeSee or ADHD Matrix?
ADHD Matrix is rated higher. TimeSee averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ADHD Matrix averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do TimeSee or ADHD Matrix have ads?
Neither TimeSee nor ADHD Matrix shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeSee or ADHD Matrix?
TimeSee ships an update fortnightly, and ADHD Matrix every 6 days. Most recently, TimeSee was updated on September 28, 2026 and ADHD Matrix on September 29, 2026.

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